Very low fps wen game freeze

TheUnknownTheUnknown Join Date: 2013-06-28 Member: 185748Members
edited June 2013 in Technical Support
I was playing with my friend then my game frozed. I alt tabbed out of the game, then i alt tabbed back in the game then i checked how much fps and i was getting 10-15 fps.
My max fps i get is 38 fps on low/medium 800-600
Spec's.
Window's 7 64 Bit
8 gb Ram
GT 520 video card
AMD phenom II X2 550 processor

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  • ObraxisObraxis Subnautica Animator & Generalist, NS2 Person Join Date: 2004-07-24 Member: 30071Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Silver, WC 2013 - Supporter, Subnautica Developer, Pistachionauts
    edited June 2013
    Your 520 Graphics chip is very slow, not designed for 2013 Medium to high-end gaming (it's good at internet, older games and Microsoft Office though).

    I would suggest a graphics chip upgrade unless you are using a laptop. In which case you're probably stuck. You will need at least a 550Ti or above.

    Note Nvidia graphics work like this. XXX is the Model numbers. (X)XX First X is the generation. X(X)X Second X is out of 9 (being highest) how fast it is.
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  • Racer1Racer1 Join Date: 2002-11-22 Member: 9615Members
    edited June 2013
    if you run r_stats (in console), it will tell you how long the game is waiting on the GPU each frame. You usually want numbers in the 0-10 range. As this number gets larger (over 20), your fps will get considerably worse.

    P.S. You can also try going into your graphics settings and turning all of the following OFF: r_atmospherics, r_bloom, r_shadows, r_fog, r_aa
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  • TheUnknownTheUnknown Join Date: 2013-06-28 Member: 185748Members
    I did that. doesn't work, I thought the freezing is a bug but it is probably my video card.
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  • IronHorseIronHorse Developer, QA Manager, Technical Support & contributor Join Date: 2010-05-08 Member: 71669Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, Forum Moderators, NS2 Developer, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Subnautica Playtester, Subnautica PT Lead, Pistachionauts
    I honestly dont even know why they sell those low end cards.. it tricks customers more than anything.. so many people go home thinking they can play their games with it. :-/
    Here's a very useful website for video cards: http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/index.php
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  • Sp3cia1Sp3cia1 NY/MASS Join Date: 2013-01-06 Member: 177755Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Subnautica Playtester, Pistachionauts
    pre-build machines do no favors for pc gaming, most of them cut corners in areas(2 dimm slots vs 4, missing expansion slots,etc). If you got a good PSU in your system you could go out and a Radeon7850 for like $150 or a Geforce 760 for $250. Granted your CPU will bottleneck those cards but its better than what your currently running.
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  • TheUnknownTheUnknown Join Date: 2013-06-28 Member: 185748Members
    Yep, I might pick up the Radeon7850 soon.
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