What are your video settings and FPS? Seems this game is not optimized well

(KayDubz) #1

My system is as follows. Its a workstation from several years back, but still powerful enough where I SHOULD be running this game maxed with at least 60 FPS…but cant.

2 x Xeon E5450 3.00 ghz CPUs (equivalent of two C2Q Q9650, eight cores total)
14 GB DDR2 RAM
AMD Radeon 7850 2GB
1TB Hard Disk @ 7200 rpm
Currently using an old 5:4 monitor at 1280 by 1024 @ 75hz

This game will not run at a steady 60 fps or more for me, unless I have on both V-sync and One Frame Interval (OFI). And I also have to use ALL LOW settings to stay with at least 60 - 75 fps of smooth performance.

Ive tested medium and high, and I get a performance hit. And while the game is playable…the jumps for 40 to 75 fps make it hard to compete.

Ive also tested Low settings with just V-sync, and no OFI. And while I will get an average 50 to 60 fps…its not smooth at all. And with V-sync off and OFI on, I get over 100 fps average, but its not smooth either and there’s a bunch of tearing. And with them both off, I have a sub 60 fps average that stutters and jumps down to 45 a lot.

It just seems like this game will not run smoothly unless I use OFI (as well as Vsync), and as we know you take a slight latency hit with the OFI framerate bonus. With both Vsync and OFI on, I will have a nice smooth 75fps for the majority of the match.

Whats frustrated me about this is that I can play my other games at medium or max settings. Pro Evolution Soccer is maxed out…all my Batman Arkham games are played at least on Medium, and we know Arkham City and Arkham Origins are big worlds, and more demanding games than dirty bomb. I played Blacklight Retribution on max as well back when I tried it out

So whats the problem here?

(misspo) #2

Hi, and yes this game is badly optimized. Try to use a cfg to boost your fps :slight_smile:
twitch.tv/outc1der and take a look in the description.
Hace a good night

(AShoppingCartGLX) #3

I can run perfect on high setting but I run on lowest with characters on highest VSync on(Must V-Sync or 10 FPS)

Operating System: Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
Processor: AMD A6-3620 APU (4 CPUs), ~2.2GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
Chip type: GeForce GT 730
Display Memory: 4040 MB
Dedicated Memory: 968 MB
Shared Memory: 3072 MB
Current Mode: 1440 x 900 (32 bit) (60Hz)

(squiid) #4

I have a pretty decent computer, full high settings and get 60fps fine, you have to remember it’s still in Beta. Things will most likely improve and by launch, probably optimal for most players.

(Ghosthree3) #5

Huge necro, but regardless.

GTX770 2GB Memory
3570K @ 4.2ghz
16GB RAM

All settings maxed except for motion blur and depth of field because ew blur. I’ve noticed I’m easily able to hold 144, I’ve now removed the cap though so I can probably get more. In some conditions I do drop to around 110 but it’s not very common and is still high enough.

It is worth noting, though OP will never see this, that he/she has two server cpus. Two is pointless since only one is going to be used, and server is well, server, it’s not meant to play games well. Considering that this game is choked by CPU more often than not I think it’s pretty clear why OP gets such bad performance.

(KayDubz) #6

^Duh, I know games aren’t designed with 2 cpu’s in mind, let alone using more than 4 cores.

That said, Xeons are indentical to desktop CPUs except they are more stable and their clock is locked.

My CPUs are indentical to Q9650’s which are third tier on Toms Hardware gaming CPU hierarchy chart (out of 12 tiers). And please take time to look at the other CPUs its grouped with. And all the benchmarks and game review videos on the web will show that the Q9650 performs well with modern games. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-5.html

You might want to educate yourself a little before trumping out the ole “server cpus cant game” stuff we heard a decade ago. And you might want to read my original post with more comprehension. I specifically stated that I am able to run more demanding games at higher settings than Dirty Bomb. If I can run the ENTIRE Batman Arkham series at higher settings than DB, and DB is a game with much less detail, and a much smaller world…how is my hardware the problem?

PS - Go to the warchest forums. There are guys there playing Dirty Bomb on systems much more powerful than mine, and they have frame issues as well. Why do you think people were so busy editing config files in order to lower video settings so much?

(KayDubz) #7

Also, check out this video. This is ONE E5450 with an HD7770 running Crysis 3 @ 1280 x 1024.

So tell me…why is it that Crysis 3, a way more demanding game…runs just as good on its High Med settings as Dirty Bomb does @ the same settings and resolution? AND Crysis is running on a weaker GPU in that video.

I mean dude, I played Sleeping Dogs maxed out back in 2013, and it was another open world game and lots of action sequences…and its graphics are in no way inferior to Dirty Bomb. So please dont tell me my processor is the problem.

