Massive FPS drops in Planetside 2?

[thatguy321]

I get fairly random drops in my FPS and I can't seem to figure out whats causing them.

 

I know they call for a Quad core and I am running a G3258 (specs in profile), but running a CPU activity monitor while playing showed I wasn't even under full load most of the time. I've tried turning all my setting to the lowest possible, and while it puts me at 200+FPS just standing around and 70-90 while in combat, I still get the horrendous dips that make the game unplayable for a second or two. the drops seem completely random too, can happen in the middle of a huge fight, can happen when I climbing a hill by myself away from any action.

 

I would blame my internet, but it seems to be running solid at the moment and I don't have any issues with other games.

 

Any ideas?

[Tedster]

Hm.

 

How's your RAM usage when playing PS2?

[thatguy321]

Hm.

 

How's your RAM usage when playing PS2?

 

I'll be honest, I haven't really checked RAM usage, BUT wouldn't turning all setting to min or off (shadows) make a noticeable difference if that was the case? Settings on high, medium, or low I still get the massive drops.

[Tedster]

I'll be honest, I haven't really checked RAM usage, BUT wouldn't turning all setting to min or off (shadows) make a noticeable difference if that was the case? Settings on high, medium, or low I still get the massive drops.

You should probably check your RAM usage.

 

That's mainly graphical so I'm not sure how much of an effect it would have on RAM usage - the engine still needs to run and it's pretty unoptimized (or at least was).

[thatguy321]

You should probably check your RAM usage.

 

That's mainly graphical so I'm not sure how much of an effect it would have on RAM usage - the engine still needs to run and it's pretty unoptimized (or at least was).

 Good free software for monitoring RAM usage?

 

When I did my build I intended to expand up to 8GB soon after and haven't done it yet. Just got paid, maybe I'll pick up another 2x2GB set.

[Tedster]

 Good free software for monitoring RAM usage?

 

When I did my build I intended to expand up to 8GB soon after and haven't done it yet. Just got paid, maybe I'll pick up another 2x2GB set.

Just monitor it in Task Manager?

[DEDRICK]

PS2 is an extremely CPU demanding game, it can also use easily over 4GB of RAM with the 64bit client.  VRAM isn't too much of an issue but you will want over 1GB for sure

[thatguy321]

RAM may indeed be the issue, getting a number of hard faults when gaming that seem to coincide with the random fps drops also using nearly 90% of memory while playing.

 

Sound about right?

 

Looks like I'll be ordering another dual channel set tonight.

[thatguy321]

RAM may indeed be the issue, getting a number of hard faults when gaming that seem to coincide with the random fps drops also using nearly 90% of memory while playing.

 

Sound about right?

 

Looks like I'll be ordering another dual channel set tonight.

 

I'm gonna guess that since nobody said no, it's a yes... maybe?

[thatguy321]

Well I kinda feel like an idiot. When messing with my CPU overclock I restored the board to defaults and forgot to turn back up my RAM, was running at 1400 instead of 1600. Fixed that and coupled with another 4GB (2x2GB), I think I may have it all sorted out.