PC issues with Defiance, any suggestions?

[Juune]

[QUOTE=krazyx86;469202]

I had the same issue on another game, I dowloaded MSI afterburner played with the over clocking setting till it was all AOK. but do not raise it to much!

[Opetyr]

Does just your character move weird or the whole goes choppy?

[Zyndia]

My PC specs:
AMD Athlon X2 4450e
4GB DDR2 RAM <---
MSI nVidia 650 Ti
650w PSU
250GB 5400rpm HDD
Fresh install of Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit<----

I would say there is you're issue. I work for Microsoft as an CSR.

And Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit version will eat 4Gigs of ram in no time. compared to Windows 7 pro 64bit that only requires 1Gig.

[Griggio]

Running 64 bit Windows you may want to upgrade that ram to 8GB anyway. Hope you get it working for ya.

[Josnas]

Using SweetFX greatly improves the visual experience with the game. It is not something that affects the game and does not violate the TOS. I was a naysayer until I tried it. Here is a thread of it's explanation of it and people arguing somewhere else to avoid it in here.

http://www.gamespot.com/guild-wars-2...etfx-64678536/

[krazyx86]

I'll try to answer everyone's questions, but I may forget some.

First, the stutter or chopping, is like a lot of "pauses" in the game completely. There is no drop in frames whatsoever, and like I said when it is running normally I get around 25-30fps and it plays as it should, very smooth.

I don't believe it could be related to my keyboard, as I could be holding the "e" key down or "shift" and still look around with no issues.

About the RAM comment, I had originally had the 32bit version of windows installed and had the same issue, it was no different whatsoever. Also, I have multiple friends that play Defiance that have worse specs then I, including less RAM, and all they experience is lower FPS, not chopping like myself. HOWEVER, I have always been using Win7 ULTIMATE, whether it was 32 or 64bit, could that be my problem? If so, I will definitely try Win7 Pro.

It's not a video card issue. As I have said, I get smooth frames when it's running right. However, I have tried MSI's Afterburner already with no success.

I'd like to add or question something that was not brought up yet though. As I have said, my PC is a few years old, and I'm sure a lot of dust has built up in the machine. I have attempted to clean it as thoroughly as possible, but other than taking it completely apart and cleaning pieces individually, I don't think I could have gotten it perfectly clean. Could this lead to an issue?

[eternalwinter]

krazyx86, I too have this problem...but I've found something that DRASTICALLY improves it...after 2 weeks of desperately trying.

What made it better for me was setting the game into "low priority" in the task manager. Yes, the lowest priority.

Run the game, alt+ctrl+del, run task manager, find the "defiance.exe" process and set it to "low priority." When you go back in, you should see a major difference. It takes mine from being a stuttering, pausing and chopping nightmare...to actually playable.

My specs are similar to yours:

Windows 7 ultimate 64-bit
Athlon II X2 245 2.91 GHz
Geforce 9800GT 512
6 gigs DDR3 1333

A couple things to note, given everything I've tried:

- The game just runs better overall for me in Windows XP SP3. The low priority trick also works miracles in XP as well. However, I was getting all kinds of odd glitches in XP, so reverted back to 7.

- Older videos card drivers seem to offer up a little better performance.

Good luck.

[Gib]

Based on what you described, it could possibly be your HD going bad. Get a command prompt open and type chkdsk and if it finds errors type chkdsk /f and then reboot. After that run chkdsk again and see if it still finds errors. If so, try the chkdsk /f again and repeat until the errors go away. Also, go into your disc defrag and analyze your HD for defragmentation and if it suggests it run a defrag.. Just my two cents.

[ironcladtrash]

It's also possible it could be your internet connection. Is this the only game on your PC you have a problem with? I had a similar situation the other day and I had to just reboot my cable modem and router.

[krazyx86]

krazyx86, I too have this problem...but I've found something that DRASTICALLY improves it...after 2 weeks of desperately trying.

What made it better for me was setting the game into "low priority" in the task manager. Yes, the lowest priority.

Run the game, alt+ctrl+del, run task manager, find the "defiance.exe" process and set it to "low priority." When you go back in, you should see a major difference. It takes mine from being a stuttering, pausing and chopping nightmare...to actually playable.

My specs are similar to yours:

Windows 7 ultimate 64-bit
Athlon II X2 245 2.91 GHz
Geforce 9800GT 512
6 gigs DDR3 1333

A couple things to note, given everything I've tried:

- The game just runs better overall for me in Windows XP SP3. The low priority trick also works miracles in XP as well. However, I was getting all kinds of odd glitches in XP, so reverted back to 7.

- Older videos card drivers seem to offer up a little better performance.

Good luck.

I will give this a try, thanks for the suggestion. I'll let you know how it turns out.

Gib, I schedule to defrag every morning, and I've run chkdsk multiple times and did have errors before, but they don't show anymore. Thank you for the tip though.