Win 7 Extreme drop in FPS

[Volcano]

also, after reading some other posts, PR 0.9 has some issue with performance... hopefully next patch or hotfix will sort that out

[ConscriptVirus]

hey i'm also stuck with a 8600m GT 256mb DDR2 on a laptop. what settings are/were you running?

here's mine:

terrain- medium
geometry- high
lighting- medium
Dynamic lights - off (not really needed IMO since PR is more about smoke than flashing lights)
Dynamic shadows- low (tho im starting to play with Off)
Effects - medium
Texture - medium (used to be high in previous versions)
Texture filtering - medium
AA- off
view distance- 98%
running at 1920x1080

in most maps its really smooth with these settings. some maps are just complete disasters (fallujah) but still somewhat playable, and some other maps just lag in specific places like in specific tall grass areas) but overall its rather playable.

[BloodBane611]

My computer is a 2008 macbook pro, I took it into the mac store earlier today and confirmed that the GPU is dying. It's a known problem with the old macbook pro GPUs, so I get a freebie new one. Thanks for your help SnipingCoward!

As far as running settings, at 1440x900 I originally ran all high, with AA off, and 100% view distance. That slightly lagged on some maps, so I dropped down to all medium, AA 2x, 100% view distance a few weeks ago. We'll see how it goes when I get my new logic board.

[RoadRunner2009]

I have a similar problem. Before I had no problems whatsoever on the same system. Now I get terrible FPS (ping of 20+/-) that sometimes smooths out to above 40fps, then drops back to 5-15fps. When my player is moving during the FPS lag he sort of skips along quickly.

My system:

Vista 32bit
Dual Core 2.5Ghz
9600M GT
4GB RAM (inceased page file too)

I came back to PR a couple of weeks before 0.9 came out, before when I used to play it was smooth as silk.

vBF2 runs fine on 64 player maps with no hiccups, so does PR0.9 when I create local server.

[maarit]

Originally Posted by RoadRunner2009

I have a similar problem. Before I had no problems whatsoever on the same system. Now I get terrible FPS (ping of 20+/-) that sometimes smooths out to above 40fps, then drops back to 5-15fps. When my player is moving during the FPS lag he sort of skips along quickly.

My system:

Vista 32bit
Dual Core 2.5Ghz
9600M GT
4GB RAM (inceased page file too)

I came back to PR a couple of weeks before 0.9 came out, before when I used to play it was smooth as silk.

vBF2 runs fine on 64 player maps with no hiccups, so does PR0.9 when I create local server.

http://www.realitymod.com/forum/f10-...-template.html

theres some problems...i hope that they fix those cos i have bored to just play yamalia and muttrah

[Dr.Roy.Mustang]

Hi there, I am also experiencing the same problem. I have a Window 7 installed on a computer with the following specs:

- 4GB DDR2 RAM
- Nvidia 9600 GT
- GFX setings = All high
- Anti-alias = x4
- Resolution = 1920 x 1080

When I played Fallujah West, my FPS in the previous version was 45 FPS, now it dropped to 15 FPS which makes me unplayable. Any suggestion how to fix it? Other people on the same squad are are also experiencing this issue. However, I would like to address it first. It doesn't happen to all map though. I switched to medium and same thing happen!

[RoadRunner2009]

I found the problem, overheating!

I gave my laptop some more breathing space and it completely fixed the problem, steady FPS of 50+.

My temps were:

Before - GPU 90C highest

After - GPU 72C highest

[pdxmark]

Originally Posted by Dr.Roy.Mustang

- Nvidia 9600 GT

- Anti-alias = x4

I just gave this card(EVGA) to my brother... It does not handle Anti-Aliasing very well. I had to leave it off in most games, including PR, to recoup frame rates.

It will do 8xAF in PR well though!

[Hunt3r]

I've had run ins with overheating graphics cards before... so I run my GPU fanspeed at 100 percent, even though it doesn't really need it. It's not very loud though, it's just a constant hum, that is drowned out by sound from PR.

In general the max GPU temp never exceeds 60C, I believe.