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[naunguyen25]

Hmm my laptop core i7 8750h , ram 16gb , GTX 1050Ti , Why does the fps drop when playing games? , and what should i do for better setting , help me please , i luv this game so much but I can't have a good experience with game jerks

[naunguyen25]

But what I need to know is that the error is not in my hardware right, other things I will check

[ATerribleCrime]

Originally posted by naunguyen25:

But what I need to know is that the error is not in my hardware right, other things I will check

Thermal throttling, windows power mode settings, close all background programs.

You will experience some stuttering from zombie population and loading region information while driving as examples, but shouldn't have a problem on a new start.

[Khergit Horse Archer]

does your issue happen with all games? perhaps try playing another game and test if your hardware is not the issue.

you can also try downloading cinebench r23 and benchmarking your multicore performance and see if it's working fine, single core benchmark takes very long so i wouldn't recommend it. you can check the results against others online, it should be around the same ballpark maybe +/- 10%.

[Another Mother's Son]

Originally posted by naunguyen25:

I asked some forums and someone answered that because my chip is weak and the game only supports single core, is that the reason?

Not that so much as the game engine mostly generates 2D tiles. The 3D sprites are mostly moving or movable objects like characters, items and cars. Video cards are so specifically built to render polygons that they forgot how to draw in 2D

[(TTV)OnBrandRP]

Originally posted by Armagenesis:

You can try disabling blood decals and lower the corpses' decomposition timer. Blood decals and especially zombie corpses seem to be the main culprit for performance issues. This is pretty apparent for me since I play using a potato. My game immediately freezes for a few seconds whenever I load into a cell where the party happened.

Another possibility is the mods. Overdoing it with mods will also cause performance issue. If you use a lot of mods, try toning them down a little.

Mods can especially be a massive issue for low end computers. The more mods you install, the more ram usage you'll have. If you have too many mods your performance can worsen to the point of unstable, not to mention hard coded engine limitations.

[Gena Cider]

from what i remember project zomboid doesn't automatically use all your cores. i think you have to do it manually. i don't remember the process but you should be able to google the solution

[Nordil(Hun)]

Originally posted by Master Exploder:

from what i remember project zomboid doesn't automatically use all your cores. i think you have to do it manually. i don't remember the process but you should be able to google the solution

It should not be with the cores, apparantly the 8750h has a base freq of 2.2 GHz but the turbo is 4.2 Ghz. So we would need to see what the frequency is during the game. (I am not sure how the h processors have their turboboosts or overclocking?, i have a 4690K)
On win10 he should be able to check it with the running processes. (Or if there is some kind of an NVIDIA tool like on AMD-s side he should be able to check there too.)
The other thing, we need to know a bit more about his GPU as well.
GTX 1050Ti is not that much info. Could you give a bit more detail about it?
(Like it is an MSI GTX 1050 TI Gaming version or, Palit or XFX, etc. that way i could check it a bit more.)
Maybe if you could give the manufacturer of the laptop and the product ID, i could have a more detailed look at it. (Like for instance Lenovo Ideapad 330-15ICH)

[Khergit Horse Archer]

Originally posted by Nordil(Hun):

Originally posted by Master Exploder:

from what i remember project zomboid doesn't automatically use all your cores. i think you have to do it manually. i don't remember the process but you should be able to google the solution

It should not be with the cores, apparantly the 8750h has a base freq of 2.2 GHz but the turbo is 4.2 Ghz. So we would need to see what the frequency is during the game. (I am not sure how the h processors have their turboboosts or overclocking?, i have a 4690K)
On win10 he should be able to check it with the running processes. (Or if there is some kind of an NVIDIA tool like on AMD-s side he should be able to check there too.)
The other thing, we need to know a bit more about his GPU as well.
GTX 1050Ti is not that much info. Could you give a bit more detail about it?
(Like it is an MSI GTX 1050 TI Gaming version or, Palit or XFX, etc. that way i could check it a bit more.)
Maybe if you could give the manufacturer of the laptop and the product ID, i could have a more detailed look at it. (Like for instance Lenovo Ideapad 330-15ICH)

bruh so much wrong with this,

let's unpack

1) turbo boost is just the standard way modern cpu will clock up to when they are "free" to do, these do depend on various parameters, but general idea is that it will clock as high as it is allowed to when it can.

2) the gpu is fine, project zomboid isn't that gpu heavy, it shouldn't matter as long as it's working right.

