Low Performance on a Laptop
Atmosfear
Join Date: 2011-07-12 Member: 109863Members
Join Date: 2011-07-12 Member: 109863Members
Hello, I am a new beta tester and a new player to NS and I am trying to get the best performance out of my mid-level laptop.
Please don't repeat what some of you said to others like... The game is not optimized it's only a beta so wait for the release or Change your GPU for a better one!
Current Performance:
Playable but hard to kill someone that is why I play often as commander
10-25 fps on a local game but mainly 15-20 fps with drops to 8, 9 fps.
For some players, it is unplayable but for me it's not actually fun to play with this performance as a soldier.
I know the game is not optimized but I can play a lot of games such as F.E.A.R. 3, MW2, Borderlands, Company of Heroes, Starcraft 2 (that have similar or better graphics). (and yes I know they are all games developped by giant companies who can afford to optimize their game to his maximum)
DXDiag: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-wk0ev9J5akWHdfTLGhSiXblFf7DAwlZFgb4_-NxI3I/edit?hl=en_US" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-wk0ev9...I/edit?hl=en_US</a>
Specs:
Asus N61JQ-X1 (http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220696)
Win7 64
CPU: i7 - 720QM
VGA: Ati Mobility Radeon 5730 1GB
Memory: 4GB
Tried to play on many resolutions, changing low to high graphics doesnt seems to help really much.
1280x800 Windowed Mode and Medium Quality are what I have found as the best settings
Oh and I have reformatted my laptop 1 month ago with the most important drivers installed.
It seems that this guy can play the game well with similar spec
<!--quoteo(post=1855909:date=Jun 23 2011, 05:52 PM:name=Lazer)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Lazer @ Jun 23 2011, 05:52 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1855909"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I'm on a somewhat custom built laptop running Win7 64bit, i7 CPU, 4GB RAM, and Mobility Radeon HD 5650. It runs the game quite well, although if occlusion acts up (bug being fixed) it can drop fps quite a bit. I usually play on medium quality because it handles high but sometimes starts getting hot after a long round (probably stressed from the occlusion bug). If you have to get a laptop I'd recommend at least similar specs.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Thank you for replying with a constructive answer!
Please don't repeat what some of you said to others like... The game is not optimized it's only a beta so wait for the release or Change your GPU for a better one!
Current Performance:
Playable but hard to kill someone that is why I play often as commander
10-25 fps on a local game but mainly 15-20 fps with drops to 8, 9 fps.
For some players, it is unplayable but for me it's not actually fun to play with this performance as a soldier.
I know the game is not optimized but I can play a lot of games such as F.E.A.R. 3, MW2, Borderlands, Company of Heroes, Starcraft 2 (that have similar or better graphics). (and yes I know they are all games developped by giant companies who can afford to optimize their game to his maximum)
DXDiag: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-wk0ev9J5akWHdfTLGhSiXblFf7DAwlZFgb4_-NxI3I/edit?hl=en_US" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-wk0ev9...I/edit?hl=en_US</a>
Specs:
Asus N61JQ-X1 (http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220696)
Win7 64
CPU: i7 - 720QM
VGA: Ati Mobility Radeon 5730 1GB
Memory: 4GB
Tried to play on many resolutions, changing low to high graphics doesnt seems to help really much.
1280x800 Windowed Mode and Medium Quality are what I have found as the best settings
Oh and I have reformatted my laptop 1 month ago with the most important drivers installed.
It seems that this guy can play the game well with similar spec
<!--quoteo(post=1855909:date=Jun 23 2011, 05:52 PM:name=Lazer)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Lazer @ Jun 23 2011, 05:52 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1855909"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I'm on a somewhat custom built laptop running Win7 64bit, i7 CPU, 4GB RAM, and Mobility Radeon HD 5650. It runs the game quite well, although if occlusion acts up (bug being fixed) it can drop fps quite a bit. I usually play on medium quality because it handles high but sometimes starts getting hot after a long round (probably stressed from the occlusion bug). If you have to get a laptop I'd recommend at least similar specs.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Thank you for replying with a constructive answer!
Comments
Please don't repeat what some of you said to others like... The game is not optimized it's only a beta so wait for the release or Change your GPU for a better one!<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
What else to say?
Play in a lower resolution, try playing in windowed mode, play as commander rather than a regular alien/marine (FPS not as important + better performance).
