Low FPS in PlanetSide 2?
Low FPS in PlanetSide 2?
I've got an FX 8350 with 8 GB RAM and an R9 290. Playing PS2 gives me around 30 FPS in battles, and I've reached 15. I'm using the ultra preset without vsync or fog shadows. Reducing shadows to low helped a bit but not much. I also tried a 32-bit client and got the same results. Anyone has any ideas?
I believe it's FX8350. They faced many issues with AMD CPUs after release. If you press alt+f in the game, you'll see FPS and either "CPU" or "GPU" showing what's limiting. Turn off smoothing because it's essentially V-sync. Make sure V-sync is disabled, as that will cap your frame rate at 30 for anything under 60 fps and 15 for anything under 30 fps (assuming your monitor is 60Hz).
Game with many players requires heavy CPU usage, most processing happens on two cores. On Windows 7, enable cores if needed—only affects certain CPUs like I7/8350 and possibly 6300fx. Planetside 2 and Windows 7 may cause threads to pause. This issue also appeared in BF4, leading to stuttering. About half of my threads were idle in the game until I unparked them, after a fresh Windows 7 install with correct power settings (100% max). Try running the game, enable cores, restart your PC. It won’t consume extra power. This seems to be a problem with Windows 7 in certain titles on specific chips. Check Task Manager for idle threads beforehand, and run the game briefly to confirm if multiple threads were inactive. If they were, overclocking the 8350 might be necessary to improve performance.