Very poor performance

[A. James]

Win 7 32 bit
corei7 860
gtx 275 co-op edition
4 gb ram

This game starts off with very low FPS, I'm talking in the 20's. If I zoom in, it's VERY unresponsive and the FPS will dip into the teens. Once I'm zoomed in for a while, they will come back up to 50-60. If I move the camera around they will slow again to the 20's. When I zoom out, the FPS go into the SINGLE DIGITS!!

I run GTA IV on high settings with 40-50 FPS...dirt 2 is constantly at 45-50...MW2 is at 55-60.

On my old computer with a core 2 duo 2.4 Ghz and 8800gt, I had the same issues with lowered visuals. Right now everything is maxed, but I should be able to run it, shouldn't I?

[lyravega]

Get anti-aliasing (or multisampling, whatever game calls it) to none. I have 2x 5970s and when I pump AA to max, performance gets a big hit. Hope this helps.

[raunchytoilet]

yep, crank those values down. i have a pathetic cpu (athlon 64 x2 4000+) and a 4850, but i can still play smoothly with no AA or AF with everything else high

[i_2_i]

Originally Posted by lyravega

Get anti-aliasing (or multisampling, whatever game calls it) to none. I have 2x 5970s and when I pump AA to max, performance gets a big hit. Hope this helps.

yeap lowering / turning off aa/ae helps a lot. also lowering resolution...

runs great for me..

amd p2 x4 955 3.2 ghz dual core
8gb ddr2 1066 mhz
hd 4890 1gb oc
1tb 7200 32mb raid 0

[Screecher]

All you have to do is lower the view distance (think that's what it's called). I set it to low and do not notice a difference while playing. If you pay attention, the difference between high and low is a couple rocks looking a little more jagged and trees having "fake" shadows and leaves. Got 20+ fps boost

[A. James]

Thanks...I guess I just assumed I should be able to run it maxed....I surpass the recommended specs by a long shot.



o Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP/Vista/7
o Processor: CPU with 2.5 GHz
o Memory: 1 GB RAM
o Hard Disk Space: 5 GB Available HDD Space
o Video Card: 128 MB 3D Graphic Card with Shader Model 3.0 support
o Sound Card: 16-bit Sound Card
o DirectX® Version: DirectX® 9.0c

[Verwandlung]

Your assumption was right.. you should be able to max this game out.
I play Tropico 3 everything maxed out at my native res (1920*1200) the only thing I turned off completely is anti-aliasing.

i7 920
4890
6gb ddr3
vista x64

[A. James]

That's just exactly what I did. Much better.

I wonder if anyone is running this game with those specs that were listed. It seems impossible.

[lyravega]

I have 2x 5970s and AA still chops FPS down by a huge amount :P

Last month, I sold my gaming PC and bought a new one. For 3 weeks, I played the game on my workstation, which was a xw8400. The game ran very very crappy on it.

Workstations specs:
2 CPU Xeon Quadcore 2.66
6GB ECC RAM
Quadro 3500FX
Vista 64x

Now I got a brand new gaming rig, and the game runs smoothly at high settings (almost everything maxed).

Gaming rig specs:
1 CPU i7 930
6GB 1066 RAM
Nvidia Geforce 465GTX
Win7 64x

So, the game is a very demanding game. Even a few years old (but still ♥♥♥-kicking) workstation runs it crappy.

My suggestions (might help a little bit): Buy a 64x OS (4GB RAM on 32bit OS is fail), update drivers, keep game's graphic options at medium.

I'm lagging in the first minute of a savegame also with max settings on

Phenom II X4 955 @ 3,8 Ghz
HD4870 @ 800 Mhz
Ripjaws @ 800 Mhz (1600/12800)

It's the only lagging game I own and I really don't think the game really justifies that neither in terms of graphics nor by mass of details.

/edit

Originally Posted by 2reddy

[...]My suggestions (might help a little bit): Buy a 64x OS (4GB RAM on 32bit OS is fail), update drivers, keep game's graphic options at medium.

I have thanks to MSDNAA win7 x64 professional with latest driver, but I really can't see why it should lag in the first place..

[Spykirby]

game is very demanding...
i got a:
quad @ 2,83ghz
gtx260
3gb DDR2 valueram

After loading a map the framerate is a bit low, but after a few seconds everything goes to normal. I assume around 60FPS. When I reach towards the limit with around 1200 citizens and 75 tourists it goes down a bit. I don't have any problems though and my settings are set @ high.

I do keep my PC clean, with no processes or services running I don't use.

Originally Posted by comardevu

I really don't think the game really justifies that neither in terms of graphics nor by mass of details.

I think the game isn't bad looking (or even medium). It is Pretty detailed graphics for a city builder.

[SirN]

I just want to tell you that I have maxed out everything and have good fps:
Intel Quad Core2 2.4Ghz
Radeon HD 4870x2 and latest drivers
Vista 64bit DX10
running at resolution 1600x1200

I avarage 30 fps and get 80fps when zoomed in a lot and get as low as 20fps when zoomed out with a lot of city in view...

Originally Posted by 2reddy

I think the game isn't bad looking (or even medium). It is Pretty detailed graphics for a city builder.

Yet if you compare it to other games it's laughable that tropico 3 really requires a current generation computer for maxing out the settings.