This is my DXDIAG: ------------------ System Information ------------------ Time of this report: 5/6/2017, 22:02:51 Machine name: MSI Machine Id: {6BD377D5-06F1-4643-9560-79D1AE23A92B} Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64-bit (10.0, Build 15063) (15063.rs2_release.170317-1834) Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. System Model: GE62VR 6RF BIOS: E16JBIMS.109 Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.6GHz Memory: 16384MB RAM Available OS Memory: 16260MB RAM Page File: 5812MB used, 13391MB available Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS DirectX Version: DirectX 12 DX Setup Parameters: Not found User DPI Setting: Using System DPI System DPI Setting: 120 DPI (125 percent) DWM DPI Scaling: UnKnown Miracast: Available, with HDCP Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Supported DxDiag Version: 10.00.15063.0000 64bit Unicode I'm running the game in full screen at my native monitor resolution of 1920x1080. I am getting around 30-50 FPS with shadows and just about everything else turned off. Anyone have a clue whats going on here? PC functions fine in all other way more demanding games. People I've spoken to with the same types of machines are at least getting 100+ FPS. It's pretty much unplayable at that kind of FPS. The game is also installed on an SSD not that should really matter after loading. Any ideas? DXDIAG Display Devices: --------------- Display Devices --------------- Card name: Intel(R) HD Graphics 530 Manufacturer: Intel Corporation Chip type: Intel(R) HD Graphics Family DAC type: Internal Device Type: Full Device Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_191B&SUBSYS_11D51462&REV_06 Device Status: 0180200A [DN_DRIVER_LOADED|DN_STARTED|DN_DISABLEABLE|DN_NT_ENUMERATOR|DN_NT_DRIVER] Device Problem Code: No Problem Driver Problem Code: Unknown Display Memory: 8258 MB Dedicated Memory: 128 MB Shared Memory: 8130 MB Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz) Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor Monitor Model: unknown Monitor Id: LGD04A7 Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(p) (60.020Hz) Output Type: Internal Driver Name: C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\igdlh64.inf_amd64_0745f11ce6fc197c\igdumdim64.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\igdlh64.inf_amd64_0745f11ce6fc197c\igd10iumd64.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\igdlh64.inf_amd64_0745f11ce6fc197c\igd10iumd64.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\igdlh64.inf_amd64_0745f11ce6fc197c\igd12umd64.dll Driver File Version: 21.20.0016.4534 (English) Driver Version: 21.20.16.4534 DDI Version: 12 Feature Levels: 12_1,12_0,11_1,11_0,10_1,10_0,9_3,9_2,9_1 Driver Model: WDDM 2.1 Graphics Preemption: Triangle Compute Preemption: Thread Miracast: Supported Hybrid Graphics GPU: Integrated Power P-states: Not Supported Driver Attributes: Final Retail Driver Date/Size: 10/6/2016 7:00:00 PM, 94205376 bytes WHQL Logo'd: Yes WHQL Date Stamp: Unknown Device Identifier: {D7B78E66-5A5B-11CF-6466-C531BDC2D835} Vendor ID: 0x8086 Device ID: 0x191B SubSys ID: 0x11D51462 Revision ID: 0x0006 Driver Strong Name: 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Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY VideoProcess_AlphaBlend {BF752EF6-8CC4-457A-BE1B-08BD1CAEEE9F}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY VideoProcess_AlphaBlend DeinterlaceTech_EdgeFiltering {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY VideoProcess_AlphaBlend DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY VideoProcess_AlphaBlend {BF752EF6-8CC4-457A-BE1B-08BD1CAEEE9F}: Format(In/Out)=(YV12,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY VideoProcess_AlphaBlend DeinterlaceTech_EdgeFiltering {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YV12,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY VideoProcess_AlphaBlend DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(YV12,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY VideoProcess_AlphaBlend {BF752EF6-8CC4-457A-BE1B-08BD1CAEEE9F}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY VideoProcess_AlphaBlend DeinterlaceTech_EdgeFiltering {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY VideoProcess_AlphaBlend DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB 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Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY VideoProcess_AlphaBlend DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(IMC2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY VideoProcess_AlphaBlend {BF752EF6-8CC4-457A-BE1B-08BD1CAEEE9F}: Format(In/Out)=(IMC3,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY VideoProcess_AlphaBlend DeinterlaceTech_EdgeFiltering {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(IMC3,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY VideoProcess_AlphaBlend DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(IMC3,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY VideoProcess_AlphaBlend {BF752EF6-8CC4-457A-BE1B-08BD1CAEEE9F}: