Any other tweaks for FPS?

[Colonel_Black]

Other than the -SM4, all cores one and ,dx10, is there any other tweaks to improve FPS?
I can deal with core mode, but when it comes to SOTF, it has a lot of melee combat and running around in circles with 10fps is extremely hard.

GTX 970
AMD 8350
8 GB Ram.

Tried numerous things, but I just can't get it to a playable state.

This is my in-game settings - https://www.dropbox.com/s/ylxapwwv4k8f67f/Screenshot%202015-08-15%2022.18.20.png?dl=0
This is my Nvidia settings - https://www.dropbox.com/s/n1p6gmbb8gclgfo/Screenshot%202015-08-15%2022.29.20.png?dl=0

And i know it's beta/alpha before anyone wants to point that out. I know we've got plenty more optimization to go, but looking at other people, a number of them have tweaked the game to get it at a playable state.

Any suggestions/tips would be appreciated.

[Sistermatic™]

I run this on medium everything with view distance on epic with my 970. Mostly 60fps with occassional drops to 35-40. Only other thing is I run triple buffering on with v-sync on.

I also run this with no command lines. Win 8.1

Check whether the fps drop is matching HDD activity. If so, it's not so much a GPU issue but a loading bottleneck issue and your 8Gb is not helping. Best option might be SSD?

[Colonel_Black]

Oh, i forgot to say. My game is on my SSD.

[Sistermatic™]

Don't know if this will help. These are my settings for the 970. Pretty steady and still looks OK.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=500596742

[Toast]

This helps me a bit:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/346110/discussions/0/594820656475791420/

It removes foilage that can't be collected in the world.


Also, you have the game in windowed/fullscreen. Try strictly fullscreen. You have world tile buffers at epic, tone it down to high or medium.

I don't think the texture filtering options are necessary in Nvidia Control Panel. I would try to putting them back to default, keep the power managment at max preformance like you have. Try disabling triple buffer and vsync. Also virtual reality rendered frames to 1.


I have a GTX 760
I5 2400
16gb ram
Game is on a SSD drive

I can manage 25-35 frames with all boxes unchecked and:

Textures - High
World Tile Buffers - High
View Distance - Epic
AA - High

1920x1080
Resolution Scale - Max
Ground clutter/Sky quality - Min
Mesh Detail - Max

[Colonel_Black]

Thanks for the response Toast.

The world buffering, I just fiddled with that. I did have it on Low, but didn't notice any performance difference with changing it.

Force turned vsync off now and triple buffer is already disaled by default.
I'll give it another shot tomorrow. Also the virtual reality thing is default 1.

I'll check that guide also and see what I can do. Thanks

[Toast]

Originally posted by Colonel_Black-SOTF?:

Thanks for the response Toast.

The world buffering, I just fiddled with that. I did have it on Low, but didn't notice any performance difference with changing it.

Force turned vsync off now and triple buffer is already disaled by default.
I'll give it another shot tomorrow. Also the virtual reality thing is default 1.

I'll check that guide also and see what I can do. Thanks

The guide is merely a long description for the bat file. You simply execute it and press 1 to remove the foliage or 2 to restore. The only issue is you need to do it every patch.

Honestly, something else must be up with your computer, as the AMD processor gets decent benchmarks as well.

With my inferior setup, I'm able to host my own dedicated server, and join it, and still achieve ok frames, nothing close to 10 ever.

Obvious thing would be the anti-virus?

I get the worst performance when I'm around my base and all of the tamed dinosaurs.

[xXXAarzyXXx]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=457219592

[Colonel_Black]

Scanned through the other thread and there's still no confirmation from any Dev/Mod stating that it's allowed. (Even a Moderator wasn't sure about using it).
And I wish I didn't have this AMD processor, but yeah it does have decent ratings.

I'm on a fresh install, so there shouldn't be anything bothering with the game. Win 10.
I'll try and disable the anti-virus for the game folder to prevent any real-time scanning.

[Cossack]

Originally posted by SisterMatic (aka !nullptr):

Don't know if this will help. These are my settings for the 970. Pretty steady and still looks OK.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=500596742

I love you and not in a gay way. You are among a handfull of people with a 970 that doesnt claim they get 60+fps with all epic setting. Well done on telling the truth as awell as showing your setting.

[Cossack]

This will help to anyone looking for frames. expect 5-15 fps improvement.

Use Peacekeepers info on last page. Hope this helps.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/346110/discussions/0/523890681407965271/#c523890681427613050

[UnhappyCLOWN]

Originally posted by SisterMatic (aka !nullptr):

Don't know if this will help. These are my settings for the 970. Pretty steady and still looks OK.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=500596742

It will look much better if you slide your "resolution slider" all the way to the right, without much change to your FPS. Also I play with another friend who also has a 970 as I do, he plays with view distance on Epic, and I play with it on High. I still see T-rexs render before he does for some reason. So I would set view distance on high and bump up your textures instead... but that's just me. Otherwise I run about the same, and have great FPS usually.

[Stellion]

Already been mentioned to tone down the world tile buffers, but textures on low? Something is terribly wrong there because I get 14-35 fps with a 560m with these settings. http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198121810073/screenshots/

[Stellion]

Originally posted by Pufferfish:

Originally posted by SisterMatic (aka !nullptr):

Don't know if this will help. These are my settings for the 970. Pretty steady and still looks OK.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=500596742

It will look much better if you slide your "resolution slider" all the way to the right, without much change to your FPS. Also I play with another friend who also has a 970 as I do, he plays with view distance on Epic, and I play with it on High. I still see T-rexs render before he does for some reason. So I would set view distance on high and bump up your textures instead... but that's just me. Otherwise I run about the same, and have great FPS usually.

That res scale slider is the enemy. 70% is where it both looks good and runs fine... The issue being it tries to run the image on a much higher image resolution.

The second thing being, render distance only applies to foliage and other environmental objects. Ark has it's own entity distance render that can not be touched.

[Sistermatic™]

Originally posted by Hozy Cossack1977:

Originally posted by SisterMatic (aka !nullptr):

Don't know if this will help. These are my settings for the 970. Pretty steady and still looks OK.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=500596742

I love you and not in a gay way. You are among a handfull of people with a 970 that doesnt claim they get 60+fps with all epic setting. Well done on telling the truth as awell as showing your setting.

But I can get 60fps on epic [snikker]..... If I look at the sky when it's dark (which is what half these so called "benchmarks" are actually doing.)

:)

[Stellion]

Takes a lot of the looks otta the game, but if you are desperate run ARKEnhancer, and turn off lens flare and depth of veiw. Can see a 20-35% change in fps in certain cases.