Choppy performance on AMD FX8530 & Radeon HD7800

paukan007

Screenshot:
http://s010.radikal.ru/i313/1508/97/a7e581057b6f.png

As you see the graph in right corner, the framerate is highly unstable (random delays occurs), regardless of the in-game detail/framerate-control settings, and the Catalyst settings.

I tried:
Vsync On/Off
Frame rate limit 30/60/120
Frame rate control / auto control
All detail settings to lowest possible level (in game and Catalyst)

It did not help.

P.S. There is NO disk activity/CPU peaks during these lags, and I have 16 GB of RAM.

lyracor1

have similar pc and similar issues
AMD FX6100 "6core 3.3GHz"
8GB ram
ProwerColor HD 7850 2GB GDDR5

no.1

at first had 15-25fps in protector and dungeons "5man" were 13-18fps out of fight 2-5fps in fight, tiamat 1-2fps
"try-ed all the settings in game and catalyst from min to max and changes were around +/-5 fps"

cpu usage 33%
ram usage +/- 30%
gpu usage max13% "from 0-13 changing"

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finally i noticed in device menager>display adapter
listed:

• AMD Radeon HD 7800 series
• login mirror "or something like that"

uninstaled login mirror....rebooted pc.... result:

no.2

35-50fps in protector and dungeons "5man" were 50-55fps out of fight 35-45fps in fight,tiamat 30-40fps "with all those flashy cw's"

cpu usage 33%
ram usage +/- 30%
gpu usage max40% "from what i noticed"

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now i got new problem: it doesnt last

after 10-15mins in dungeon or tiamat something goes wrong and it goes back like it was at start no.1
nothing helps ... no changes in game or catalyst.... restarting game no effect acts like no.1

only reboot pc and it works as no.2 and after a while problem and we go again

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happened 3 times.... need to test it more "poke around more"

since i am not expert at pc's .... some help would b nice.... and dont recommend doing same unless u know what u r doing "do it at your own risk"

*EDIT: changed gaphic card from radeon HD7800 to real name ProwerColor HD 7850 2GB GDDR5

zomd

tl;dr - Disabling CPB mode in my bios under the CPU options fixed my problems even after extended playing.

Long version: I was fed up, spending the past week looking at heat (hwmonitor), in-game settings (even going to low settings), uninstalling and reinstalling video and audio drivers to no effect. After watching my cpu load and continuing to see the problems at their worst when it hit ~35%+ usage I finally went into my bios and turned off all the power related features for my CPU. After rebooting, the problems totally disappeared. I was getting good performance (for my pc) even in large groups and no audio distortion when effects hit more than a few mobs.

After that, I turned on each setting by itself to test them until I got to CPB Mode. After enabling that, the problems came back to the same degree as before. After turning it off, then turning on the rest of my power management settings, I loaded up Neverwinter and the hitching/audio problems stayed gone.

I don't know if Intel CPUs and MB's have a similar feature causing problems but turning off CPB Mode on my AMD FX 8350, BIOSTAR TA970 motherboard totally worked.

I hope that helps some people.

Edit: Try at your own risk though.

lyracor1

try-ed disabling CPB mode in my bios "its called AMD turbo in mine case... had to google it xD" it didnt work still same.

*this is image of playing after a while (RECOMENDED SETTINGS):

over performance budget limit? it uses 35%-40% of PC
command /budgets doesnt work "or i dont know how to use it"

*this is image of playing after a while "change charater" (RECOMENDED SETTINGS):

What is filewatcher and how to enable it?

*this is image of playing after a while "change charater" (MINIMUM SETTINGS lowered resolution to min offered):


*this is image of playing after a while (MINIMUM SETTINGS lowered resolution to min offered):


*this is image of playing right after PC reboot +/-7min playing (MINIMUM SETTINGS lowered resolution to min offered):


*this is image of playing right after PC reboot +/-15min playing (MINIMUM SETTINGS lowered resolution to min offered):


*this is image of playing right after PC reboot +/-17min playing left that skirmish (MINIMUM SETTINGS lowered resolution to min offered):


any help? how to enable neverwinter to use all pc resources, or what to do?
cpu and gpu temp always in range of normal "ofc normal it uses 35% of it"

*EDIT just reinstalled OS win7 64bit and neverwinter no change then before reinstal
GPU drivers newest

lyracor1

finally solved mine problem

cpu overheating "was bit tricky coz monitoring system was saying 200C which is impossible"
so it downclocked it self from 3.3Ghz to 1.2Ghz to protect itself...

try-ed with different fan it was more stable...but still same "after longer period". new one comming soon xD

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sometimes mine acted like yours so u should check temp also

since it wasnt old fan idk +/-6months and i got it with CPU "as a box", but wasnt enough.

damn this summer is to HOT xD

hope it helps