Sallington wrote: »Because ZOS is operating under the misguided and generally incorrect assumption that performance issues aren't on their end but are caused by players running the game on a higher-than-optimal graphics setting.
Imagine them scratching their heads and throwing their hands up in disbelief when--shockingly--performance is still regarded as poor in Cyrodiil and elsewhere.
I get 14FPS in sieges and high 20s-low 30s in crowded cities on my GTX 970.
Maybe they need to make Ultra require an 8GB GPU? Since it's obviously a VRAM issue...
MADshadowman wrote: »Yeah, i have a 2GB Card and 16GB Ram and the performance in cyrodiil is worse than ever. it goes down to under 10 FPS now. And i'm playing on almost the lowest settings. everything off or at minimum. view distance at 45, texture quality at medium and subsampling at high. game looks awful, but i need every single fps i can squeeze out.
MADshadowman wrote: »Yeah, i have a 2GB Card and 16GB Ram and the performance in cyrodiil is worse than ever. it goes down to under 10 FPS now. And i'm playing on almost the lowest settings. everything off or at minimum. view distance at 45, texture quality at medium and subsampling at high. game looks awful, but i need every single fps i can squeeze out.
Some fixes for low fps,
♦ Close the launcher manually after game start.
♦ Set permission of 'eso.exe' to admin, and use it for future launch except when there are new updates. (C:\Program Files (x86)\Zenimax Online\The Elder Scrolls Online EU\game\client)
♦ Disable core parking
♦ Set priority 'high' on the 'eso.exe' process
♦ Replace your 'UserSettings' text file with the following, make sure to backup: C:\Users\USER\Documents\Elder Scrolls Online\liveeu)SET MouseRawInput "1"
SET MouseSensitivityFirstPerson "1.15999997"
SET MouseSensitivityThirdPerson "1.15999997"
SET MouseSmoothing "1"
SET InvertMouseWheel "1"
SET InvertMouseY "1"
SET InvertMouseX "1"
SET PFX_SUPPRESS_DISTANCE_v2 "50.00000000"
SET PFX_GLOBAL_MAXIMUM "1024"
SET MULTI_GPU_CHECK "1"
SET CachedRLREnabled "0"
SET CachedReflectionResolution "0"
SET CachedShadowFiltering "3"
SET ScreenshotFormat.2 "PNG"
SET PregameGammaCheckEnabled "0"
SET HardwareCheckEnabled.2 "0"
SET SUB_SAMPLING "2"
SET REFLECTION_QUALITY_v3 "0"
SET PARTICLE_DENSITY "0"
SET HIGH_RESOLUTION_SHADOWS "0"
SET SHADOWS "1"
SET GAMMA_ADJUSTMENT "113"
SET VIEW_DISTANCE "0.98000002"
SET GPUSmoothingFrames "10"
SET MIP_LOAD_SKIP_LEVELS "0"
SET RAIN_WETNESS "0"
SET LENS_FLARE "1"
SET GOD_RAYS_v2 "0"
SET ANTI_ALIASING_v2 "1"
SET AMBIENT_OCCLUSION "0"
SET COLOR_GRADING_v1 "0"
SET BLOOM "0"
SET DEPTH_OF_FIELD "0"
SET TONE_MAPPING "1"
SET COLOR_CORRECTION "1"
SET SOFT_ALPHA "1"
SET DISTORTION "0"
SET CHARACTER_LIGHTING "1"
SET DIFFUSE_2_MAPS "1"
SET DETAIL_MAPS "1"
SET NORMAL_MAPS "1"
SET SPECULAR_MAPS "1"
SET CLUTTER_2D "1"
SET SIMPLE_SHADERS "0"
SET WATER_FOAM "1"
SET VSYNC_INTERVAL "1"
SET VSYNC "1"
SET MAX_ANISOTROPY "0"
SET PreferMaximizedWindow "0"
SET PreferExclusiveFullscreen "0"
SET FULLSCREEN_v5 "2"
SET FullscreenHeight "900"
SET FullscreenWidth "1600"
SET WindowedHeight "768"
SET WindowedWidth "1024"
SET LuaMemoryLimitMB "64"
SET GamepadSensitivityFirstPerson.2 "0.72000003"
SET GamepadSensitivityThirdPerson.2 "0.85000002"
SET GamepadInvertX "0"
SET GamepadInvertY "0"
SET GamepadVibrationEnabled "1"
SET SOUND_ENABLED "1"
SET FOOTSTEPS_VOLUME "50.00000000"
SET FOOTSTEPS_ENABLED "0"
SET SPEAKER_SETUP "0"
SET BACKGROUND_AUDIO "0"
SET VO_VOLUME "84.00000000"
SET VO_ENABLED "1"
SET UI_VOLUME "70.00000000"
SET UI_ENABLED "1"
SET AMBIENT_VOLUME "70.00000000"
SET AMBIENT_ENABLED "1"
SET SFX_VOLUME "70.00000000"
SET SFX_ENABLED "1"
SET MUSIC_VOLUME "70.00000000"
SET MUSIC_ENABLED "1"
SET AUDIO_VOLUME "100.00000000"
SET AUDIO_ENABLED "1"
SET TooltipFilter "-1"
SET TooltipNumOptions "2"
SET Language.2 "en"
