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Graphical Stuttering-on-Ground Fix (?)

SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
edited March 2010 in Graphical and Sound Issues
Hi guys. I've been messing around very much with my STO stuttering while playing ground missions.
Especially in Earth spacedock, my FPS were constantly kept down by a stuttering that I was sure was related to a software problem.
People with REALLY lower rigs on their PC were running STO just fine. Then i bought Bad Company 2, and the game was suffering a similar issue.
And then i found this fix to this little lag of multiplayer games that acted on graphics.
The result was: Bad company 2 from 28 fps stuttering to 60 fps, peak 96 fps
STO online: 50 -> 60 fps space, 20 stuttering -> 45 perfect on ground

I found the fix here (the second-one) http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1043281

It seems to be related to a Windows 7/Vista service that was scheduling the network throttling, lowering priority to multmedial classes.
Executing the fix (disabling the windows network-throttling) did the trick. No more stuttering on BC2 nor STO!
Works just like a charm.

The fix:
Leave the multimedia class scheduler service running, but disable its network throttling "feature":

* Open regedit
* Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Multimedia\SystemProfile
* There will be an entry for network performance throttling, default value is 10; set it to FFFFFFFF hex (willl look like 0xFFFFFFFF to the right of the entry)
* Reboot

For the skepticals: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948066

Do this at YOUR OWN RISK. The result might vary on different hardware.

My gaming rig:

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6850 @ 3.00GHz (2 CPUs), ~3.0GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM Corsair 1066Mhz
Hard Drive: 480 GB Total
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512 (Drivers 196.34 BETA)
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600)

Just sharing this, it might help some people.
Let me know.
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    -scratch that, everything's fine *pfew*
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