Less optimisation or that's me ?
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Cherbourg/FR Join Date: 2016-03-27 Member: 214918Members
Cherbourg/FR Join Date: 2016-03-27 Member: 214918Members
Hey,
I didn't play subnautica for few months now, last time I played was when the devs started to optimize the performance of the game. It was really smooth on my computer in medium (~25 FPS on ultra and maybe 35-40 on medium). I decided to wait until the full release to start a new game and have a bunch of new things to see.
So I started to play again yesterday and I was really surprise to only have ~20 FPS in medium. I set graphics to low in order to gain some FPS... same result the game is still not smooth I don't even have 25 FPS. In ultra I only loose 5 FPS which is really surprising. Am I missing something ? It's still possible to play but that's... annoying
However no more lags due to loading of the map that's a good point.
I even tried to change the texture quality ( F3 menu) but no changes in FPS so I stayed in the max textures to enjoy the beauty of the game : D
Is there anything else to change ?
Thanks and as always sorry if my english is not perfect.
I didn't play subnautica for few months now, last time I played was when the devs started to optimize the performance of the game. It was really smooth on my computer in medium (~25 FPS on ultra and maybe 35-40 on medium). I decided to wait until the full release to start a new game and have a bunch of new things to see.
So I started to play again yesterday and I was really surprise to only have ~20 FPS in medium. I set graphics to low in order to gain some FPS... same result the game is still not smooth I don't even have 25 FPS. In ultra I only loose 5 FPS which is really surprising. Am I missing something ? It's still possible to play but that's... annoying
However no more lags due to loading of the map that's a good point.
I even tried to change the texture quality ( F3 menu) but no changes in FPS so I stayed in the max textures to enjoy the beauty of the game : D
Is there anything else to change ?
Thanks and as always sorry if my english is not perfect.
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I disabled all of the new effects but maybe some of them are impossible to disable...
My PC is not a beast that's for sure but in others games I can play in medium with 30-40 FPS that's why I'm a bit confused.
However, there are indeed settings outside of your games you can set up as a sort of global or application specific setting. If you have an ATI/AMD card it's called Catalyst Control Center and if you're on NVIDIA it's called "NVIDIA Settings"
If you have installed these official drivers and software package, they are accessible by right-clicking on your desktop and they tend to be shown on your taskbar next to the clock as well
In fact I tried 2 or 3 times to update my graphic card drivers but each time I faced graphics bugs so I went back to my original version... My version date of 2016.
I guess I should try again but I'm really scared to screw everything again and I remember that was really hard to go back to an old version.
Usually the driver installation program informs you about what the best compatible driver is for your particular card.
Do you happen to know which graphics card you're running?
Coud you do this:
That way we can have a look at your system hardware and driver version etc...
Here is my dxdiag: https://pastebin.com/S2i5Lbam
Thanks for your help
Hmm, seeing as you have a performance drop well below 50% of what you used to have. It might be that Subnautica is using the wrong graphics chip...
You do have your integrated graphics chip, the Intel HD Graphics 5500 enabled alongside the NVIDIA 830M. And that integrated chip just so happens to have around 50% the power of your 830M (probably less), which would explain the big drop in performance...
You can make sure Subnautica isn't choosing the wrong card by doing this in your NVIDIA settings:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/264710/discussions/0/620712364033144647/#c620712364036146747
I think I can choose myself which one should be used for subnautica in the control panel of nvidia.
In the section "Manage the 3D parameters" I have a tab named "Settings of program" where I can choose subnautica. It allows me to choose the "graphic processor" (translated from french) I don't think that's the same thing as graphic card actually. Am I at least at the good place to choose the graphic card ?
I think something got lost in your translation from French to English
In that second tab, you can link to Subnautica.exe and force it to use your NVIDIA 830M
This is what it looks like, just to be sure your not in the Intel/Windows settings
Mine is slightly different however... You only have 2 points while I have 3.
The 2nd one is allowing me to choose the "graphic processor"
If that's the same thing as graphic card it says that he already choose my nvidia 830M card...
Hmm, well let's see if Subnautica is indeed using your 830M... Try this app: https://www.techpowerup.com/download/gpu-z/
Make sure you've got your NVIDIA 830 selected at the very bottom of this program and then hop on the "Sensors" tab. Start up Subnautica and have a look at "GPU Load" is actually going towards the 100% while playing. If not, change the selected graphics card at the bottom of GPU-Z to your Intel HD5500 and keep an eye on the same "GPU Load" on the Sensors tab.
This way you can be certain of which GPU is being used...
GPU-Z shows that my GPU is at 100% with the nvidia card so the right one is used !
Thanks for your help I maybe changed somethings by searching differents things with you
Have a nice evening !
I used to have an ATI HD5870, which was quite a capable card only really lacking in memory, with just 1Gb. AMD drivers tend to inform you about the best driver version for your card. I'm not entirely sure if NVIDIA does the same thing as I've upgraded to an EVGA GTX1080, which is still among the "latest and greatest", so to speak... But you can check here on their page regardless:
https://www.geforce.com/drivers