My FPS suck!!

Robert E. Lee · Registered User Joined: 18 Jul 2001 Posts: 2904

I've done everything I know to boost my FPS but I can't seem to get more than 40 with an average of 25-30. I lowered my screen res from 1680x1050 to 1280x768 hoping that would help. I've got all of my detail settings set to the lowest possible. My vid card is a Radeon Atlantis 9800 (256mb). HELP!
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Greebo · Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 5:56 pm Post subject:

This thread might interest you:
http://www.dayofdefeat.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=960097#post960097

Read that post then click back to the first post - basically there seems to be some issue with intel processors and source....maybe.

Anyway, I usually get 30fps on a 1.3 (Pentium-M), 1/2 gig ram and a 6600 nvidia (laptop thing)
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Robert E. Lee · Registered User Joined: 18 Jul 2001 Posts: 2904

OK.. It appears I'm not the only one with this problem.
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Ricen · Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 7:08 pm Post subject:

I have an AMD 2800+ and a 7800GSoc and still have the same problem.

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Stevo · Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 7:15 pm Post subject:

Same here, but I don't really notice any lag or anything. 30 FPS is good enough for me.

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Mike · Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 7:17 pm Post subject:

StrontiumDog · Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:00 pm Post subject:

I have a Pentium D, 2Gb RAM and a crappy GeForce 7300 but I get 50fps-70fps. Turning off HDR helped and setting the card to the native mode of the LCD monitor also helped. (Goes >100fps when I look at the sky..

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Mad-Hammer · Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:21 pm Post subject:

I know this may be of no use but, I have the same specs comp wise as Stevo and usually run between 60-89 fps.

To achieve that, I had to go into the comps bios and up the amount of memory used for agp graphics. Since the video card carries 256 mb of memory, I alloted 128 mb for system memory. The rule of thumb for that particular tweak was half the memory of the card.

Let me dig around and I'll find the link to the tweak guide.
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Robert E. Lee · Registered User Joined: 18 Jul 2001 Posts: 2904

I went into my bios and switched it from 64 to 256 and my FPS went up an extra 10fps. Thanks for that tip!
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Ricen · Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:12 am Post subject:

Stevo · Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:18 am Post subject:

I don't know if this still applies, but check your video card settings for v-sync or verticle refresh and make sure it is off.
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Mike · Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:27 am Post subject:

Ricen · Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:50 am Post subject:

Ok guys, i did some diggin and talked to BFG tech support. May have found a few things to help us all.

1: make sure you are usind DX9.0c Not A OR B

2: he asked me to make sure my amp. output on the +12v is 20 to 24amp

3: ask me to run a benchmark "Aquamark" and take notes if it will not make it all the way through.

While looking for the Aquamark I found this web site "http://www.guru3d.com/". This site is full of tips, tweaks, drivers, just all kinds of fun stuff. I also found "Nvidia ntune". This program has an auto oc feature that will set up your pc and vc to max preformance.
( Rob I bet Raedon has somethng out there like it. )
Hope to start playing with this stuff after work, will give ya'll an update then. Wish me luck

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StrontiumDog · Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 12:44 pm Post subject:

Another thing nVidia users can do is try the overclock utility from nVidia...
called nvtweak.reg

It's a registry add on that gives you an additional option in your nVidia set up section. Be careful as it can do potential damage! It has an autodetect button to determine the best settings to overclock the GPU.

It changed my core clock frequency from 400MHz to 506 MHz and the memory clock frequency from 680MHz to 860MHz.
Card now runs at 75°C instead of 60°C when DoD:S is running.

Sorry Rob, doesn't help you...

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Stevo · Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 2:50 pm Post subject:

I tried what Mad-Hammer did and increased the AGP aperture size and now I average around 50 FPS. Thanks Hamster!

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