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Stili · March 2013

Before you start flaming me, just hear me out...
I know its been mentioned a lot before and that the team is only working little by little on content and will prolly never get to this...
I believe the time is now to start working on lowering the preformance or optimizing the settings on NS2 bigtime...

The graphics are being built from the ground up...so cut yourselves some slack and don't work so hard for those rediculously good looking BF3 graphics...Its about gameplay not scenary.
Most people are always getting fps problems before and after gorgeous update, I for one use to get around 40FPS when the beta first came out, I was running on 1280x720 without any dips...
NOW
I'm running 800x900 with everything turned OFF
EVERYTHING , that is rediculous downgrade ... I use to be able to run
720p with half the settings on and normal/high
now everythings low/off and I barely get 30fps with 800x900
All I'm saying is...the engine for NS2 needs to be redone asap.

*EDIT* I fixed my settings using nvidia inspector in my other thread and now I'm getting about 35fps ingame 720p and about 60+ on 800x900 everything high

~Sincerely a Dedicated NS player & Veteran

Kouji_San · March 2013

The FPS issues are not coming from the graphics side of the engine, unless you are severely GPU bottlenecked. It is caused by the game lua<-->C++ communication of the engine. Rest assured though, performance and compatibility is always being worked on. PC game development is quite complex, with all those different systems out there.

Also mind posting your specs so we an make an "educated guess" as to what might be causing the FPS drop?

Sharp-Shooter · March 2013

amd cpu or an older intel cpu, just watch

let me guess amd

Stili · March 2013

Kouji_San wrote: »

The FPS issues are not coming from the graphics side of the engine, unless you are severely GPU bottlenecked. It is caused by the game lua<-->C++ communication of the engine. Rest assured though, performance and compatibility is always being worked on. PC game development is quite complex, with all those different systems out there.

Also mind posting your specs so we an make an "educated guess" as to what might be causing the FPS drop?

Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M  
       Manufacturer: NVIDIA
          Chip type: GeForce GT 330M
           DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
         Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0A29&SUBSYS_C06A144D&REV_A2
     Display Memory: 2697 MB
   Dedicated Memory: 978 MB
      Shared Memory: 1718 MB
       Current Mode: 1600 x 900 (32 bit) (60Hz)
       Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
      Monitor Model: unknown
         Monitor Id: CMO1711
        Native Mode: 1600 x 900(p) (59.978Hz)
        Output Type: Internal
        Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
Driver File Version: 9.18.0013.0623 (English)
     Driver Version: 9.18.13.623
        DDI Version: 10.1
       Driver Model: WDDM 1.1

And my cpu

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU       M 450  @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
             Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 3950MB RAM
          Page File: 4718MB used, 11074MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\windows
    DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
   User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
 System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
    DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled

p.s I just made a thread that boosts fps using nvidia inspector but I would like help as to see what could be still dropping my fps

Ironsoul · March 2013

That's a mobile computer, and an older one at that. I would go into a rant about how low end your computer is these days but that would be rude, this is rude enough as it is.

My i7 3610QM and GT 630M struggles to get 40fps at 1024x768 on low. I play ns2 on a desktop though.

|strofix| · March 2013

Ye, your biggest issue is the M at the end of your CPU. Laptops don't take kindly to LUA.

Stili · March 2013

Ironsoul wrote: »

That's a mobile computer, and an older one at that. I would go into a rant about how low end your computer is these days but that would be rude, this is rude enough as it is.

My i7 3610QM and GT 630M struggles to get 40fps at 1024x768 on low. I play ns2 on a desktop though.

I'm getting about 35-40FPS everything Low (Text med)
1280x720p

Somethings not adding up on your end sir...

Ironsoul · March 2013

Just played a game at 1280x720 the settings you specified, I'm getting around about 40fps in the menu, 70fps in the ready room, 60fps early game, 50fps mid game, and 35fps late game.

Stili · March 2013

that sounds more correct haha , I get about 35-40 in game , lategame like 30/35

Racer1 · March 2013

I have an MSI GE60 Laptop and it plays NS2 fine.
At 1280x720, I get 60-70 fps normally, and at least 50 fps in a fight.
Processor: i7-3610QM (2.3-3.3 Ghz)
Video: GT650M 2GB GDDR5
Ram: 6GB
Vsync/aa/bloom/atmos/aniso/ambient/reflection = off
shadows/texture stream/multicore = On
Windows 7

Ironsoul · March 2013

Although I still think you guys should get a REAL COMPUTER. NS2 is just so much more enjoyable on a desktop with a good cpu and a good gpu... and a good keyboard and a good mouse and a good monitor. Laptops simply cannot offer this.

I use my laptop for CS: GO and for research and for learning.

Stili · April 2013

Ironsoul wrote: »

Although I still think you guys should get a REAL COMPUTER. NS2 is just so much more enjoyable on a desktop with a good cpu and a good gpu... and a good keyboard and a good mouse and a good monitor. Laptops simply cannot offer this.

I use my laptop for CS: GO and for research and for learning.

I'm building a desktop, and I have a 720p monitor for my laptop, full keyboard, its pretty nice but some kid broke my damn screen...hence why i'm building a desktop now lol

Ironsoul · April 2013

Well if you need any advice on not wasting your money, just ask me.

Since Build 244, I've been having superb performance in NS2, fps itself hasn't gone up significantly, but input lag is unnoticable now (and I'm very sensitive to mouse input lag).

NS2 is one of those exception games, where I would recommend a higher end computer for gaming. In a similar way ARMA 3 is also an exception game (Although that's another matter entirely).

One more thing, what a buttface kid.

aeroripper · April 2013

Although I still think you guys should get a REAL COMPUTER. NS2 is just so much more enjoyable on a desktop with a good cpu and a good gpu... and a good keyboard and a good mouse and a good monitor. Laptops simply cannot offer this.

If I only had a grand or two to spend freely

This game does benefit from a good mouse in particular I've found, just like NS1 did.

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