Newcomer / Intro Forever load times of galaxy map

[aioun]

Seriously... sometimes it takes 10-15 minutes to load the galaxy map. On a good night it's 2-3 minutes, average is 4-5. Is this normal???

 

[Alex Brentnall]

It is not normal, I'm mostly on 2-4 seconds. What pc are you running, or are you xbox?

Could be your cpu isn't up to grade or it could be one of the graphics settings or it could just be a bug.

 

[Kiwirat]

Yikes!! That is sad.. Could be all of the above, but sounds like not enough Ram in your machine..

 

[Jaiotu]

Load times in the Galaxy Map or System Map are usually tied to your computer's hardware. Post your system specs (CPU/GPU/RAM etc.) and that might help narrow down where the bottleneck is coming from.

 

[aioun]

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System Information
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Time of this report: 7/15/2016, 20:58:36
Machine name: BRAVODELTA
Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64-bit (10.0, Build 10586) (10586.th2_release_sec.160527-1834)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
System Model: h8-1414
BIOS: v8.06
Processor: AMD FX(tm)-6120 Six-Core Processor (6 CPUs), ~3.5GHz
Memory: 10240MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 10030MB RAM
Page File: 27754MB used, 5269MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: 11.2
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
Miracast: Not Available
Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Not Supported
DxDiag Version: 10.00.10586.0000 64bit Unicode


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Display Devices
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Card name: AMD Radeon HD 7450
Manufacturer: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Chip type: AMD Radeon Graphics Processor (0x677B)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Type: Full Device
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_677B&SUBSYS_249F1462&REV_00
Display Memory: 4848 MB
Dedicated Memory: 1008 MB
Shared Memory: 3840 MB
Current Mode: 1600 x 900 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: G205HV (Digital)
Monitor Model: G205HV
Monitor Id: ACR0223
Native Mode: 1600 x 900(p) (59.978Hz)
Output Type: DVI
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Driver File Version: 8.17.0010.1395 (English)
Driver Version: 15.200.1045.0
DDI Version: 11.2
Feature Levels: 11.0,10.1,10.0,9.3,9.2,9.1
Driver Model: WDDM 1.3
Graphics Preemption: DMA
Compute Preemption: DMA
Miracast: Not Supported by Graphics driver
Hybrid Graphics GPU: Not Supported
Power P-states: Not Supported
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 6/22/2015 12:00:00 AM, 1470776 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp:
Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-243B-11CF-A172-9504BEC2C535}
Vendor ID: 0x1002
Device ID: 0x677B
SubSys ID: 0x249F1462
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Driver Strong Name: oem43.inf:cb0ae4144889a6c1:ati2mtag_NI:15.200.1045.0ci\ven_1002&dev_677b&subsys_249f1462

 

[aioun]

It looks like my graphics card is the issue? I more than meet minimum, but when I ran a ED diag it said I could use an upgrade. It also said processor and ram were OK.
So... would a new graphics card help with the galaxy and system map load times and improve SC time in/out?
If so... what's a good graphics card to improve my performance, so I'm not waiting endlessly to access maps, etc... for under $200 USD?

 

[Robin of Spiritwood]

Hi,
Not an expert on this topic here. However, from experience, my load times dropped when I changed my hard drive to a faster one with a solid state cache.

The video display is unlikely to be the problem. If it's doing the game 3D stuff, why would a simple map give it trouble? It's more likely to be a data transfer bottleneck.