FPS Drop

[peepers]

Since I downloaded 1.31my FPS dropped from 30-40 down to 0-7. Any ideas why? I've updated all my drivers, and here are my comp specs:

Intel Pentium 4 3Ghz

2046MB RAMM

Geforce 7800 GS

Speedtest has my DL at 7MB/s and UL at 2MB/s, ping at 74ms

Edited November 8, 2010 by peepers

[GOPHUR]

That's a pretty big drop. While your system is a little old it certainly isn;t dead though the GPU is getting a little long in the tooth.

Start with a GPU driver update from nVidia.

http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us

[peepers]

All my drivers including the GPU are up to date

[beazil]

Since I downloaded 1.31my FPS dropped from 30-40 down to 0-7. Any ideas why? ...

Geforce 7800 GS...

There's your problem.

Edit: 7800 GS. Is that an AGP card?

[peepers]

I've been playing this game just fine for many years with that card. Something with the new patch is causing this problem. I've had the cable guy out to check the modem which is sitting around 25MB/s, I've updated all my drivers, I've stopped any and all unecessary processes, fixed my registry, defragged my HD.

Every time I log into game my FPS start around 17 which is very low for me, and soon drop to 3. Then after a few spawns I start to stutter from 3-20 FPS like a stop and go. Something is definetely game related causing this. Can I get some RAT help here?

[peepers]

I'm only havnig the problem on the ground. No stuttering in the air.

[DOC]

how old is the 7800 ?

if it's older than 2 years then how well it has run the game previously is not a good indication for the future

the nature of this business called gaming requires that gear older than 2 years not be considered "supportable" ... although we do try as hard as we can to keep the old war horses going we cannot always fulfill that desire

[jwilly]

Introduced 4.5 years ago.

[GOPHUR]

I'm only having the problem on the ground. No stuttering in the air.

That is very strange. At first I would say that 1.31 was a complete engine upgrade and I wouldn't expect much goodness on a nv7 series card.

What is your performance like in the air fps wise?

I don't have any similar reports to go on here so I don't have a magic bullet.

I could give you a link to an older version of the game you could try.

Are you having the same issues offline?

Did you select best performance in preferences?

[peepers]

In the air as long as it's not raining I stay around 20 FPS.

Offline I am getting around 10-30 FPS. I am not seeing the 3-30 stuttering I'm seeing on the live server.

I do have best performance selected, and I've went through the decreased all settings as low as they go. Still getting the problem ingame.

The vid card is old, but I'm sure I'm not the only one playing with an old vid-card. If noone else is getting this problem, it could be something else.

Edited November 12, 2010 by peepers

[munchkin]

I can't understand why noone has said the obvious.

The problem is not your graphics card, it's your CPU. It's ancient really. It's just not up for it anymore.

[OLDZEKE]

In the air as long as it's not raining I stay around 20 FPS.

Offline I am getting around 10-30 FPS. I am not seeing the 3-30 stuttering I'm seeing on the live server.

I do have best performance selected, and I've went through the decreased all settings as low as they go. Still getting the problem ingame.

The vid card is old, but I'm sure I'm not the only one playing with an old vid-card. If noone else is getting this problem, it could be something else.

Offline you are only running the game. Online you also are dealing with all the units being drawn, position updates on them, blastics updates.

So yea online will garner lower fps anytime there are players around.

[GOPHUR]

You can test this offline by ...

• launch offline
  
• at persona select type ".benchremagen"
  
• hit "Enter World"
  
• let frame rate stabilize and record it
  
• in world type ".benchvehicles"
  
• let frame rate stabilize and record it
  

This s a rough approximation of what other units will do to your performance though in a live environment it will be worse as the units are moving about.