[Help FPS] The FPS are ok when I look a the sky, drop as soon as I look at the map

[elementdl]

It's like there is too much entity? I don't know why it's now working.
I know that my specs are a little low, but when I check my processor and RAM I'm below 70% for both.

I tried to put all on low, even tried to change the resolution, update my drivers but, it's like there's too much entity when I look at the map, when I look at the sky or even the ocean I have no problems.

Can someone see what can I do ?

My specs
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4690K CPU @ 3.50GHz
Nvidia GTX970
16,0 Go RAM

[WaterMelwin]

get a better pc

[elementdl]

Originally posted by WaterMelwin:

get a better pc

Like I explained my processor and RAM are used below 70%, so changing my PC will not likely change the sudden dropping of FPS ?

[LexxeN]

What storage are you running?

[dagger]

Originally posted by elementdl:

Originally posted by WaterMelwin:

get a better pc

Like I explained my processor and RAM are used below 70%, so changing my PC will not likely change the sudden dropping of FPS ?

Like the previous person mentioned and is accurate your listed PC specs are significantly below even the bare minimum listed hardware requirements.

Your GPU is half the performance per benchmarks of the minimum listed GPU (gtx1080).

Your GPU (gtx970) only has 4GB of vram vs the 8GB of vram listed as the minimum GPU (gtx1080).

Your PC is not strong enough for Unreal Engine 5 games unfortunately and it is time to look at either upgrading or accepting modern games will not run with acceptable performance.

[elementdl]

Originally posted by LexxeN:

What storage are you running?

On HDD

[elementdl]

Originally posted by dagger:

Originally posted by elementdl:

Like I explained my processor and RAM are used below 70%, so changing my PC will not likely change the sudden dropping of FPS ?

Like the previous person mentioned and is accurate your listed PC specs are significantly below even the bare minimum listed hardware requirements.

Your GPU is half the performance per benchmarks of the minimum listed GPU (gtx1080).

Your GPU (gtx970) only has 4GB of vram vs the 8GB of vram listed as the minimum GPU (gtx1080).

Your PC is not strong enough for Unreal Engine 5 games unfortunately and it is time to look at either upgrading or accepting modern games will not run with acceptable performance.

I understand if at the end I will have to do that, but I want to be sure that's the problem.
For example I'm currently running spider man remastered without any single lag, but I'm also below the configuration for this game. It seems to be a very specific problem of entity that are dropping my FPS around 3-5 FPS

[dagger]

Originally posted by elementdl:

Originally posted by LexxeN:

What storage are you running?

On HDD

This is another issue with how ARK is setup. It requires the game to be on a SSD or the performance is negatively impacted as well when loading assets.

At the minimum you could try to switch the game to a SSD and see if your performance improves at all. The same fps issues will most likely still occur with your GPU not having enough VRAM for game assets or raw performance for consistent FPS.

[LexxeN]

Originally posted by elementdl:

Originally posted by LexxeN:

What storage are you running?

On HDD

you PC is old but with minimal investment in a NVME Drive you can get better performance. I used to play ASA off my SSD and my frames was not great...even with my 4060. Looking at the sky my frames also dropped to 1-4 FPS. After moving my game files to my NVME main drive, my FSP is running 100+ FPS on medium settings.

[dagger]

Originally posted by elementdl:

Originally posted by dagger:

Like the previous person mentioned and is accurate your listed PC specs are significantly below even the bare minimum listed hardware requirements.

Your GPU is half the performance per benchmarks of the minimum listed GPU (gtx1080).

Your GPU (gtx970) only has 4GB of vram vs the 8GB of vram listed as the minimum GPU (gtx1080).

Your PC is not strong enough for Unreal Engine 5 games unfortunately and it is time to look at either upgrading or accepting modern games will not run with acceptable performance.

I understand if at the end I will have to do that, but I want to be sure that's the problem.
For example I'm currently running spider man remastered without any single lag, but I'm also below the configuration for this game. It seems to be a very specific problem of entity that are dropping my FPS around 3-5 FPS

Comparing spiderman remastered to ARK is not a good one.

Spiderman requires minimum of GTX950 and not GTX1080. The specs are not even remotely close.

Your GTX970 is almost double the performance of the GTX950 Spiderman requires.

The GTX1080 is double the performance of your GTX970 and is what the developers said is the absolute minimum to attempt playing the game.

[elementdl]

Originally posted by dagger:

Originally posted by elementdl:

I understand if at the end I will have to do that, but I want to be sure that's the problem.
For example I'm currently running spider man remastered without any single lag, but I'm also below the configuration for this game. It seems to be a very specific problem of entity that are dropping my FPS around 3-5 FPS

Comparing spiderman remastered to ARK is not a good one.

Spiderman requires minimum of GTX950 and not GTX1080. The specs are not even remotely close.

Your GTX970 is almost double the performance of the GTX950 Spiderman requires.

The GTX1080 is double the performance of your GTX970 and is what the developers said is the absolute minimum to attempt playing the game.

I realised after I checked the recommanded and not the minimum configuration, my bad.

so SSD + new graphic card, I must realise this :') thank your for your help

[dagger]

Originally posted by elementdl:

Originally posted by dagger:

Comparing spiderman remastered to ARK is not a good one.

Spiderman requires minimum of GTX950 and not GTX1080. The specs are not even remotely close.

Your GTX970 is almost double the performance of the GTX950 Spiderman requires.

The GTX1080 is double the performance of your GTX970 and is what the developers said is the absolute minimum to attempt playing the game.

I realised after I checked the recommanded and not the minimum configuration, my bad.

so SSD + new graphic card, I must realise this :') thank your for your help

That is a solid plan. If you get the game on a SSD drive and have a GPU upgrade your performance should definitely improve.

Keep in mind ASA is currently poorly optimized and even people with high end systems have been having FPS drops.

[whalefish30]

I mainly play on my laptop which has a 3050, M.2 SSD, ryzen 7 5800H and 32 gb ram, with a few commands the game runs on low 1080 at 60 fps no frame drop(most times) no crashes etc.

May be worth a try..

ark.ConvertGroundClutter | show TemporalAA | show InstancedStaticMeshes | show InstancedFoilage | show GlobalIllumination | show LumenGlobalIllumination | sg.FoliageQuality 0 | r.Tonemapper.Sharpen 3 | ark.MaxActiveDestroyedMeshGeoCollectionCount 0 | r.SkyAtmosphere 1 | r.VT.EnableFeedback 0 | r.VolumetricCloud 0 | r.VolumetricFog 0 | r.ShadowQuality 0 | r.BloomQuality 0

I do have a gaming PC which is better suited but my laptop is able to play it and more accessible for me most times.

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what do you expect your pc is like 20 years old

[Dolphinsong]

One thing I found that helps with the sky is the cloud removal command, it only affects YOUR visual not everyone elses. Helps a ton to reduce lag

r.volumetric cloud 0

[K@#Ø%!]

grass.densityScale 0 | r.fog 0 | r.volumetricfog 0 | grass.sizescale 0 | r.water.singlelayer.reflection 0 | r.nanite.maxpixelsperedge 4 | ark.convertgroundclutter 0 | gamma 2 | r.fog 0
this commands could help a bit but your pc isnt strong enough, as people said, u are at half minimum