(Ghosthree3) #8

And you may want to read my post a little more carefully. I specifically stated that this game is more CPU dependent than GPU, UE3 has history of this. Arkham is clearly much more cpu optimised and is therefore more commonly bottlenecked by a GPU.

3ghz is quite low and the fact that it’s locked seals your doom as far as FPS goes. It is worth noting that I only get such good fps because I have overclocked, something you can never do. On a stock clock I think you’ll find I lose at least 1/3 of my frames, and that clock speed would still be far higher than yours.

So yes it does matter that they are server CPUs, they are clocked and locked low.

(KayDubz) #9

And you may want to read my post a little more carefully. I specifically stated that this game is more CPU dependent than GPU, UE3 has history of this. Arkham is clearly much more cpu optimised and is therefore more commonly bottlenecked by a GPU.

3ghz is quite low and the fact that it’s locked seals your doom as far as FPS goes. It is worth noting that I only get such good fps because I have overclocked, something you can never do. On a stock clock I think you’ll find I lose at least 1/3 of my frames, and that clock speed would still be far higher than yours.

So yes it does matter that they are server CPUs, they are clocked and locked low.[/quote]

My Cpu cores dont get ANYWHERE CLOSE to maxing out their usage. And Ive played other CPU heavy games and its NO ISSUE.

Again, I say, go to the warchest forums and read the threads there. There are guys with computers more powerful than mine who have problems with FPS in this game.

And you kinda prove my point about it being the game and not my CPU thats the issue once you mention that you must overclock to get good performance. I havent had to do that for any game since Ive had this PC. I shouldnt have to do it for a game like Dirty Bomb. When other CPU intensive and GPU intensive games run just fine…how is my computer the problem?

PS - After a little searching on reddit and steam, I see there have been several threads discussing this issue.

(CCP115) #10

Game isn’t optimized that well, but it’s decent enough.

I OCed and saw a huge performance boost. I use an AMD CPU. I don’t see much difference between low and high settings, and due to the lack of benchmark, I don’t know how much FPS I get usually, but it seems to be smooth enough.

(KayDubz) #11

So I decided to do a few tests, and you guys tell me what you think.

I turned up all settings to High. I turned on every piece of eye candy. I turned off V-sync to maximize frames, and I turned off One Frame Interval to minimize input latency.

I played 3 matches. Chapel, Dome, and Terminal. I averaged 35 fps…but it was not smooth in the least…and the frames kept jumping from 27 to 40 ish. I was able to play decently, but it didnt look good visually, and did hamper my aim.

Check out what HWinfo64 picked up. I made sure to start the timer on HWinfo right before I started Dirty Bomb. http://i.imgur.com/rWiUKLG.png
http://i.imgur.com/B7QLz6u.png

Now tell me, does it make sense that I get the FPS I did, but never got above 25% GPU usage, and never over a 55% average on any my CPU cores? Mind you my ram usage was not even over half as well.

The CPU figures show that my cores did get as high as the 80 percentages, but that was only during map loads before a round. I used Rivatuner Stat Server to view the HWinfo64 percentages while I played. During the rounds my averages never got over 55% for any core, and my average for total CPU usage was 22.3% and 42.8%.

So basically, I am only using a quarter of my GPU power, half of my ram, and not even half of my CPU power, yet Dirty Bomb stutters on high and cannot maintain 60fps? That makes no sense to me. Anyone wanna chime in?

(Ghosthree3) #12

Just because the CPU isn’t maxing out doesn’t mean it’s not throttling though.

(KayDubz) #13

Throttling? Did you even pay attention to the clock figures in the pictures? Clearly my CPUs are not throttling.

Im just gonna chalk this experience up to a beta game being a beta game. Ive played CPU intensive games before on this system (including other UE3 titles) and have not had this issue.

Its just odd and frustrating.

(Ghosthree3) #14

Let me put it this way then. Before overclocking my CPUs didn’t max out either, yet adding almost 1ghz of overclock and I doubled my performance. Even though they weren’t ‘maxing out’ beforehand.

(KayDubz) #15

I repeat…clearly the game is not optimized well if it requires a lot of overclocking just for people to play its UE3 engine and OK graphics at good frame rates. The fact that one must overclock even with more powerful systems than mine, is just pretty lame. Especially considering other CPU intensive games and more graphically intensive games run just fine on my system, and others systems.

Thats all Im saying…its DB thats the issue, not our systems. But as I just said, Im accepting that this is what happens with beta games (even though this games been around for how long now?). I just think its kinda weak that dudes with beefy PCs are even using potato configs on this game.

But I digress.