5-15 FPS? Is my computer good enough?

[Andog 0]

Hi All,

 

I've started playing DayZ a few days ago and couldn't believe that I was getting only 5-15 FPS. I play lots of other online games and usually get 75-100 fps easily although I do appreciate that DayZ has a lot more detail as well as using a LOT of memory!

 

Here is my computer spec, I was hoping whether someone would be as kind to tell me what I should be getting FPS wise, and point out any potential problems?

 

Motherboard: ASUS M4N78-AM

GFX Card: ASUS Nvidia 2GB GeForce GTX 750 Ti

Processor: AMD Phenom X4 9650 Quad-Core Processor - 2.30 GHz

RAM: 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

 

I bought the above GFX Card yesterday thinking that my old Nvidia GeForce 9500GT was the problem, however there has been zero change!

 

Any comments would be much appreciated!

 

Thanks,

 

Andog

Edited April 7, 2015 by Andog

[tobias winfro 305]

You're a bit low on ram, might want to upgrade to DDR3 as well. My performance got a bit better going from 6 gigs of DDR2 to 8 gigs of DDR3. I updated my rig one piece at a time due to being a poor working man, I've since added a new amd 8 core processor and a 4gig R7 240 ati video card. Difference has been night and day.

Hope it helps but Dayz isn't optimized fully yet, so only time will tell

[BleedoutBill 1636]

I have a Phenom X6 and 8GB of RAM and I get 5-15FPS in the big towns and 35-45FPS out in the woods. I've had both a GTX470 and a GTX780 in this box and the FPS is roughly the same.

[SaveMeJebus 164]

As of now AMD isn't the best performing with dayz as far as processors, and the cpu gets a heck of a workout with this game.  It uses multi-threading poorly so is more dependent on single core speed (which is why the 2.3 ghz is killing your performance)  the ram is also a bit low (ram speed helps alot with this game as well) but it is totally playable with 4 gig of ram and an adequate swap file you will just notice a bit more stutter at times.

[xalienax 621]

Hi All,

 

I've started playing DayZ a few days ago and couldn't believe that I was getting only 5-15 FPS. I play lots of other online games and usually get 75-100 fps easily although I do appreciate that DayZ has a lot more detail as well as using a LOT of memory!

 

Here is my computer spec, I was hoping whether someone would be as kind to tell me what I should be getting FPS wise, and point out any potential problems?

 

Motherboard: ASUS M4N78-AM

GFX Card: ASUS Nvidia 2GB GeForce GTX 750 Ti

Processor: AMD Phenom X4 9650 Quad-Core Processor - 2.30 GHz

RAM: 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

 

I bought the above GFX Card yesterday thinking that my old Nvidia GeForce 9500GT was the problem, however there has been zero change!

 

Any comments would be much appreciated!

 

Thanks,

 

Andog

Your system should be more or less fine, the game is poorly optimized right now, and there are MASSIVE changes in performance between what on paper is "similar spec'd" hardware. as the poster above said, DDR2 is a bit dated tech but you honestly are just feeling the brunt of a poorly optimized dev-build of a game.

 

the last 2 patches i was getting the "display adapter driver stopped responding and has recovered" error. I've also seen everything from 50FPS to sub-20 FPS in towns having changed nothing but updating dayZ lol. (and mind you this is on an I7-4770)

[tobias winfro 305]

As of now AMD isn't the best performing with dayz as far as processors, and the cpu gets a heck of a workout with this game.  It uses multi-threading poorly so is more dependent on single core speed (which is why the 2.3 ghz is killing your performance)  the ram is also a bit low (ram speed helps alot with this game as well) but it is totally playable with 4 gig of ram and an adequate swap file you will just notice a bit more stutter at times.

I'm not sure why people are negative on amd, it all boils down to preference. I've only had problems with core i5 or i7 from Intel as well as nvidia video cards but amd has been rock solid for me. Dayz is a performance killer, I have seen it run like crap on everything from alienware to falcon northwest PCs. Hopefully we can get it optimized soon

[Andog 0]

Thanks for all your replies, much appreciated!

I thought earlier today that I needed to upgrade my PC regardless and tomorrow I'll have the following:

Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth 990FX

GFX Card: ASUS Nvidia 2GB GeForce GTX 750 Ti

Processor: AMD FX8350 Black Edition 8-core 4.0 GHz

RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x 8GB) 1600 MHz DDR3

Custom Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO

Power Supply: Corsair Builder CX 600 Watt

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit

I'm on a wired 60MB connection too so hopefully that will give the FPS a kick up the backside!!

Edited April 7, 2015 by Andog

[SaveMeJebus 164]

I'm not sure why people are negative on amd, it all boils down to preference. I've only had problems with core i5 or i7 from Intel as well as nvidia video cards but amd has been rock solid for me. Dayz is a performance killer, I have seen it run like crap on everything from alienware to falcon northwest PCs. Hopefully we can get it optimized soon

I was in no way bashing AMD but the fact is dayz runs worse on AMD at the moment and better on intel setups.  I have had NO problems ever with either i5 I have had and have had my current 3570k OC'd to 4.6ghz since day 1 so not sure why you would question me amd bashing and then turn around with some intel bashing.  I do believe this will all be leveled in the end when they do sweeping optimizations and everyone will be able to get better than mid 20s max frames in the large cities regardless of hardware brand. :)

Edited April 7, 2015 by SaveMeJebus

[Andy788 2]

Dayz runs worse on amd because dayz using only one core. Its 2015 and a new game uses only one core. Thats the problem.

 

I had a dualcore in 2007 and most of my games used already two cores.

 

If you want to play dayz with devent fps you need at least an i5.

[Andy788 2]

 

Edited April 8, 2015 by Andy788