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    Just bought Borderlands, and it runs like [censored]

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Syberia, Jul 30, 2010.

  1. Syberia

    Syberia Notebook Deity

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    This is technically a desktop question, but hopefully someone out there knows a way to fix this (it's probably the same for a laptop as a desktop). I just bought the Direct2Drive version of Borderlands about 2 weeks ago and finally got around to installing it. My issue is that the performance of this game absolutely stinks.

    Running at 1280x1024 with an overclocked Q9550 and Radeon 4890, I am barely getting above 20 fps with settings maxed. Lowering them makes things a little better (but I still can't get above 30 fps for any length of time). I know it's not the computer, as I've been playing Arma 2 nearly maxed out at 30-50 fps on the same rig, and others have reported 60+ fps with much lower-spec graphics hardware. I am also getting random black squares and graphics corruption, which makes me think this might be a driver issue. I am currently running CCC 10.6, I will try updating and see if that fixes anything. Please note, the corruption and poor performance occur in both DX9 and DX10 modes.

    EDIT: I was going to post a picture of the corruption/glitches, but I can't seem to get them to appear again.

    EDIT2: http://i925.photobucket.com/albums/ad100/doubleedgedwombat/borderlands1.png
    Sitting right here, staring at nothing, I'm stuck at a lowly 15 fps :(

    I do have the latest (1.3) patch installed.
     
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  2. naticus

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    try turning shadows OFF, it is roughly a 30% hit to performance.
     
    naticus, Jul 30, 2010
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  3. Satyrion

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    lol i run it maxed 1920x1080 and get better fps than u with my laptop :D
     
    Satyrion, Jul 30, 2010
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  4. Syberia

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    So clearly there is something wrong with my configuration, drivers, etc...
     
    Syberia, Jul 30, 2010
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    yes there is, try to re-install it. I also have this problem for the moment with Heroes of Newerth. I only get 15 FPS running all lowest settings. It is really annoying that these kinda things happend. My friend with a geforce 7600GO gets 35 FPS with all high settings :confused:
     
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  6. Syberia

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    Never mind, I just did a bit more googling and came across the suggestion to run the game with a custom CCC profile and disable Catalyst AI. I did that, and my FPS never dropped below 40 with all settings maxed, and the glitches disappeared.
     
    Syberia, Jul 30, 2010
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  7. naticus

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    Really? I have hard time believing that, as my laptop is superior to yours in every way, yet at 1680x1050 maxed I get insane FPS drops with shadows turned on. At the same time I am using the Borderlands execute.cfg to further increase FPS.

    How exactly are you getting such good frames @ that res with an inferior system?

    http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=85874
     
    naticus, Jul 30, 2010
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  8. redrazor11

    redrazor11 Formerly waterwizard11

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    Try the latest Cat's 10.7. They specifically address performance issues in borderlands for your series card (2-10% increase if I remember correctly)
     
    redrazor11, Jul 30, 2010
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