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Whitebeard has The Talos Principle: Reawakened

Apr 26 @ 8:15pm

Strange Problem

I have the games set for good graphics on my card and it runs 70 - 80 fps. Every so often, the fps will drop to 20fps or even lower making play just about impossible. Then it will go away just as suddenly as it started. Could this be temperature related? The case is a little under ventilated, maybe.

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joridiculous has The Talos Principle: Reawakened

Apr 27 @ 2:07am

Maybe.
You could also test by setting the background FPS lower and see if it drop down to that number. If it do its likely the game loses focus and are in"background" until you click in game.
Sounds silly, but it happens

puddingtopf has The Talos Principle: Reawakened

Apr 27 @ 2:47am

The frame rate does occasionally plummet for no obvious reason, and then it takes a few seconds to get back to normal. It usually seems to happen when looking in certain directions in certain locations, but I can't pinpoint what exactly causes it. Guess some areas are just particularly demanding for some reason.

joridiculous has The Talos Principle: Reawakened

Apr 27 @ 3:04am

Originally posted by puddingtopf:
The frame rate does occasionally plummet for no obvious reason, and then it takes a few seconds to get back to normal. It usually seems to happen when looking in certain directions in certain locations, but I can't pinpoint what exactly causes it. Guess some areas are just particularly demanding for some reason.

That is true.

DEN [CT] [developer] Apr 28 @ 11:49pm

Do you have any solid repro for this?
I'd like to investigate...

Whitebeard has The Talos Principle: Reawakened

Apr 29 @ 8:07am

I don't know about the others, but I am pretty sure heat is my problem, and I am working on it. The other machine I have has no such problems it never just slows down for no reason. I do not believe, as they do, that it is a general problem.

puddingtopf has The Talos Principle: Reawakened

Apr 30 @ 2:33pm

Originally posted by DEN CT:
Do you have any solid repro for this?
I'd like to investigate...

I noticed it in a few different locations, but I think it was always in the medieval environment in In the Beginning. I remember that it happened pretty consistently while I was doing the Reason's Retreat puzzle, maybe while looking towards the rest of the island (not the sea or other directions).
And like I said, it always took a few seconds to stop, even when I was already staring at the sky or some other simple geometry. To be fair, my hardware is not exactly high-end now, but this behavior still seems strange to me, so I don't know if it's a game issue or just my PC.

Last edited by puddingtopf; May 5 @ 7:50am

Whitebeard has The Talos Principle: Reawakened

May 4 @ 10:06pm

Originally posted by DEN CT:
Do you have any solid repro for this?
I'd like to investigate...

Definitely caused by an overheating video card. The rtx2060 I had in there was heating the side of the case enough to be uncomfortable to keep my hand on it. I replaced it with a gtx 1660 super to see if I can get away with it without it crapping out,