Huge FPS drops in crowded areas
Hi guys,
I really need your expertise. I bought a brand new computer recently, totally overkill for EQ that's obvious (5600X/RX6800xt/32Go Ram etc.).
It is mostly running super smoothly even with 6 characters logged in simultaneously, with generally a good 60/120FPS with all max graphics on in most of the situations including heavy raids.
Nevertheless, in some crowded areas, when facing huge groups of characters gathered, or facing some areas in zones with water or dense particles, I get huge FPS drops to like 10FPS which makes the whole gaming experience extremely annoying, and even frustrating.
I have tried to play around with pretty much all the options and advanced options (lowering or maxing it) and it does not change anything. The only thing i have been able to figure out is that if i put either Far Clip Plane or Actor Clip Plane below 10%, everything goes perfectly smooth again and above 100 FPS.
But of course, I havent bought a new PC to play with 10% Clip plane, so I suspect some parameter is screwing everything up.
A couple of additional informations :
- This happens both with or without MQ2 on
- This happens both with or without +5 bots instances
- I have set CPU affinity properly to use all cores on all instances (either via MQ2 or Windows Task Manager)
- When i face the crowd and get lag, the Windows Task Manager indicated that this process is "Highly consuming energy" even if CPU/GPU is not above 5%, which is surprising
- My GPU and Windows drivers are up to date
I just downloaded ISBoxer trial version hoping it could get things better, but any additional hints will be more than welcome.
Thanks !
I really need your expertise. I bought a brand new computer recently, totally overkill for EQ that's obvious (5600X/RX6800xt/32Go Ram etc.).
It is mostly running super smoothly even with 6 characters logged in simultaneously, with generally a good 60/120FPS with all max graphics on in most of the situations including heavy raids.
Nevertheless, in some crowded areas, when facing huge groups of characters gathered, or facing some areas in zones with water or dense particles, I get huge FPS drops to like 10FPS which makes the whole gaming experience extremely annoying, and even frustrating.
I have tried to play around with pretty much all the options and advanced options (lowering or maxing it) and it does not change anything. The only thing i have been able to figure out is that if i put either Far Clip Plane or Actor Clip Plane below 10%, everything goes perfectly smooth again and above 100 FPS.
But of course, I havent bought a new PC to play with 10% Clip plane, so I suspect some parameter is screwing everything up.
A couple of additional informations :
- This happens both with or without MQ2 on
- This happens both with or without +5 bots instances
- I have set CPU affinity properly to use all cores on all instances (either via MQ2 or Windows Task Manager)
- When i face the crowd and get lag, the Windows Task Manager indicated that this process is "Highly consuming energy" even if CPU/GPU is not above 5%, which is surprising
- My GPU and Windows drivers are up to date
I just downloaded ISBoxer trial version hoping it could get things better, but any additional hints will be more than welcome.
Thanks !