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Terrible FPS issues and ability lag in Warzones.

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Terrible FPS issues and ability lag in Warzones.

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Volatile
03.05.2012 , 02:24 AM | #801
Running an I7 3.0Ghz, 12 GB 1600 RAM, GTX 570 and I get around 5-15 FPS in Warzone, 100+ outside of IF or WZ.

Stupidest thing in the world as I only play this game for PvP
when the f*** did we get ice cream.

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PepperYourAngus
03.11.2012 , 05:39 AM | #802
+1
6 core 4ghz cpu
6970
8 gig ram

Warzones drop to 25-15 fps, PVP is what i do if i cant pvp i cant swtor :/

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BrutalPain
03.11.2012 , 06:02 AM | #803
I had many performance problem when the game started and i was searching for some hours on the net found many fixes on specific setups what actually works. I'm not speaking about download driver, turn off not used processes and such.
Those solutions fixed my problems completely, i raised my fps in WZs from 8-12 to 30-40.
Yes the game is broken, it shouldnt be a problem but it is there from the start so the best you can do is try to do something on your side as the lack of answer from BW or just unsub till they do something. Sad to say but yeah.

My setup is:
AMD Athlon II X4
4GB RAM
Geeforce GTS 250 512Mb

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-Adrenaline-
03.12.2012 , 05:53 PM | #804
My rig isn't the best, but it sure as heck is way better than the recommended requirements to run the game, even before i laid out the $200 to upgrade it because I thought my PC was the problem with bad FPS in warzones, not the dang game itself.

I'm very disappointed that I just spent so much money and it didn't resolve the problem AT ALL. Game runs flawless at highest settings, soon as I get hit with a lightning bolt or a fight starts in the warzone, the FPS plummets to 5-10 FPS. I'm sick of this crap.

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PepperYourAngus
03.12.2012 , 09:46 PM | #805
Does anyone know if this issue has been acknowledged? I know that they know of the FPS drop within small indoor areas for some people. But have they actually confirmed the fact that warzone fps is horrid even of the best of systems?

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ReckonerH
03.12.2012 , 10:40 PM | #806
Quote: Originally Posted by PepperYourAngus View Post
Does anyone know if this issue has been acknowledged? I know that they know of the FPS drop within small indoor areas for some people. But have they actually confirmed the fact that warzone fps is horrid even of the best of systems?
Last I heard Bioware claimed we're only a small portion, like 5% of the entire swtor pop, who are having this issue. Guess they don't really care and/or don't want to admit how severe the issue is.

I'll tell you this though, it has been nice going back to wow this week for the sole purpose of playing a game that actually runs smoothly. No framerate drop to 0 FPS when doing simple things like opening the character sheet, no lag whatsoever when around a crowd of other players in towns, world pvp or in BGs. No ability delay. I'm not getting dismounted if I start riding the instant I mount up.

This issue is truly the most disappointing thing about swtor.

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Pycon
03.13.2012 , 05:25 PM | #807
Add me to those 5%.

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jcharais
03.15.2012 , 09:13 AM | #808
Add me to the list of the 5%. 1 to 2 FPS in PvP. My system was a bit older 2 Gig of ram and an Nvidia GT9800 video card with an AMD quad core processor. Tried all the fixes on the web and got nothing. Upgraded to 8 gigs of ram, got nothing. Upgraded to a GTX 560 Ti video card with 448 cores and got nothing.

Whats most interesting about the new Video card is that when I run Battlefield 3 I can run on settings just below Ultra at 2500x1600 with fantastic frame rates and the video card's fan kicks up its speed. In SWTOR putting my settings to max, doesn't make my video card work harder. It still appears that all video processing is off loaded to the CPU instead of the GPU.

Bought a SSD and I am doing a fresh rebuild, I now have Windows 7 64bit, origins (needed for the digital down load), the newest NVidia drivers, and SWTOR on my PC nothing else. I am putting money on it that it still runs like crap.

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MartyrLXXVII
03.15.2012 , 09:35 AM | #809
Quote: Originally Posted by jcharais View Post
Add me to the list of the 5%. 1 to 2 FPS in PvP. My system was a bit older 2 Gig of ram and an Nvidia GT9800 video card with an AMD quad core processor. Tried all the fixes on the web and got nothing. Upgraded to 8 gigs of ram, got nothing. Upgraded to a GTX 560 Ti video card with 448 cores and got nothing.

Whats most interesting about the new Video card is that when I run Battlefield 3 I can run on settings just below Ultra at 2500x1600 with fantastic frame rates and the video card's fan kicks up its speed. In SWTOR putting my settings to max, doesn't make my video card work harder. It still appears that all video processing is off loaded to the CPU instead of the GPU.

Bought a SSD and I am doing a fresh rebuild, I now have Windows 7 64bit, origins (needed for the digital down load), the newest NVidia drivers, and SWTOR on my PC nothing else. I am putting money on it that it still runs like crap.
The CPU being overworked and the gpu doing all but nothing, that's the key. Complete and total lack of optimization, or even correct code.

What gets me is the people that say they didn't have this issue in beta but then it started in early start, what the hell did BW change, and why are they acting like its a non-issue. It's painfully obvious there are significant problems with the engine.

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Jarvus
03.15.2012 , 10:12 AM | #810
Quote: Originally Posted by jcharais View Post
Add me to the list of the 5%. [...]
Whats most interesting about the new Video card is that when I run Battlefield 3 I can run on settings just below Ultra at 2500x1600 with fantastic frame rates and the video card's fan kicks up its speed. In SWTOR putting my settings to max, doesn't make my video card work harder. It still appears that all video processing is off loaded to the CPU instead of the GPU.

Bought a SSD and I am doing a fresh rebuild, I now have Windows 7 64bit, origins (needed for the digital down load), the newest NVidia drivers, and SWTOR on my PC nothing else. I am putting money on it that it still runs like crap.
Make sure you're playing in full screen mode, not full screen windowed mode. It seems to lock the NVIDIA driver at 2D clocks or something unless you play in full screen mode. YMMV. I have the same card on an E6400 @ 3 GHz. no SSD. XP SP2. 4GB of RAM. with a mild overclock to 819 core with only .06mV added in Afterburner, I get around 100 FPS just riding around unpopulated areas. In Voidstar though, it gets rough, like 10-25 FPS sometimes, but very variable; sometimes it's okay. I used a little program called CodecTweakTool to, probably lol, remove some redundant directX filters and it helped with my FPS drops in combat. Give it a shot maybe.