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~20-30 FPS with UI on, >60 FPS with UI turned off -- HUH?!

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I'm running a system with 4gb DD2-800 RAM, a quad-core AMD Phenom II 940 Black Edition, a GeForce 9800GT, running Windows 7 Pro, and the Steam version of STO. I have a strange effect. Using FRAPS to monitor my FPS, I have noticed that (while in space, havent checked ground yet) I get around 20-30 FPS running at 1600x900, 60Hz refresh, v-sync on, 2x Antialiasing, dynamic lighting off, and most other settings at High. Now, that is perfectly playable, I enjoy it immensely. The REALLY wierd thing, is when I hide the UI elements with ALT+F12, my FPS jumps to 60, and goes higher than that when I disable v-sync. It would be nice for it to run at 60 FPS all the time. Any thoughs as to why the UI elements are killing my framerate?

PS - I am a PC technician by trade, so bring on the technospeak!!! :D
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2011
    UPDATE: The issue doesnt effect ground combat, my FPS doesnt change when I disable my UI on the ground.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited August 2011
    Same problem here. I'm also using an NVIDIA card and Windows 7 64-bit. It also affects me in ground too.

    Posted here too:

    http://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?t=227184

    We need more people to make more noise to get them to recognise this annoying performance discrepancy.
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