Declining FPS on core i7

[Flanker35M]

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i7 user as well but no decline in FPS. Latest beta before this one was actually the best ever as it had no stutters and ran smoothly with VERY few launcher crashes. Make sure to keep HyperThreading off, gives absolutely nothing to CoD except stutters.

[JG52Krupi]

Originally Posted by Flanker35M

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i7 user as well but no decline in FPS. Latest beta before this one was actually the best ever as it had no stutters and ran smoothly with VERY few launcher crashes. Make sure to keep HyperThreading off, gives absolutely nothing to CoD except stutters.

Exactly the same here best patch so far and also an i7 user, do you guys have anything else in common hardware wise?

[zapatista]

might be early to conclude anything (only 5 user specs to go by so far in this thread), but one main variable in the above people reporting slowdowns are nvidea card users, and the people reporting improvements and no problems use ati gfx cards

[Hippy Druid]

Originally Posted by zapatista

might be early to conclude anything (only 5 user specs to go by so far in this thread), but one main variable in the above people reporting slowdowns are nvidea card users, and the people reporting improvements and no problems use ati gfx cards

This is quite an interesting observation. Maybe there is something in that?

I feel the performance has improved since I bought CloD not so long ago.
I'm running with ATI also.
It plays smoother now than ever. The frames could be better still I'm sure, but it's much more enjoyable than when I first fired it up.

[Das Attorney]

Originally Posted by JG52Krupi

Exactly the same here best patch so far and also an i7 user, do you guys have anything else in common hardware wise?

Concur about HT. Switch it off in BIOS, it's just a great big overhead in general (for me anyway).

I'm getting similar results. Performance on this build is smoother. Maybe I'm noticing the framerate drop more over cities, due to the game running smoother. Before, everything was j-j-jerk-o-vision at low alts and difficult to pin down what was actually going on.

Up close to planes is much smoother. Particle effects cause less slowdown (but still noticeable). Trees seem toxic on this version though.

i7 @3.8Ghz
GTX 680 4GB

[Jaws2002]

Originally Posted by Flanker35M

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Make sure to keep HyperThreading off, gives absolutely nothing to CoD except stutters.

I tried that with multiple patches. Makes no difference what's or ever. I'll keep it on.

Now on top of all the mess and low performance, i get a crash every second offline mission. I didn't even bother going online.

[ATAG_Bliss]

My FPS seem about the same with this patch (on average) but it does seem smoother to me overall. I don't get many of the 100FPS to 1 FPS drops anymore which is a big improvement.

[Flanker35M]

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It is smooth yes, but look at my last post with screenshot in Bug thread. Shows the step backwards regarding trees. So annoyingly seen "feature" while playing even I usually do not look at vegetation while flying except for navigational purposes.

[Red Dragon-DK]

Same FPS drop happen to me.

[Ataros]

Vsynk may be a problem. It cuts FPS from 60 to 30 to 15. Need to use a 3rd party utility to enable triple buffering if vsync is badly needed (drivers CP handles triple buffering in OGL only). In release version there was no true fullscreen and vsync could cause less problems.

Patches cause slow downs because:
- files get more and more fragmented when patching as HDD gets filled in month by month and internal Steam defrag is not good enough.
- new versions may not woork well with old conf.ini and other ini files. Need to delete Documents/1C-Softclub folder (backup control and info-window settings first)
- new patch files need to be cached by windows again and this takes time
- if you did not add both Steam and Documents/1C folders to 2-3 exclusion lists of your antivirus (real-time file monitor, network monitor, etc.) , it will scan new patch files when loading them
- new graphics drivers introduce new image enhancements (like new AA methods) which may be switched on by default in drivers.
- AA was improved in game a bit and may conflict with drivers AA settings if used (need to be set to application controlled).
- etc., etc. Please see a link #2 in my sig for more ideas of what can go wrong in a system.

Try running in pseudo mode, disable all background applications like TS overlay or Skype, upgrade motherboard drivers, check if PSU is clean and not getting overheated, check out if GPU fan is clean of dust, check if clocks and temps are the same as some months ago, etc.