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Re: Is it possible to enhance performance in FA?

2015-04-11T01:18:19+02:00

run the benchmark offered here and compare..
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3046

how is you cpu behaving against older cpus?
what you are talking about is sounding like something is TERRIBLY wrong.
just let the replay run and write down what the real time is, when the simulation is at: 30 seconds, 1 minute, 1:30 and 2minutes.
when your 2 minutes IN GAME are reached and your real clock is over 4 minutes, tell us.
we will find a solution!

Statistics: Posted by rxnnxs — 11 Apr 2015, 01:18

Re: Is it possible to enhance performance in FA?

2015-04-10T23:37:12+02:00

For Linux I do the following:

Code:: taskset -cp 0 (pgrep ForgedAlliance); sudo renice -2 -p (pgrep ForgedAlliance)

Makes me 1 Simspeed better. (lower niceness than -2 did not gave any performance for me)
When i need even more performance I remove every bigger program from the first core.

I guess there is something similar possible for Windows: Core-Affinity and Process Priority?

Statistics: Posted by Frozen_byte — 10 Apr 2015, 23:37

Re: Is it possible to enhance performance in FA?

2015-04-10T21:52:38+02:00

Don't overclock either! Wastes electricity and for me caused crashes, and I know this isn't talked about, but early failures to certain components.

If you spend time playing this game just do yourself a favor and get a Intel Core i3-4370 or Intel Core i5-4690K and don't overclock.

Statistics: Posted by Ionic — 10 Apr 2015, 21:52

Re: Is it possible to enhance performance in FA?

2015-04-03T10:43:27+02:00

Don't bother with that affinity method, it might hurt performance and the supposed gains are not investigated in any serious manner. The 3% number isn't very appealing to begin with.

Just take the time to read a proper guide on overclocking on overclock.net or xtremesystems. i7 920 clocks really easy the first 600 / 700 / 800 Mhz above stock even on mediocre components. If you want to gain real performance, free, this is the only way to go. Just do it right because instability sucks more than being slow.

Statistics: Posted by Col_Walter_Kurtz — 03 Apr 2015, 10:43

Re: Is it possible to enhance performance in FA?

2015-04-02T21:12:42+02:00

SpoCk0nd0pe wrote:
Androish wrote:Setting Priority of the process to high, and setting the affinity (witch cores to use) to not use the first core (0) does give some performance boost. Affinity only if you have quad core or above.

I don't quite understand this one. On my I7 920 core 0 can actually go 177 MHz faster then the others because the multiplier goes up to 22 (The turbo option in my bios).

Because Core 0 is most likely to be used at the same time FA is trying to use it. When another application sends threads in between FA's threads then FA must wait very slightly on the rare occurrence this happens.

That is why you will see only ~3% performance increase.... Although if you core0 increases more than 3% then you will see no benefit, and possibly a reduction in speed.

Statistics: Posted by Ionic — 02 Apr 2015, 21:12

Re: Is it possible to enhance performance in FA?

2015-04-02T17:37:29+02:00

Androish wrote:
Setting Priority of the process to high, and setting the affinity (witch cores to use) to not use the first core (0) does give some performance boost. Affinity only if you have quad core or above.

I don't quite understand this one. On my I7 920 core 0 can actually go 177 MHz faster then the others because the multiplier goes up to 22 (The turbo option in my bios).

Statistics: Posted by SpoCk0nd0pe — 02 Apr 2015, 17:37

Re: Is it possible to enhance performance in FA?

2015-03-19T12:22:24+02:00

If you open the game from the Original THQ folder, and create a profile - Your settings will save for you.
The difference that you ask about is pretty subtle, it has bigger impacts in really heavy/insane games.

Statistics: Posted by VoiceofReason — 19 Mar 2015, 12:22

Re: Is it possible to enhance performance in FA?

2015-03-19T11:11:09+02:00

I think I just have to stay away from the maximum settings. Ran a 2 vs 2 game last night without touching the settings and it ran smoothly - do I really have to set the resolution every time? I thought it would remember the graphical settings from the last game. By the way, I've remembered to set the priority of the game and exclude the core 0 from being used but I don't see/feel any difference... The difference is very subtle then?

Statistics: Posted by Chaospling — 19 Mar 2015, 11:11

Re: Is it possible to enhance performance in FA?

2015-03-18T18:10:26+02:00

prodromos wrote:
Not long ago, people were bragging
and not letting anyone joining Seton's if they hadn't your cpu(which of course can't be more away from the truth, as at that time no cpu
could handle that map. We have reached barely acceptable levels with haswell and overclocked 2000 and 3000 series of intel chips)

Someone has met the jcvjcvjcvjcv imbecile it seems

Statistics: Posted by -_V_- — 18 Mar 2015, 18:10

Re: Is it possible to enhance performance in FA?

2015-03-18T12:35:49+02:00

yeah, i would say the temps are normal.

So, if you already play SupCom2 fluidly, it isn't a software issue either (most probably).
You should most likely talk with a really technical guy, though these are hard to find nowadays.
With problems that subtle, your best bet is reinstalling windows and drivers.
At least this is what the "specialists" recommend at my area when I embarass them
with such questions. In many cases it works.

By the way, your specs are respectable. Not long ago, people were bragging
and not letting anyone joining Seton's if they hadn't your cpu(which of course can't be more away from the truth, as at that time no cpu
could handle that map. We have reached barely acceptable levels with haswell and overclocked 2000 and 3000 series of intel chips)

Statistics: Posted by prodromos — 18 Mar 2015, 12:35

Re: Is it possible to enhance performance in FA?

2015-03-18T10:20:43+02:00

I've downloaded SpeedFan 4.51 to monitor the temperatures and GPU is often quite cool ~ below 40 degrees Celsius. When playing last night the temperature of core 0 was about 55 degrees Celsius and now it's just under 50 degrees Celsius. The other cores are approximately 5-10 degrees cooler than core 0. Isn't 55-60 degrees Celsius an acceptable level while playing?

Statistics: Posted by Chaospling — 18 Mar 2015, 10:20

Re: Is it possible to enhance performance in FA?

2015-03-18T08:46:09+02:00

throttling for 50 units ? lol

Statistics: Posted by -_V_- — 18 Mar 2015, 08:46

Re: Is it possible to enhance performance in FA?

2015-03-17T22:36:05+02:00

oh and sth I forgot to say. Have you checked cpu and gpu temperatures?
If they are high you might need a technical service(ie cooling paste and the rest), except if you know how to do it
yourself. Your specs are way above your average ladder game, so it might be your hardware is throttling because
of bad cooling.

Statistics: Posted by prodromos — 17 Mar 2015, 22:36

Re: Is it possible to enhance performance in FA?

2015-03-17T13:04:50+02:00

Oh one thing, if u use sbox and the cheat to create the units. Let's say 100 at one spot, moving them after can often lead to significant lag until the units are "spread"

It does happen even on my i7.

Statistics: Posted by -_V_- — 17 Mar 2015, 13:04

Re: Is it possible to enhance performance in FA?

2015-03-17T12:08:05+02:00

If moving 50 units leads to a massive framedrop I agree it's something else. Driver, background folding on GPU or some other cause. Maybe it's simspeed as he said 50 on the move and other stuff built. But whatever. Q9650 is old so pushing it - it's good binned silicon too - will help. And there's no need to push graphic settings in FA so you should free up as much resources as you can there.

Statistics: Posted by Col_Walter_Kurtz — 17 Mar 2015, 12:08