FPS and GPU usage issues

[BaddoSpirito]

There is something seriously wrong with this game's GPU usage. I have something like 17 fps on highest settings and like 19 fps on lowest. There is a massive visual difference between these settings but it doesn't seem to help with FPS at all. I'm definitely not CPU capped, I have a 5800X3D.

My GPU is RTX 2060 and yes it's a bit outdated now but this kind of performance is really unacceptable for a city builder. This isn't some AAA action game, it makes no sense for this to require a 1000$ GPU.

[Singrave]

Same thing with amd 3700x and rtx2070super.
I play on lowest settings and 30fps limit :))

[RobOda]

It makes my PC a space heater. 3080Ti and it saves on heating bills. Even Marvel's Midnight Suns runs cooler than this game lol.

[Shintai]

The Unity engine isnt known for efficiency.

[xtreme3]

r7 5800
rx 5700xt
at the very beginning of the game, I had stable, 80, after the patch I managed to get 60 frames, I moved a little along the plot, the frequency dropped to 20 .. the game just needs normal optimization,I'm just wondering what this game was tested on that they decided to release it, on 4090 in full hd?every new sector, and every new system, I lower and lower the settings, it seems I will finish the game in 800x600....unfortunately, the era of the beta test is not over, you cannot buy games at the start

[Trajado]

Truly impressive indeed. Just by being on the Main Menu I need 100% of my GPU.

[Saadiya]

Maybe they were trying to help us save on our heating bill this winter?

[lolic_lol]

This is strange, because on my rtx 2070 I did not see drops in fps at a resolution of 1920x1080. But I regularly update the drivers for the video card and do not play 4K.

[xISylar]

same here # 3060ti, # CPU I9

[MicS]

I’m on GTX 970 with ultra wide 3440x1440, and get 30 fps. Performance is weird in this game.

[FONG42]

r5-5600+6700xt+16g ram+ssd
settings@2560*1400 60Hz(use FSR to 3840*2160)
high quality settings
Play over 3000 cycles(avg 50~60FPS)

I built two drone zones and it started lagging(Too many drones in the frame)
Drops to 30~40FPS when switching regions

Check graphics settings and resolution, the game doesn't seem to save the settings
I have to reset the resolution every time I start the game

[onyhow]

The fact that the game defaults to max resolution borderless windowed and doesn't save any changes sucks. I want to lower the game resolution and make the game windowerd to be able to scale it up using Lossless Scaling to help alleviate the performance issue on my GTX 970 w/ 3440x1440 screen.

[Cleet]

ok I started this on a gtx 1070 was a chugger but at 4k was too much so dropped it down for streaming but then my buddy gave me his old rtx 2060. So I went from slower 8gb gpu to faster 6 gb gpu. This game crashed enabling a garbage job. I'm on an i7 4790k 32 gb ram I debating putting my 1070 back in.

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Where I've progressed to now (start of chapter 3), when I have the game paused looking at my base it runs at around 35 FPS, 99% GPU (1080p maximum settings). Changing the graphics settings from maximum to minimum doesn't seem to change the FPS much, on minimum settings I saw about 39 FPS. Even if I set the resolution to 1600 x 900 with minimum graphics settings then I still get max 39 FPS having the game paused looking at my base.

My current hardware setup:

CPU: Ryzen 5 3600 (recommended CPU: Intel Core i7-4790 or AMD Ryzen 3 3200G)
GPU: RTX 3060 12 GB (recommended GPU: RTX 2060 6GB or Radeon RX 5700)
RAM: 32 GB DDR4 RAM (recommended RAM: 16 GB)

[weiss]

i simply limited the game in my nvidia 3D settings.
i forced it to stay only on 60fps.
tho, you need to add the game manually since it is not in the list.
so, best is to start it, then closing it, then going into your nvidia settings under 3D settings, and add the game manually there. since you recently started the game should it be somewhere on the top as "last used app" select it, add it and limit the game to your hearts content. the nvidia settings will always override the game settings.

ever since i did that got i never again like 80~100% usage on my gpu and cpu. am chilling at 40~50% usage and my cpu is chilling at just 20% usage and doesnt even gets hot anymore.

bad thing on all this is, i need to use my heater again.

oh yea, depending on how many games you have on your PC is your nvidia system control for a bit stuck as soon you click the add button, just wait. sooner or later pops the window up with the apps in it xD. just watch a yt video while ya PC looks the stuff up ^^.

[voidCaster]

Turn V-Sync off. You may or may not be able to do this in the game, and if you are then you may or may not also be able to do this in your GFX manufacturer's "control panel" desktop software. Depending on which version of that software you have, and the quality of your card, you may be able to do this just in the desktop control panel (which prevents the game from using the feature even if it wants to) but it's best to make sure you fix the setting in both places.

V-Sync causes your software to wait every time it sends display-drawing signals to the OS. The OS forwards those to a driver, then you have to wait for the actual electrical signal to be buffered in memory and transmitted fully to the monitor before it will do ANYTHING else. Turning V-Sync on used to help with certain graphic anomalies, but that was a long time ago. Across several different nVidia and Radeon GFX chipsets since 2018, I've found that V-Sync does absolutely nothing but cut your FPS sometimes to the point of actually making the game look like it's hanging for what feels like a full second or two.