3) locking programs to run on certain cores (not sure if this is what the top reply is refering to) is only really beneficial for the new ryzen 7000 x3d chips (but not 7800x3d) because they have some novelty with their 3d v cache thingie. and this doesn't make the game/program run it multi-threaded or w/e it's suppose to mean.

edit: many corrections to my sentences lol, my bad

[Nordil(Hun)]

Originally posted by Khergit Horse Archer:

Originally posted by Nordil(Hun):

It should not be with the cores, apparantly the 8750h has a base freq of 2.2 GHz but the turbo is 4.2 Ghz. So we would need to see what the frequency is during the game. (I am not sure how the h processors have their turboboosts or overclocking?, i have a 4690K)
On win10 he should be able to check it with the running processes. (Or if there is some kind of an NVIDIA tool like on AMD-s side he should be able to check there too.)
The other thing, we need to know a bit more about his GPU as well.
GTX 1050Ti is not that much info. Could you give a bit more detail about it?
(Like it is an MSI GTX 1050 TI Gaming version or, Palit or XFX, etc. that way i could check it a bit more.)
Maybe if you could give the manufacturer of the laptop and the product ID, i could have a more detailed look at it. (Like for instance Lenovo Ideapad 330-15ICH)

bruh so much wrong with this,

let's unpack

1) turbo boost is just the standard way modern cpu will clock up to when they are "free" to do, these do depend on various parameters, but general idea is that it will clock as high as it is allowed to when it can.

2) the gpu is fine, project zomboid isn't that gpu heavy, it shouldn't matter as long as it's working right.

3) core locking is only really beneficial for the new ryzen 7000 x3d chips (but not 7800x3d) because they have some novelty with their 3d v cache thingie. and this doesn't make the game/program run it multi-threaded or w/e it's suppose to mean.

edit: many corrections to my sentences lol, my bad

1) Actually no. It is Intel's way of raising the CPU's frequency. In some cases that turbo boost is usually available only to a single core. The more cores are put to turbo usually lesser the top frequency is. (editted this part as i was not phrasing it clear)
And on those very few intel's where they enabled the turbo boost for all, it usually required serious cooling.(Allthough i have to confess the last time i watched such videos was around 1.5 year ago, articles i still read occasionnally.) Also i am asking about the laptop because a number of 8750h seem to be having thermal throttling issues. Which MIGHT give us an idea what seems to be issue.

2) the GPU is supposed to be okay for PZ(edited again). But knowing the exact manufacturer might reveal if there are some things you can look after.

3) Not necessarily. I had older AMD computers where i did enable core locks.

[Khergit Horse Archer]

Originally posted by Nordil(Hun):

Originally posted by Khergit Horse Archer:

bruh so much wrong with this,

let's unpack

1) turbo boost is just the standard way modern cpu will clock up to when they are "free" to do, these do depend on various parameters, but general idea is that it will clock as high as it is allowed to when it can.

2) the gpu is fine, project zomboid isn't that gpu heavy, it shouldn't matter as long as it's working right.

3) core locking is only really beneficial for the new ryzen 7000 x3d chips (but not 7800x3d) because they have some novelty with their 3d v cache thingie. and this doesn't make the game/program run it multi-threaded or w/e it's suppose to mean.

edit: many corrections to my sentences lol, my bad

1) Actually no. It is Intel's way of raising the CPU's frequency. In some cases that turbo boost is usually available only to a single core. The more cores are put to turbo usually lesser the top frequency is. (editted this part as i was not phrasing it clear)
And on those very few intel's where they enabled the turbo boost for all, it usually required serious cooling.(Allthough i have to confess the last time i watched such videos was around 1.5 year ago, articles i still read occasionnally.) Also i am asking about the laptop because a number of 8750h seem to be having thermal throttling issues. Which MIGHT give us an idea what seems to be issue.

2) the GPU is supposed to be okay for PZ(edited again). But knowing the exact manufacturer might reveal if there are some things you can look after.

3) Not necessarily. I had older AMD computers where i did enable core locks.

1) yes, it could be thermals that is causing him grief, and i agree he should get that checked. either by benchmarking the cpu with cinebench r23 or with a temperature monitoring software like hwinfo64.

as for the turbo boost, it is just a marketing term, and i think intel coined it first, while i don't think most people would understand "turbo core" as amd calls it. and yes they are very much similar or even the same thing.
https://www.amd.com/en/technologies/turbo-core

2) i don't know

3) well, i don't know why you are doing it, but perhaps there's a good reason.

edit: also, i don't think laptops use gpu from those vendors like the desktop ones, like gigabyte, asus and etc.

[Nordil(Hun)]

Originally posted by Khergit Horse Archer:

Originally posted by Nordil(Hun):

1) Actually no. It is Intel's way of raising the CPU's frequency. In some cases that turbo boost is usually available only to a single core. The more cores are put to turbo usually lesser the top frequency is. (editted this part as i was not phrasing it clear)
And on those very few intel's where they enabled the turbo boost for all, it usually required serious cooling.(Allthough i have to confess the last time i watched such videos was around 1.5 year ago, articles i still read occasionnally.) Also i am asking about the laptop because a number of 8750h seem to be having thermal throttling issues. Which MIGHT give us an idea what seems to be issue.

