Performance problems... with good computer!?

LopezLopez Join Date: 2011-01-14 Member: 77480Members
in Technical Support
Hi guys,

my setup is pretty good so far:
i5-2500K @4Ghz
AMD HD 6870
16GB Ram
BenQ 120Hz LED monitor


In most cases, my fps are below 60fps, when exos are onscreen (and near) it may drop below 10 fps -_-
I'm playing in typical full hd, 1920*1080. Settings are set to ultra low or maximum mid so no big deal here!?

It feels (since the beta!!) that NS2 is made for nVidia gpus!? Could someone tell me whichs settings should be set to achieve more fps?

And another question: What would help more: Faster CPU or faster GPU?
However, I'll stick to AMD cards, because I have a somewhat complexx monitor setup (4 monitors) and nvidia can't handle it properly,... so AMD is first choice here.
Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome

Comments

  • AngeluszAngelusz Harmonic entropist Join Date: 2003-07-10 Member: 18072Members, Forum Moderators, Constellation, NS2 Playtester
    In your case, the bottleneck would rather be the GPU than the CPU, which is fine. The 68xx series aren't very powerful, so that might well influence your FPS. The best way to test this is by turning off options like Ambient Occlusion, amongst other things.

    Just turn a few things off/down. If the performance problems go away, it's indeed your GPU.

    As for AMD vs Nvidia - there's no such bias in NS2. Yes, it might perform marginally better on the one as opposed to the other, but that would not be intentional. I'm getting fine performance with my HD 7970 - but that's not a huge surprise.

    (P.S. Yay for AMD multi monitor support! I've got a triplemonitor eyefinity setup myself - lovely stuff!)
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • YMICrazyYMICrazy Join Date: 2012-11-02 Member: 165986Members
    edited January 2013
    Does it dip below 60 at the start of a match? If it does the issue is probably the video card. But that video card is good enough for say high textures, aa, and af, with everything else off. I mean I would leave ambient occlusion and shadows off but it should not be terrible as 10 fps. If you type r_Stats in console when you see the dips and then take a look at waiting for GPU. If it's at 0 the gpu is not the issue. For most people it is hard to maintain above 60 mid to late game because of the way the game is coded.
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • Action83Action83 Join Date: 2012-12-31 Member: 176818Members
    edited January 2013
    The GPU is the problem. You have to lower your resolution to get better FPS.
    I too had too low FPS (with NVidia GTX 570 1280 Mb) when I ran the game in 1920x1080 (Full HD).

    Try setting the Resolution to 1600x900, and then tweak the other settings until you're happy.
    With this resolution I got about 40 more FPS.

    Edit:
    My settings
    <a href="http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=123493515" target="_blank">http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/file...s/?id=123493515</a>

    My CPU is Intel Core 2 Quad Q9650 @ 3.6 Ghz, so it's weaker than that i5.
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • Action83Action83 Join Date: 2012-12-31 Member: 176818Members
    I also suggest testing Texture Streaming: On. It may help if you run out of GPU memory.
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • Kouji_SanKouji_San Sr. Hινε Uρкεερεг - EUPT Deputy The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16271Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    edited January 2013
    phasing this to tech support

    I run an i5 2500K @ 4.2Ghz, 16Gb DDR-1600 and a HD5870 1Gb. It runs fine for me on 1600x900 with everything on in graphics except ambient occlusion (and I'm still on the fence about atmospherics, not so much in terms of performance, but visibility). And in heavy combat situations I only dip down to ~40 with it hovering between 60-80 most of the time.

    So there must be something else going on here, I mean the X8XX sseries are the gaming performance cards and for what NS2 requires currently, even an HD4850 was running fine on this i5 rig... The only thing that eats up your FPS is the resolution, if I had to guess...
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • shonanshonan Join Date: 2013-01-28 Member: 182562Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    Yeah, theres problems for me as well even though my rig should be able to handle the game fine. I will be posting performance logs to the stickied "bad performance?" thread.
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • derWalterderWalter Join Date: 2008-10-29 Member: 65323Members
    <a href="http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns2/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=119506&view=findpost&p=2066155" target="_blank">http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns2/forums/in...t&p=2066155</a>
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • ScardyBobScardyBob ScardyBob Join Date: 2009-11-25 Member: 69528Forum Admins, Forum Moderators, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Shadow
    Might be your GPU if (as it sounds) your running four monitors off of your 6870. Type r_stats into the console and watch the 'waiting for GPU' line during a game. If it regularly jumps above about 5ms, then its your GPU that is the bottleneck.

    Also, AMD hardware works just fine for NS2 (I'm using a HD6950), but your system could be running into some odd hardware/driver issues if your trying to run a bunch of monitors on it.
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
Sign In or Register to comment.