Low FPS on a good laptop gpu

[yungthirstquencher1350]

I have a 3050 ti and the FPS is at 50 at most of the time which feels terrible on a 144hz screen anyway to increase FPS to reach 144? The FPS is fine in other games btw

[PoorPocketsMcNewHold]

But not so, for a CPU-intensive, mono-threaded old game.

[Doughnut Drake]

Postal 2 just has bad performance on newer CPUs as the guy above explained.

[CalicoJack]

Originally posted by THEMADMAN8997:

I have a 3050 ti and the FPS is at 50 at most of the time which feels terrible on a 144hz screen anyway to increase FPS to reach 144? The FPS is fine in other games btw

what cpu?

btw, the game can absolutely run great (60+++fps) even with maxed out graphics settings.
give the API change (Vulkan oe d3d9) a try so Postal2 wont run with the outdated d3d8 API anymore.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/223470/discussions/0/4763089742381320682/

[yungthirstquencher1350]

Originally posted by CalicoJack:

Originally posted by THEMADMAN8997:

I have a 3050 ti and the FPS is at 50 at most of the time which feels terrible on a 144hz screen anyway to increase FPS to reach 144? The FPS is fine in other games btw

what cpu?

btw, the game can absolutely run great (60+++fps) even with maxed out graphics settings.
give the API change (Vulkan oe d3d9) a try so Postal2 wont run with the outdated d3d8 API anymore.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/223470/discussions/0/4763089742381320682/

Vulkans causes stuttering for me it’s the same thing when I tried it with borderlands 2 when I look around it stutters like all hell

[yungthirstquencher1350]

And my cpu is an 11800h

[CalicoJack]

i think your system specs should be more than capable for this game. i have worse hardware than you and got no problem running the game.

did you follow the guide?
it says you need to disable the shader-precaching options in steams settings because DXVK does that by itself.
the only stutters then should be on your first minute in the game until everything is loaded and saved.

otherwise you could just use the d3d9 API also mentioned in the Link i gave you. that works also much better on modern computers than the default d3d8 API Postal2 runs on.

[yungthirstquencher1350]

Originally posted by CalicoJack:

i think your system specs should be more than capable for this game. i have worse hardware than you and got no problem running the game.

did you follow the guide?
it says you need to disable the shader-precaching options in steams settings because DXVK does that by itself.
the only stutters then should be on your first minute in the game until everything is loaded and saved.

otherwise you could just use the d3d9 API also mentioned in the Link i gave you. that works also much better on modern computers than the default d3d8 API Postal2 runs on.

how much fps do you get in game?

[CalicoJack]

Originally posted by THEMADMAN8997:

how much fps do you get in game?

depends on how much action is going on and the amount of active AI.

i think a constant 144fps would be a little hard to archive (at least on my pc) considering the game runs on a 20 year old engine.
but 60+++fps are possible even with all graphics settings on max.
if you take a look into the Discussion i linked to you, youll find example videos there in the OP with the graphics settings on max (although, sadly i had it locked on 60fps there).

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here, some more examples:
@1440p and this time with graphics settings on Default to get even more frames.
https://youtu.be/rIyb9Eh0xzQ
https://youtu.be/a3pPLgsi_jY

[M-CAT]

1. Download latest version of dgVoodoo and extract wherever you want

2. Copy all files from "MS\x86" folder to "POSTAL2Complete\System" and "POSTAL2Complete\Paradise Lost\System"

3. Run "dgVoodooCpl" and under "Config folder / Running instance" add both folders you just put MS files into

4. In "General" tab check "Enumerate refresh rates"

5. Go into "DirectX" tab and set VRAM to 4096 MB, then pick your resolution + refresh rate, hit Apply

6. DONE

[FrenzyBenzy]

Originally posted by M-CAT:

1. Download latest version of dgVoodoo and extract wherever you want

2. Copy all files from "MS\x86" folder to "POSTAL2Complete\System" and "POSTAL2Complete\Paradise Lost\System"

3. Run "dgVoodooCpl" and under "Config folder / Running instance" add both folders you just put MS files into

4. In "General" tab check "Enumerate refresh rates"

5. Go into "DirectX" tab and set VRAM to 4096 MB, then pick your resolution + refresh rate, hit Apply

6. DONE

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