Slow FPS drops although FPS says 60 - Top end gaming system.

[Randem Gamor]

Alright so this has happened even before the big update.

I'll be playing / running around and every so often (quite often) say every 3-5 seconds the game will randomly "slow" down as if it's catching up.
For example I have a solid 60fps in the top left corner (Overlayed from Steam)

I'll be moving around / running around and it'll randomly fps slow and jitter, like it's not as smooth as it should be.

I don't know if it's only me "noticing" this problem, or if my cousin genuinely isn't having it at all...

Bottom line is it's rather frustrating, especially if I'm on Skype as well whilst playing it seems to be worse... like last night.

I play many top games on full settings, such as Resident Evil 7, Outlast 2, Killing Floor 2 and so on... and I have no issues with those.

My specs are as follows:

Windows 7 64bit
16GB 1600MHz corsair DDR3 RAM
Intel i7-3770k CPU
Radeon RX480 8GB GPU
2TB Sata 3 HDD
850W Corsair modular PSU

Any help is really appreciated... I've tried all the generic suggestions such as opengl on/off... changing all the graphic settings up and down to lowest... still getting the same issue so it's not a graphic problem.

Many Thanks,
RandemGamor ~ YouTuber
www.randemgamor.co.uk

[Qlimax]

I am genuinely not having it at all :)

[MrGergoth]

Seems like spam, he spaming his web-site also here
http://steamcommunity.com/app/427520/discussions/0/1843493219417908573/?ctp=27

[Fel]

if it's very short hickups every now and then, it might be the auto-save.

If your map is not too explored and there is no huge mega-base on it, it should only take a fraction of second to do those auto-saves, making look like a slow-down or skipped frame.

[Randem Gamor]

Originally posted by Qlimax:

I am genuinely not having it at all :)

Haha you wouldn't notice if you were playing it in powerpoint xD hehe

Originally posted by MrGergoth:

Seems like spam, he spaming his web-site also here
http://steamcommunity.com/app/427520/discussions/0/1843493219417908573/?ctp=27

Not at all... just because I use my YouTube URL in my signature doesn't mean I'm spamming it... If I was advertising my channel I'd be like; "I've done a let's play - Check it out here"
Also simply providing the url to my YouTube channel at the end of a very long post is not "Spam" On the other topic you linked I was replying to someone, and as you can see it's a rather elaborate response.

It's a genuine issue I'm having (I'll see if it shows up on recording) Just need a bit of help solving it really :(

Originally posted by Fel:

if it's very short hickups every now and then, it might be the auto-save.

If your map is not too explored and there is no huge mega-base on it, it should only take a fraction of second to do those auto-saves, making look like a slow-down or skipped frame.

It's not the autosave... those happen every few minutes, this literally the game is smooth for say 4-5 seconds, then for less than half a second most the time it'll go into a slow fps grind, for example it's like it's dropping from 60fps to 20fps.
Yesterday when in a Skype call with 2 friends as well, it was worse and the lag would last a second or two and it felt more like 15fps.

It can't be GPU related at all because it happened on my old GPU (Nvidia GTX650ti 2gb)
And now on my new AMD RX480 8GB

I'm wondering if it's hard drive... but my HD should be more than fast enough, I play other games perfectly fine :( It's just a tad annoying when it happens every few seconds.
It then lasts anywhere from approx 1/2 second to 2-3 seconds depending.

I didn't notice it this much before the update, it was there but not as apparant (happened more on higher density maps with more stuff on)
Now it appears to be happening more around the ores.

If anyone has any insight I'll be really appreciative because it's driving me nuts lol.

Thanks and Peace Out \o>
RandemGamor ~ YouTuber
www.randemgamor.co.uk

[Speedbird]

Here's the elephant in the room.

Are you running 0.15?
I haven't had any issues with it, but that doesn't mean nobody else has.

[Randem Gamor]

Originally posted by Battleboy43 ✅:

Here's the elephant in the room.

Are you running 0.15?
I haven't had any issues with it, but that doesn't mean nobody else has.

I'm running the latest version, and I've had problems before with this fps thing...
I don't know if it's just the game and I'm noticing it too much :\ lol

[Pazox]

Do you have VSync turned off? I had 60 FPS/60 UPS, but the game stuttered a lot and I couldn't figure it out. Then I saw the VSync option in the graphics settings as unchecked, but I could swear I had this option always set to on. I turned on VSync and now the game is smooth again.

[Nailfoot]

In a 0.14 megabase I have, I would get "hitching" when running full speed with exoskeletons or riding a train. The FPS and UPS were never effected.

I upgraded to a 144Hz 27" 2560x1440 G-Sync monitor, and turned off Vsync. I know the game runs at 60 FPS max, but with the 144Hz monitor and G-Sync, I do not have those hitches anymore.

Its not coincedence because I piped the game to my old 1080p HDMI monitor and the hitches were back.