SET GraphicsDriver.7 "D3D11"
SET PatchDataPath "game:/GameData/"
SET CacheDataPath "machine:/Cache/"
SET ViewedAddOnEULAVersion "5"
SET AcceptedAddOnEULAVersion "5"
SET AcceptedEULAVersion "3"
SET DirectionalDamageIndictorVisibleInThirdPerson "0"
SET CameraFramingTransitionEnabled "1"
SET SkipPregameVideos "0"
SET HasPlayedPregameVideo "1"
SET RangedKillCamera "0"
SET PlayerKillCamera "1"
SET LastMonsterKillCamera "1"
SET MinFrameTime.2 "0.01000000"
SET ParticlesEnabled "1"
SET RequestedNumJobThreads "-1"
SET RequestedNumWorkerThreads "-1"
SET FreeUnusedGrannyFileSections.2 "0"
SET IsTrustedMachine "1"
SET RememberAccountName "1"
SET AccountName "Smepic"
SET LastRealm "EU Megaserver"
SET CustomUIScale "1.00000000"
SET UseCustomUIScale.2 "0"
SET RollDodgeDoubleTapEnabled "1"
SET RollDodgeDoubleTapTimeWindow.2 "185"
SET MonsterTellsEnabled "1"
SET CameraZoomDistancesSynced "1"
SET SiegeCameraZoomDistance "6.00000000"
SET WeaponsOutCameraZoomDistance "4.00000000"
SET WeaponsSheathedCameraZoomDistance "4.00000000"
SET MaxNetworkWriteBuffer "10485760"
SET MaxNetworkReadBuffer "10485760"
MADshadowman wrote: »Yeah, i have a 2GB Card and 16GB Ram and the performance in cyrodiil is worse than ever. it goes down to under 10 FPS now. And i'm playing on almost the lowest settings. everything off or at minimum. view distance at 45, texture quality at medium and subsampling at high. game looks awful, but i need every single fps i can squeeze out.
Sallington wrote: »Because ZOS is operating under the misguided and generally incorrect assumption that performance issues aren't on their end but are caused by players running the game on a higher-than-optimal graphics setting.
Imagine them scratching their heads and throwing their hands up in disbelief when--shockingly--performance is still regarded as poor in Cyrodiil and elsewhere.
I get 14FPS in sieges and high 20s-low 30s in crowded cities on my GTX 970.
Maybe they need to make Ultra require an 8GB GPU? Since it's obviously a VRAM issue...
MADshadowman wrote: »Yeah, i have a 2GB Card and 16GB Ram and the performance in cyrodiil is worse than ever. it goes down to under 10 FPS now. And i'm playing on almost the lowest settings. everything off or at minimum. view distance at 45, texture quality at medium and subsampling at high. game looks awful, but i need every single fps i can squeeze out.
Which video card and processor do you have?
MADshadowman wrote: »MADshadowman wrote: »Yeah, i have a 2GB Card and 16GB Ram and the performance in cyrodiil is worse than ever. it goes down to under 10 FPS now. And i'm playing on almost the lowest settings. everything off or at minimum. view distance at 45, texture quality at medium and subsampling at high. game looks awful, but i need every single fps i can squeeze out.
Which video card and processor do you have?
Intel Core i7 CPU @ 2.40 GHz
Geforce GT 755M
MADshadowman wrote: »MADshadowman wrote: »Yeah, i have a 2GB Card and 16GB Ram and the performance in cyrodiil is worse than ever. it goes down to under 10 FPS now. And i'm playing on almost the lowest settings. everything off or at minimum. view distance at 45, texture quality at medium and subsampling at high. game looks awful, but i need every single fps i can squeeze out.
Which video card and processor do you have?
Intel Core i7 CPU @ 2.40 GHz
Geforce GT 755M
So you're running a laptop with a mobile ("M") video card. That is why you have performance issues in ESO.
MADshadowman wrote: »MADshadowman wrote: »MADshadowman wrote: »Yeah, i have a 2GB Card and 16GB Ram and the performance in cyrodiil is worse than ever. it goes down to under 10 FPS now. And i'm playing on almost the lowest settings. everything off or at minimum. view distance at 45, texture quality at medium and subsampling at high. game looks awful, but i need every single fps i can squeeze out.
