FPS drop

[Cpl.Hansen88]

Hi. I get a HUGE FPS drop whenever i look at trees and other foliage. It only happens when i look at foliage. My graphics driver is updated and should be good to go! My computer is more than capable of running this game as i can play brand new games with settings on high. This is happening in the beta btw. Is there a reason and a fix for this?

Thanks

[Cpl.Hansen88]

Anyone?

[ryan d ale]

Reasons:

Foilage requires a lot of processing/resources/hardware power.

I don't doubt that your PC runs brand new games fine. However, I doubt that the brand new games are mods that are made for free.

The brand new games are optimised by experienced and paid professionals with the time to do that sort of work.

PR includes community factions and content without uniform optimisation procedures ...they use rough guidelines (i.e ensuring we can acquire new content from many different sources which is a good thing for a free game where the devs do not get paid).

RAID.
RAMDISK.
OC.
UPGRADE.
CHINESE RAM.
CROSSFIRE.

These are your options.

[Cpl.Hansen88]

The case is not that easy at all mate. A friend of mine has lower specs than I have, but still runs everything smoothly on high settings. Any tips?

[Boris]

Might be worth having a read of https://www.realitymod.com/forum/f26-pr ... r-lag.html

[Cpl.Hansen88]

I found my problem. PR doesent recognize my Nvidia 710M card, and uses the integrated one instead. Is there any way to solve this?

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System Information
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  Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8 (6.2.9200)
      Architecture: 64-biters
          Language: Norwegian, Bokm?l (Norway)
       Motherboard: Acer VA70_HC
         Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3230M CPU @ 2.60GHz (Physical: 2, Logical: 4)
            Memory: 12,00 GB
      DIMM Modules: DIMM0: 8,00 GB @ 1600 MHz
                    DIMM1: 4,00 GB @ 1600 MHz
         Page File: 5,00 GB
    .NET Framework: 4.5

Display Information
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 Display Device(s): Generic PnP Monitor on Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000
   Display Mode(s): 1600 x 900 (32 bit) @ 60 Hz
    Driver Version: 9.17.10.2867
    Display Memory: 2,13 GB
     Multisampling: 2, 4, 8
               DPI: 96 (100%)

Audio Information
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  Primary Playback: Creative Labs Inc. Software
 Primary Recording: Microphone (Realtek High Defini
               EAX: True
           EAX 1.0: False
           EAX 2.0: True
           EAX 3.0: False
           EAX 4.0: False
           EAX 5.0: False
             X-RAM: False

Disk Information
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      Install Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Battlefield 2
                    Free: 587,93 GB, Total: 672,83 GB, NTFS
          Mod Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Battlefield 2\mods\pr_beta
                    Free: 587,93 GB, Total: 672,83 GB, NTFS
     Profiles Path: C:\Users\HGH\Documents\ProjectReality\Profiles
                    Free: 587,93 GB, Total: 672,83 GB, NTFS
    Update DL Path: C:\Users\HGH\AppData\Local\Project Reality\Project Reality BF2\Downloads
                    Free: 587,93 GB, Total: 672,83 GB, NTFS
   Update Log Path: C:\Users\HGH\AppData\Local\Project Reality\Project Reality BF2\UpdateLogs
                    Free: 587,93 GB, Total: 672,83 GB, NTFS

Game Information
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      CD Key Valid: True
    Installed Mods: bf2, pr, pr_beta, xpack
       Current Mod: pr_beta
       BF2 Version: BF2 1.5
        PR Version: 1.0.26.0
          Language: English
   Debug Available: False
     Large Address: True
Supported Hardware: None

Profile Information
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              Type: Online
 Last Used Profile: True
        View Intro: True
        Fullscreen: True
      Display Mode: 1600x900@60Hz
Display Mode Valid: True
   Graphics Scheme: High
     Multisampling: 8x
             VSync: True
   Terrain Quality: High
   Effects Quality: High
  Geometry Quality: High
   Texture Quality: High
  Lighting Quality: High
   Dynamic Shadows: High
    Dynamic Lights: High
 Texture Filtering: High
    Audio Provider: Hardware
    Provider Valid: True
     Audio Quality: High
               EAX: True

[LITOralis.nMd]

In the Nvidia control panel,

Force these programs to use the discrete GPU
PRbf2.exe
prmumble.exe
prlauncher.exe

As far as I can tell, it's actually PRMumble that is forcing the PC to use the integrated iGPU. So once you switch it to use the dedicated, you should be good.

[Kothra]

I'm on Windows 7 and I'm having the same problem. The thing is that even though I set Mumble to use the discrete GPU, the "NVIDIA GPU Activity" icon in the system tray does not list prmumble.exe, only the game and the launcher. And even though the game is listed there, it does not seem like the game is actually running on the Nvidia card (assumption based on the fact that I'm not feeling the heat under my left hand that is usually there when I play games).


If making the Nvidia card the global setting doesn't work, [s]then I'm going to try switching off the integrated Intel chip and see if that runs any better.[/s]

EDIT: Turns out that's impossible.