How to fix low framerate?
Hey guys, So Ive been trying to tweak my dragon age to where i get around 45-60 frames in populated areas (areas with NPCS) but no matter what settings I have, it seems to be the exact same framerat...
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Sure.
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I'd also like to point out I've also ran on Med-high settings and had about the same frame rate. Typically, anywhere that isn't massively populated with NPCs is fine. Haven is like, 20-25 frames with studdering. And the hinderlands crossroads is just a mess. Mostly everywhere else is 40-60 frames with studdering.
Something to also consider....
Framerate is a combination effort of your entire machine. By this I mean, you have to have a good HD(SSD) feeding info to your CPU(main processor), which then gives info to your Video card that then displays on the screen. The problem of framerate can easily be something OTHER than video card related, especially if you are not seeing any improvement by changing of graphics options. Something to look into is using monitoring programs and or task manager and watching what is going on while you are getting the low framerates.
Things to look at are how much activity you are getting on your CPU, and GPU(video card) and how they compare. If you are pushing your video card and it is lagging behind, then you would expect to see close to 100% usage, same with CPU, or HD. Somewhat recently I helped someone find out that their bios settings were stopping their CPU from running up to full use....they would see that the CPU would only run at 2.4Ghz out of a 4Ghz ability, which meant it wasn't supplying enough data for the video card to run over about 40% use, and thus ran 15-20 FPS.
So you need to see what your machine is actually doing while it is acting up.
Ahhh, okay. Well I am in the business to upgrade my machine. I actually just got my processor a few days ago. If I was to upgrade my SSD, what SSDs would you recommend? Also, I'm not 100% sure if my BIOs ade stopping my processing speed, but I'm interested in looking into that. Do you mind guiding me through the steps I need to take in order to do that? I'll look up to see if my processor has that problem first. But it would still be nice to know. Cause 15-20 frames in a game is a matter or playable and unplayable. Many thanks for that information.
On the SSD front....I am still debating getting one for my machine...they look SOOOO nice and what they allow is fantastic........BUT I hate spending the kind of cash I would need to spend to get the storage space I would want for my machine...I am leaning personally toward the samsung SSD...
On the Processor front, it was found last time by a combination of looking at the draw of the GPU on a monitor such as afterburner, and then looking at the processor information listed on Task manager while the game was running.
Here is the thread about the low fps in MEA: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/Bad-Performance/m-p/6851976#M18022