[Kami]

The only time I experience any stuttering is when I have a silverlight application running in the background, although it doesn't appear to consume any resources according to task manager, I am getting some serious stuttering.

I'm not expecting the devs to fix the mess that silverlight is though :p

[𝓝𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓸𝓫𝓸𝓲]

you say "it's even worse when playing on skype" are you by chance playing multiplayer and are not the host? Dumb question, i know, but me and some friends had issues with slowdowns in multiplayer even with the best connection hosting.

[ShutEye_DK]

That's not a "Top end gaming system" LOL :D

Deploy some system monitoring tools while gaming, just to be sure nothing's bottlenecked.

And if you already experienced it on a previous setup, you -not the game- are doing something wrong.

[Randem Gamor]

Originally posted by Pazox:

Do you have VSync turned off? I had 60 FPS/60 UPS, but the game stuttered a lot and I couldn't figure it out. Then I saw the VSync option in the graphics settings as unchecked, but I could swear I had this option always set to on. I turned on VSync and now the game is smooth again.

I'm not sure, but I did try toggling it on and off last night and it didn't appear to make a difference... I'll try it again see if it does thanks.
Either way though the fps is still capped at 60fps with it on and off.

Originally posted by Nailfoot:

In a 0.14 megabase I have, I would get "hitching" when running full speed with exoskeletons or riding a train. The FPS and UPS were never effected.

I upgraded to a 144Hz 27" 2560x1440 G-Sync monitor, and turned off Vsync. I know the game runs at 60 FPS max, but with the 144Hz monitor and G-Sync, I do not have those hitches anymore.

Its not coincedence because I piped the game to my old 1080p HDMI monitor and the hitches were back.

This is happening on brand new worlds as well :(

Originally posted by Kami:

The only time I experience any stuttering is when I have a silverlight application running in the background, although it doesn't appear to consume any resources according to task manager, I am getting some serious stuttering.

I'm not expecting the devs to fix the mess that silverlight is though :p

I don't have any silverlight programs running in the background (That I know to lol)
It's just only this game that I'm really noticing a problem with :( sometimes other games in the past on demanding parts have fps slowed a little (but I actually see the FPS drop) on this the FPS doesn't change but it's definitely noticeable on the game. It's not just my character, it's the whole gamescreen - even moving arms will slow to the same.

Originally posted by Nachoboy350:

you say "it's even worse when playing on skype" are you by chance playing multiplayer and are not the host? Dumb question, i know, but me and some friends had issues with slowdowns in multiplayer even with the best connection hosting.

Good question but nope, all my servers are run on my VPS based in France, also happens in Singleplayer games too. (can search 'randem' in the browser and you'll find my servers)

Originally posted by ShutEye_DK:

That's not a "Top end gaming system" LOL :D

Deploy some system monitoring tools while gaming, just to be sure nothing's bottlenecked.

And if you already experienced it on a previous setup, you -not the game- are doing something wrong.

Elaborate what's a top end gaming system then? It runs everything maxed out :)

I use many monitoring tools, to monitor CPU, GPU, HDD, etc... can't see anything odd. Everything seems normal.
My "previous" setup was the same, just with an older GPU (GTX650ti 2gb)
Now I've got the AMD Radeon RX480 8GB.

I don't get this on any other games... I don't know whats wrong, the game or something else :\ that's what I'm trying to conclude.

Thanks to everyone that's replied... I'll try twiddling with more settings later.
Might stick my SSD in and stick Factorio on that, just to cancel out the HDD.

I've had the SSD for a while, been procrastinating with putting it in because I will need to format and I hate doing it lol! I've been dreading it, especially doing YouTube as well I can't have my system out of comission.

Thanks again to everyone, hopefully I sort it soon, it's irritating whilst trying to play lol :(

Peace Out \o>
RandemGamor ~ YouTuber
www.randemgamor.co.uk
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[ShutEye_DK]

"Elaborate what's a top end gaming system then? It runs everything maxed out :)"

A top end is a top end, dummy. That rig you describe was top end two years ago.

Don't you wonder why your trouble persists?

Edit: "Might stick my SSD in and stick Factorio on that, just to cancel out the HDD."
A "Top end gaming system" without a SSD? Please stop :D

[𝓝𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓸𝓫𝓸𝓲]

hmm maybe try enabling FPS/UPS from factorio and seeing if it's the updates that are the trouble. i would have jumped to CPU but it should be able to handle factorio no problem (my 6700k never uses more than 6% when playing factorio and having other things open and doing whatever in the bg). although it could still be the CPU but i can't know without seeing it.

have you tried opening up task manager and selecting "always on top" by right clicking it's icon on the hidden icon menu? that should be able to pinpoint if the CPU, disk or RAM are being used up somehow. if not, than i have no idea what it could be... maybe try uninstall and reinstall at that point.

[impetus_maximus]

of course skype makes it worse. skype is a huge resource hog.