FPS fix? What fps fix?

[Kropos]

What distances do you use caaahl, and what system do you have?

[caaahl]

1920 x 1080 res windowed

terrain 704 m
tree quality high
tree detail 400 m
gras distance 112 m

rest all "on" and shadows on "high"

my specs:
windows 7 64 bit
nvidia geforce 480 gtx
intel core duo E8400 (@ 3 ghz)
4 GB DDR 2 ram

[dxwarlock]

with a 9400, Id suspect 12-20 is about the average you can get.
the 9400 was about as low end of the 9x00 range as you could get. combine that with the fact it was the lowest end nvidia card of 4 years ago.

so getting in that range is good for what you have.

[fatboy21007]

turn everything down and turn AA on and set it to x8. Me and several other players have found this makes the fps rise (around 30 fps-70fps) boost. So it helps!

[dxwarlock]

turn everything down and turn AA on and set it to x8. Me and several other players have found this makes the fps rise (around 30 fps-70fps) boost. So it helps!

with a 9400 8x AA will KILL his framerate..the 8x00 and 9x00 series wasnt known for its AA preformance, more so on the low end of them.

[JCatano]

Yeah, no idea how turning up AA would cause a boost. That would be a very weird bug, if anything.

Anyway... The 9400. Second number of Nvidia cards are the important ones. The lower the second number, the less performance you get.

[ifireallymust]

Yeah, no idea how turning up AA would cause a boost. That would be a very weird bug, if anything.

Anyway... The 9400. Second number of Nvidia cards are the important ones. The lower the second number, the less performance you get.

Yeah, this thread should be renamed, "Nvidia, clarity in card quality? What clarity in card quality?

Is that one of those outdated garbage cards still being sold to computer manufacturers and passed along to unwitting customers?

[Kropos]

I suspected as much dxwarlock...time to upgrade to a more modern low-end card then :P

Any recommendation for an upgrade in the <£75 bracket....

I ain't made of money!

[ac1dtrip]

How do you check fps?

[redseal]

Wouldn't the shadows being on high effect the FPS? I dunno, I turned that stuff off a week into playing.

As for checking FPS, I do not think there is an in game approach for this. (Atleast it hasn't been communicated). 3rd party apps can tell you what the FPS is for your game. I think the most common one used is FRAPS.