ThelemachusRhade Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Hey guys and galls, I just got my invite yesterday and the first thing I did was turn all the graphic settings down to low because I know that even if I met the reccomended system requierements it doesn`t mean I can play this amazing game at full resolution and texture detail. I was surprised how great the game looked even with everything turned down and i was getting acceptable frame rate for the first couple of minutes. Then I enter the first outdoor combat scenario and the game decided NO MORE FRAME RATE FOR YOU! and it wen't downhill. I thought here we go again, I gotta invest in another PC, but then I enterted a story area. BOOM 40 frames per secon, fluid combat, I could even see the move animations of my character (oooooh that`s what slash is supposed to look like). Sufice to say that I was left baffled about the difference in performance. I get it that outside takes more computing power but can it go from absolutley fluid combat to unplayable? Thank you in advance! P.S. No the server wasn`t at all crowded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blinkomatic Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 What's the specs on your rig? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThelemachusRhade Posted December 15, 2011 Author Share Posted December 15, 2011 What's the specs on your rig? Core 2 Duo 2.8, 8600GT (of the top of my head), 4GB RAM, you know standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThelemachusRhade Posted December 15, 2011 Author Share Posted December 15, 2011 Bump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinnegorth Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 I had this problem in beta and couldnt find a solution and my system is about the same size as yours. I did find an amazing post by someone about Windows 7 but havent had the chance to see if this works - here's the post anyways: http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=1198 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diablo_the_lord Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Unoptimized console garbage! Nah, thats kinda weird that that happens lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisishere Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Switch off shadows. Shadows are VERY badly implemented, this was known in beta. people were reporting x10 framerate when they switched shadows to low or off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blkdrgn Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 your problem is that 8600.. not anywhere near powerful enough to handle all the graphics.. get a 460 or a 460ti, relatively cheap these days and will boost your performance quite a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDarkflame Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 buy a computer, my wifes computer can run this game prolly high def.... and she gets my old computers when i buy a new one considering i bought this one more than a year ago .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der_Toter Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 (edited) Core 2 Duo 2.8, 8600GT (of the top of my head), 4GB RAM, you know standard. Dang man your rig is insane outdated. You're getting performance issues because your video card can't handle the shaders and your processor can't handle the insane amounts of information coming your way. The reason why it runs so laggy in outdoor areas is because of the draw distance. The draw distance is much smaller when inside room or instances. Outdoor areas and wide expanses cause much more stress on your system. Edited December 15, 2011 by Der_Toter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mutharex Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Core 2 Duo 2.8, 8600GT (of the top of my head), 4GB RAM, you know standard. Hmmmm GFX Card seems too low to run properly TOR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiriensoul Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 (edited) Core 2 Duo 2.8, 8600GT (of the top of my head), 4GB RAM, you know standard. I got almost the same system. AMD 2,8 Dual core, but i got a 8800GT which is like 3 times as good as 8600. So my suggestion is to by a new gpu. When i tried sw tor i had the 8600 and it didn't work smooth, at all! 10-20 FPS in crowded areas, 5-15 in Warfronts (Unplayable) With 8800 GT i will get around 25-40 in warfronts, and 30-50 in crowded areas, atleast i hope But something close to it, and btw i played on Medium with 8600 to get so low. Edited December 15, 2011 by Tiriensoul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThelemachusRhade Posted December 15, 2011 Author Share Posted December 15, 2011 Why do they even bother posting system requierements if you can't even run the game on lowest settings with a rig that beats the recommended one? Not everyone has 2400k with 560's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthSiricus Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Not everyone has 2400k with 560's. Probably because 2400k's don't exist. Perhaps you're thinking of 2500k's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiriensoul Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 Probably because 2400k's don't exist. Perhaps you're thinking of 2500k's? 2400 does exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthSiricus Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 (edited) 2400 does exist. Yes, there are i5 2400's, but there's no such thing as an i5 2400k. Anyways, Core 2 Duos and Core 2 quads aren't that slow... they're definitely old, but the CPU industry doesn't move very fast. It's definitely the graphics card that needs some updating. Edited December 15, 2011 by DarthSiricus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThelemachusRhade Posted December 15, 2011 Author Share Posted December 15, 2011 2400 does exist. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmaura Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 what you should do is post this in the trouble shooting forum and get it fixed its most likely a something wrong on your end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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