guys, also check this thread in the customer support forum; http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=22835&page=77 this is the biggest thread on the forum of people with frame rate issues. currently has the 7th most replies, and 6th most views in the customer support forum. Let's keep adding to it!

Hahaha, SERIOUSLY! ...sigh. I've said it before, I'll say it again I guess... I got a quad core at 2.6ghz, 6 gigs of ram, geforce GTS 450. Everything works great EXCEPT WARZONES. Studying my CPU Usage and GPU Usage during Warzones, here is what I find: My CPU stays at about 60% usage, with very seldom 80% spikes on a couple cores. Meanwhile, my GPU, or quote un-quote "MY BOTTLENECK" (lol), Stays at 15-40 PERCENT GPU USAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!! When lots of action is taking place, my GPU usage drops to 15%, WHERE DOES THAT MAKE ANY EFFING SENSE? I can run any game on the market right now, and it will NEVER GO BELOW 70% GPU USAGE, EVER! Ya, I'm pissed off. Very pissed off. I've been looking forward to this game for a long time, but I'm over it now. Pre-order = CANCELED! Maybe there is some "coding" that makes mid range systems not work as well (AKA AMD), I dunno. It's EA, so I don't doubt it. EA is not passionate about gaming, they care only about the all mighty $. Oh well, you guys have fun with your lame *** broken game, I've got better things to be doing.

there are a lot of people with the exact same issue as you. comb the forums a bit, and you will see. here are a few; http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=50519&page=2 http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=28086&page=8 http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=473309&posted=1#post473309 http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=46740&page=6 http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?p=478996#post478996

haha, this mad me lol. funny cuz it's true

i got the same system as the OP, except w/ a geforce gts 450. I've tried dropping every setting to low, and even playing in DOS mode 800x600. Still get crap frames. This is a known issue. Bioware has yet to respond... is it worth the 60 bucks? won't be a quick fix i'm sure. no noted support from Nvidia, or ATI for this game. My GPU actually DROPS to 15% usage when a lot of action takes place during huttball. It's not my cpu, that will rarely spike to 80% on 1 or 2 cores out of the 4 that i have.

Ya I'm getting the same issue. I get great framerate in anything that is PvE. Even running around the big cities I get decent 30 fps. Once I step foot into a warzone, my FPS drops to 7-25 fps. Somethings I've noticed: 1. My GPU usage in a Warzone is usually 20%-40%. (very poorly optimized) 2. My CPU ussage in a Warzone is about 40% to random 80% spikes on 1 or 2 cores. 3. There is no noted support for this game by ATI or Nvidia yet.

same issue, my gpu runs around 30% in warzones, and that's sad. my cpu usage is around 60 with random 80 percent spikes. nvidia or ati haven't shown any real support for this game either, and as far as im concerned, the game is launched. i too would like bioware to at least say something. this has potential to be a great game if they can only fix the warzone fps. all the single player and flash points stuff is great, but no pvp is an instant deal breaker. it's all or nothing for me, and a pve only game isn't worth my 15 bucks a month.

if you look on the Nvidia control pannel, and click the "View Compatibility With Games" link, SW:TOR isn't even on the list..... what does that tell ya?

glad this is now a sticky, please get the frame rate fixed. ...might be saving my 60 bucks until it does

/signed getting really low frames in warzones, and really bad lag as mentioned above. my latency is 30ish. ....my cpu usage rarely spikes above 80%, and my gpu usage stays around 20-30% something is obviously wrong with this game. it pains me dearly that i'm doing this but.... i'm re-subscribing tow WoW. I'm bored and it's my day off!

i agree. maybe it's because our drivers aren't optimized for the game yet?

Well, i just ran it again, and my cpu usage rarely spikes above 80% Also my GPU usage stays around 20-30% ...a big part of methinks it's the game and not our systems.

i did notice that one of my core's is contantly peaking at 100% when i enter a warzone. I know other people are playing with good frames cuz i'm watching pvp videos on youtube that look smooth as hell. however, i do know some people with i7's getting the same problem so i dunno >.< i think more or less that my processor is too weak for this game. Sucks cuz i love pvp, but it's gonna take my months before i can afford an upgrade i have an amd athoon II x4 620 (quad core 2.6 GHz)

yup... same thing here

ya, i've had the same prob. since beta. glad it's not just me. guess i may hold a bit on upgrading.

Blue Horseshoe loves playing Republic on The Swiftsure.

Server Health Alliance (SHA) will be on both factions, but there will be a lot more on the republic side to help balance things out. Republic is still out-numbered, but it isn't that bad. about a 1:1.3 ratio as far as guild members are concerned.

usually 2:1 in favor of the empire but it's different on each server. from what i hear, as far as total guild members, crucibal and swiftsure are at about 3:4 in favor of the empire

definetly. currently more populated than the crucible pits, and more balanced than dark reaper. more fun, and more 24/7 action with the aussie effect. plus, dark reaper is probably pulling some of the starcraft kids in, since there is a "dark reaper" unit in starcraft, and all these kids are gonna want to roll shadow/assasin like the dark reapers. basically all the e-peeners. ...just some 'relaxed mind' theory, take it for what it is lol swiftsure is looking like the way to go.

plus swifture has the guild health alliance, a group of guilds that chose 1 realm with intentions of balancing the ratio of the 2 factions. i will bring balance to the force by playing republic on swiftsure.

i'm thinking that exact same order. hopefully i pick the right one, cuz i don't think i could tolerate going through the story twice.

this thread http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=23079 ...and some internet searching there isn't a numbers place yet.

ya, i did the same thing. bought it in october, but registered nov 8th. hoping to get in tomorrow as well. I'm thinking The Swfitsure, Crucibal Parts very tough call, i've read a lot about both.

here is some math i posted on another thread; The Crucible Parts 1684 Republic Guild Members 2123 Empire Guild Members 1:1.25 ratio The Swiftsure pre-oceanic players 812 Republic Guild Members 840 Empire Guild Members + oceanic players 751 Republic Guild Members 1210 Empire Guild Members = 1563 Republic Guild Members 2050 Empire Guild Members 1:1.3 Ratio

I think most of them are already on there, but let me see....