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Why can't I get good FPS?

gorinzachiangorinzachian Posts: 40 Arc User
edited January 2014 in PC & Technical Issues
I put this in your "How to tell if your computer can handle this game" thread but didn't get a response. I did the math on that thread but can only get 25-30 FPS on my minimum settings. here is what I have:

AMD PhenomII 3.0GHz quad-core processor
NVidia GTX 650 TI 1GB frame buffer
Windows 7 64-bit
8GB RAM
The best I can get is 25-30 fps on minimum graphics setting.

Note that I can play Skyrim and Mass Effect 3 on high settings without a hitch.
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  • deadman20deadman20 Posts: 1,529 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Your hardware should have similar performance as mine given CO's asset usage vs the PC's capability, yet it doesn't... and I run on much higher settings given that you do 25-30 on the minimum.

    AMD PhenomII x4 975 Processor 3.6 GHz
    NVidia GeForce GTX 460
    Windows 7 - 64 Bit
    12 GB RAM

    Average FPS Range 45-70


    I know that we went over the Video Settings in SG Chat extensively, so the most I can recommend you to do now is check and make sure your Software is up to date (Drivers, Shaders, DirectX, etc.). IObit has a program for that here if you don't know how to do that otherwise.

    Take note that CO loves to leak memory, so bug the Devs and pray to the mighty RNG god that they fix it.
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  • notyuunotyuu Posts: 1,121 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Because CO is very poorly optimized(much like my spelling), and thusly it's rather greedy...although as stated above, make sure all your drivers for your hardware are up to date, and for the love of the all mighty RNG make sure you're not running CO through arc, it's murder on resources.
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  • gorinzachiangorinzachian Posts: 40 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Well I update all the drivers, etc. and I ran the game without opening Arc. Same result...
  • bluhmanbluhman Posts: 2,410 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Mind copying the contents of your gameprefs.pref file here?

    Not sure where it is for ARC users, but for steam, it's located at:
    C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Champions Online\Champions Online\Live\localdata
    Everything after my 'common\' directory should be the same. If you can find that install directory you'll be golden.

    Right click it and open with notepad. The pref file is very useful as it contains not just your graphics settings, but also what the game thinks it should use, pertaining to hardware.

    VVV I meant the whole thing. Given how similar your setup is to deadman20's (actually a bit better), I'd imagine the answer lies somewhere in the game's settings, instead of your specs.
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  • gorinzachiangorinzachian Posts: 40 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Not sure how it would help, but here goes:



    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Aticrossfiregpucount 0

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Audiodrivername

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Audiodriveroutput

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Audiodriverversion

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Audiox64checkskipped 0

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Computername JEFFJR-PC

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Cpucachesize 0

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Cpuidentifier "AMD64 Family 16 Model 4 Stepping 2, AuthenticAMD"

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Cpuspeed 3.007e+009

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Diskfree 158609293312

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Disktotal 300074631168

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Fmodversion 0

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Hassse 1

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Hassse2 1

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Hassse3 1

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Hassse4 0

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Isdx11enabled 1

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Isdx9exenabled 1

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Isrunningnortonav 0

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Istransgaming 0

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Isunsupportedspecs 0

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Isusingd3ddebug 0

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Isvista 1

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Iswine 0

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Isx64 1

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Material_Hardware_Supported_Features

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Material_Supported_Features "SM20| SM20_PLUS| SM30| SM30_PLUS| SM30_HYPER"

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Nummonitors 1

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Numrealcpus 4

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Numvirtualcpus 4

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Nvidiasligpucount 0

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Osver0_Lowversion 1

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Osver1_Highversion 6

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Osver2_Build 7601

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Osver3_Servicepackmajor 1

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Osver4_Servicepackminor 0

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Osver5_Hostversion 6

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Physicalmemoryavailable 6542442496

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Physicalmemorymax 8589205504

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Ramspeedgbs 0.782171

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.RenderingHacks REHA_NONE

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Supporteddxversion 0

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Svnbuildnumber 159122

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Transgaminginfo

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Videocarddeviceid 4550

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Videocardname "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti"

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Videocardvendorid 4318

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Videodriverstate 0

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Videodriverversion 9.18.13.1106

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Videomemory 1024

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Virtualaddressspace 2147418134

    Prefentry SystemSpecs.Wineversion
  • lafury001200lafury001200 Posts: 567 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Turn off nameplates and damage floaters, and you should see some improvement.
  • gorinzachiangorinzachian Posts: 40 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Which leads to the incredibly dumb question: How?

    P.S. Whoops! Now I see what you're talking about! I thought for a moment you were referring to my previous post.

    My bad FPS happens even when I'm looking straight at the ground with no movement taking place.
  • bluhmanbluhman Posts: 2,410 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Reading all of this (especially how you still get low FPS when looking at the ground), I'm going to suggest you type this stuff while just playing:

    /maxfps 0
    /perframesleep 0

    This should disable any artificial limits the game is setting on frames per second/rendering speed. Though I'd suggest after confirming this is the cause to turn your max fps back up to a number equal to your monitor's refresh rate (60 and 75 are two common ones.)
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  • gorinzachiangorinzachian Posts: 40 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    bluhman wrote: »
    Reading all of this (especially how you still get low FPS when looking at the ground), I'm going to suggest you type this stuff while just playing:

    /maxfps 0
    /perframesleep 0

    This should disable any artificial limits the game is setting on frames per second/rendering speed. Though I'd suggest after confirming this is the cause to turn your max fps back up to a number equal to your monitor's refresh rate (60 and 75 are two common ones.)

    Tried it. Still no change... :mad:
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