Magical Fix: turn off FRAPS and just play.

What happens if you change the options in nvidia control panel for "Prefer Maximum Performance" instead of Adaptive?

The real magical fix. Disable ESOHead add-on or update to the latest version. If you don't have ESOHead, disable all add-ons and check.

Jfairclough wrote: »

Has "prefer maximum performance" on since the start, so no difference.

I see you have add-ons from the screenshot. Disable ESOHead or all add-ons if you don't h have that one and check frame rate.

Weird, I have a GTX 780 Ti running at 2560x1600 with maximum settings and i'm hitting 60+ fps (vsync on)

I'm using the latest nvidia beta drivers, and no addons.

550TI with i3 3470 (3.2GHz, stock) and getting 45+ fps with everything turned up full except shadows at medium. game uses 1GB RAM of my 16GB, although it is a 32bit process. Game is running from HDD not my SSD. I am using the older nVidia 334.89 drivers since the latest ones don't play nice with my card.

The game is very well optimised as far as I can literally see.

Nvidia already announced an upcoming driver optimization and sli profile for TESO due out "in April". Additionally when zenimax rolls out the true full screen also promised by them in thier last upcoming features email I'm thinking those will have a huge change on the performance.

So no one posting their GPU usage and frame rates with these builds.. come on.

Windows 8.1 64bit
i7 4770 @3.4GHz (not overclocked)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 1.5GB GDDR5
8GB Dual Channel DDR3 1600Mhz (7.92GB Usable)
NVIDIA Driver 335.23
60" Samsung TV as monitor
ESO 32bit client running 15.3% CPU usage and using 24% memory
In game settings:
Fullscreen
1920x1080
V-sync on
AA on
Graphics Quality set to Ultra-High... everything under it maxed except water set to medium
AO on
Bloom On
Depth of Field on
Distortion on
Sun rays on
Grass on
Between 49.3fps and 60.1fps in Auberdine depending on pop
57+fps in the world majority of the time
Running the following add-on's:
Bad gold spammer
Bank grid view
Esohead
Esohead markers
Loot drop
Multi quest tracker
Simple clock
Weapon charge alert
Zam buff display
Not a high end system, but getting the good results.

I just upgraded from a GTX 580 to a GTX 780 and indeed the performance gain hasn't been overly impressive.
My CPU is an Intel i5-2500K @ 3.30GHz overclocked to 4GHZ

Screenshot showing frame rate (48 fps), GPU usage(55%), CPU usage (35%) and memory usage. All settings maxed @ 1920x1080:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/47505238/Untitled.jpg

Admittedly it's rather crowded there, and out in the wilds my frame rate will usually stay capped at 60 (Vsync on). Most of the graphical settings I can change don't have much effect on the frame rate. Draw distance seems to be the thing that affects it the most.

Screenshot showing only 64 fps (Vsync off) with all settings at bare minimum, except display resolution, and draw distance is still at 100:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/47505238/Untitled2.jpg

Lowering the draw distance to 0 in that crowded place leaves me at around 90 fps. More fps gain than all the other settings combined. GPU usage at these minimum settings is around 35% only, regardless of the draw distance being at 0 or 100.

Could it be that the GPU simply is running at low usage because it has nothing else to do? Could it be that the CPU is causing the bottleneck when there are a lot of objects (players, objects affected by draw distance) on the screen, even though its usage isn't overly high either? Or do I need more than 8GB of memory? Or faster memory?, in order to also enjoy crowded areas at 60 fps with maxed settings?

i7-4770k and 780ti here, getting 60fps (vsync) in most situations, only dropping to the 40's or so in crowded places.

You are not going to get 60fps everywhere no matter what.

I've posted this on other forums. This game is heavily CPU bound. I've got a G19 keyboard with an LCD monitor on it. I can see cpu usage (each core) and clocks and gpu usage and clocks and framerate. I've got a 4770kat4.2ghz and 2-7970's at 1150/1500mhz. I've got graphics cranked.
While I get decent frames, 70+ in most areas, dropping to the 30's in populated areas, I can see that a couple of the cpu cores are pegged at 100% while my gpu usage hangs around 60-80%. This of course is only one of my 7970's being used at this time. When my framerate drops, so does the gpu usage, unlike every other game where the gpu stays pegged at 100%
Looks like exclusive full screen and cross fire is not going to fix this until they optimize the game engine further. It's never graphics complexity that tanks the framerate either, it is when you get around other people.

Saerydoth wrote: »

i7-4770k and 780ti here, getting 60fps (vsync) in most situations, only dropping to the 40's or so in crowded places.

You are not going to get 60fps everywhere no matter what.

Hmm that's a bit disheartening to read, but at the same time a relief that it's not a fault in my system.
Well, what works for me is lowering the draw distance to 50 or so. It makes the frame rate more acceptable in crowded areas (50+ instead of 40+) though certain objects not getting drawn until you are closer is a bit disappointing of course, especially out in the field.
It might be worth considering lowering the draw distance when you plan to spend time in town and up it again when you are out in the field. If you can be bothered to do so. At least draw distance doesn't require a long loading screen after adjustment, unlike some settings.

I hope they can somehow optimize the game to make crowded areas run smoother, if that's not something that we can throw better hardware at.

can confirm about the esohead and esohead markers. had both installed. lagged when looking around. took off. all good again

Macbook Pro(No whining, work computer.), running pretty much everything on max (except when PvPing) and getting between 45-60 fps, I'm ok with that, could lower shadows a bit to get a steady 60 fps, but meh.

I'm not really up to date any more when it comes to gfx cards, but if the 780 has SLI emulation, or 2 cores, maybe the game only uses one? Just speculation.