Planet Coaster Frame Problems...
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I run the game on a much lower spec machine than yours but have the same problem in that the grahpics settings dont seem to have that much of an impact on frame rates ( except at night then the lower settngs do improve more ). It leads me too suspect that the settings mainly affect lighting quality.
I dont think the graphics settings have been optimized yet because there is still alot more to add and they are still optimizing the game. If you look at some of the videos from the devs that aren't the Alpha release versions you can see little graphical details that aren't inthe game yet. Such as the breeze ruffling the flowers a lot more realistically than is happening now. I suspect as we get nearer to full release these touches will be added and then we will see a greater difference in the graphic settings, we will hopefully get a more detailed set of controls to alter the graphic settings so we can get the best out of our rigs. For example perhaps an option to turn off shadows or their complexity, like in RCT3, or just turn off reflections in water, turn down the LOD settings, that kind of thing.
Other than that the settings are all we have to improve frame rates, other than upgrading our hardware and making sure we are running the lates drivers.
I dont think the graphics settings have been optimized yet because there is still alot more to add and they are still optimizing the game. If you look at some of the videos from the devs that aren't the Alpha release versions you can see little graphical details that aren't inthe game yet. Such as the breeze ruffling the flowers a lot more realistically than is happening now. I suspect as we get nearer to full release these touches will be added and then we will see a greater difference in the graphic settings, we will hopefully get a more detailed set of controls to alter the graphic settings so we can get the best out of our rigs. For example perhaps an option to turn off shadows or their complexity, like in RCT3, or just turn off reflections in water, turn down the LOD settings, that kind of thing.
Other than that the settings are all we have to improve frame rates, other than upgrading our hardware and making sure we are running the lates drivers.
Hmm, what resolution do you use ?
On a 1920*1080, without Vsync I get about 10 fps more on average.
I've got the same RAM, an inferior CPU and a cheap GTX 960 4gb.
So there shouldn't be that much of a difference ; your GPU is as good as mine, unless you use a higher resolution.
Either way your GPU is probably lagging behind because of its small memory.
On a 1920*1080, without Vsync I get about 10 fps more on average.
I've got the same RAM, an inferior CPU and a cheap GTX 960 4gb.
So there shouldn't be that much of a difference ; your GPU is as good as mine, unless you use a higher resolution.
Either way your GPU is probably lagging behind because of its small memory.
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A 960 has 3 times the 3dMark score of a 680. They cant be compared really.
But the Alpha seems to be very CPU dependant.
I have a 4770K, 16gb ram and 2 GTX970s (No SLI in the alpha) At 3000 guests my CPU hits 99% and my frames drop from an easy 60 to around 30. (No Vsync) While my GPU is at about 40% at best.
With an i7 you are most likely suffering (the most) from your older GPU. 2GB of ram is pretty low nowadays. If you install MSI afterburner you can monitor your GPU usage and GPU RAM usage to see if its a bottleneck.
For example, I run the game with an i5 3570k @ 4.4GHz, 980ti Hybrid, 16GB 1866MHz RAM, OS and game on an SSD and I BARLEY hit 60 FPS on a lightly filled map using a customized medium setting. I only gain about 2-6 FPS by changing from my i5 to a xeon 1231 v3, but my CPU load drops from 98% to 85%. The game is simply not super optimized, but is definitly CPU bound on mid level machines, and GPU bound on low end machines.
For example, I run the game with an i5 3570k @ 4.4GHz, 980ti Hybrid, 16GB 1866MHz RAM, OS and game on an SSD and I BARLEY hit 60 FPS on a lightly filled map using a customized medium setting. I only gain about 2-6 FPS by changing from my i5 to a xeon 1231 v3, but my CPU load drops from 98% to 85%. The game is simply not super optimized, but is definitly CPU bound on mid level machines, and GPU bound on low end machines.
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okay... maybe i will upgrade to a 970.. or something its sad beause of thre new pascal nvidia stuff... i wanted to buy a new PC with specs like: gtx 980ti , 16-32 gb ram (rendering), i7 5820K, but i dont want to buy it yet because i think there will be much better cards in maybe 4-5 months. btw i play on 1920x1080
You could get an AMD gpu of similar specs for cheaper if cost is your concern.
I did but another thing to consider is that there is a lot more to add yet. There is the background simulation stuff such as Park management, finance, staff AI, more details, all of these will take an extra toll on both CPU and GPU and they can only optimize so much. I fully expect to have to lower the settings drastically or only build smaller parks with my machine......
