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2a799fb82e6e10d
7 years ago
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FPS below 10 with i7 and gtx 960m

I installed the game on my laptop thinking it would run smoothly, since I have an i7 4720HQ and a gtx 960m. Imagine my surprise when I saw the FPS locked at 17 in full screen and 7 (7!) in boderless...
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  • 2a799fb82e6e10d's avatar
    2a799fb82e6e10d
    7 years ago
    Oh. My. God.

    Since I had already turned off all the "online features" in the game options to no avail, I decided to go route one and turn on airplane mode.

    40 FPS on ultra settings. cpu 30% gpu 60%.

    I am speechless. Still, both the cpu and gpu are underloaded and a normal, decently coded game should push at least 60fps, but I can live with 40 after all this hassle.

    Thanks a lot to everyone who helped guys
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jpkarlsen
Hero (Retired)
7 years ago

You do not have enough free space on your C; drive for temporary files. This is because you have partitioned your SSD in two small partitions. This will seriously affect performance of your SSD and shorten its lifespan. You need to create more free space on C: so I suggest that you undo the partitioning.

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    2a799fb82e6e10d
    7 years ago

    I have approximately 8GB free, why would that not be enough for the sims but more than enough for much more demanding games?
    Not arguing, just wish to make sure that is the issue here before I go about unpartitioning my drive and all that for nothing.

    P.S. I also get 10 FPS during the loading screen on startup, and 17 in the game menu. The game never goes over 19-20 FPS.

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      jpkarlsen
      Hero (Retired)
      7 years ago

      Both Windows and the game makes temporary files. The other Game you mention may be more heavy on Graphics but do not need as much in temporary space.

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        2a799fb82e6e10d
        7 years ago

        I cleared some space and I checked how much drive space vas used. Upon launching the game the free space on the C drive went from 8.91 GB to 8.86 GB and then to 8.81 GB in live play.

        The game never went over 17 FPS. The graphic settings are automatically set as "high". Playing on ultra settings in full hd or on lowest settings and 1024x768 resolution produced absolutely no difference in FPS whatsoever.


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