Background:
I've been rockin Elite on the lowest detail, piped through onboard HD4600 graphics. The potato is an i7-4765 w/16gb ram with the internet connection coming from a tethered 4g cellphone. It has gotten the job done although beating up skimmers planetside will drop the FPS to under 30. Although it's very playable I wanted a little more detail and a little better framerate so I got a Gigabyte GTX 750 ti.
Pious poops! [up]
Firstly the game runs ultra settings and just begins to dip under 30FPS when planetside. Ambient occlusion on, antialiasing on, max terrain detail at max distance... the game looks great.
Secondly, and the point of this post, the load rates of menus, maps, and systems has dropped to nearly instantaneous. I've only had one hyperspace jump approach the time taken of previous HD4600-processed jumps. Maps snap up on the screen. Mission boards wait for nothing. It used to be nearly insufferable. On the order of over a minute sometimes.
I can't say that this is everyone's issue but I'm ripping up my bug ticket and feeling a little sheepish now
I've been rockin Elite on the lowest detail, piped through onboard HD4600 graphics. The potato is an i7-4765 w/16gb ram with the internet connection coming from a tethered 4g cellphone. It has gotten the job done although beating up skimmers planetside will drop the FPS to under 30. Although it's very playable I wanted a little more detail and a little better framerate so I got a Gigabyte GTX 750 ti.
Pious poops! [up]
Firstly the game runs ultra settings and just begins to dip under 30FPS when planetside. Ambient occlusion on, antialiasing on, max terrain detail at max distance... the game looks great.
Secondly, and the point of this post, the load rates of menus, maps, and systems has dropped to nearly instantaneous. I've only had one hyperspace jump approach the time taken of previous HD4600-processed jumps. Maps snap up on the screen. Mission boards wait for nothing. It used to be nearly insufferable. On the order of over a minute sometimes.
I can't say that this is everyone's issue but I'm ripping up my bug ticket and feeling a little sheepish now
