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!!!
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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.