Multi-core Performance Update, Improvement or Deterioration?

damdamjel · May 2018

Haven't got to the game yet, currently patching, Had FPS stuttering Issues before this patch. I want your insights before I plan to upgrade my pc.

*Edit
i7 6700k 4.0Ghz
8gb ddr4
GTX 1050Ti
no ssd

PREVIOUS PATCH
In towns 20-40fps(Especially Vulkhel Guard and Daggerfall) with stutters.
In cyro random 1-5sec freeze frames and getting 20-40fps(siege).
Overworld and Dungeons 100fps+
Settings mostly high, on auto-detect settings.
Addons: Skyshards, Lorebooks, RaidNotifier, DressingRoom, MasterMerch, AUI, PortToFriend, CombatMetrics.
Just got home and about to finish this patch. I hope to see improvements. Thanks for your insights my friends.

Asgari · May 2018

Way worse

phaneub17_ESO · May 2018

There's a random stutter every so often, it occurs for half a second but its noticeable. Performance wise, I don't see any difference with all settings turned up on high. There doesn't seem to be an option to turn it off, it's just always on so can't play with it to see how much it actually changes.

Edit:
Formula X Hero
i5-8600k 6-core
16gb DDR4
GTX 1080 Ti x2 SLI
Game is installed on a M.2 256gb SSD

Nyladreas · May 2018

WAY WAY WAY BETTER HERE.

FPS has gone up, load and usage has gone down.

Whole responsiveness of the game for me has improved like crazy, at least 2x too. No more input lag.

And my god has the connection improved too. I'm down ~50ms, and no more weird pvp lag. GOOD JOB ZOS. Made me resub.

MLGProPlayer · May 2018

From my limited test on PTS and now live, no difference.

R5 1600 OC @ 3.8 Ghz + GTX 1080

60-144 FPS in overworld
35-50 in towns
GPU usage never exceeds 39%

All settings set to max @ 1080p

EDIT: I just ran around Summerset for a bit and I'm averaging around 30 FPS in random overland areas. However, I am over 60 everywhere else. I'm guessing it's due to server strain (I was getting over 60 there on PTS).

EDIT 2: Yep, logged in during non-peak hours and I'm at 70+ FPS in Summerset overland.

SilentRaven1972 · May 2018

Random stutters, FPS dropping/spiking all over. I just hope things smooth out eventually.

Elephant42 · May 2018

Seems much the same to me...

MinarasLaure · May 2018

No difference, guess depends on the pc specs

Sigma957 · May 2018

Getting much improve frames in Cyrodiil, has gone up by 30 fps and by 40 fps in pve land

Ohtimbar · May 2018

A slight fps increase, but a dramatic reduction in load times. The frame rate seems more stable as well.

Vapirko · May 2018

I’m on Mac, but getting lots of stuttering and split second freezes in summerset mostly but Im other zones as well. Responsiveness feels better overall and in PvP as well. I’m not so sure if the FPS fixes worked that well.

bugmom · May 2018

Random sudden drops, a bit glitchy. Some games make me nauseated but ESO never has - until today. Had to stop playing or barf. I’m really hoping it was just the sheer number of people in new zone,..

hydrocynus · May 2018

Anyone noticed a drop in CPU temp after the patch? Mine used to run very high and hoping distribution of cores may reduce this

Doctordarkspawn · May 2018

Incredible deterioration in certain situations, no real improvement as far as I can see.

The game hitches like -crazy- now, and I cannot figure out why. It ran at 60 FPS unerring pre update.

Nyladreas · May 2018

hydrocynus wrote: »

Anyone noticed a drop in CPU temp after the patch? Mine used to run very high and hoping distribution of cores may reduce this

Yes mine dropped a lot.

MeanWorldSyndrome · May 2018

For me performance has definitely improved. The game runs 'smoother'. I'm playing on a very average system (8GB RAM, GTX1060, 4 years old I7, no SSD).

Thogard · May 2018

Big increase for me.

Run an i7 6770 or something like that

Taonnor · May 2018

Much much increase on me.

