Hello, I am having issues with extremely volatile framerates. If I am sitting in the warp gate or just driving around I can generally get 70 fps, but when it comes to places like bio labs or tech plants it seems like even a small molecule of a skirmish sets my frame rate choking. In large fights its extremely bad, with the framerate dropping intermittently from 70 down to 1-20 and then back up, over and over again repeatedly. I figured this was a problem with my old rig (which was about 3 years old) and decided to upgrade. Now up until that 'optimization' patch I was fine even on the old rig - I still averaged around 50 fps. Seems like since the optimization patch things have gone south and now its unbearable. So I built a new rig, and lo and behold it is still doing the same thing. I have tried every possible configuration for graphics options, super low render distance/quality, ultra settings, etc. If it has a slider or if it can be changed in the config filesI have tried every possible combination and nothing has worked, even unparking my cores, overclocking, etc. I am using AMD though, and one of the new FX series to boot. From what I have heard so far a lot of amd users are having issues. Any approximate fix time? It really is unbearable.
There's nothing wrong with your computer, the game was developed on a horrid engine. It doesn't use your CPU power efficiently or to its fullest extent. Everyone has being experiencing FPS issues since GU4. I don't think its possible for them to fix the issue without rewriting the entire game engine.
Have you downloaded the latest video drivers? You probably have, but it's never bad to ask. Do you mind me asking what video card you are using? I was having terrible framerates as the game came out, so I started using the following settings to make the game bearable: COPY AND REPLACE EVERYTHING IN YOUR UserOptions.ini file: ****** [Display] FullscreenRefresh=0 Maximized=0 RenderQuality=0.805900 FullscreenWidth=1920 FullscreenHeight=1080 WindowedWidth=1024 WindowedHeight=768 Mode=Fullscreen FullscreenMode=Fullscreen [Rendering] GraphicsQuality=4 TextureQuality=0 ShadowQuality=0 RenderDistance=3039.000000 Gamma=0.600000 MaximumFPS=250 UseLod0a=0 OverallQuality=-1 LightingQuality=4 EffectsQuality=4 TerrainQuality=4 FloraQuality=4 ModelQuality=4 VerticalFOV=74 ParticleLOD=4 ParticleDistanceScale=0.650000 FogShadowsEnable=0 MotionBlur=0 VSync=0 GpuPhysics=0 [Controls] CameraAutoAdjustment=1 ClickToMove=0 ClickToMoveRightButton=0 RailCamera=1 [Sound] Master=1.000000 Music=0.450000 Game=1.000000 Dialog=1.000000 UI=1.000000 UseFloat32Output=0 ExclusiveMode=0 HitIndicator=1 LowAmmoIndicator=1 VehicleChatter=1 OutputDeviceName=System Default [ImageCapture] OutputFolder=E:\My pictures\Planetside2 OutputFilePrefix=screenshot.jpg [VideoCapture] Resolution=3 Quality=100 WorkingDir=Videos OutputFile=Videos\PS2Video_0010 [VideoStreamer] Resolution=1 Fps=30 Kbps=0 MicRecordVolume=0.000000 SpeakerRecordVolume=1.000000 Username= [Terrain] RenderFlora=On [AutoRefuse] FriendInvitation=0 DuelInvitation=0 GuildInvitation=0 HideUi=1 TradeRequest=0 HousingInvitation=0 GroupInvitation=0 [General] AutoDetectPerformanceSettings=0 ScopedMouseSensitivity=0.190000 MouseSensitivity=0.220000 DrawHud=1 InvertVerticalFly=1 ReduceInputLag=1 ZoomToggle=1 FixedMinimap=0 VehicleMouseSensitivity=0.220000 FlightMouseSensitivity=0.480000 Profanity=0 [Video] VideoCapturePrefix=PS2Video VideoUploadUsername=psychomaniacforever [VoiceChat] EchoEnabled=1 EchoVolume=0.500000 ProximityEnabled=1 ProximityVolume=0.500000 FactionEnabled=1 FactionVolume=0.500000 GroupEnabled=1 GroupVolume=0.500000 GroupLeaderEnabled=1 GroupLeaderVolume=0.500000 RaidEnabled=1 RaidVolume=0.500000 GuildEnabled=1 GuildVolume=0.500000 CustomEnabled=1 CustomVolume=0.500000 InputDevice=Default System Device OutputDevice=Default System Device [Voice] ReceiveVolume=82.000000 MicrophoneVolume=50.000000 Enable=0 [UI] MapZoomLevel=6 MapPositionX=22.62806701660156 MapPositionY=-85.91056060791016 ShowMapTutorial=0 MapCenterOnPlayer=0 MapActiveToggleView=2 HudTintMode=2 HudTintColorVS=65280 CentralizedHudMode=1 HudTintColorNC=1774692 ShowCertsTutorial=0 MapFilterShowActivityLevel=0 MapFilterShowTerritoryControl=1 MapCurrentZone=98 MapStatisticsView=0 MapFilterShowResource3=0 MapFilterShowResource2=0 MapFilterShowResource1=0 LeaderboardSortColumn=score LeaderboardTimePeriodFilter=0 LeaderboardSourceFilter=0 *****
Oh yeah, using a gtx 460. Probably the oldest part in the machine, but whenever I start choppin my framerate has already switched over to cpu. Processor is a fx 6300 if anyone cares about that, either. **Oop, 6100, mah bad.
If you have a good aftermarket cooler, overclock that CPU, it's as strong as a wet noodle at stock speeds. I was able to get playable FPS from my 6100 at 4.3Ghz. I still see drops to low 30s but never below that.
Yea I think its absolutely absurd for my system to be getting around 35-40 FPS in large battles; the in game FPS monitor shows that I am CPU bound in these scenarios. Which begs the question what kind of processor will run this game at a solid 60 FPS ? and I think the answer to that question is none available to consumers.... case in point I have an i7 2700K oc'ed to 4.8GHZ and it still only achieves 35-40 FPS which is absolutely foolish.
