Is the multi-core support automatically enabled or is it part of the settings file?

I took a pretty hard hit last night and dropped to 1 fps and stayed under 20 for about a half a minute with not many folks around. I was somewhere on Summerset in the first town by the default wayshrine.

I7 6700 16GB ram and GTX 1070 running at 4k. On Live I generally never drop below 45 fps and usually stay around 60.

I didn't notice getting much above the high 40s but it may be server load or something on the PTS.

Remember the PTS server has more limitations then the live server if memory serves me . The actual difference on the live server maybe more noticeable for some .

Rohamad_Ali wrote: »

Remember the PTS server has more limitations then the live server if memory serves me . The actual difference on the live server maybe more noticeable for some .

You're talking about server side things, but framerate etc. is purely local (unless you've got a weird netcode system like Blizzard where lag will kill your frame rate).

To determine what's bottlenecking (ignoring things such as memory bandwidth): Open the game, check the game's framerate. If it's hitting 100 (and vsync is disabled or your screen is faster), then there are ressources left. Otherwiwe check your GPU utilization (Windows 10 with Fall Creators Update in Task Manager; third party tools otherwise). If your GPU is at 100%, the bottleneck. if it isn't and one core of your CPU is on full load (i.e. 100%), the CPU is the bottleneck.

For most common setups in ESO's case the CPU should pretty much always be the limiting factor.

JasonSilverSpring wrote: »

I wonder what the difference is.

Addons can have a huge effect on frame rates in this game.

JasonSilverSpring wrote: »

profundidob16_ESO wrote: »

JasonSilverSpring wrote: »

themaddaedra wrote: »

I can definitely notice that load is distributed across all cores, and i'm getting constant 100+(115-120 avg i'd say) fps while running with maxed out ultra settings in Summerset.

But i'm more about trial fps, can't really say anything without seeing that one.

I'm running i7 7700K at 4,6GHz, GTX 1080 Ti FTW 3 with 16 gb 3200 mhz memory.

Edit: Resolution is 2560x1440.

Edit 2: It occasionally drops down to 70s with an average of 85 in Shimmerene, where there are loads of people atm.

Hmm, this is very interesting. I would say our configs are fairly similar, though you have a newer i7, my 5930K is clocked at 4.6 GHz. My Titan X (Pascal) is comparable to your 1080 Ti as well. But, in Alinor and Shimmerene I was rarely getting 70 or more; only when fairly isolated.

I wonder what the difference is. Neither my CPU cores or my GPU were anywhere near maxed out when my fps dropped.

your max overclock 4.6Ghz is your limiting factor. I Succesfully predicted the 10-30% reported fps increase in the following thread a while ago:

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/404462/update-18-true-multi-core-cpu-support#latest

Note that the people that will see any increase are the ones who were previously bottlenecked by the single core performance of their (weak) processors. Especially low and mid range AMD cpu's will be affected most.

Those with bleeding edge singlecore overclocks will see close to no improvement in fps, even though process monitor will clearly show a better spreading of the load across all cores

I truly believe this is the best they can do concerning this rather complex problem. For instance the typical classic challenge in mmo's of buffering, prioritizing and synchronizing of network packets to make everything seem to be happening in realtime sync for everyone is a very cpu heavy task that cannot simply be split off into different cores.

reducing load on the main utilized core is a task 100 times more complex then it would seem to an average player and these results are completely in line with a proper attempt imho

Makes sense and we'll explained. I think ZOS should communicate the expectations better though. They indicated that the benefit would be best seen on middle to high end PCs.

My biggest concern was that I was struggling to get 60 fps in Summerset city areas. I was hoping to get at least 60.

Also, this is at 1440p on ultra-high preset.

If it helps you, I believe that when ZOS said "benefit will be best seen on middle to high end PCs" they probably meant anything up to high end pc's. In other words: on low and middle. And even that is indeed not accurate as you pointed out because your graphics card doesn't have to be high end in order to reach max fps in the scenario you describe. Specifically in the summerset city area The single-core performance (regardless of whether you play on 1440p or 4K resolution) of your cpu will determine your fps . For instance I'm steady in Summerset between 80fps min and the max cap of 100fps that I deliberately set in place for myself in order to stabilize continuous fps and frametimes.

In your particular case the only way to raise your fps further in these area's would be to switch to better hardware (cpu and it's cooling)


Also take into account that right now the new multicore changes on PTS are really in public beta. Everything works but there's an annoying bug where all frametimes and fps drop in a moment where everything seems to hang. On the highest end configuration It's only a 1-2second hickup that occurs every 5-10 minutes randomly but just to show you that definately devs are still going to have to make further changes. When they will troubleshoot this hickup problem and it turns out to be caused by 1 of the tasks they have currently split of from the main core onto the others they may conclude they have to roll back that action and put that load back in the main utilized core...

I have i7 7700k @5ghz
16gb ddr4 3200
Gtx 980

I get 400 fps in the middle of nowhere (up from 200)
I get 150 ish in busy towns
I get 50+ in the new trial

I'm really interested about opinions of people who were running trials on PTS.

Is there any difference in fps and latency, for example vHoF 4th boss on Live vs. PTS with Summerset

Hello,

I made some tests.

Summary PTS was better like 5 FPS vs Live. (But in PTS is less ppl and no addons)

Performance

1.Increased the amount of CPU cores used by the client, which will improve the overall framerate for players on mid- to high-end CPUs. This will be most notable in PvP or graphically intense scenarios.

2.Improved character compositing, resulting in faster character loads and less framerate spikes.

3.Fixed issues with character loading that would cause the all black stand-in character models to persist for longer than expected.

4.Made some improvements to the issue where the framerate could decrease over time, most notably while in Cyrodiil.

5.Implemented additional fixes to prevent long load times across the game.

6.Fixed various issues that were causing players in your group to appear invisible.

1. i dont see any differences in monitoring about CPU (it is working ?)
2. True but need to be tested in live version
3. True no more black :P
4. Dont know need to test
5. Well no differences again (ESO on SSD)
6. Dont know need to test

Most ppl on chat said to me they dont see any differences in FPS...

TA DAM

Same settings Live vs PTS but

1. SET FPS CAP 120 / USAGE CPU 54% GPU 66%!!

Live 96 FPS (most time 90)


PTS 90 FPS (most time 90)


2. SET FPS CAP 200 USGAE CPU 60% GPU 75%!!

Live 125 FPS (most time 125)


PTS 133 FPS (most time 125)


Why tell me why ESO dont wanna use 90~100% of CPU ??

Well summary

live vs pts = same...

Well i have GTX 1050ti max was 75% then max for someone with GTX 1080 will be like ~38%...