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    Low FPS on Anno 2070

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by XPForever, Apr 22, 2012.

  1. XPForever

    XPForever Notebook Guru

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    So I recently bought a new high end laptop.

    I7 2670 QM
    8GB RAM
    Nvidia GTX 580m 2GB
    1920x1080 play resolution

    20 FPS with the main graphics setting on Very High. Not touching any of the subsettings, but they were all on high, antispectropic filtering on 4x. Sometimes it goes as low as 15 FPS. I didnt try to play any further like this but I'd assume it would get worse as the islands filled up.

    Very same settings on my older system...

    I7 960 3.2GHZ
    12GB RAM
    ATI Radeon 5770
    1280x1024 play resolution

    37+ FPS at all times untill the very end of the game when there are a lot of units + buildings, and even then its still very playable.

    Could resolution make that much of a difference? Yes the drivers on my new laptop are updated fully, Anno is at patch 1.04.

    Also, if it makes any difference, I play Crysis 2 at 30-50 FPS on Extreme with DX11 and High Res Textures enabled on my laptop with the GTX 580m.

    I really think it should handle Anno fine.

    EDIT: Also

    Benchmarks.

    http://www.notebookcheck.net/Anno-2070- ... 716.0.html

    do note GTX 580m. 32 FPS on ultra on my resolution of 1920x1080.

    I know the Nvidia control panel has a lot of settings, and one of them was crapping up GTA IV FPS performance, the PhysX was using the CPU instead of the main 580m. Helped a lot. I feel like its gonna be another setting like that...

    but of course I could be wrong... which is why im here...
     
    XPForever, Apr 22, 2012
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  2. myx

    myx Notebook Deity

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    Can't help much, but I do know from different reviews that Anno 2070 is a BADLY optimized game.
     
    myx, Apr 23, 2012
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  3. ViciousXUSMC

    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    If you know the performance is not right for the setup the first thing to look at is drivers. See if you can upgrade to newer ones or in some cases even roll back to older ones fixes issues.

    Also a common problem when performance is way off for a system is to not be in high performance mode for the gpu/cpu for the power scheme and being plugged in.

    The last thing I can think of is thermal throttling, if your system temps are getting too high the gpu clocks or throttling back to cool down causing performance issues.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Apr 23, 2012
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  4. XPForever

    XPForever Notebook Guru

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    Well, some of the settings were messing up Grand Theft Auto IV, and I reach 50FPS even going very fast in a car in that game, but didnt help anno 2070 any, still getting 20ish FPS and very choppy scrolling
     
    XPForever, Apr 24, 2012
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