Which video card and processor do you have?
Intel Core i7 CPU @ 2.40 GHz
Geforce GT 755M
So you're running a laptop with a mobile ("M") video card. That is why you have performance issues in ESO.
i don't think so. ESO was running way better on an older laptop that pretty much only had half of the specs of this one. then the new lighting system came along and everyone had problems. Some could fix it, some not. I was never able to get around that cyrodiil fps problem. It got better, but if it goes down, it goes down.
This is a pretty decent gaming laptop and ESO is poorly programmed. I have awesome fps most of the time, even in cyrodiil, but in large battles and zergs it goes down to a point where it's not acceptable anymore. And since it's zerg fest everyday, i have these issues everyday.
My system has so much more potential, but ESO can't make full use of it.
MADshadowman wrote: »
My system has so much more potential, but ESO can't make full use of it.
Mathius_Mordred wrote: »MADshadowman wrote: »
My system has so much more potential, but ESO can't make full use of it.
You sure it's not overheating? Laptops are notorious for getting blocked up with dust and then running in a restricted performance mode when the heat builds. Try blasting compressed air through the vents, watch that big cloud of dust emerge then test it out, you may be surprised. Good luck!
Princess_Asgari wrote: »4GB here. Get up to par or get down and stay down.

What relevance has system memory got to this issue I wonder?MADshadowman wrote: »MADshadowman wrote: »Yeah, i have a 2GB Card and 16GB Ram and the performance in cyrodiil is worse than ever. it goes down to under 10 FPS now. And i'm playing on almost the lowest settings. everything off or at minimum. view distance at 45, texture quality at medium and subsampling at high. game looks awful, but i need every single fps i can squeeze out.
Some fixes for low fps,
♦ Close the launcher manually after game start.
♦ Set permission of 'eso.exe' to admin, and use it for future launch except when there are new updates. (C:\Program Files (x86)\Zenimax Online\The Elder Scrolls Online EU\game\client)
♦ Disable core parking
♦ Set priority 'high' on the 'eso.exe' process
♦ Replace your 'UserSettings' text file with the following, make sure to backup: C:\Users\USER\Documents\Elder Scrolls Online\liveeu)SET MouseRawInput "1"
SET MouseSensitivityFirstPerson "1.15999997"
SET MouseSensitivityThirdPerson "1.15999997"
SET MouseSmoothing "1"
SET InvertMouseWheel "1"
SET InvertMouseY "1"
SET InvertMouseX "1"
SET PFX_SUPPRESS_DISTANCE_v2 "50.00000000"
SET PFX_GLOBAL_MAXIMUM "1024"
SET MULTI_GPU_CHECK "1"
SET CachedRLREnabled "0"
SET CachedReflectionResolution "0"
SET CachedShadowFiltering "3"
SET ScreenshotFormat.2 "PNG"
SET PregameGammaCheckEnabled "0"
SET HardwareCheckEnabled.2 "0"
SET SUB_SAMPLING "2"
SET REFLECTION_QUALITY_v3 "0"
SET PARTICLE_DENSITY "0"
SET HIGH_RESOLUTION_SHADOWS "0"
SET SHADOWS "1"
SET GAMMA_ADJUSTMENT "113"
SET VIEW_DISTANCE "0.98000002"
SET GPUSmoothingFrames "10"
SET MIP_LOAD_SKIP_LEVELS "0"
SET RAIN_WETNESS "0"
SET LENS_FLARE "1"
SET GOD_RAYS_v2 "0"
SET ANTI_ALIASING_v2 "1"
SET AMBIENT_OCCLUSION "0"
SET COLOR_GRADING_v1 "0"
SET BLOOM "0"
SET DEPTH_OF_FIELD "0"
SET TONE_MAPPING "1"
SET COLOR_CORRECTION "1"
SET SOFT_ALPHA "1"
SET DISTORTION "0"
SET CHARACTER_LIGHTING "1"
SET DIFFUSE_2_MAPS "1"
SET DETAIL_MAPS "1"
SET NORMAL_MAPS "1"
SET SPECULAR_MAPS "1"
SET CLUTTER_2D "1"
SET SIMPLE_SHADERS "0"
SET WATER_FOAM "1"
SET VSYNC_INTERVAL "1"
SET VSYNC "1"
SET MAX_ANISOTROPY "0"
SET PreferMaximizedWindow "0"
SET PreferExclusiveFullscreen "0"
SET FULLSCREEN_v5 "2"
SET FullscreenHeight "900"
SET FullscreenWidth "1600"
SET WindowedHeight "768"
SET WindowedWidth "1024"
SET LuaMemoryLimitMB "64"
SET GamepadSensitivityFirstPerson.2 "0.72000003"
SET GamepadSensitivityThirdPerson.2 "0.85000002"
SET GamepadInvertX "0"
SET GamepadInvertY "0"
SET GamepadVibrationEnabled "1"
