PC Crossbow FPS drop on equip

[Drassel]

Category: Code
Reproducibility: Always
Summary: FPS drop whenever I equip the crossbow

Description:
1. buy crossbow
2. equip crossbow
3. enjoy 30-ish fps framedrop

I've played Prison and Burning Paris so far with the Crossbow. I was playing lvl 21 Gunslinger with 1911's, Deagles and .500s, successively. It doesn't seem related to any trader pod, the ammo count nor the map, more like the weapon itself. The FPS drop occurred whenever I used the Xbow, then the framerate raised back to 60+ when I switched to any other weapon.

DXDiag

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KF2 Settings. The shadow .ini override is from my Radeon settings. I put the shader cache on ''AMD optimized''. I think I'll post a screen of my driver options too while we're at it.

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Radeon settings

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I've tested again with AMD settings at default and the same problem persists. I started a new game in Burning Paris, bought the Xbow only and would switch between my 9mm and Xbow repeatedly at some places. I'd get 70+ fps with V-sync off holding my 9mm but it would go down to as low as 37 fps as soon as I unholstered the Xbow. It even seemed the drop would be even more aggressive when I was aiming down sights then un-zooming. I've taken some screenshots as proofs. FPS counter is on the upper-right corner.

Xbow uptstairs

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9mm downstairs 1

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Xbow downstairs 1

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Xbow downstairs 2

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9mm downstairs 2

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Aiming down sights with Xbow

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Radeon Settings

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KF2 settings

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System:
MOBO: Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 ATX AM3+
CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core
RAM: Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866
GPU: Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB Dual-X
Drivers: AMD 16.3.2 at the time.

 

[Shuu]

Need more information.

Is this first time you equip it in the game, or every map it happens or every time?

- What map?
- What are of map (if applicable)
- Which trader pod?
- What perk were you?
- What level perk were you?
- What other weapons did you have?
- When you switched to XBOW, what weapon were you holding previously?
- Did the xbow have full ammo or fresh from trader?

Thanks

 

[Drassel]

I've played Prison and Burning Paris so far with the Crossbow. I was playing lvl 21 Gunslinger with 1911's, Deagles and .500s, successively. It doesn't seem related to any trader pod, the ammo count nor the map, more like the weapon itself. The FPS drop occurred whenever I used the Xbow, then the framerate raised back to 60+ when I switched to any other weapon. The FPS also seems to raise when I'm aiming down the sights.

 

[Shuu]

Can you post a screenshot of your graphics settings and your DXDiag please.

 

[Drassel]

DXDiag

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KF2 Settings. The shadow .ini override is from my Radeon settings. I put the shader cache on ''AMD optimized''. I think I'll post a screen of my driver options too while we're at it.

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[Shuu]

Try using the in-game settings instead of AMD optimizations and see if that fixes it.

 

[Drassel]

Didn't change much. I've tested again with AMD settings at default and the same problem persists. I started a new game in Burning Paris, bought the Xbow only and would switch between my 9mm and Xbow repeatedly at some places. I'd get 70+ fps with V-sync off holding my 9mm but it would go down to as low as 37 fps as soon as I unholstered the Xbow. It even seemed the drop would be even more aggressive when I was aiming down sights then un-zooming. I've taken some screenshots as proofs. FPS counter is on the upper-right corner.

Xbow uptstairs

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9mm downstairs 1

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Xbow downstairs 1

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Xbow downstairs 2

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9mm downstairs 2

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Aiming down sights with Xbow

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Radeon Settings

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KF2 settings

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[Shuu]

Drass,

What driver software are you using? Is that the latest AMD stuff?

Thanks,

 

[infntnub]

I can also attest to this happening - FPS drops from 90 to the 40s/50s on Outpost @ the truck camping spot when I switch from whichever weapon I'm using to the bow.

HD5570
Windows 7
Drivers are the last ones released for my card in 2015.

 

[logic3]

Same here.

Happens in all maps, with all configs and in places.

 

[Shuu]

Logic3, can you also post your DXDiag so I can look for similarities? Also post your graphics settings from in game. Thanks.

 

[logic3]

Yes, Settings

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Dxdiag:
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Specs: i5 4670K
GPU: R9 270
Drivers: 16.3.2 (the last drivers are broken).
16gb of ram

 

[Drassel]

Drass,

What driver software are you using? Is that the latest AMD stuff?

Thanks,

AMD 16.3.2 at the time. I haven't updated my drivers yet.

 

[jd641]

Just a bit of a warning, you may not receive any more direct help from TWI in this thread as Shuu is no longer a part of the company.

 

[®omano]

Sad to see good people leave or being fired or whatever the reason

 

[Drassel]

Just a bit of a warning, you may not receive any more direct help from TWI in this thread as Shuu is no longer a part of the company.

Wut? For real? That happened rather fast and quietly.