Weird fps drop
With an integrated video "solution" like the 9100, you really shouldn't have any of the more advance shader effects on such as DoF, Bloom or Water Effects. You may also want to turn your Maximum Particles number down to 5-10K.
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Not sure if there is a post for this, I saw one earlier that recommended installing the latest version of my video drivers, which I did, but I still get the random low fps and it lasts about a minute or two. Anyone else having this problem? I'm not sure if any of this will help but here is my CoHHelper info. It also affects my entire computer.
---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.1.1.8---
DxDiag gathered at March 14, 2010 09:22 (-05:00)
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_rtm.090713-1255)
System Manufacturer: HP-Pavilion
System Model: AY747AA-ABA p6310y
BIOS: BIOS Date: 11/12/09 14:45:05 Ver: 5.13
Central Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 630 Processor (4 CPUs), ~2.8GHz
Memory: 6144MB
.Net Memory Report: 3173MB out of 5887MB available
Page File: 8685MB (3087MB currently in use)
C Drive: (WDC WD10 EADS-65M2B0 SCSI Disk Device) 863017MB out of 942739MB (91%) free
D Drive: (WDC WD10 EADS-65M2B0 SCSI Disk Device) 1600MB out of 11026MB (14%) free
E Drive: (hp DVD-RAM GH40L SCSI CdRom Device) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 11
DirectX Diag version: 6.01.7600.16385 (64-bit version)
Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.
No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.
Monitor:
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce 9100
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce 9100
Video Memory: 2925 MB
Driver Version: 8.17.11.9621
Driver Date: 1/11/2010 11:03:33 PM
Driver Language: English
Sound Device Description: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.5938
Driver Date: 9/15/2009 2:08:00 PM
Sound Device Description: Realtek Digital Output (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Driver File: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.5938
Driver Date: 9/15/2009 2:08:00 PM
WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: PEGATRON CORPORATION
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: VIOLET6
Motherboard Version: 6.01
BIOS Manufacturer: American Megatrends Inc.
BIOS Name: BIOS Date: 11/12/09 14:45:05 Ver: 5.13
BIOS Version: HPQOEM - 20091112
BIOS Release: 20091112000000.000000+000
Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1280x972
3D Resolution: 1280x972 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: No
Maximized: Yes
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes
Physics Quality: Medium
Maximum Particles: 50000
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No
Anti-aliasing: None
Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: Low Quality
Bloom: 0.590 (turned on)
Depth of Field Enabled: Yes
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: Low (with world bumpmaps)
World Texture Level: Medium
Character Texture Level: High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 0.718
Entity Detail Level: 0.768
Shadows Enabled: No
Gamma Correction: 1.000
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
Suppression of Extra Player FX Enabled: No
Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: Yes
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: Yes
Audio Mode: Performance
3D Audio: No
FX Sound Volume: 0.017
Music Sound Volume: 0.083
Show Advanced Graphics Options: Yes
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.600
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 1011772 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 1600.20100114.8T
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\City of Heroes
Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found