2) the GPU is supposed to be okay for PZ(edited again). But knowing the exact manufacturer might reveal if there are some things you can look after.

3) Not necessarily. I had older AMD computers where i did enable core locks.

1) yes, it could be thermals that is causing him grief, and i agree he should get that checked. either by benchmarking the cpu with cinebench r23 or with a temperature monitoring software like hwinfo64.

as for the turbo boost, it is just a marketing term, and i think intel coined it first, while i don't think most people would understand "turbo core" as amd calls it. and yes they are very much similar or even the same thing.
https://www.amd.com/en/technologies/turbo-core

2) i don't know

3) well, i don't know why you are doing it, but perhaps there's a good reason.

edit: also, i don't think laptops use gpu from those vendors like the desktop ones, like gigabyte, asus and etc.

1) I think i was misphrasing it. I did not want to enter an AMD vs Intel debate:)
(I used to overclock my old AMD-s quite regularly, fried a few of them eventually:P)
Technical tests sometimes are not reliable sady. Again I do not want to enter a debate, but a few times Intel has optimized their processors and their codes for these artificial technical tests.
2) Yeah seems to be the case with the gpu-s now. Well either way never hurts to know the laptop type and product ID to check if there is any known issue with them.
(For instance my old laptop had issues with the switching between the dGPU and the iGPU)

[naunguyen25]

Originally posted by Nordil(Hun):

Originally posted by Master Exploder:

from what i remember project zomboid doesn't automatically use all your cores. i think you have to do it manually. i don't remember the process but you should be able to google the solution

It should not be with the cores, apparantly the 8750h has a base freq of 2.2 GHz but the turbo is 4.2 Ghz. So we would need to see what the frequency is during the game. (I am not sure how the h processors have their turboboosts or overclocking?, i have a 4690K)
On win10 he should be able to check it with the running processes. (Or if there is some kind of an NVIDIA tool like on AMD-s side he should be able to check there too.)
The other thing, we need to know a bit more about his GPU as well.
GTX 1050Ti is not that much info. Could you give a bit more detail about it?
(Like it is an MSI GTX 1050 TI Gaming version or, Palit or XFX, etc. that way i could check it a bit more.)
Maybe if you could give the manufacturer of the laptop and the product ID, i could have a more detailed look at it. (Like for instance Lenovo Ideapad 330-15ICH)

my laptop is acer nitro 5 AN515-52-70AE

[M.S.Referee]

Don't be intimidated by mods, mods can be of significant help to targeted problems. You can try these 2 same time, and use '25 Version' of "(Reudce Lag)RenderLessZombie" mod. The '25' mean only 25 zombies will be rendering and others just run in low black texture animations. And this will huge improved performance. If you don't use these mods, how many zombies you see in the whole screen range, your CPU and GPU have to handle so many zombies rendering. So it is very normal for the performance to drop greatly.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2896255721
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2970823607

[ˢᵈˣ FatCat]

how bad the fps drop? even with better GPU, if the population is big, the game will stutter here and now . not your PC fault

[Nordil(Hun)]

Originally posted by naunguyen25:

Originally posted by Nordil(Hun):

It should not be with the cores, apparantly the 8750h has a base freq of 2.2 GHz but the turbo is 4.2 Ghz. So we would need to see what the frequency is during the game. (I am not sure how the h processors have their turboboosts or overclocking?, i have a 4690K)
On win10 he should be able to check it with the running processes. (Or if there is some kind of an NVIDIA tool like on AMD-s side he should be able to check there too.)
The other thing, we need to know a bit more about his GPU as well.
GTX 1050Ti is not that much info. Could you give a bit more detail about it?
(Like it is an MSI GTX 1050 TI Gaming version or, Palit or XFX, etc. that way i could check it a bit more.)
Maybe if you could give the manufacturer of the laptop and the product ID, i could have a more detailed look at it. (Like for instance Lenovo Ideapad 330-15ICH)

my laptop is acer nitro 5 AN515-52-70AE

I found mostly vietnamese webpages, so i could not dig around much.
I used to have 2 acer laptops, they are medium quality usually. They are reliable, but watch out, as once the warranty is gone they tend to break down. (2 out of 2 for me:D)
What seems to be the general case is that the 8750h has a thermal throttling issue. So that might be the cause for your issue. What i read from other users, usually an undervolting helped them stabilize the performance. Before you try undervolting you can/should try out the different settings of win10 for laptop. If performance is selected usually that tends to also for some reason a bit overuse the CPU even when it is not needed, making the thermal throttling appear sooner.
Also if you do not know enough about undervolting i would advise you to ask someone to do it who knows, as playing with the voltage settings of your computer can have dire consequences.