Extreme FPS drop yet good computer

[saucybreakfast 0]

So I've been experiencing these extreme FPS drops that become pretty consistent and drop me down to around 5 fps and I've looked up many solutions yet none seem to work. My computer is pretty good and has ran dayz easily at 30 fps on the highest quality without ANY problems. Its only until recently that this problem has risen to my attention.

[Steak and Potatoes 13480]

You can try this to see if it works out Go to Documents > DayZ and open DayZ.cfg in Notepad. Change GPU_MaxFramesAhead and GPU_DetectedFramesAhead to = 1.

[saucybreakfast 0]

I've already tried that and it doesn't seem to affect my game at all. Let me show you my computer stats....

 

Processor: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core Processor  4.20 GHz

RAM: 16.0 GB

System Type: 64-bit Operating System, x64-based processor

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650

OS: Windows 8 64-bit 

[St. Jimmy 1631]

http://feedback.dayzgame.com/view.php?id=1131 "Performance is poor on AMD rigs."

http://feedback.dayzgame.com/view.php?id=247 "Massive FPS drop when looking into city."

 

Just linking that you're not the only one.

 

Lowering graphics has helped me to get some fps unlike in Arma where it doesn't help at all when you're bottlenecked. Just don't afraid to go around low/very low on some graphic settings.

Edited December 18, 2013 by St. Jimmy

[saucybreakfast 0]

Well the thing is, I have gone lower on quality and nothing has changed besides how the game looks. I've noticed, though, that the yellow chain in the bottom right-hand corner keeps popping up like I'm going to be disconnected. Maybe that'll help?

[saucybreakfast 0]

I totally fixed it by restarted my computer. I don't know how that helped but it did :D