Other Players = Unplayable FPS

[myskaal 50]

This is new for me and I don't know if the game has finally just killed my poor little CPU or what but it's hurting me. On the inside.

Point to note: I know I need a new PC. Very much so. As soon as I am able I will be doing so but for now, and for the foreseeable future, it is simply not an option I can wiggle into my budget in any possible way whatsoever.

When I first started playing DayZ (end of May/beginning of Juneish) my PC handled it pretty darn well for it's age. I could keep up just fine with other players and did not have an issue with aiming or shooting weapons or moving around in the world and I would often be with or in the vicinity of other players, sometimes many at once. Sure I had to turn my graphics settings down but other than a few less detailed textures, things still looked and handled great.

The problem is, now, as soon as another player gets near me (I have no idea the exact radius) - my FPS dumps to a literally unplayable point. I lag on *everything*. It takes many seconds to line up a shot - assuming I don't overswing it because the camera is just not responding. In fact any action (looting, moving the camera to look at things, even moving my character) pretty much becomes unbearable and.. well pointless. And if there's more than 1 other player int he area? Forget it. Slideshow.

What confuses me is this never used to happen. I noticed the graphical lag starting to ramp up around, I want to say the beginning of August. Since then, I haven't played as much, so the degree and times of it's downward spiral I can't be sure of. All I can be sure is as of right now - I can't play the game anymore (unless I am the only person playing).

So I'm wondering what anyone suggests (other than buying a new PC. I know. Working on that lottery ticket, really). Or if anyone knows why it would be other players entering the area that's causing these issues for me and what, if anything, can be done to help.

Really miss playing this game. :/

[JarethJams 87]

Whats the temps on your cpu gpu and ram?

[myskaal 50]

I honestly have no idea nor do I have a way to check.

[JarethJams 87]

you can download this program called speed fan

[The Aquatic Land Walrus 565]

Same.

I have to look straight down to move.

[myskaal 50]

Thanks for the speed fan tip. Temp started at around 70 after loading up the game and steadily climbed to around 85 with a couple of bumps up to 89.

As soon as I window out - and I do mean as soon as, as in immediately, the temp reading drops back down to 58. I've never known the temp of anything to drop 30 degrees in literally .5 seconds. So.. I'm not real sure how accurate this program is but there's the readings it gave me anyway.

[piemanpm 13]

Have a clean out of your system and see if it runs any better.

My CPU reaches around 60 and my GPU around 85. But they are overclocked.

[Zeus_Lee 0]

I'm fairly sure I'm having the same problem as the OP. Excruciating fps drop when in the vicinity of other players. So I guess this is a bump in case anyone might have a solution. I play on an Acer laptop (Aspire 5750G): i5 2430M 2.4GHz - Boost to 3.0GHz, Nvidia Geforce 520M, 2741 TurboCache, 4gb DDR3 Memory. I run at 30-40 fps until I come in contact with another player. Then it drops to about 10fps. Obv unplayable. The thought that I could play it fine if it wasn't for a small unsolved problem frustrates me. Any help or feedback greatly appreciated. Cheers. Side note: It might just be my laptop, but I'm so not privy when it comes to computer stuff, so please forgive me for my ignorance if it is the case.

[myskaal 50]

I clean my system up regularly. Doing this, again, makes no difference to this problem.