dePARAJoin Date: 2011-04-29Member: 96321Members, Squad Five Blue
edited April 2016
The PhysiX impementation is doin basicly nothing.
NS2 use some parts of it, so its not a full implemenation but i cant see any difference @ fps if its on compared to off.
That would explain why the Nvidia-panel is saying "PhysiX is off" when starting the game.
Overclocking via Mainboards is very easy these days. Its basicly one click.
This OC is not the max possible for sure, but a good start.
Btw, r_sync 1 gave me worse fps than default.
Default: Rock stable locked 180 fps on an 16 slot server.
r_sync 1: FPS going down to 140
PhysX handles all the physics and collisions in the game, it's a common misconception that PhysX just means fancy particles (not too surprising since that's how nvidia markets it to end users). No clue if that setting has any impact on performance though, probably not if the collisions/physics are already computed in a different thread and you have a decent CPU.
SamG2020Bristol UK | Vancouver CanadaJoin Date: 2015-11-24Member: 209449Members
Setting high priority for NS2.exe won't actually improve performance notably unless other CPU hungry software is running in the background. It is worth trying it out, and if it improves your FPS consistency then it is likely that your FPS drops are linked to something happening on your PC at those times. Best solution would be to figure out the source of the CPU usage and resolve it where possible. Leaving the game in high priority shouldn't be necessary for regular play though. It can actually have a detrimental effect as other processes will be held up when the game's CPU demand is higher, including networking and input responsiveness.
Overall though, your FPS doesn't seem unreasonable. I average 140 with an i5-4570 (at stock speed) and GTX 670, but do see drops into the 60s in some scenarios. You'll likely need an overclock or a CPU with greater single threaded performance to significantly improve your minimum.
Are you running the game in Dx9 or Dx11 mode under the graphics settings? If you're using Dx9, try giving Dx11 a shot. Windows 10 features some improvements that benefit your specific CPU's architecture, especially in Dx11 rendering.
Hey EachBurrito, i have an 8350 clocked at 4.6ghz, a radeon hd 7750 which is a low profile varient with 1gb, i am averaging around 90-100fps most of the game, hitting highs of 140 (at low settings) curious what motherboard you have so i can help you out, i can help you overclock.
Hello OP, I have a similar system with an 8350 and an r9 390 and I believe I can help you with a tip that increased my performance in many CPU intensive games. By default, my 8350 was doing some things called core parking and frequently scaling as a power saving feature. This means that some cores were disabled by default and slowly re-enabled when they were needed and frequency (GHz) was also kept lower and raised as needed. This feature causes lower FPS. Download a program called ParkControl and set your profile to high performan
That's to every one that is helping I just got back how after about a week. I believe over clocking is out of question with my psu and motherboard. I also plan on getting a newer motherboard so I can put an Intel chip inside. @ottar11 I'll try that
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NS2 use some parts of it, so its not a full implemenation but i cant see any difference @ fps if its on compared to off.
That would explain why the Nvidia-panel is saying "PhysiX is off" when starting the game.
Overclocking via Mainboards is very easy these days. Its basicly one click.
This OC is not the max possible for sure, but a good start.
Btw, r_sync 1 gave me worse fps than default.
Default: Rock stable locked 180 fps on an 16 slot server.
r_sync 1: FPS going down to 140
Overall though, your FPS doesn't seem unreasonable. I average 140 with an i5-4570 (at stock speed) and GTX 670, but do see drops into the 60s in some scenarios. You'll likely need an overclock or a CPU with greater single threaded performance to significantly improve your minimum.
Are you running the game in Dx9 or Dx11 mode under the graphics settings? If you're using Dx9, try giving Dx11 a shot. Windows 10 features some improvements that benefit your specific CPU's architecture, especially in Dx11 rendering.
But be warned, if you're using the stock cooler on an AMD CPU - you might just end up lowering your performance, due to temperature throttling.
Install HWMonitor, view your temperatures and max cpu usage when in-game. Disabling some cores and overclocking the remaining might be your best bet.
Intel Inside hmm