***THE BF4 BENCHMARKS THREAD***

[LtMatt]

Yep spiking again to me again now... it's weird I can play for 20 minutes nothingthen all of a sudden spiking and it turns into a mess... think I may go back to DX11 which is gonna be slower but I think stable...

Told ya.

Never question the ways of LT.

Jokes aside i think i may have an idea of what's causing it. Punkbuster/Fairfight. Reason being? In a PB/FF enable server (no matter the player size) i get this spiking under Mantle. (DX is fine)

Spoiler

Now that can occur every twenty seconds to once every minute. Its repeating.

Then i saw a post on Battlelog which said go onto a PB/FF disabled server and it does not happen. Tested myself and he was right. Went into a 64 man Naval strike server. There was one spike in maybe 5 minutes, but that was it.

Spoiler

 

[pgi947]

Some good findings matt. Looks like pb may need updated along side the latest server client patch.

 

[LtMatt]

Some good findings matt. Looks like pb may need updated along side the latest server client patch.

The downside is im running the latest PB.

I won't bother to do the Mantle frame variance test to compare to our DX results until its working properly.

In other news - http://www.escapistmagazine.com/new...munity-Test-Platform-for-Battlefield-4-Update

 

[pugheaven]

Mmm interesting findings matey... yeah my graph shows around 3 spikes per screen like yours so mine are occurring perfectly regular around 2-3 seconds apart... driving me insane now... will try a none punkbuster one though!

Interesting us being enabled as BETA's testers, thought that's what we'd been for the last year ffs!

 

[pgi947]

The downside is im running the latest PB.

I won't bother to do the Mantle frame variance test to compare to our DX results until its working properly.

In other news - http://www.escapistmagazine.com/new...munity-Test-Platform-for-Battlefield-4-Update

Have you made sure in windows services pnkbustrA and pnkbustrB have been forced enabled. I had a problem with one of them not starting up with bf4.

As if the CPU spikes are related to pb its likely pb is trying to send some commands repeatedly (perhaps trying to restart one of the above?).

Just a thought

 

[LtMatt]

Have you made sure in windows services pnkbustrA and pnkbustrB have been forced enabled. I had a problem with one of them not starting up with bf4.

As if the CPU spikes are related to pb its likely pb is trying to send some commands repeatedly (perhaps trying to restart one of the above?).

Just a thought

Interesting, i don't have a pnkbustrB service, only A.

 

[pgi947]

I don't know the ins and outs of it matt but certain there is a 'B' service too so perhaps worth looking into

 

[LtMatt]

I don't know the ins and outs of it matt but certain there is a 'B' service too so perhaps worth looking into

There was a B service on the stock PB service that gets installed with BF4, but as soon as you run PB setup it vanishes and only A is present.

 

[pugheaven]

There was a B service on the stock PB service that gets installed with BF4, but as soon as you run PB setup it vanishes and only A is present.

I only have A running no B

 

[BaDBoY_uK]

In other news - http://www.escapistmagazine.com/new...munity-Test-Platform-for-Battlefield-4-Update

Interesting us being enabled as BETA's testers, thought that's what we'd been for the last year ffs!

+1

I am fuming that semi-intelligent people have been taken in by this nonsense. If DICE actually cared they'd have done this 9 months ago.

It's DICE's way of getting idiots to think they give a **** and buy the new Frostbite shooter

 

[Gregster]

Had the game since launch and played it in the Alpha stage but now they are launching BF4 Beta...Again??? What a joke this game is.

 

[gpuerrilla]

TWInMTBP

 

[Ian Evey]

Just had a blast on shanghai, first time in a month i played it and although the hit reg and general clumsiness of the game code it ran pretty sweet.

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
117411, 12709 09, 59, 154, 92.383


3570k @ stock turbo of 3800mhz

780 at 1110 core and 6200 memory.

This game could have been great imo, but i only play it with friends these days to have a bit of fun.

 

[setter]

That's the problem with it. Fps for me are good but the game just doesn't feel right. Id like to try it on a Mon pb server like Matt mentioned, however i couldn't find any.

 

[LtMatt]

That's the problem with it. Fps for me are good but the game just doesn't feel right. Id like to try it on a Mon pb server like Matt mentioned, however i couldn't find any.

They're all empty mate and hard to find so don't bother wasting your time.

 

[setter]

Ahh well, hopefully the next update brings a few fixes. In the meantime in probably gonna move to windows 8.1 as ive heard its a bit better with bf4.

 

[LtMatt]

Ahh well, hopefully the next update brings a few fixes. In the meantime in probably gonna move to windows 8.1 as ive heard its a bit better with bf4.

Its now possible to get in on the Dice BF4 Beta test program thingy mah jig. I just signed up. Will post my findings here. More info in the link below.

http://blogs.battlefield.com/2014/05/community-test-environment/

 

[triss]

BF4 has been in beta since launch

But if if they listen and do what this new beta progam says it will be a good thing.
Thanks for taking the plunge LT and keep us posted

 

[LtMatt]

BF4 has been in beta since launch

But if if they listen and do what this new beta progam says it will be a good thing.
Thanks for taking the plunge LT and keep us posted

I don't have high hopes, but its worth a shot.

Its making me download 14GB of data, which i find a bit peculiar.

 

[pgi947]

Nice one will get signed up tonight.