Crysis—sudden horrible lag... in strange places

hat · May 15, 2010, 05:09 PM

For some reason, I get sudden, horrible FPS in places that don't even make sense. It can be perfectly smooth when there's a ton of action going on, but for some reason, in these 2 places it just won't have it...

1. A certian KPA building with incindeary rounds, shortly after the Onslaught campaign, when you're heading towards the mining complex. I had already killed everyone in this area before going inside.

2. The carrier, while leaving the Admiral's office, and going to the Armory to see Dr. Rosenthal and Prophet.

Obviously there's not a lot of intense action, or any action going on here... just for some unknown reason, in these areas, it lags like no game has lagged before... it's worse than trying to run Very High on an 8500gt...

Any ideas?

It's certianly not overheating, as I flashed my BIOS so my fan speed runs at a minimum of 80%, and it only gets up to 81c max in Furmark/OCCT GPU test. Folding load is below 70c.

Solaris17 · May 15, 2010, 05:12 PM

inb4 the first tool that says its coded poorly. come on people think original.

anyway the only thing i can think of is that on the carrier its rendering outside as well as inside the ship because you can see out the window. running any AA? maybe your running out of vmem in these areas as the maps are HUGE.

Champ · May 15, 2010, 05:19 PM

but the coding...what about the coding!!!

hat · May 15, 2010, 05:30 PM

Nope. All 'high' settings, 1440x900, no aa

Solaris17 · May 15, 2010, 05:31 PM

put shadows on medium see if it fixes it.

latest drivers and patched i assume?

hat · May 15, 2010, 05:32 PM

I got it through Steam, so I assume it's patched, but it's possible Steam doesn't have the latest version (S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl anyone?).

Latest drivers on everything.

I'll try turning the shadows down.

EastCoasthandle · May 15, 2010, 07:03 PM

Quote:

2. The carrier, while leaving the Admiral's office, and going to the Armory to see Dr. Rosenthal and Prophet.

I recall a lot of post with people having problems in this area. Was it always like that for you?

hat · May 15, 2010, 11:06 PM

Nope, just this time through. Mayve it's a DX10 issue, I don't believe I've ran it in DX10 mode before.

Changing the shadow quality to medium seemed to help.

May 15, 2010, 05:09 PM	#1
hat Maximum Overclocker Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 12,236 (5.15/day) Thanks: 2,054 Thanked 2,039 Times in 1,549 Posts System Specs	Crysis—sudden horrible lag... in strange places For some reason, I get sudden, horrible FPS in places that don't even make sense. It can be perfectly smooth when there's a ton of action going on, but for some reason, in these 2 places it just won't have it... 1. A certian KPA building with incindeary rounds, shortly after the Onslaught campaign, when you're heading towards the mining complex. I had already killed everyone in this area before going inside. 2. The carrier, while leaving the Admiral's office, and going to the Armory to see Dr. Rosenthal and Prophet. Obviously there's not a lot of intense action, or any action going on here... just for some unknown reason, in these areas, it lags like no game has lagged before... it's worse than trying to run Very High on an 8500gt... Any ideas? It's certianly not overheating, as I flashed my BIOS so my fan speed runs at a minimum of 80%, and it only gets up to 81c max in Furmark/OCCT GPU test. Folding load is below 70c. __________________ My Heatware “Inb4 smartphone LN2 overclocking.” -radrok

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May 15, 2010, 05:12 PM	#2
Solaris17 Creator Solaris Utility DVD Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Reinacting scenes from platoon with Charlie Sheen Posts: 13,708 (4.83/day) Thanks: 4,365 Thanked 3,295 Times in 2,311 Posts System Specs	inb4 the first tool that says its coded poorly. come on people think original. anyway the only thing i can think of is that on the carrier its rendering outside as well as inside the ship because you can see out the window. running any AA? maybe your running out of vmem in these areas as the maps are HUGE. __________________ I Made the Millionth post! \| "Please come to WI now so I can beat you over the head with a bratwurst."-Kreij PS3 mod 8500/8600GT Mod Guide Rebuild a Copperhead Heat Ware NF4 Ultra SLI Mod Solaris Utility DVD 4.0 Broken CPU pin guide Vista Mark

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May 15, 2010, 05:19 PM	#3
Champ Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 652 (0.36/day) Thanks: 71 Thanked 45 Times in 39 Posts System Specs	but the coding...what about the coding!!! __________________ *HeatWare*

May 15, 2010, 05:30 PM	#4
hat Maximum Overclocker Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 12,236 (5.15/day) Thanks: 2,054 Thanked 2,039 Times in 1,549 Posts System Specs	Nope. All 'high' settings, 1440x900, no aa __________________ My Heatware “Inb4 smartphone LN2 overclocking.” -radrok

May 15, 2010, 05:31 PM	#5
Solaris17 Creator Solaris Utility DVD Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Reinacting scenes from platoon with Charlie Sheen Posts: 13,708 (4.83/day) Thanks: 4,365 Thanked 3,295 Times in 2,311 Posts System Specs	put shadows on medium see if it fixes it. latest drivers and patched i assume? __________________ I Made the Millionth post! \| "Please come to WI now so I can beat you over the head with a bratwurst."-Kreij PS3 mod 8500/8600GT Mod Guide Rebuild a Copperhead Heat Ware NF4 Ultra SLI Mod Solaris Utility DVD 4.0 Broken CPU pin guide Vista Mark

May 15, 2010, 05:32 PM	#6
hat Maximum Overclocker Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 12,236 (5.15/day) Thanks: 2,054 Thanked 2,039 Times in 1,549 Posts System Specs	I got it through Steam, so I assume it's patched, but it's possible Steam doesn't have the latest version (S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl anyone?). Latest drivers on everything. I'll try turning the shadows down. __________________ My Heatware “Inb4 smartphone LN2 overclocking.” -radrok

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May 15, 2010, 11:06 PM	#8
hat Maximum Overclocker Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 12,236 (5.15/day) Thanks: 2,054 Thanked 2,039 Times in 1,549 Posts System Specs	Nope, just this time through. Mayve it's a DX10 issue, I don't believe I've ran it in DX10 mode before. Changing the shadow quality to medium seemed to help. __________________ My Heatware “Inb4 smartphone LN2 overclocking.” -radrok

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