BioWare: "most" people aren't having SWTOR performance issues

win7 64, i5 2500 @ 5ghz, 8gb ram, gtx570 x 2 sli playing at 1920x1080 everythingon high (tex med) 16AF and 2xAA

FPS drops are huge in some places where they shouldnt exist like warzones (16 players in small zone). I can barely imagine how people with lower end machines play this.

i7-720Q is quadcore with HT (enabling HT can even reduce performance in many applications) and at 1.6GHz its not fastest CPU around, even with 5 years old dualcore 2.6GHz you should perform better.

There is your problem.

I have HD5870 and i7-2600K 3.4GHz CPU and have average 60+ FPS @2560x1600 (100+ indoors)

Core i7 950 @ 3.07
16 gigs ram
7200 rpm HDD
Sapphire HD 6970 stock clock

I run the game using three 1920x1080 monitors in eyefinity with all settings maxed, nothing turned off.

That's 5760x1080

Game runs great.

I think a lot of you people who are whining have lower end machines and aren't fessing up to it. That or, like I saw a few posts back, you haven't updated the drivers on your GPU in ages.

Another case of vocal minority thinking that they are the majority...

Not to piss in your cheerios mate, but I've run a laptop my entire time without any issues. To the complete ire of my co-worker who's running a desktop and getting errors like crazy and only lives 30 minutes south of me. If you're about to say "you're running a high end system" that's just not true. I purchased the laptop from ASUS, it's one of their mid range rigs with a geforce 460m, 8 gigs of ram, I Believe it's the 2.3 i7, but don't quote me... and windows 7 64 bit. Albeit, I did wipe the initial software and load Ultimate for my own peace of mind, but that's just me.

I bought the computer while deployed in afghanistan and havn't had a single issue performing any task I've set on this bugger. I've run everything I can at this thing and truth be told, I run at max settings without a single problem. Yes, I've found and put in graphics engine bug reports and quest related bug reports... but nothing in regards to my own rig. My co-worker however is running a desktop that still uses DDR2 ram and a 32 bit OS and can't seem to see the end of his errors.

I'm having FPS issues. Can You Run It? gave me a score of almost perfect. It's incredibly annoying getting stuck around 10 - 20 FPS only to have to go normal, and back down again. Over and over, especially in combat. Changing settings does nothing, FPS is constant.

Who says majority aren't having issues? You? If they fix it for the people who are, you who apparently aren't would get much better performance yourselves. Don't you want that?

Before the game was released we saw footage of people playing the game at PAX and E3 on Alienware laptops. If they can run it decently which is ironic, because I have an Alienware laptop running the game ******. The problem has to be an issue with the game itself, whether it be the engine or just the optimisation.

My specs are:

Intel Core i7 1.20GHz (currently at 1.5 OC)
8.00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 RAM
Nvidia 1GB GeForce GT 335M
488GB Seagate ST9500420AS ATA Device

All drivers are completely up to date. I run my games with Gamebooster. HDD is defragged and cleaned with Ccleaner. I've disabled various unnecessary services to speed up the CPU overall.

Nothing works. Remember, I got an almost perfect score on Can You Run It? I know my rig isn't high end but it's good enough to run the game at at least 35 FPS on Ultra because I certainly could when I used to play Call of Duty.

The problems I've had haven't been with low fps numbers (ctrl+shift+f always gives me an average way over 60) but with intermittent stutter not picked up by the counter.

Getting off of a taxi ride, summoning my companion, entering a new area etc. brings things to a (albeit temporary) slide show.

My PC is pretty well specced:

i5 2500K @ 4ghz
8 Gig RAM
GTX580 - heavily overclocked, but can't remember the settings - at work at the moment


Built it specifically for BF3, which it runs on Ultra with standard and post AA up to max, without slow down) and my internet connection is cable (constant 10mbps)

As experienced by many people, the art design in this game = win, the technical implementation = GIANT FAIL (don't get us on to textures and the lack of AA!)

Laptops are no good for MMOS (gaming generally) unless you have real top of the range, i dont mean to be rude but it is a fact.

A laptop video chipset will be nowhere as good as a desktop equivalent.

Those guys want EA/BW to send a real computer technician to fix their computer...

I beg to differ. I am currently running the game on a HP DV6 Intel Core i5 with an ATI Radeon HD 5750 Graphics Card. I run the game with NO problems. I am usually up around 60 FPS most of the time with the exception of a couple of areas that I think are still having performance issues. I paid exactly 900 bucks for the laptop new at Sams Club. This years model has a Core i7 in it with a little better graphics card. So, yes you can run the game on a decently priced laptop that is not a 5k gaming rig.

My specc is
i5 @ 3.6ghz
GTX560Ti SUPER OC'D edition 1gb ram
8gb 1600 Mhz ram

And even i have fps drops where there should be non in wz's for one i can drop down to 30fps at random, fleet during rush hour i can maybe get 25fps

So spare me the "This is only low end specs" because it aint.