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08-23-2007, 02:42 PM #1
Mystified by PR performance, can anyone explain this?
Yesterday I played PR on 800*600 resolution, AA off, everything else except effects and terrain on low. I had the usual problem of getting 15 fps when I'm around lots of players and in certain areas. Makes me as dangerous as a bunny in cqb :/.
Now today, I play on 1125*xxxx res, 6xAA, Yet I see NO DIFFERENCE at all, while having the impression of a smoother game (In busy areas I still went to 15FPS). This smoother game COULD be caused by the better graphics seeming smoother. But still, one would think that such a huge difference in resolution and xAA would have SOME impact on the FPS counter.
-Does anyone have a clue what is happening here? It seems the PR performance is largely independent of my settings.
-Also I am wondering, why always the 15 FPS? In busy areas it is always at 15, with a rare 16 to 20, but never 14?
This is more a matter of interest to me then hoping for a fix, because it will surely be something about the hardware.
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08-23-2007, 02:51 PM #2
Re: Mystified by PR performance, can anyone explain this?
Originally Posted by BigGaayAl
My guess, your bottleneck is CPU/memory bus.
Do you have vsync on ? Originally Posted by BigGaayAl
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08-23-2007, 04:26 PM #3
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Re: Mystified by PR performance, can anyone explain this?
Al--thats weird.........you'd think the opposite would be true. your report paralles something weird that the Arma community has found--boosting resolutions and settings in Arma has actually boosted FPS for some players.
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08-23-2007, 06:52 PM #4
Re: Mystified by PR performance, can anyone explain this?
Thanks for the input already.
I was going to say off, but then I realized that it is on "off, unless application specifies". So I've set it to "always off" now. I didn't count on the possibility that BF2 may have it turned on by default. Also trying to set PR as a high priority, although I've never had that do much, probably because I always close everything else that is running. Originally Posted by Dick Blonov
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08-27-2007, 12:57 PM #5
Re: Mystified by PR performance, can anyone explain this?
I'd say the cpu also might be a factor but the bf2 engine doesnt take much to run unless alot of complex vehicles are on screen - tanks are most demanding
Smoke will drop fps tons and in pr the tanks kick up a smoke trail behind them and also when they fire.
Even on a x1950pro I will see my fps drop from 100 to as low as 20 if theres alot of smoke
Record your fps with fraps.com
Try a google for omega drivers too
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09-06-2007, 05:36 PM #6
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Re: Mystified by PR performance, can anyone explain this?
That definitely looks like a CPU bottleneck to me.
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09-06-2007, 06:31 PM #7
Re: Mystified by PR performance, can anyone explain this?
Whats the superpi time of a 2ghz pentium 4. Were they that much slower then the athlons
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