GrimMauKin wrote: »

I've just upgraded to a GXT760 from an AMD Radeon 6870. I'm getting around 65 fps outdoors dropping to about 30 in cities (although without the frame counter running I can't visually see a difference). What should I be expecting?

I've got a 2.6 Ghz i5 processor and 12Gb memory (which doesn't mean much with a 32 bit program).

The problem is not with you. The game's engine is poorly optimized and it doesn't matter how powerful your rig is, the game just doesn't use all the available resources.

You, me and many others have this same issue: poor fps, below what our machines are capable of, while CPU and GPU monitors show them being used at barely above 50%.

Until ZOS fixes the poor optimization there is nothing we can do about it, and throwing more money on PC parts is pointless as it's not the PC that is the issue.

Rift had the same problem, mind you, but then then the Gamebryo engine is legendary for its bad optimization. I hope this won't be the case for ESO as I don't see myself playing it if it is.

since yesterday iam on 12fps before i had around 60 and 40 in citys and sieges using oced gtx470 i5 4ghz and 8gb ram its crazy my cpu gets used to only 25% the gpu load is on 56-60% and i only get 12 fps high settings days before yesterdayy it did run on stable 60fps

I think the problem lies within the CPU, as it seems not enough data is being processed for the graphics card to render to it's full potential. I haven't done checks myself but it seem to me that the game isn't multi-threading properly, but I can't be sure without testing.

Socratic wrote: »

I think the problem lies within the CPU, as it seems not enough data is being processed for the graphics card to render to it's full potential. I haven't done checks myself but it seem to me that the game isn't multi-threading properly, but I can't be sure without testing.

krilleyy95 wrote: »

Some of you are sitting with very bad, or very old cpus with new graphic cards, and therefore the CPU will bottleneck everything..

That doesn't seems to be the case.

And btw..what do you mean with "very old cpus" ? 10 years old cpus ? 2 ?

Even a 3+ years old CPU plus a gtx760/780 on low settings, not even 1080p, would run this game with a constant 30+ fps.

But I'm seeing many ppl with descent CPUs and high end GPUs getting very low and unstable fps.

I'm getting lower fps with my brand new GTX780 than with my old GTX285.

Sorry, but I'm positively sure that isn't bottleneck.

Edit: And both, my GPU and CPU, never even reached 60% load.

my graphics are old i just dunno what to upgrade to, I'm not vid card savvy. I want the best shiz, but i'm also on a budget. You guys are lucky, in this game I hover around 10 fps and peaked once at 23 fps lol.

Goretex wrote: »

my graphics are old i just dunno what to upgrade to, I'm not vid card savvy. I want the best shiz, but i'm also on a budget. You guys are lucky, in this game I hover around 10 fps and peaked once at 23 fps lol.

Get a gtx 760, cost me £150, will likely be about $200-$220. You can check google to see what FPS you'll get in games, but for reference, in Crysis 3, you'll get 30-35 FPS with max settings.

Having read a lot of performance threads now I am seeing a pattern in CPU usage (mine included) 30 to 50% bearing in mind that if you are not moving the CPU has to do less.

So if the CPU usage is capped (for any of a number of reasons) then it's not going to matter if you have a better Graphics card as 50% of a weak CPU isn't going to feed your GPU enough. You have an old dual core right? That's going to be your problem.

I thInk the game has been made to use a set amount of CPU resource and the rest of the system is waiting on it.

Can someone please tell me why TESO is not utilizing all 4 cores of my processor? From what I can gather it does not matter how many cores you have because the game is only stressing 2 cores.

At this point, I'm not seeing any acknowledgment from ZOS, they're probably too occupied on the console version of the game, and I'm starting to wonder if they read this forum at all.

Even worse is that they seem to not care at all for higher end rig users.

We're in 2014 and I have the feeling to play a game with such poor optimization that if It was back in 2000, I wouldn't be surprised at all.

And they expect people to pay subs for a game where we can't play in the best condition ? that's funny if they think that customers are dumb enough.

Only 12 days left on "free" launch month, and I've been playing the BETA all over again since early access. That's a shame, cause ESO has much potential and promises, but in the end, the obvious lack of concern for users is gonna be their downfall.

Just so it's clear, this is not an issue with ESO, but a problem with drivers from NVIDIA. But yes, they should acknowledge the problem and give a reply, i wrote them an email about this, and never even gotten a reply.

I have been doing a bit of research on this subject, and have compiled all the information i could find. I leave you the link bellow:

http://www.tesoelite.com/forums/threads/fix-stuttering-low-framerate-and-fps-drops.3537/

If you like these forums, please use my link to register, and hope this information helps, altogether it fixed my problems.

Follow this link to register:

http://www.tesoelite.com/forums/rf/?c=EDC90C41

I would like to give my 2 cents on the situation.

My PC specs are:
Gigabyte GTX 770 2GB
Intel i7 3770 3.40 Ghz
P8ZZ7 - M Motherboard
8 GB RAM
Windows 8.1 64bit
Driver version:337.50 (beta)

All the components have been benchmarked and test above their baseline.

I run the game at High preset (not Ultra), water quality off, v-sync off, view distance 70. I get 90-100 fps in dungeons, 70-80 fps outside, 40-55 in cities. The problem is that in PvP, in large scale battles, frames tend to drop to 25-30 (which is the main problem). The frames are relatively similar to what I was experiencing with my GTX 660, which I changed about a week after ESO launch.

The CPU doesn't go above 40-50% usage, GPU goes to about 60-70% max, memory usage is at about 50%

I have tested the game with Windows 7, optimized the settings in the Nvidia control panel, unparked all cores and even OC the GPU and CPU out of curiosity - no change in frame rate even at 4.40 Ghz. The only thing that made a difference is the beta drivers, which improved the frame rates somewhat.

I have to conclude that the only way we will see improvement is either with new Nvidia drivers, ESO updates or combination of both.

The curious thing is that people with the exact same/very similar hardware specs are running the game with different frame rates. For example a guild mate has the same GPU and CPU as me and on Ultra video preset (mine is only high) he says he doesn't drop below 50 fps in Cyrodill large scale battle, whereas I get to 20-25 fps.

The only main component that differs is our motherboards, is it possible that it might me causing an issue?

The most recent NVidia drivers do address some issues with 700 and 700 series cards. I have a GTX 660oc and I don't have a problem and that's on ultra. 50-67 frames outside 27-50 in the city and generally 25-40 in big pvp.
I would clean install the drivers if you have a problem and have the 700 and 800 cards. I also haven't used AMD vid in quite awhile so no answer there.

I7 4770k asus gtx 780 8g ram 1600 35-60 in town 25-35 in very very big pvp 60-75 in pve (vsync on, 75 hertz monitor)