Stuttering with high end system

[stabiz]

Does anybody besides Ark notice the stutters of death? I have good fps with all cranked up (40-60ish), but the game stutters. If I use free cam I can clearly see the ships and my boat glide ahead, then "jump" forward a little, before gliding again, over and over, at intervals at about a second. It even happens when I just pan ahead with only the sea in sight! Whats this?

ABIT AB9 Pro
E6600 Core2Duo 2,4ghz
2GB DDR2 Ram
7950GT 512MB

I tried to record it with fraps to show you, but that actually cured the stutters! What the ...? I got about 30fps with fraps running, but using this to "cure" the problem would fill my harddrives pretty fast with avi files the size of mountains.

Stabiz, someone else posted that they set their Vertical Sync card setting to 'on', it fixed their stuttering. You might try this.

[stabiz]

Isnt vertical sync all about screen tearing?

[digitizedsoul]

screen tears, but also buffering...

Buffer fills up... has to wait, gets emptied, doesn't fill in time etc...

Besides don't you think its coincidence your frames dropping almost 50% cures it? Sounds like buffering sync (related to vsync maybe?) to me!

Just my .02

[stabiz]

So you mean high fps is the problem? I dont think so, as the problem gets less obvious with lower settings, and even higher fps.

I dont get this.

[danlisa]

Originally Posted by stabiz

So you mean high fps is the problem? I dont think so, as the problem gets less obvious with lower settings, and even higher fps.

I dont get this.

If digitizedsoul is correct then what you are experiencing would be correct. As I understand it the buffer that is used for vSync fills up, this is why you get the jumps. With lower settings this buffer will not fill up as quickly or at all, which is why the gameplay improves.

I'm not sure as I don't have this problem.

But it's worth a try.

[Mad_Mark]

I have excatly the same problem using external view with micro stuttering.
I have tried lowering all the settings to as low as they could possibly go and still observe them. No change whatsoever for me no matter what I try including V sync in riva tuner always on.
I play this with settings all to max on my rig with micro stuttering no worse than on low settings.

xp home
amd 4800x2 o/c 2.8
7900 gtx 512mb
2 gig xms ram.

[Spaxspore]

runs fine on my 8800, you guys update your drivers lately?

[iblitz]

Same problem... drivers up to date etc......

[dize]

i have it too. its a bit anoying.

[Ark]

I was the one who posted about the V-Sync being set to "Yes" fixing the stutters.

V-Sync "Yes" = No stutters for me.

Turning off V-Sync causes those slight stutters for me...almost like the card is too fast for the image, so when you move around, the image has to catch up. Turning on the V-Sync "seems" to have rectified this for me.

[iblitz]

Originally Posted by Ark

I was the one who posted about the V-Sync being set to "Yes" fixing the stutters.

V-Sync "Yes" = No stutters for me.

Turning off V-Sync causes those slight stutters for me...almost like the card is too fast for the image, so when you move around, the image has to catch up. Turning on the V-Sync "seems" to have rectified this for me.

Tried both ways and a no go.... :hmm:

[Torcher]

Correct me if I'm wrong. VSYNC = "yes" needs to be set in the main.cfg file of the game. Should it also be set to on in your cards setup, too?

[geetrue]

Here's a link to a man with stuttering problems on a high end system ...

http://www.maximumpc.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=57821

just a different game (supreme commander), but it might be a related problem.

Worth a glance

[Ark]

Originally Posted by Torcher

Correct me if I'm wrong. VSYNC = "yes" needs to be set in the main.cfg file of the game. Should it also be set to on in your cards setup, too?

I set it to "Forced" in the driver control panel as well as in the Main.cfg.