Format(In/Out)=(IMC4,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY VideoProcess_AlphaBlend DeinterlaceTech_EdgeFiltering {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(IMC4,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY VideoProcess_AlphaBlend DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(IMC4,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY VideoProcess_AlphaBlend D3D9 Overlay: Supported DXVA-HD: Supported DDraw Status: Enabled D3D Status: Enabled AGP Status: Enabled MPO Caps: RGB,YUV,BILINEAR,HIGH_FILTER,STRETCH_YUV,STRETCH_RGB MPO Stretch: 5.000X - 0.000X MPO Media Hints: MPO Formats: YUY2,R16G16B16A16_FLOAT,R10G10B10A2_UNORM,R8G8B8A8_UNORM,B8G8R8A8_UNORM Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Manufacturer: NVIDIA Chip type: GeForce GTX 1060 DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC Device Type: Full Device Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1C20&SUBSYS_11D51462&REV_A1 Device Status: 0180200A [DN_DRIVER_LOADED|DN_STARTED|DN_DISABLEABLE|DN_NT_ENUMERATOR|DN_NT_DRIVER] Device Problem Code: No Problem Driver Problem Code: Unknown Display Memory: 11149 MB Dedicated Memory: 3019 MB Shared Memory: 8130 MB Current Mode: Unknown Driver Name: C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nvmii.inf_amd64_74dac08ef26cc926\nvldumdx.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nvmii.inf_amd64_74dac08ef26cc926\nvldumdx.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nvmii.inf_amd64_74dac08ef26cc926\nvldumdx.dll,C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nvmii.inf_amd64_74dac08ef26cc926\nvldumdx.dll Driver File Version: 22.21.0013.8205 (English) Driver Version: 22.21.13.8205 DDI Version: 12 Feature Levels: 12_1,12_0,11_1,11_0,10_1,10_0,9_3,9_2,9_1 Driver Model: WDDM 2.2 Graphics Preemption: Pixel Compute Preemption: Dispatch Miracast: Not Supported by Graphics driver Hybrid Graphics GPU: Discrete Power P-states: Not Supported Driver Attributes: Final Retail Driver Date/Size: 4/30/2017 7:00:00 PM, 885032 bytes WHQL Logo'd: Yes WHQL Date Stamp: Unknown Device Identifier: Unknown Vendor ID: 0x10DE Device ID: 0x1C20 SubSys ID: 0x11D51462 Revision ID: 0x00A1 Driver Strong Name: oem33.inf:0f066de39f1793ef:Section140:22.21.13.8205ci\ven_10de&dev_1c20&subsys_11d51462 Rank Of Driver: 00D10001 Video Accel: Unknown DXVA2 Modes: DXVA2_ModeMPEG2_VLD DXVA2_ModeVC1_D2010 DXVA2_ModeVC1_VLD DXVA2_ModeH264_VLD_Stereo_Progressive_NoFGT DXVA2_ModeH264_VLD_Stereo_NoFGT DXVA2_ModeH264_VLD_NoFGT DXVA2_ModeHEVC_VLD_Main DXVA2_ModeHEVC_VLD_Main10 DXVA2_ModeMPEG4pt2_VLD_Simple DXVA2_ModeMPEG4pt2_VLD_AdvSimple_NoGMC Deinterlace Caps: n/a D3D9 Overlay: Unknown DXVA-HD: Unknown DDraw Status: Enabled D3D Status: Enabled AGP Status: Enabled MPO Caps: Not Supported MPO Stretch: Not Supported MPO Media Hints: Not Supported MPO Formats: Not Supported
There must be a hiccup (i.e. a specific graphical conflict), because I am getting 60 to 120 FPS using a GTX 960 with settings on high or highest (Shader 3, shadows on at medium quality, Object clipping off). Idea : sometimes the control panel settings can be opposite or contradict in-game video settings. I find that can cause FPS hits or crashes (in games in general). EDIT: I am presuming you mean 30 to 50 FPS in normal situations or on average. If you have 30+ people running around you, that is good FPS.
I had the same, forced the game to use my graphics card through NVIDIA pannel, thats didnt work.... made NVIDIA pannel force my graphics card for everything... that did solid 200fps now instead of 10-20.
Maybe the GPU. But dark fall has been known to be a CPU hog and doesn't multi/hyperthread so I'd watch your CPU usage and see if that might be the issue
its a laptop, laptop grade cpus are quite slow and darkfall is extreamly picky on cpus, set the laptop power style to high performance and forc ethe gpu on darkfall and see if it helps
Go into Nvidia control panel and there is a setting you can choose to use your card for everything. It's above the area where you can make adjustments to each program. Im on my phone right now that's the best I can describe it from memory. If you can't find the setting LMK and I'll look tonight on my laptop.
I tried a few different ones with no noticeable difference. If you don't mind screen shotting it when you get home tonight I would appreciate it.
Darkfall has always been very CPU heavy. Upgrading GPU's rarely shows a very noticeable FPS increase. If your CPU really only gives out 2.60 then I feel like it's sorely lacking, but if the game is using Intel HD Graphics as opposed to a proper GPU that will absolutely trash your performance especially because the game is already such a strain on your processor. I had that problem on my laptop and just did a quick google search on how to disable Intel HD Graphics there are plenty YouTube videos on the subject.
Anyone mind posting a screen shot of what settings in the Nvidia you are using it to force using the card?
Guys it's not overly complicated... this one box does the trick to ensure your card is being used instead of onboard graphics.
