Lag on high end PC

[SirShikari 0]

When I play DayZ I have the settings at around medium-low, and at best I can get 40 FPS, when I'm walking through cities however my FPS will drop to around 15-20.

Does anyone have an idea to fix this please?

 

My PC Specs:

Processor - Intel® Core i7-3820 CPU @ 3.60GHz

Graphics card - 4GB GeForce GTX 690

Ram - 8GB

 

[Hockeyguy 107]

Try playing on another server, sometimes you could have high ping or other times the server that you were playing on could have just been a laggy server

[MasterShak3 154]

Lag/Dysync in Dayz?!? Never... But try playing on a server closer to where you live. Might help. 

[Dancing.Russian.Man 1631]

Try playing on another server, sometimes you could have high ping or other times the server that you were playing on could have just been a laggy server

Ping/latency doesn't affect the performance of any game.

[AmberHelios 2071]

there are many guides and tips around these forums,

Do not download any fps boosters

 

http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/28160-guide-how-to-set-up-your-graphics-properly/

Edited August 9, 2013 by AmberHelios

[SirShikari 0]

there are many guides and tips around these forums,

Do not download any fps boosters

 

http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/28160-guide-how-to-set-up-your-graphics-properly/

Most of the things that this post suggests I have already done, and to no avail. Thanks though.

[SirShikari 0]

Try playing on another server, sometimes you could have high ping or other times the server that you were playing on could have just been a laggy server

I'm playing on a server in the UK (where I live) and my ping is around 15, I don't think that's the problem.

[creature 1189]

Unfortunately, that's the nature of the beast that is Arma2/DayZ mod.

 

Poor optimization. 

[SirShikari 0]

Unfortunately, that's the nature of the beast that is Arma2/DayZ mod.

 

Poor optimization. 

But i've seen streamers have max settings and a stable 60 FPS with specs worse than mine :(, are you sure there is nothing I can do?

[Dancing.Russian.Man 1631]

But i've seen streamers have max settings and a stable 60 FPS with specs worse than mine :(, are you sure there is nothing I can do?

As said, poor optimization. Older hardware tends to run it better, because the newer stuff is either not supported or not considered.

Though that doesn't mean that older hardware WILL run things better. (Though I get a steady 50FPS with an i5-3570k and GTX 670.)

[colekern 1364]

Try turning your settings up.

[colekern 1364]

Also, what do you get on vanilla singleplayer Arma 2?

[SirShikari 0]

Also, what do you get on vanilla singleplayer Arma 2?

If I turn of V-Sync off around an unstable 200 FPS+.

[Mos1ey 6301]

Try turning your settings up.

 

I don't think that will help, lol. If I play with everything on disabled/(very) low i get 150-200 FPS, on max settings around 30 and if I disable post-process effects and set object detail to normal I get 40-80 FPS.

 

OP - what config tweaks and startup parameters are you currently using?

[SirShikari 0]

I don't think that will help, lol. If I play with everything on disabled/(very) low i get 150-200 FPS, on max settings around 30 and if I disable post-process effects and set object detail to normal I get 40-80 FPS.

 

OP - what config tweaks and startup parameters are you currently using?

I haven't changed anything so it should be the default ones.

[Mos1ey 6301]

I haven't changed anything so it should be the default ones.

 

Okay, first off in ArmA2OA.cfg try these values...

 

GPU_MaxFramesAhead=1;

GPU_DetectedFramesAhead=1;

 

Secondly, are you launching through DayZ Commander?

 

And is your video memory set to 'default' in your in-game graphics settings?

 

EDIT: Also, have you tried going into your BIOS and disabling your CPU's HT feature? It's not helpful in any way for gaming and actually hinders performance a bit in ArmA.

Edited August 10, 2013 by mZLY

[SirShikari 0]

Okay, first off in ArmA2OA.cfg try these values...

 

GPU_MaxFramesAhead=1;

GPU_DetectedFramesAhead=1;

 

Secondly, are you launching through DayZ Commander?

 

And is your video memory set to 'default' in your in-game graphics settings?

 

EDIT: Also, have you tried going into your BIOS and disabling your CPU's HT feature? It's not helpful in any way for gaming and actually hinders performance a bit in ArmA.

 I did what you said to do and unfortunately it didn't help ;( Thank you though :D

 

Yes I am launching it through DayZ Commander.

 

And my video memory is set to default.

[OfficerRaymond 2064]

I just can't comprehend that you're lagging with a $1,000 card.... O_O

[colekern 1364]

I haven't changed anything so it should be the default ones.

Okay, it's definitely the server.

[Statik (DayZ) 2695]

It must be the server.

 

On the Epoch server I play on, I get 25-30fps everywhere, maybe a little more if I'm lucky.

 

I was playing on a Lingor server a few days ago, and couldn't get above 18fps. Meanwhile I was playing on a nearly full Namalsk server, and was getting 35+ fps at a extremely populated Sebjan Dam, and I can get 40-60+ on other servers I play on.

 

It also seems the latest patch has extremely messed up FPS.

[Mos1ey 6301]

 I did what you said to do and unfortunately it didn't help ;( Thank you though :D

 

Yes I am launching it through DayZ Commander.

 

And my video memory is set to default.

 

In DayZ Commander under additional launch parameters in the settings tab try these...

 

-cpuCount=4 -exthreads=7 -maxvram=4096 -maxmem=2048 -nosplash -high -xp

Edited August 10, 2013 by mZLY

[Cobs 49]

I'm not sure why, possibly related to a newer patch, but lately it is very hard to find a server with good fps.  You can have a great ping but if the server has the classic 1000 added vehicles with a ton of added buildings, it kills performance.  Frankieonpcin1080p's recent DayZ video showed in the debug his fps was around 35.  

I think DayZ has progressed in a positive way but with that progression optimization has fallen back, and more and more people are now scratching their heads and re-assuring their embarrassed PCs that it's not their fault.  Because it's not.  

If any hardware is to blame for the poor fps on DayZ it is the server's hardware, specifically the CPU.

We can only try to cope with the hand that we've been delt, I run RamDisk loading important pbo files off my ram.  I have disabled all CPU restricting features like CPU parking, halt states, and am playing around with hyper-threading and cpu affinity.  I have tried numerous command line variations as well as optimizing my config files.  In the end, I've found the best thing to do is find the right server.

Currently playing on 70.32.33.90:2332 overwatch.  I get great FPS on that server.