Fps drops
Grotgar
Join Date: 2012-08-09 Member: 155177Members
Join Date: 2012-08-09 Member: 155177Members
I know many people have problems with this and I know it's due to optimizing of the game. However, I think I must have more fps drops than others because sometimes it's just unplayable. Now, I don't have a bad computer, I can max out Battlefield 3, so do you people sometimes have so few frames you can't even play? Like 1 every 3-5 seconds? At least when dying/spawning and joining? Although I get many drops while playing as well.
Furthermore I have some additional questions about the topic:
Do you know the priorities of things to fix and when they will optimize the game?
Do you know any ETA of the optimization?
The reason I ask is because I really love to play the game but that's the thing.. <i>play</i> the game. I can't play it like this.
Furthermore I have some additional questions about the topic:
Do you know the priorities of things to fix and when they will optimize the game?
Do you know any ETA of the optimization?
The reason I ask is because I really love to play the game but that's the thing.. <i>play</i> the game. I can't play it like this.
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Video card: ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series
RAM: 4,00GB
Join game
Hop into Marines
no frames
1st frame after 10 sec -> I see my infantry portal and a fade there, guessing I'm dead
5s later, next frame -> I'm dead
5s later, next frame -> I spawn getting a few fps and moving towards a corridor
In corridor it drops -> I see a skulk in the corridor faced towards me, guessing I'm dead
5s later, next fram -> I'm dead
Perhaps you can see how that's not enjoyable...even 10 fps would be SUUUPER good for me.
GTX460, latest drivers
Q6600 @3.2ghz
4GB RAM
Average FPS: 20
Drops a lot lower when there's a lot of infestation, effects, or models late game, least I've ever had was 5fps on tram in the tunnels.
I get more fps if I set my resolution and details higher because then it would use a bit more GPU power, but high textures causes a lot of stuttering making it even worse than having 20fps.
Well are there any settings you should avoid in the current state of the beta?
For example perhaps it's known that the "blooming" effect is causing fps drops?
It might be a longshot but it's worth a try :)
Furthermore I have some additional questions about the topic:
Do you know the priorities of things to fix and when they will optimize the game?
Do you know any ETA of the optimization?
The reason I ask is because I really love to play the game but that's the thing.. <i>play</i> the game. I can't play it like this.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
even i get average 20-35 fps at the <u>most</u> when im assaulting a base near endgame, which is definitely no bueno :'(
Edit: at 1920x1080 maxed out all settings and playing on a 47'' tv
r_bloom 0
r_flash 0
r_atmospherics 0
r_aa 0
Try entering these in the console, "~." You can also use r_stats (I think, it's been a while) to view your frames per second. Hopefully that helps. Also, try to only play on low ping servers with higher server hardware.\
Good luck!
r_bloom 0
r_flash 0
r_atmospherics 0
r_aa 0<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
You can use the options menu since a few builds back for these, r_flash is most likely outdated
GTX460, latest drivers
Q6600 @3.2ghz
4GB RAM
Average FPS: 20
Drops a lot lower when there's a lot of infestation, effects, or models late game, least I've ever had was 5fps on tram in the tunnels.
I get more fps if I set my resolution and details higher because then it would use a bit more GPU power, but high textures causes a lot of stuttering making it even worse than having 20fps.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Wow, I have almost the exact same build as you. You've got 200mhz on me with your overclock (mine's a Q6600 @3.0, friggin stock cooler :P) and I've got a GTX 550 Ti, which from what I've read, is actually less powerful than your 460. I get a pretty consistent 45+ fps in the early game, and only under 30 late game when there's tons of stuff going on.
I run on medium/high (depending on map) with all options off besides anisotropic filtering, and my nvidia control panel set to "Balanced" performance with the addition of forcing adaptive vsync on. I can't figure out why I get better framerates than people with better setups do. It really baffles me. Just trying to figure out where the performance hit is coming from for you guys.
People waiting for the "optimisation" patches are going to be sorely disappointed. In order for this game to be acceptably responsive and playable, a performance increase of 300% is required. You'd be hardpressed to get that of core engine optimisations, but as it has been said, they are waiting for the game to be feature complete so they can optimise that. That means the only thing you have to look forward to is game logic optimisation. You'd be lucky if you got a 10% improvement off that stuff.
playing with every graphic option off and at a painfully low resolution , assuming i can get on a server with over 20 tick rate.
Then its simply poor at the start . hitting anything as marine or alien is mostly luck and it rapidly gets worse as the game goes on, ive kind of given up on it for now its just too frustrating to play in its current form.
my advice is to just go play something else and check back for patches, luckily payday just got its dlc expansion so i have something to scratch my shooter itch ;)
Beta would mean feature complete by definition, or nearly so. I think what NS2 needs is UWE to work with hardware companies (AMD/Nvidia) and have them roll out driver updates.
