Hopefully I’m not jumping the gun too much here, as I havent yet completed my onboarding.
If anyone could help out with some tech issues I had today with the game, it would be appreciated. I’m going to have to go buy a headset anyways, I might just grab any other needed hardware upgrades while I’m at it if anyone has any solid ideas.
So today I started the game for the first time in a couple of years i guess. I had just upgraded my CPU a couple of weeks ago, and the GPU and RAM today, so I was feeling pretty hopeful about the game running smoothly. Well, turns out I was wrong.
My current setup is:
AMD FX-8350
GTX 1070Ti
2x8GB DDR3
Win7 (dx11)
550W PSU
The problem I’m having is stuttering. For testing purposes I’m running around the empty hangar for a couple of minutes. Every couple of seconds there is a very short but very noticeable stutter. I think the sound stutters as well, at least the sound of the steps do.
Changing the graphics settings only diminishes or amplifies the problem a little bit but the problem is always there.
At Very High settings with V sync and motion+camera blur:
-FPS is at a fairly constant 60.
-CPU load is varying at around 30-40%
-CPU temp is at about 45 degrees celcius.
-GPU load is all over the place from 20% to 95% but averaging at around 75-80% i guess.
-GPU temp is at around 66 degrees celcius.
-Memory usage is at 6,2GB edited
I dont have any other modern 3d games installed right now, so i cant compare.
Im wondering if the problem might be one or more of the following:
-DX11 win7. Should I have dx12 ?
-DDR3 memory ?
-550W psu should be enough according to online calculators ?
-FX8350 CPU ?
-“Old” architecture MoBo ? (It’s an Asus M5A78L-M USB3)
(I am using Afterburner to monitor cpu, gpu and memory) (I am new with Afterburner, hopefully im using/reading it correctly)
-I started the game at Space Port Crusader this time and ran around a bit.
-Getting only 13-15 fps, constant. Graphics settings make no difference. I am not noticing the stuttering, but the fps is so bad it would be hard to notice. Background music is not stuttering.
-GPU load at around 10-30% and temp at around 47celcius
-CPU load at around 45% and temp at around 45celcius
-I removed the new 2x8gb memory and reinstalled the old 2x4gb. No change for the better, so the new 2x8gb went back in.
I am now starting to think the problem might be the CPU, but why isnt the CPU load any higher ?
Or is it the PSU not supplying enough power? I would imagine the symptoms to be more dramatic if it was the case.
I wouldnt want to buy new hardware blindly to fix this. If the problem is the CPU, I will have to buy a new MoBo, cpu and ram. That will get a bit expensive. If its just the PSU, would be fixed cheap.
Any educated guesses would be very welcome.
edit I am now fairly sure, after some googling, that the issue is the fx-8350 and it’s poor single thread performance.
It’s either as you guessed single thread performance, or memory performance. You should consider upgrading to a newer Intel i5 system, stay away from AMD CPU products.