No matter what I do, I can't get any fps improvement

[Fearless]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

That doesent seem so bad.

Beats my 12 in Command Station, 20+ on the map and 9 on the bridge.

Your FPS would be a blessing in disguise for me

[Hazelwood]

Originally Posted by uniquemind

I can't get any fps improvement when turning down/off any or indeed all the options listed in the options menu now don't tell me......that this requires a restart each time?

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You are not alone. I still play Janes F/A 18 which many years ago was marketed for Win98 and supposed to run just great at 500 MHz. Well, I still get major "Jerko-vision" on a 3GHz P4 with all the latests graphics.

I am using P4 3GHz with 2 Gb fast RAM and ATI X1650 graphics. I have no idea what the frame-rate is but it is acceptable in any event. This sim is very demanding. I doubt there is anyone out there getting a really smooth performance, especially when the action gets tough. I certainly notice some slow-down when the action closes in.

Hang in there with the developers. This is a superb sim and we know they are going to make it even better.

best wishes,
Cpt J. Hazelwood

[uniquemind]

Originally Posted by Hazelwood

You are not alone. I still play Janes F/A 18 which many years ago was marketed for Win98 and supposed to run just great at 500 MHz. Well, I still get major "Jerko-vision" on a 3GHz P4 with all the latests graphics.

I am using P4 3GHz with 2 Gb fast RAM and ATI X1650 graphics. I have no idea what the frame-rate is but it is acceptable in any event. This sim is very demanding. I doubt there is anyone out there getting a really smooth performance, especially when the action gets tough. I certainly notice some slow-down when the action closes in.

Hang in there with the developers. This is a superb sim and we know they are going to make it even better.

best wishes,
Cpt J. Hazelwood

Thanks mate,

I'll stick with it, I love the Sim too much to let it go..........I've let games go in the past because of poor performance and then seen several months later people saying how great the game has become since the days of such awful performance.........I bought Test Drive Unlimited (I know, a glutton for punishment! ) and now it sits in a draw waiting for a much needed patch to put it right, not sure if the patch wil ever come, at least the devs for this Sim have got two patches out while the TDU guys have yet to produce one!

Another one I have trouble with is Supreme Commander, that is terrible performance wise and the patches up to now have not helped performance for me.......but admittedly it is an extremely demanding game, and so again it sits in my drawer waiting for a new system..........that said the likes of Company of Heroes is fine for me..........so as someone else said it comes down to coding.

If the devs where given more time by the publishers (I could wait, and would rather wait for a near perfect game ) then there would'nt be half as much disappointment going around.........just my thoughts and feelings on it.

Of course Publishers have their reasons for wanting the game out as quick as is possible, and therefore we are left having to wait for after sales patches to come along

[Bilge_Rat]

I did some FPS test last night using the built in fps counter (ctrl + f8).

-in game settings: high graphics, did not touch the sliders, all options turned on except Environment & fog;

-my system: opteron 170 (2 gigs), 7900 GTX, asrock dual sata mb, 2 gigs ddr 500 ram, audigy 2 ZS, 2 x Raptors HD 36 Gigs in RAID 0, win XP; latest drivers, nothing overclocked;

-card settings: 1280x960 @ 100 hz, AA at 2xQ, 4x AF,

-test setup, sunny day, in the middle of the ocean, no other ships around;

in the command room - locked at 50 fps, turning on or off vsync and/or EE has no impact;

on the bridge - without EE - locked on 50 fps;
- with EE - locked on 33 FPS; turning on or off vsync has no effect;

- considering the amount of eye candy in the game, I am happy with these results. When posting FPS results, it is important to also post all the variables so others can compare apples with apples.

[uniquemind]

Please forgive the ignorance here, but what is EE? I bet I'll know it when you tell me but for now I am fumbling for the answer

I agree about posting all the variables so others can compare, I tend to rush through things and not put the effort in to write down everything before posting my findings

I did a complete reinstall today and just installed patch 1.2 and my flashing problem on the bridge seems to have gone......at least I am hoping it has, did'nt get to play for long so need to try it out later for longer.

[Bilge_Rat]

sorry, EE is Environment Effects

[Dutch]

Sounds about like mine, I have a Dell Inspiron 1750 with a NVIDIA Gefore Go 7900 256 mg and 2 gigs or ram.

I get 60 inside and around 30ish depending on the weather, heavy storm have hit 20 but mostly at 30. You sound on par for normal FPS. Nothing to worry about from what I see.