FPS Drops with QuadraFX 540
by Roshan Kuriyan · in Torque Game Engine Advanced · 09/04/2006 (1:22 am) · 8 replies
I am running my TSE game with NVIDIA 5200 and it works fine with a fps rate of around 40.
But when i run the same game with higher Graphics Card such as QuadraFX 540 the Game slows Down with a FPS rate around 6 to 10. Should i change any Pref or Profiles.
Any one having knowledge about this problem pls help
Thanks
But when i run the same game with higher Graphics Card such as QuadraFX 540 the Game slows Down with a FPS rate around 6 to 10. Should i change any Pref or Profiles.
Any one having knowledge about this problem pls help
Thanks
#2
If I understand it correctly, the Quadra series is designed for 3d apps and applications and not gaming. I've read where cards designed for this sort of thing will actually run slower with games than a comperably made "gaming" card, such as the 5200.
I hope this helps.
09/05/2006 (6:13 am)
Roshan,If I understand it correctly, the Quadra series is designed for 3d apps and applications and not gaming. I've read where cards designed for this sort of thing will actually run slower with games than a comperably made "gaming" card, such as the 5200.
I hope this helps.
#3
If I understand it correctly, the Quadra series is designed for 3d apps and applications and not gaming. I've read where cards designed for this sort of thing will actually run slower with games than a comperably made "gaming" card, such as the 5200.
I hope this helps.
09/05/2006 (6:21 am)
Roashan,If I understand it correctly, the Quadra series is designed for 3d apps and applications and not gaming. I've read where cards designed for this sort of thing will actually run slower with games than a comperably made "gaming" card, such as the 5200.
I hope this helps.
#4
I thought of that issue.But we able to play All the other major game such as Quake 4 ,Counter Strike etc... on Quadra And even Brothers in arms which dose not run smooth on 5200. I think something wrong with TSE.
My Quadro FX 540 driver version is '78.01' year 2005 and my TSE exe build date is April 2006.Would this be the cause
09/05/2006 (7:28 pm)
Thanks Jhon.I thought of that issue.But we able to play All the other major game such as Quake 4 ,Counter Strike etc... on Quadra And even Brothers in arms which dose not run smooth on 5200. I think something wrong with TSE.
My Quadro FX 540 driver version is '78.01' year 2005 and my TSE exe build date is April 2006.Would this be the cause
#5
09/06/2006 (1:03 pm)
I'm guessing it's a driver issue. The Quadros are made for OpenGL, so they may have crap D3D support. Several of the games you listed use OpenGL. You should try and update the driver, they upgrade them regularly.
#6
thanks in advance !
09/08/2006 (7:46 pm)
Thanks brain for u r info, inspite of updating the driver we found low FPS issues. it will be better for developer as well as for the gamers to know a complete list of card support for TSE games , with out compramising the FPS rate. so pls provide us a comprehend list of all card support as there is no post or thread enumerating a complete list of card support.thanks in advance !
#7
The other problem you may be having is that your card only supports 128MB of RAM, and the demo needs more than that. Try setting these prefs in client/prefs.cs:
$pref::TextureManager::qualityMode = "1";
$pref::TextureManager::reductionLevel = "1";
We may be talking with nVIDIA soon, so I'll see if we can get TSE tested on Quadro cards.
09/11/2006 (1:50 pm)
Pretty much all mainstream (and some workstation cards) will work with TSE starting with the Geforce 3 and ATI 8500 cards. We're not a large shop and don't have tons of cards to test on, so we don't actually know how it runs on cards much beyond the popular ATI and nVIDIA brands. That's why it's good to hear feedback from guys like you.The other problem you may be having is that your card only supports 128MB of RAM, and the demo needs more than that. Try setting these prefs in client/prefs.cs:
$pref::TextureManager::qualityMode = "1";
$pref::TextureManager::reductionLevel = "1";
We may be talking with nVIDIA soon, so I'll see if we can get TSE tested on Quadro cards.
#8
09/11/2006 (9:27 pm)
Thanks brain for u r info, i will get back to u once we made the changes in pref.cs file. 
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