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ultra systems & performance |
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Posted by lemming at Wednesday 5 September 2007, 10:22 |
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hello fellow mammals!
i recently upgraded my box to get it quakewars ready :p
my current specs are:
e6600 (running at 2.4 currently)
evga 8800 ultra
2gb ram
windows xp (cant wait for the linux client to be released)
soundblaster live! (pci)
intel e1000 (pci-e)
abit p5b mobo
2048/384 line
one should think this is more than enough to run quakewars...however i am still facing FPS issues (massive drops) which i am tracking on a daily basis and already improved alot.
i play on 1600x1200 (ultra/high) but it doesnt matter if going up/down in resolution. fps remain the same.
with com_unlock_timingmethod 0 i have best results, having >120 fps outside and >220 fps inside buildings.
however on some parts of the map or when lots of player arrive (on full servers) frames drop down to 30-60 fps. meanwhile i am convinved those are NOT related to the CPU or GFX card but point to some network stack issue.
when i increased the net_client_maxrate to above the default insane low setting, these frame drops decreased (the amount/duration of it).
with the adjusted client_maxrate i can play with > 90-120 fps *all* the time on servers up to 16 players. with 24 players however, i still face massive fps drops.
this issue is really hard to track because it seems also to be related on *which* server you play on. for example, yesterday i got steady fps on a 16 player quakewars.league server while on the default named ones with the same player amount i got jumpy fps.
these netcode issues *need* to be addressed, the game is SO AWESOME on a ultra system when running totally smooth... but its *VERY* frustrating if you own a 8800 ultra and high end stuff ...and play with jumpy fps like its a 2 year old box.
once i get home i will dump all settings from my config which *did* actually affect performance in a measureable way.
however if you never tried com_unlock_timingmethod 0 ...do it now :p
until soon
mammals sux badly, and not just because its lies in their nature :p |
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Fearog of SplashDamage has written some explanation about the timingmethod thingy which can be found here
I have about the same system and also have FPS drops but not that big. |
Thanks for the info. Let's hope this will all be improved in the Demo and retail build though  |
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