Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory

FPS Drop@ Dell Vostro I7

by insomnia • 22 Nov 2012, 15:50 • Forums › Enemy Territory
Hello guys!

After a long time I installed ET again. I m a bit suprised, cos my fps are laggin betwen 90-40fps...
I remember 6-7 years ago, I had much slower PC and I was able to get constant 125fps.

My laptop is i7 quad core 2.2ghz, 8gb ram, nividia gt525m 1gb ram.

I changed cfgs, nvidia settinngs, resolution. I have clean W7 system. I get with this laptop about 22k in 3dmark 03, constant 40fps in Battlefield 3, but cant get any constant fps in ET. Dunno what to do more.

Do you have any ideas, maybe some of you are using this or very same laptop?

Cheers!


UPDATE- It is possible to get constant 125fps! :) But I dont know how.. LoL
Dont know what happend, but after making some stress tests and benchmarks after small overclocking nividia card, I reset all the overclock settings and start ET. I was surprised when I saw 125fps, cos I really didnt changed nothing more then before I started this thread. 4 hours owning with 125fps, sometimes fps drops to 90 but not less. It was really BIG pleasure to play. I make small break, eat, shower and come back, and again is the same shit. Fps are lagging 90-35. I really dont know what caused better performance. Again I start from scratch...
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Edgar 22 Nov 2012, 16:39
I think your laptop is too good for ET.

Are you running it with or without tzac?
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insomnia 22 Nov 2012, 16:57
without Tzac. I just installed ET after about 3-4 years break and I m sad now cos I want again hear this lovely headshot sound :\
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urtier 22 Nov 2012, 17:00
Check Threaded Optimization in the nVidia settings. It must be turned off.
If it's already turned off, check your CPU settings. Put the maximum speed to 99% instead of 100%. This will prevent the CPU from going into TurboBoost which might cause overheating.

At least those 2 settings helped me getting stable fps with an i5 and GT540m
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ratZillA 22 Nov 2012, 17:39
where is this CPU option?
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Nicolah 22 Nov 2012, 20:15
prolly in nvidia panel, if it is the same as with gaming gfx card (i mean ATI)
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urtier 23 Nov 2012, 10:42
At advanced energy settings. It's somewhere in the planel where you can chose what happens when you close your display, how long it takes to go into hibernation mode etc. You can manage several different energy profiles, so you could fiddle around with different settings and see what works for you.
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Weslann 22 Nov 2012, 18:01
oh, how can i find the cpu option?
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insomnia 22 Nov 2012, 17:42
Thanks, Threaded Optimization was already off. About that cpu speed, do you mean changing it in Power settings? I could not find any other options to change cpu settings in W7.
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Quovadis 22 Nov 2012, 17:51
Set ET affinity to core 3 .
2.2ghz might not be enough if it is run by same core as OS.and other stuff .
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Quovadis 22 Nov 2012, 17:53
Btw: ET performances dépend almost only of cpu .
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insomnia 22 Nov 2012, 18:07
I M sure that this i7 2,2 procesor Should be enough to get 125 constant fps. Dont know what is the problem.
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belto 22 Nov 2012, 18:31
No, with 2.2Ghz no. You need atleast a 3Ghz processor as minimum for 125fps stable.
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insomnia 22 Nov 2012, 19:08
I cant agree with you, cos you cant compare i7 proccesor to old 1 core 2.2ghz and I remember I had 7 years ago 1.8ghz old amd processor and I get constant 90fps so why I cant get on this even 42 stable fps. All the time lagging.
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Quovadis 22 Nov 2012, 19:16
As I said , try to set ET to use core 3 . Whole 2.2 GHz should be enough . Sharing 2.2 on 1st core with OS and other stuff is not.
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Nicolah 22 Nov 2012, 20:16
how to do it???

i mean is there a soft to do it auto, without having to ctrl alt delete et process...
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bAnga 23 Nov 2012, 13:52
Even 1.5Ghz will get you 125FPS with that Processor.
C'mon its a i7.
Don't listen to most idiots here.
Check how much processors you got running, I had the same with my 4core.

I had a virus ;<
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Wrath 22 Nov 2012, 19:34
wat :D
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zaNc 22 Nov 2012, 21:32
Exactly my reaction :D
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seareal 23 Nov 2012, 08:34
i7 quad core 2.2ghz
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i fucking 7
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belto 23 Nov 2012, 10:29
ET use only one core so its like a fucking shit pentium 3.
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seareal 23 Nov 2012, 10:36
ur kidding right
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Quovadis 23 Nov 2012, 15:22
hes right actually , and since OS and other programs use alot more ressources than before , it is even worst . Like I said , you must set ET affinity to core 3.
ET wasn't made for multiple cores.
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bAnga 23 Nov 2012, 13:53
Its a i7, its a 4core or more core's
People are saying that he can't get stable fps with it What a dumb asses XDDDDDDDD
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seareal 23 Nov 2012, 08:36
Hows ur laptop temp doing?

sounds to me like u have a litle bit of an overheating problem (hello laptop)
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DKZ 23 Nov 2012, 12:45
LAWL WHATS FPS LAG :D
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waXx 23 Nov 2012, 14:09
When you are ingame open your TASK MANAGER (Ctrl+Alt+del)
Right click on the process ET.exe and click on define the affinity , then un check core 0 and check the core 3 then press ok and return back to ET . Works For me but have to do it after every new round (only way i think)
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Halidith 23 Nov 2012, 16:05
laptops aint made for gaming
could try to switch affinity because system and other procs most of the time uses 00 and 01.
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Nicolah 24 Nov 2012, 22:59
laptops are nowadays !

in near future, smaller gaming laptop will come :]
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Halidith 25 Nov 2012, 05:17
That they have the specs for it doesnt mean they are meant for it. Desktop with same specs destroys the laptop. ALWAYS
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Nicolah 25 Nov 2012, 22:36
yes, i agree with it.

but actually there are a lot of gaming laptop.

if you look at some website, you can get a good laptop that can handle every games actually out for arround 1000 euro.
yes that is an huge amount of money, and you can surely get the same FPS with a 800 euros pc, but that depend on your need
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garin 25 Nov 2012, 11:04
My 7 year old pc had 125fps after I logged off then on.

* > i7
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Klobby 26 Nov 2012, 13:23
Hi Insomnia :-)))), how are you? New PC have more problems with ET game than old :-)).

Try update graphic drivers, or change your screen (1366 x 768) must be same also in your cfg . Look on your firewall.
If you are use old ET cfg that can be problem too.

I hope so you will search solution.
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insomnia 27 Dec 2012, 17:46
Hello! after some time I again tryied to play ET and finally I found a solution for my fps drop. It was broken AC. That was really strange cos AC was charging laptop but I tried other one and finally my laptop start working properly.
At the same time I found how easy you can control your procesor clock speed using Power Settings.

Now I set Maximum cpu power to 70% to not overheat it and I get stable 125 fps :) Thanks to all guys who tried to help!
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