Performance Issues Official Thread

[Assist]

Originally Posted by CyclesMcHurtz

I just want to point out that this one potential fix is for a client-side FPS problem. I didn't fix ALL.THE.THINGS ... yet?

So you're telling me there's a chance........

[CrimsonTemplar]

Originally Posted by CyclesMcHurtz

I just want to point out that this one potential fix is for a client-side FPS problem. I didn't fix ALL.THE.THINGS ... yet?

Indeed one thing a time and the fact you're doing your best helps. Yet once you do fix them all...why then you'll be unstoppable!

@Assist: There's always a chance.

[camycamera]

FPS is fine now, thnx


now next time, dont do that again when there is another double XP weekend. lol

[TartarosCZ]

Don't know how about you guys, but I still have to keep restarting the client, otherwise flying at bases is unbearable. It's now low FPS per se, it's stuttering (the speed of the game itself is constantly changing)

[Silent Thunder]

Well Im getting much, much better FPS now, but Im not sure if it was because of the fixes, or the fact that I ditched the Bulldozer for an Ivy bridge. Probably the latter, since I'm doing much better in other games as well.

[poxon]

Originally Posted by Silent Thunder

Well Im getting much, much better FPS now, but Im not sure if it was because of the fixes, or the fact that I ditched the Bulldozer for an Ivy bridge. Probably the latter, since I'm doing much better in other games as well.

There still seems to be an issue. im running 2x680's and I'm getting terrible frames. That's not even in a big base with a big battle, that's in the smaller base's just to the west of TR warpgate on indar!

[Silent Thunder]

Originally Posted by poxon

There still seems to be an issue. im running 2x680's and I'm getting terrible frames. That's not even in a big base with a big battle, that's in the smaller base's just to the west of TR warpgate on indar!

The 2x680s is wholly irrelevant, since PS2 almost always bottlenecks at the CPU, not the GPU. Whats your processor and clock speeds?

[poxon]

Originally Posted by Silent Thunder

The 2x680s is wholly irrelevant, since PS2 almost always bottlenecks at the CPU, not the GPU. Whats your processor and clock speeds?

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3930K CPU @ 3.20GHz (12 CPUs), ~3.2GHz.

Before the update i was getting the CPU display in the alt+f FPS overlay more, but it seems to be showing GPU more then CPU.

[Sledgecrushr]

Originally Posted by poxon

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3930K CPU @ 3.20GHz (12 CPUs), ~3.2GHz.

Before the update i was getting the CPU display in the alt+f FPS overlay more, but it seems to be showing GPU more then CPU.

I heard that if you OC to 4.5 ghz or better your fps will go up to about 45 in large battles.

[dethred]

I found a bug which is downright fucking shameful.

Turning on Fog Shadows now lowers GPU usage on my SLI setup to ~50% (+/- 5% at any given time). Literally changing the fog shadows setting will take me from 120+fps down to 30, and its all in GPU usage. The game still registers the GPUs as being the limiting factor, and I'd hope my 4.5ghz 2600K isn't the issue just to have a setting that once worked fine.

2600k @ 4.5ghz
GTX 580 3GB SLI
16GB ram
Corsair SSD
etc.

Never had this problem before, and its pathetic that it even exists.

EDIT: So I did some more testing.

WHQL driver from November, current, and newest Beta=FAIL

Disabling SLI and running the second card as a physx card gets me acceptable framerates, but its still a massive waste.

99% usage on GPU1 with EVERYTHING turned to maximum settings, Physx on, Fog Shadows on.
25% maximum usage on GPU2, presumably for physx. Usually this stays in the 5-10% range.
35-60FPS with everything maxed out, even with a multi-platoon Zerg.

[Sturmhardt]

That's why I don't use SLI/Crossfire. Costs a lot and there are lots of problems with it....
One highend card is the better choice.

[Fimconte]

2600k @ 4.6ghz
7950 CF
16gb Ram
PS2 on a OCZ Agility 3 SSD.
Win 7 - 64-bit

Pre-GU4 FPS:
Warp-gate: 150-180fps
In heavy combat: 60-70fps

Post-GU4 FPS:
Warp-gate: 75-80fps
In heavy combat: 55-65fps, after 1-2hrs of gameplay this deteriorates to ~45fps+, restarting the client returns it to 55-65fps

[coconut]

I wonder about all those reports of FPS dropping after 1 hour. I don't see it.
My setup:
Intel core i7 950 @3Ghz
6GB RAM
Win7 64
ATI Radeon HD 5850 with 1GB GDR5

Running the game from an SSD.

Might be relevant: I never fly. Ever.

My guess: a problem with NVidia drivers. Those days GPU drivers have become quite big and complex, they are operating systems of their own. I wouldn't be surprised if they had leaks.

[Fimconte]

Originally Posted by coconut

I wonder about all those reports of FPS dropping after 1 hour. I don't see it.
My setup:
Intel core i7 950 @3Ghz
6GB RAM
Win7 64
ATI Radeon HD 5850 with 1GB GDR5

Running the game from an SSD.

Might be relevant: I never fly. Ever.

My guess: a problem with NVidia drivers. Those days GPU drivers have become quite big and complex, they are operating systems of their own. I wouldn't be surprised if they had leaks.

It's 2-3 hours usually, sometimes longer. Alt-tabbing a lot seems to compound the problem.

I do fly almost exclusively though, so maybe there's some truth to that.

And using AMD 7950s so can't be Nvidia drivers.

[dethred]

Originally Posted by Sturmhardt

That's why I don't use SLI/Crossfire. Costs a lot and there are lots of problems with it....
One highend card is the better choice.

Obviously spending less money is better, but you will never ever get near the performance of two cards.

Honestly, games that aren't made by incompetent programmers generally see excellent benefits from SLI. The problem is that with the developer in this case, I'm afraid.