Graphic lag frame rate issue

2011-12-19 20:18:07

#1

Canin: Conservative Roman Catholic; +280|6726|Foothills of S. Carolina

I cant figure this out, looked everywhere on google, probably just using the wrong search terms. Anyhow, on Force Unleashed 2, every time I use force powers, hit anything with the light sabers, or get hit with anything, my frame rate drops below 5 FPS. Same thing happens in Arkham City when ever I use a gadget, like a batarang, frame rate drops below 5 FPS. I have tried adjusting settings in both games, and nothing seems to help.

My specs are as follows:
i5-2500K - still stock clocks
ASUS 560 OCII
8GB of ram
display is 1440x900

I havent been having any issues running BF3, and it should take more to run than the other two games. Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

2011-12-20 06:17:01

#2

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|7023|PNW

Try reducing anti-aliasing and making sure your video drivers are up-to-date. I've maxed everything in Arkham City with my 570+560 (or 9800GT, depending on what I'm testing) physx and still get a bit of lag on the benchmarks. And Arkham Asylum (at least) runs better with a second or third video card on physx.

2011-12-20 17:29:18

#3

Canin: Conservative Roman Catholic; +280|6726|Foothills of S. Carolina

In Arkham City I get the lag regardless of physx being on or off, DX9 or DX11 mode, AA off or on. I even dropped the detail level, didnt matter. As soon as I use any gadget my frame rate drops to 1FPS, same as in Force Unleashed 2. I am at a loss as to what is causing it.

2011-12-20 18:01:57

#4

m3thod: All kiiiiiiiiinds of gainz; +2,197|6923|UK

not activating fraps to capture video by pressing a button for a gadget/whatever reason?

(if you have fraps installed)

Blackbelts are just whitebelts who have never quit.

2011-12-20 18:24:29

#5

Canin: Conservative Roman Catholic; +280|6726|Foothills of S. Carolina

Fraps on or off, does not matter. I have uninstalled the newest beta driver for the 560, and installed the newest whql driver. Still doesnt matter, still doing the same thing. Guess I will see how BF3 reacts right now. Maybe those two games are just broken.

edit: BF3 ran on all high, no problems. Never dropped below 45FPS.

Last edited by Canin (2011-12-20 18:40:46)

2011-12-21 01:58:17

#6

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|7023|PNW

Try defragmenting game cache files if they're on steam, or uninstalling both, defragging the entire drive and reinstalling. Also make sure a DVD spin-up isn't causing slowdown for whatever reason.

2011-12-21 04:29:27

#7

Canin: Conservative Roman Catholic; +280|6726|Foothills of S. Carolina

They are both on Steam. I will give the defrag thing a try when I get home tonight.

2011-12-21 04:35:05

#8

jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6774|...

when on a regular desktop do you ever experience any TDR's? like when windows says the "driver recovered ..." etc. ?

2011-12-21 09:14:22

#9

Canin: Conservative Roman Catholic; +280|6726|Foothills of S. Carolina

I got those a few times a week or so ago, then my monitors dvi output died. I swapped to another monitor and have not seen that issue since.

2011-12-21 18:35:51

#10

Canin: Conservative Roman Catholic; +280|6726|Foothills of S. Carolina

Figured out the problem by accident. Apprently the lag is being caused by my wireless PS3 controller running through an emulator. I didn't think to look at it as the issue because running a wired PS3 controller through the emulator never caused a slow down. Thanks to all for the help. Guess I will look at getting a controller that works in GFWL.

2011-12-22 01:56:17

#11

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,053|7023|PNW

Canin wrote:
Figured out the problem by accident. Apprently the lag is being caused by my wireless PS3 controller running through an emulator. I didn't think to look at it as the issue because running a wired PS3 controller through the emulator never caused a slow down. Thanks to all for the help. Guess I will look at getting a controller that works in GFWL.

Just grab a wired Xbox 360 controller. It's a solid feel, won't disappoint and matches a ton of PC game settings by design, especially GFW/L ones.

2011-12-22 02:06:05

#12

aerodynamic: FOCKING HELL; +241|6005|Roma

I used to have that issue with splinter cell conviction. Everytime i wanted to use a scope the game woild freeze for like a minite. Fixed it by using a 360 controller...lol weird

https://bf3s.com/sigs/8ea27f2d75b353b0a18b096ed75ec5e142da7cc2.png

2011-12-22 08:57:47

#13

gurdeep: +812|5006|prolly

are you really using a fucking ps3 controller to play fps games on a pc?

2011-12-22 10:14:48

#14

Canin: Conservative Roman Catholic; +280|6726|Foothills of S. Carolina

gurdeep wrote:
are you really using a fucking ps3 controller to play fps games on a pc?

FPS games with a controller? On a PC? What do you take me for? Some kind of Mook?

Arkham City and Force Unleashed 2 are not FPS games, and are alot easier to control with a controller than a mouse and keyboard.

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