Your laptop is more powerful than mine but your performance doesn't seem much better. I get 25-30 in the ready room, highs of 25 in game, lows of 5 in game....usually plays at 15. Enjoyable playing as gorge or commander, frustrating to play other classes and hopeless as marine unless wielding flamer/gl spammer.
Since you just started playing the game you should know performance will get better. For me it's got about 30% better over the course of beta. Hoping for more improvements soon.
but the game looks like crap then.
> 800x600 (medium)
> r_shadows 0
> r_mode unlit
.. will see if it helps to bring better performance.
Sorry for the previous one, I was trying to do the same thing as the other one but I dont know how (fullscreen mode document).
EDIT: BTW, I tried some commands (r_shadows and r_mode) and the only thing that change is graphic.. still have a constant 10-20 fps but I was impressed first with a 40-60fps in the ready room. lol
According to my spec, I should be able to play correctly without glitch (havent experience any tho) or lag that makes me impossible to kill someone else.
With my dxdiag, my description of the situation and my spec, I don't see how I can help you more to fix my framerate drops.
I bought the game before the release for one reason and you all know it.
My CPU is an Intel Core i7-720QM (6M Cache, 1.60 GHz)
1.60 Ghz does not means it's worse than the best pentium 4
It has 4 cores and 8 threats and a turbo frequency up to 2.8 GHz
Be well-informed is a must if you want to help someone else.
And btw I am glad that it fixed your problem RisingSun
1.60 Ghz does not means it's worse than the best pentium 4
It has 4 cores and 8 threats and a turbo frequency up to 2.8 GHz
Be well-informed is a must if you want to help someone else.
And btw I am glad that it fixed your problem RisingSun<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Ah, totally missed the turbo frequency. Still, NS2 only uses one core, so the multi-cores means little to it.
Ok so my old computer with a low-level amd athlon dual core x2 4200+ with 2.2Ghz could run better NS2
only because it has only two cores... MESSAGE to developpers, fix engine to support multi-threads and multi-cores...
Sorry for the previous one, I was trying to do the same thing as the other one but I dont know how (fullscreen mode document).
EDIT: BTW, I tried some commands (r_shadows and r_mode) and the only thing that change is graphic.. still have a constant 10-20 fps but I was impressed first with a 40-60fps in the ready room. lol<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
yes, the processor is the weak link.
I'm running a 3.16Ghz dualcores and I can almost max it, I would just need a better video-card.
The only things that will help is to change processor or wait, unfortunately.
...yes, I'm SURE that hasn't occurred to them.
As noted in your original post, the game is still in beta and has not been optimized.
As has been noted in numerous prior threads, do not expect *extensive* optimization tasks until the game is preparing for release; most likely meaning after feature-complete.
I'm running a 3.16Ghz dualcores and I can almost max it, I would just need a better video-card.
The only things that will help is to change processor or wait, unfortunately.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Dualcores are more supported in games than quadcores. My laptop is designed for multimedia tasking so the CPU is not what I need to change
if I need to change something. I just explained to ScardyBob that my CPU has not to do with my poor performance. Changing my processor
would be a total waste of money.
It's my opinion but balances and content patchs are less important than optimizations and architectural decisions.
Especially if they let people test their game if you pre-order it.
What people want to see is a game that have a solid gameplay and a good optimization.. not the one who have 4 maps and there is only one that people plays on.
I am studying in computer programming and I know that Lua scripting is hard to optimize.
So adding content constantly won't help and just slow down them.
They even want to release NS2 on xbox 360... It's even harder to optimize a game on a console...
Good Luck and Have Fun, developpers. The game won't release before a year or two.
if I need to change something. I just explained to ScardyBob that my CPU has not to do with my poor performance. Changing my processor
would be a total waste of money.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I'm not saying that he should buy a old single/dual core. but it would improve his fps..
NS2 only supports 1 core atm, so if you have 7 1.6Ghz cores it will still count as a 1.6Ghz single core cpu,
so by getting another (you don't have to buy it, you can take it from another computer or borrow one..) cpu with less cores but a higher speed the game will run better.
A dualcore at 3Ghz counts as a single at 3Ghz, 3Ghz > 1.6Ghz
1.6Ghz is simply too low for almost any game today, if it would be single core only.