FPS Drops

getz

Read your performance thread. Neither worked for me.

<b>Problem</b>
i'll be playing NS2 and at random times doing different things my game will freeze up for a couple of seconds. Can be mid battle, can be respawning, can be about to build.

I get 60-90 FPS generally

<b>dxdiag</b>
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System Information
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Time of this report: 11/19/2012, 19:18:47
Machine name: MICHAEL-D7E4516
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.120504-1619)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
System Model: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
BIOS: BIOS Date: 11/22/11 11:12:52 Ver: 04.06.04
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz (4 CPUs)
Memory: 2986MB RAM
Page File: 1330MB used, 3545MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.5512 32bit Unicode

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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce GTX 560 Ti
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1200&SUBSYS_83901043&REV_A1
Display Memory: 1024.0 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Default Monitor
Monitor Max Res:
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0013.0681 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 9/24/2012 00:58:00, 4494208 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: nv4_mini.sys
Mini VDD Date: 9/24/2012 00:58:00, 12557728 bytes
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Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x1200
SubSys ID: 0x83901043
Revision ID: 0x00A1
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<b>Driver Settings</b>
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Ambient Occlusion - Off
Anisotropic filtering - off
Antialiasing - FXAA - off
Antaliasing - Gamma correction - On
Antaliasing - Mode - off
Extension Limit - off
Maximum pre-rendered frames - 1
Multi-display/mixed-GPU acceleration - Single display performance
Texture Filtering - Anisotropic sample option - On
Texture filtering - nEgative LOD bias - Allow
Texture filtering - Trilinear optimization - On
Tripple buffering - Off
vertical sync - off<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

<b>NS2 Game Settings</b>
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->resolution - 1600 x 900
wait for vertical sync - disabled
texture quality - low
infestation - minimal
anti-aliasing - off
bloom - off
atmospherics - off
anisotropic filtering - off
ambient occlusion - off
shadows - off
texture streaming - on
multicore rendering - on<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

A_Pajander

<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Memory: 2986MB RAM
Page File: 1330MB used, 3545MB available<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Swapping during gameplay? I.e. does the hard drive go active with reading/writing whenever you get those freeze-ups?

getz

hey Snaga. How do i monitor/check this for you?

zolja

What is your "Power Management mode" on your Nvidia 3d settings? If it's set to adaptive change it to maximum performance. I've had this happen on a different game and on a different card but it did fix it.

A_Pajander

<!--quoteo(post=2029395:date=Nov 20 2012, 02:47 AM:name=getz)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (getz @ Nov 20 2012, 02:47 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=2029395"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->hey Snaga. How do i monitor/check this for you?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I don't know of the top of my head how you would monitor it (there are ways), but if you have a mechanical HDD you can just listen to it. :) If it starts to crunch every time you get freezes, that might be the reason. Swapping means the game runs out of memory and has to keep some data on the hard drive, which is a LOT slower than RAM. Does the game actually FREEZE completely or does it drop to very low fps, like less than 5?

I know you didn't ask about this, but you should seriously consider upgrading to Windows 7 or any 64-bit OS at the very least. :)

32-bit OS means you can use a total of 4GB of RAM and that includes the RAM on your GPU. The OS and various systems (audio etc.) also probably hog another 1GB, so that leaves only 2GB for the game.

getz

<!--quoteo(post=2029855:date=Nov 20 2012, 06:10 AM:name=snaga)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (snaga @ Nov 20 2012, 06:10 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=2029855"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I don't know of the top of my head how you would monitor it (there are ways), but if you have a mechanical HDD you can just listen to it. :) If it starts to crunch every time you get freezes, that might be the reason. Swapping means the game runs out of memory and has to keep some data on the hard drive, which is a LOT slower than RAM. Does the game actually FREEZE completely or does it drop to very low fps, like less than 5?

I know you didn't ask about this, but you should seriously consider upgrading to Windows 7 or any 64-bit OS at the very least. :)

32-bit OS means you can use a total of 4GB of RAM and that includes the RAM on your GPU. The OS and various systems (audio etc.) also probably hog another 1GB, so that leaves only 2GB for the game.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

i've considered changing operating systems yes. I don't know how to explain it I thought it was an FPS drop, but i literally can't move or do anything while it's happening so i'd say it's mot like a spike/freeze

getz

<!--quoteo(post=2029464:date=Nov 19 2012, 10:24 PM:name=zolja)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (zolja @ Nov 19 2012, 10:24 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=2029464"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->What is your "Power Management mode" on your Nvidia 3d settings? If it's set to adaptive change it to maximum performance. I've had this happen on a different game and on a different card but it did fix it.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

i do not have the power management mode setting. And i've checked nvidia website to see where this setting is. It's the only thing missing from the list

waflz

Im running I7 3770 Hyperthread with 8GB of Ram,

I still get issues in game. Fps goes to low, Game gets jumpy when running through hallways.

What is wrong with this game :(