Planetside 2 optimization? or just bad specs?

[GuyNamedBrad]

Hey guys Brad here recently I built a new machine:

 

- Asus A88mx-a mobo,

- 8 gb Coursair Vengance pro RAM 2133mhz (soone to be 16)

- Sapphire R9 270x 4GB DDR5 graphics card new (bough 2 days ago) 

- AMD A10 7700k Black edition APU (10 cores = 4 CPU + 6 GPU)

- 650w Thermaltake PSU

- Coursair Case (Carbide Series® Air 240 High Airflow MicroATX and Mini-ITX).

 

So the after install my games and the usual default programs I decided to test the limits of this build. In BF4 I can play on ULTRA 1080p with 0 lag at 90+ fps, minecraft at 100+ fps all settings maxed, and a few other games such as metro 2033, last light. Besides changing some of my setting such as fan speed to cool ( getting water cooled soon) I noticed in Planetside 2 I was only getting around 60 in non battle areas, 40-30 fps in medium battles and in large scale battles 20-30 with some lag but playable. I was wondering what the problem could be if I could run all the other games fine but Planetside 2 will not run smooth even on medium settings. So in short and conclusion any ideas how to make Planetside 2 run or be optimized better since every other game I own including GTA V runs perfectly at 1080p on highest setting at 60+ Fps. 

 

- Do i need to change my APU settings? (there at default)

- Some way to optimize my graphics card that im unaware of?

 

ps not the most technologically advanced so any feedback is appreciated. 

(also not necessary recommend any good games haha)

                                                                                           Thanks, Brad 

[Verne]

Planetside 2 is extremely reliant on CPU power unlike the other games.

[Ostwind]

Planetside 2 is heavily reliant on CPU power, an A10 is not very powerful. That being said most systems can be brought low by the larger battles in the game.

[PerfectTemplar]

 

 

- AMD A10 7700k Black edition APU (10 cores = 4 CPU + 6 GPU)

 

OH NO!

[Luckylock]

to get a constant 90+ fps you need something like an overclocked intel 4690k. anything amd will have horrible fps in that particular game I've heard. constantly CPU bound.

 

there isn't much you can do here unfortunately... turn off shadows, and turn down other potentially cpu intensive options.

[TJStamp]

The key to planetside2 is having the highest possible single thread CPU performance. my 3770K even when overclocked to buggery and back has problems in intense battles. It is very poorly optimized so throwing extra cores at it is a huge waste. Graphically PS2 isn't particularly demanding, anything above a GTX650 can max it out at 1080p60