SET SOUND_ENABLED "1"
SET FOOTSTEPS_VOLUME "50.00000000"
SET FOOTSTEPS_ENABLED "0"
SET SPEAKER_SETUP "0"
SET BACKGROUND_AUDIO "0"
SET VO_VOLUME "84.00000000"
SET VO_ENABLED "1"
SET UI_VOLUME "70.00000000"
SET UI_ENABLED "1"
SET AMBIENT_VOLUME "70.00000000"
SET AMBIENT_ENABLED "1"
SET SFX_VOLUME "70.00000000"
SET SFX_ENABLED "1"
SET MUSIC_VOLUME "70.00000000"
SET MUSIC_ENABLED "1"
SET AUDIO_VOLUME "100.00000000"
SET AUDIO_ENABLED "1"
SET TooltipFilter "-1"
SET TooltipNumOptions "2"
SET Language.2 "en"
SET GraphicsDriver.7 "D3D11"
SET PatchDataPath "game:/GameData/"
SET CacheDataPath "machine:/Cache/"
SET ViewedAddOnEULAVersion "5"
SET AcceptedAddOnEULAVersion "5"
SET AcceptedEULAVersion "3"
SET DirectionalDamageIndictorVisibleInThirdPerson "0"
SET CameraFramingTransitionEnabled "1"
SET SkipPregameVideos "0"
SET HasPlayedPregameVideo "1"
SET RangedKillCamera "0"
SET PlayerKillCamera "1"
SET LastMonsterKillCamera "1"
SET MinFrameTime.2 "0.01000000"
SET ParticlesEnabled "1"
SET RequestedNumJobThreads "-1"
SET RequestedNumWorkerThreads "-1"
SET FreeUnusedGrannyFileSections.2 "0"
SET IsTrustedMachine "1"
SET RememberAccountName "1"
SET AccountName "Smepic"
SET LastRealm "EU Megaserver"
SET CustomUIScale "1.00000000"
SET UseCustomUIScale.2 "0"
SET RollDodgeDoubleTapEnabled "1"
SET RollDodgeDoubleTapTimeWindow.2 "185"
SET MonsterTellsEnabled "1"
SET CameraZoomDistancesSynced "1"
SET SiegeCameraZoomDistance "6.00000000"
SET WeaponsOutCameraZoomDistance "4.00000000"
SET WeaponsSheathedCameraZoomDistance "4.00000000"
SET MaxNetworkWriteBuffer "10485760"
SET MaxNetworkReadBuffer "10485760"
Already did all this and other tweaks, that does not help. ESO is just not using the power my system offers. I mean there's over 12GB Ram left to use, but ESO won't touch it.
Sallington wrote: »Because ZOS is operating under the misguided and generally incorrect assumption that performance issues aren't on their end but are caused by players running the game on a higher-than-optimal graphics setting.
Imagine them scratching their heads and throwing their hands up in disbelief when--shockingly--performance is still regarded as poor in Cyrodiil and elsewhere.
I get 14FPS in sieges and high 20s-low 30s in crowded cities on my GTX 970.
Maybe they need to make Ultra require an 8GB GPU? Since it's obviously a VRAM issue...
.....why do I get better performance with my HD 7850 1GB than you do with your 970....something here isn't right.
Sallington wrote: »Sallington wrote: »Because ZOS is operating under the misguided and generally incorrect assumption that performance issues aren't on their end but are caused by players running the game on a higher-than-optimal graphics setting.
Imagine them scratching their heads and throwing their hands up in disbelief when--shockingly--performance is still regarded as poor in Cyrodiil and elsewhere.
I get 14FPS in sieges and high 20s-low 30s in crowded cities on my GTX 970.
Maybe they need to make Ultra require an 8GB GPU? Since it's obviously a VRAM issue...
.....why do I get better performance with my HD 7850 1GB than you do with your 970....something here isn't right.
I just went out and bought an i7-4790k last night because I was tired of my Fx-6300 holding me back.
In a giant fight in Cyrodil last night, my FPS never dipped below 30. In crowded towns it was between 45-60.
I'm never going AMD again. It just doesn't have the umph to handle CPU intensive games like this.
ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »Hey guys, wanted to pop in and provide some clarification on this note. We've added a ton of new NPCs for the Justice System, which are using up more VRAM. The 2GB of VRAM was more of a recommendation than a hard requirement (we'll edit the wording in the patch notes to reflect this) - you are still free to choose Ultra if you have less than 2GB. That said, if you experience any hitching, you can try lowering the draw distance which should help.