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Anonymous
10 years ago
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Massive FPS drop on new laptop

Hi,

I recently bought a new laptop - ASUS ROG G551JK (i5 4200H, GeForce GTX850M, 8 GB DDR3), thinking it wiuld be a significant upgrade over my previous machine which handled SWTOR on Medium - High settings without ever dropping under 40 FPS.

Now, regardless of whether I am sitting in an empty room on Low or in a crowded Stronghold on Ultra, the FPS routinely drops to 12 - 16 FPS ☹️. This is also noticeable on planets when new "sections" of the map are loaded.

Attached is my DxDiag report.

Thank you in advance!

  • proxos666's avatar
    proxos666
    10 years ago

    @KaleTogras

    Considering this is a laptop

    In the Nvidia Control Panel , ensure there is a swtor profile and adjust the below

    If you enable Vsynch ensure triple buffer is enabled in the Nvidia Contro Panel , conversely if not using vsynch turn off triple buffer

    Set pre-rendered frames to 1

    Then In-game settings set shadows to low, if really need go to nameplates and untick scale nameplates with distance , test with this on and off to see which you should have it set too.

    Let me know if this helps or not  

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  • DBWoodynz's avatar
    DBWoodynz
    10 years ago

    @KaleTogras

    Hey hey , laptops are fun.... think this will contain a few tips to help you out... main one; it's a laptop, additional cooling works a treat, something like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2OjAeLcjPA 🙂

    Always ensure your playing with the power plugged in.. and follow as many of these steps as possible

    http://answers.ea.com/t5/STAR-WARS-The-Old-Republic/Guide-quot-How-to-install-Swtor-Correctly-and-address-Windows-10/td-p/4851036

    DX9.0c and the change to your power options will be massive things to do for sure..

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7ipETywbV4 < << A few other choices for you.

  • proxos666's avatar
    proxos666
    Hero+
    10 years ago

    @KaleTogras

    Your Windows Power Options are currently set to "Balanced" , change this to "High Performance" and you should be gold

    Edit - Also Ensure the game is using the 850M and not the Intel 4600 card

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Hey Proxos! Thank you, that solved that issue...but opened up another one ☹️.

    Now that my FPS is 55 - 60, I'm getting horrible screen tearing which ends up with the game freezing after a while. I have V sync turned on, but I'm still getting this issue ☹️.

    Thanks for your help!

  • proxos666's avatar
    proxos666
    Hero+
    10 years ago

    @KaleTogras

    Considering this is a laptop

    In the Nvidia Control Panel , ensure there is a swtor profile and adjust the below

    If you enable Vsynch ensure triple buffer is enabled in the Nvidia Contro Panel , conversely if not using vsynch turn off triple buffer

    Set pre-rendered frames to 1

    Then In-game settings set shadows to low, if really need go to nameplates and untick scale nameplates with distance , test with this on and off to see which you should have it set too.

    Let me know if this helps or not  

  • proxos666's avatar
    proxos666
    Hero+
    10 years ago

    @KaleTogras

    Just thought I would mention a recent issue ,

    Go into windows services and disable Nvidia Streamer Service this has been known to impact fps 3 - 5 %

    obviously providing you don't use it , but it is now enabled by default , planned to be sorted in a future release.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    I only had time to run the game briefly before having to run out and now it's running maintenance for 4.0. It seems to have done the trick (I got a couple of small flickers during load times, but none in the game). I will try again tonight, see if this all did the trick and report if this solved it.

    Thank you so much Proxos, you are amazing!

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    10 years ago

    It seems to have worked - I'm getting great performance on max without a hint of tearing 🙂.

    You sire, are a legend. Thank you!

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