Poor framerate in modern warefare 2

metalmackey · 11 Nov 2009 at 16:26

Hi Guys,

With the spec in sig I should easily run Modern Warfare 2 at a constant 60fps at 1080p with 4xAA. But with a lot of action I get like 35fps. I'm not sure if its using just 1 gpu on my 4870x2 or what. I;m using cats ver 9.10 for win 7. Anyone Know how I can tell if its using both gpu's? Is there newer drivers for my card for the game?

Thank

Gerard · 11 Nov 2009 at 16:28

Weird, that card should be tearing through that game, though from what ive seen the enable sli option isn't in the options anymore, possible it doesn't work with multi gpu anymore.

toxicredcat · 11 Nov 2009 at 17:59

Download GPU-Z: http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/SysInfo/GPU-Z/
Open it twice and use one to measure GPU1 activity and the other to measure GPU2 activity.
Load up MW2 and play it for a minute or so, alt + tab out and look at the GPU usage for each GPU, should be around 60% for each GPU.
Also make sure Catalyst A.I. is set to standard or advanced in CCC.
Edit: iirc there was an 'enable dual video cards' option in the graphics settings for previous CoD's, make sure this option is also enabled, if there is one

gurusan · 11 Nov 2009 at 18:07

At what speed are you running your QX6850?

twoodster · 11 Nov 2009 at 18:15

gurusan said:
At what speed are you running your QX6850?

Shouldn't really be an issue, I'm running it maxed at 1920x1200 on an e6600!

metalmackey · 11 Nov 2009 at 18:15

Everything is at stock

metalmackey · 11 Nov 2009 at 20:52

Anyone else runing the game with 2 G{U's

nutsnut · 11 Nov 2009 at 21:09

Your CPU limited, try overclocking it a little to see what frame rate you get.

Mr. Anderson · 11 Nov 2009 at 21:25

35fps, is vsync enabled? If i can't get 60 it will got 30ish? If not then 35fps is fine anyway. How did you know it was 35? Is it because you noticed it was slow so checked, or because always have fraps open?

metalmackey · 11 Nov 2009 at 21:31

Had fraps runing. Im not saying its unplayable or anything, just seems low compared to what others say they get. vsync is off.

Vulcan · 11 Nov 2009 at 21:54

nutsnut said:
Your CPU limited, try overclocking it a little to see what frame rate you get.

CPU limited with a QX6850 @ 35fps? I don't think so.

metalmackey · 11 Nov 2009 at 22:15

It does go above 100fps sometimes but dips to 35 with lots of snoke 'n stuff.

toxicredcat · 11 Nov 2009 at 22:30

Mine runs it at 60FPS (vsync) nearly all the time, when there is dense smoke it will drop to 30FPS but it does this in nearly any game.

interspaced · 11 Nov 2009 at 22:33

try turning off soften smoke in the video options. I doubt you'll notice a difference visually

metalmackey · 12 Nov 2009 at 16:29

Turning off soften smoke only makes a few fps difference.

Musty Pie · 12 Nov 2009 at 16:53

I get micro stuttering in MW2 with a xfx gtx280 xt
Put on Vsync and its as smooth as butter. Not checked the frame rates though, can cod still do this via console or not now due to lack of dedi servers?

kevy1986 · 12 Nov 2009 at 19:38

Running 100fps + all the time on my Q6600 and 5870

Stuff · 12 Nov 2009 at 20:01

I ran 2 60 second benchmarks whilst in battle on MW2... Got 86 FPS average using my 5850 with 50 as the low and 178 as the high.

Swi1ch · 12 Nov 2009 at 20:06

I had to drop my overclocked Q9550 from 3.5 to under stock (2.8) to stop MW2 crashing out on me.

metalmackey · 12 Nov 2009 at 20:49

What version catalyst drivers are you lot using who get high fps?