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Low FPS on certain maps, UI eats 20-30 FPS.

snowwolf#0563 snowwolf
snowwolf#0563
 Member Posts: 1,018 Arc User
in Graphical and Sound Issues
So for a good while.. Playing STO I've noticed my FPS has gone down more and more almost each passing day it feels.

During the course of these last months.. I've done a couple of reformats of my computer, installed STO all over again.. Been through various drivers for my system. But one thing always remains, most Star Trek Online maps are stuttery with low choppy FPS.

Other maps the FPS is jumping all over the place, from 120 smooth and nice to falling down to 20.. 25.. Then suddenly up to 45... 120.. And down to 20... For no apparent reason.

Strange thing is, changing the graphics settings make NO difference whatsoever... Playing on ultra low or ultra high.. Makes no difference on my FPS, the only thing that does make a difference is renderscale..

Oh and on more thing.. If I disable the UI, I gain about 20-30 FPS depending on my map... Why isn't this fixed?..

System specs.

Windows 7, 64-bit Home Edition
Intel Core i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40 GHz 3.40 GHz
8 GB RAM

Operating System and Game is installed on a SSD

Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 6 GB VRAM

Comments

  • swatopswatop Member Posts: 566 Arc User
    many people seem to have this problem.
    there are dozens of reports about performance issues
  • duncanidaho11duncanidaho11 Member Posts: 7,980 Arc User
    It is worth nothing that the devs (ex. Zeronimous rex) have mentioned that there is a UI update in the works (focused on performance) but there's no guarantee that the general update will specifically apply to these slowdowns (as they don't seem to generally impact the population.)
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  • swatopswatop Member Posts: 566 Arc User
    question will be when we get such a new UI.... development could take a year or longer (just like on other game content)
  • pottsey5gpottsey5g Member Posts: 4,252 Arc User
    I noticed the same SB24 used to run at max capped FPS now it barely gets 15fps. Its not my PC hardware which is all high end but the game code that's changed.
  • snowwolf#0563 snowwolf
    snowwolf#0563
         Member Posts: 1,018 Arc User
    I can get max capped FPS at Starbase 24 with no damage floaters and no UI.. With those.. Same as you.. 15-20 FPS
  • swatopswatop Member Posts: 566 Arc User
    To be honest i really doubt that it is a UI problem. Sure the UI consumes some FPS but lets simply look at the facts.
    The current UI was introduced with legacy of romulus (season 7). It was running perfectly fine till season 10.

    The UI was working and then something must have caused this bug. A new UI might not fix it.
  • jaeblaze2012jaeblaze2012 Member Posts: 3 Arc User
    having the exact same problem but more severe. can only fly around ESD sector space and ground fps drops to 1,

    CPU: Intel Core I7 6700k
    Ram: G.Skill Trident Z F4 32gb DDR4
    GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 TI HYBRID
    MOBO: Asus Sabertooth Z170
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