Is this normal?

sambos1234

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I've been trying to increase my FPS recently (in BC2). I've read a lot of things and I don't know what to believe tbh. I heard HPET (High precision event timer) is usually enabled by default in the bios and it's supposed to improve smoothness in-game - I checked my bios and it was actually disabled, so of course, I enabled it. Nothing changed in-game though (FPS). It did get me wondering what else is supposed to be enabled in the bios that might not be enabled for me seeing as HPET was disabled.

This is what I have though:

AMD 965 (not OC'd)
AMD 6850 (not OC'd)
4GB RAM
Windows 7 64
XFX 550W PSU
ASRock MoBo (ASRock K10N78FullHD-hSLI to be specific)

I've only had my 6850 for about 5-6 months.

I'm using the latest 11.5 drivers and I've got nothing running in the background that should effect my performance. I've also recently did a fresh install of Windows 7.

In-game I average about 60-70 FPS at 1920x1080 res - but when I lower my resolution even to the lowest I can select (1024x768) there's is literally no change in my FPS. I run everything on low with DX10 - AA & AF off and also Vsync off. I know my cards usage won't be used if it isn't being pushed (so I've been told) so I maxed near enough everything in-game tonight with the exception of Vsync and HBAO. My GPU usuage did go up into the 90's according to MSI afterburner - but my FPS was 50-60 average. I did try and lower and resolution and still no change in FPS even though there should be: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/291 (There's quite a difference with the FPS on different resolutions in BC2)

Is there something wrong in my bios maybe? Like PCI latency timer for example - does it make a difference in-game? (I don't know anything about PCI latency timer btw).

Or is this normal and I'm being an idiot? :D

Just so you know - I'm wanting more FPS for recording.

Thanks in advance!
 
Disabling HPET can in-fact lower your FPS but disabling it does fix some issues present for SOME people in BC2.

Just sound slike you have VSYNC turned on if you never go over 60 in any resolution at any setting.

What is actually wrong with 60-70FPS anyway? You are not going to notice anything after that.
 
Your much better off keeping it at 1080p if it's at 60fps. Why would you want a lower res than that if your frames are fine. If you were getting 20fps, then start fiddling. However, there's nothing to fix here.

Just enjoy the game and don't worry about BIOS settings
 
As said I'm wanting more FPS for recording. When my FPS stays in the 60-70's it's fine when recording - but anything below that when I hit record it becomes sluggish. I was just wondering why my FPS doesn't change when I lower my resolution.
 
Have you got any features enabled in CCC, specially AA features(morphological)? try putting all the CCC settings to its minimal and see if you notice any change.
 
Avathar77 said:
Have you got any features enabled in CCC, specially AA features(morphological)? try putting all the CCC settings to its minimal and see if you notice any change.
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I usually have the standard settings at "optimal performance" but I went through them individually and set them to the lowest/turned them off - no FPS difference when lowering the resolution. I'm getting a 6970 in the next few months anyway. Quick question though. Will my XFX 550W be enough to run one 6970?
 
sounds like you have Vsync turned on. this forces the framerate to be the same (or lower if it cant manage the same) as your monitor. either that, or the game has an FPS limit set to ~60FPS

however, if your complaining of bad framerate only while recording, overclocking your processor will be the best solution.



the XFX 550W PSU will be fine to power any single card unless you have millions of hard drives or something

if you choose a 2GB revision 1 6950 you can 'flash' the card and turn it into a 6970, saving you around £50. however, the first option i would try is overclocking your current graphics card. it is unbelievably easy to do. you literally just download 'MSI afterburner' and 'OCCT' (works with all cards), move some sliders around in MSI afterburner, then run OCCT graphics card test for a while and make sure no errors come up, and the card stays below 90C
 
Buchanan0204 said:
All depends what's in the system and what you'r going to add to it. For the most part however, yes it will be fine. However adding more mechanical drives etc in the future, you may be looking at a 600-650W
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I have one 500GB H/D and another 1T H/D.

Reaper 392 said:
if you choose a 2GB revision 1 6950 you can 'flash' the card and turn it into a 6970, saving you around £50. however, the first option i would try is overclocking your current graphics card. it is unbelievably easy to do. you literally just download 'MSI afterburner' and 'OCCT' (works with all cards), move some sliders around in MSI afterburner, then run OCCT graphics card test for a while and make sure no errors come up, and the card stays below 90C
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It'll be a 6970 - it's actually getting given to me :p

I have MSI installed - I suppose I could overclock my GPU .... not sure If I'm prepared to overclock my CPU though - I know nothing of it and I don't want it overheating.
 
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