It has nothing to do with graphics drivers. It has nothing to do with graphics. If this game was a renderer alone, it would be able to render a full hive room with a hundred of whips in it without a problem on almost all systems currently playing NS2. The problem is the game logic is built on what is essentially javascript. There's a reason nobody has based a game this large entirely in a scripting language before. And that reason is that it can't be done. Not playably any way.
I enter the game with around 80 fps usually. then over the course of 30 min or so, the fps keeps dropping and dropping and dropping, before you know it im down to around 15-20fps horrible unplayable.
Windows 7 64 bit.
I7 930, 2.8Ghz
6GB ram
Geforce 570gtx
SSD
all drivers up to date and no problems in any other games. Really needs to be fixed. there must be some error or leak that keeps eating performance up somewhere.
I enter the game with around 80 fps usually. then over the course of 30 min or so, the fps keeps dropping and dropping and dropping, before you know it im down to around 15-20fps horrible unplayable.
Windows 7 64 bit.
I7 930, 2.8Ghz
6GB ram
Geforce 570gtx
SSD
all drivers up to date and no problems in any other games. Really needs to be fixed. there must be some error or leak that keeps eating performance up somewhere.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
it's not you, it's the server.
It's his 2.8 ghz cpu, if you want decent performance atm you need 4ghz.
i get 50 fps this patch with a 3.2ghz quad core. you don't need 4ghz.
They really really really need to take a long look at how they have it coded, put aside any ego, admit it just wont work and get a better method The one atm. Does. Not. Work.
No its not my CPU, please you dont need 4ghz. I know about PC and i know my system is good enough to run everything on the markedet atm even Crysis 1 at max at a solid 60 fps.
This game is nowhere near demanding if its optimized and such properly.
Ask your self this if you need 4ghz cpu to run natural selection 2, you will need 10Ghz cpu to run the new Unreal engine. 2.8ghz i7 930 is a beast of an cpu. it can handle anything, besides poorly optimized stuff ofcourse.
No its not my CPU, please you dont need 4ghz. I know about PC and i know my system is good enough to run everything on the markedet atm even Crysis 1 at max at a solid 60 fps.
This game is nowhere near demanding if its optimized and such properly.
Ask your self this if you need 4ghz cpu to run natural selection 2, you will need 10Ghz cpu to run the new Unreal engine. 2.8ghz i7 930 is a beast of an cpu. it can handle anything, besides poorly optimized stuff ofcourse.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
What is essentially happening is the server load is incredibly high and often times you get choke and when that happens the game client starts trying to do prediction so it can keep up with the server. This is what causes most of the framerate drops on the clientside. It puts the strain that should be on the server onto your machine and eats CPUs alive currently. That isn't to say that the client doesn't need more optimizations, it does, but the server is where most of the problems are at the moment.
No its not my CPU, please you dont need 4ghz. I know about PC and i know my system is good enough to run everything on the markedet atm even Crysis 1 at max at a solid 60 fps.
This game is nowhere near demanding if its optimized and such properly.
Ask your self this if you need 4ghz cpu to run natural selection 2, you will need 10Ghz cpu to run the new Unreal engine. 2.8ghz i7 930 is a beast of an cpu. it can handle anything, besides poorly optimized stuff ofcourse.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Then you need to familiarize yourself with the internals of NS2, namely the fact that it uses Lua for all of its game-logic (as well as some general-purpose stuff), which makes it a wholly different beast than any of the games you mentioned, and makes performance-speculation from the point of view of those games futile.
first ten minutes of playing (maybe less) all smooth and clear
then after this time fps drops to 1 every seconds, just jumps every seconds from an average of 75 to 1
UNPLAYABLE AT ALL
My rig:
Intel i5 750 overclocked to 3.6 GHZ
Ati HD 5670 1GB
12 GB DDR2 ram @ 1050 Mhz
Settings for the game : all at minimum
I can play any new games with no problems at all, some i need to lower a bit the graphic settings, but never had a fps drop like that
As a mapper for quake-like games, seems like there is some sort of map leak, but not sure (cannot get output from any kind of console or whatever.
If problem persists i will reclaim back my money.
I'ms sad cause i like the game, coming from Tremulous (similar game/mod derived from quake) i was pretty excited to get it ,now it's all a fail.
Hope this solves, will do more further testing later, now i'm tired and my bed needs me.
Update: NOTHING OF THESE WORKS
this is frustrating, not even 24h i got this game and cannot enjoy it.