20-30 FPS more in Cyro. No FPS drops anymore and much better ping, litterally no lag.

qwyksylver · May 2018

MinarasLaure wrote: »

No difference, guess depends on the pc specs

it absolutely depends on your specs, if your processor can't effectively use multi-threading you're not gonna see any improvement from the changes

Asardes · May 2018

When I logged in I noticed smoother frames, but after the server went down and came up again 30 minutes later I did notice some visible stutter, which is not unusual. Since it didn't appear at first, it's almost certain it was caused by bad server connection, and not client performance. For the last few months it's customary for the EU server to croak a bit after patch maintenance officially ends, and even during some game events. Since not only PC but also Xbox and PS4 went down at the same time, I suspect it's not a server issue, but some sort of ISP bottlenecking near their server location. When traffic is high, people get high latency and DCs. So curse the ISP not ZoS next time it happens.

Tandor · May 2018

People really need to give their system specs for any of these observations to serve any purpose, not least from the OP's point of view in considering any possible upgrade.

I'd also suggest giving it a few days for the initial population surge to level off and spread out a bit. There may also be code optimisation being done over the initial post-launch period so perhaps review it after the first incremental patch maintenance?

Goshua · May 2018

feels about the same with an odd stutter every now and then

Zinaroth · May 2018

Intel Core i5-2550K CPU @ 3.40 GHz
16 GB DDR3 RAM
Nvidia Geforce GTX 970

Not noticing any visible difference but I didn't expect to either with my low end PC.

imrilaoi · May 2018

No real difference here. Still a steady 100FPS, with the rare dip down into the 80's.

Intel i5 8600K @4GHz (6 Core)
16GB DDR4 Ram
nVidia Geforce GTX 1060 6GB, 1920x1080 Resolution
No SSD.

Temperatures have been fine, CPU is has been ~39C (air cooled). Latency has been slightly higher, though, between 120-130, with occasional spikes to ~340.

Tandor · May 2018

It's suggested elsewhere that those suffering from stuttering may want to check out their addons.

Aznox · May 2018

Better overall, feels "smoother" although i was already capped at 75fps outside of Cyro, but i now get some small stutters.

Intel i5 8600K @5GHz
16GB DDR4 Ram
AMD R9 Fury
NVMe SSD
3440x1440 Resolution
Mostly max settings

Will try to disable some add-ons to see if the stutters come from there.

RouDeR · May 2018

Performance is still the same Sh1r .
I7 7740x @4.9ghz
Ram : 16gb ddr4 3000 mhz
Gtx 1080ti
1tb SSD

Just more stutters ...

Silent84 · May 2018

0 improvements, i got random stutter, my cpu load is still 20-30%(he needs to go on 50-60% when you got a lot of things on your screen) so that means there is no multi core support, i remove all the addons, if they remove the stutter and get better servers(never gone happen), i will be happy!

I7 8700k/GTX 1080/16G

Invincible · May 2018

7700hq 12gb ddr4, gtx1060 4gb ddr5

before patch 60 everywhere

now 45 anywhere besides private instances.

snakeoil update didn't work.

Doctordarkspawn · May 2018

Tandor wrote: »

People really need to give their system specs for any of these observations to serve any purpose, not least from the OP's point of view in considering any possible upgrade.

I'd also suggest giving it a few days for the initial population surge to level off and spread out a bit. There may also be code optimisation being done over the initial post-launch period so perhaps review it after the first incremental patch maintenance?

Generally speaking some code-patching could likely be done but the most issues I seem to be seeing as far as performance seem to be happening when the game either culls other players or has to load in alot of their models at once. At that point very -bad- hitching occurs.

I'd bet five dollars that multi-threading was implimented successfully, but not alll processes as far as loading graphics were well optimized for those changes. We'll likely see the risiduals clear up infuture.

Also, edit: Turned off addons, did a little testing, didn't help. Def not addons.

exiars10 · May 2018

phaneub17_ESO wrote: »

There's a random stutter every so often, it occurs for half a second but its noticeable. Performance wise, I don't see any difference with all settings turned up on high. There doesn't seem to be an option to turn it off, it's just always on so can't play with it to see how much it actually changes.

This is the exactly my experience, too.

I never had a problem with that random micro-stutter but now I have. FPS is the same - neither worse nor better, but micro-stutter

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