Playing issue(s)

Hello all,

So ever since i19 went live (I think, not sure when it started to be exact; but at least for 1.5-2 weeks) I've been having some issues while playing.

When I'm on a team (usually doing a TF of some sort; teams of 8) on my Kin/Rad Defender I am usually in melee range and use FS and other AoE powers (Irradiate, etc).

I've been noticing that when I'm in a team and in melee range (doesn't have to be in melee range but it's the most obvious when I am in melee range) and people use AoE powers like FS, Lightning Rod, any sort of 'nukes' or what have you I start to see latency/spikes in frame rate dropping.

I have a brand new PC (5 months old ) and have been running on Ultra mode settings ever since I got it and was able to do hami raids and everything else no problems whatsoever.

So I looked at /netgraph 1 and a few times (sat. nights/during peek times) I might see some red spikes in it but usually nothing too bad/obvious. I do have Verizon FiOS 25/25 so usually it's not my connection.

I was looking at /showfps 1 and sure enough that would go from 40-60 fps to 1 fps (at worst where it just 'freezes' the screen and sometimes I'd die ).

So I turned down all graphics to the lowest possible (turning shadows and what not off) and still get the same thing (maybe not 100% the same because diff. TFs/people etc but... in general the same effect). So that would tell me it's not necessarily my PC either.

I've run a defrag and the NCsoft Game Advisor and sent a support ticket but....any thoughts/suggestions?

P.S. I play on the Liberty server....


Edit: Oh and I looked at /graphfps 1 and I can definitely see the 'spikes' of frame rate loss when I have the graphfps 1 up/on and tried to take pictures/screenshots of the issue(s) but it looks like the graph doesn't get taken in the picture.

I think you can run screenshotui 1 or 0 to turn it on and off.

If you don't normally defrag you can try doing that. It has helped me out a time or two in the past.

Could you tell us more about your 5 month old PC? Hard to figure out or give you suggestions when we have no idea what we're dealing with.

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Originally Posted by Energizing_Ion Hello all, So ever since i19 went live (I think, not sure when it started to be exact; but at least for 1.5-2 weeks) I've been having some issues while playing. When I'm on a team (usually doing a TF of some sort; teams of 8) on my Kin/Rad Defender I am usually in melee range and use FS and other AoE powers (Irradiate, etc). I've been noticing that when I'm in a team and in melee range (doesn't have to be in melee range but it's the most obvious when I am in melee range) and people use AoE powers like FS, Lightning Rod, any sort of 'nukes' or what have you I start to see latency/spikes in frame rate dropping. I have a brand new PC (5 months old ) and have been running on Ultra mode settings ever since I got it and was able to do hami raids and everything else no problems whatsoever. So I looked at /netgraph 1 and a few times (sat. nights/during peek times) I might see some red spikes in it but usually nothing too bad/obvious. I do have Verizon FiOS 25/25 so usually it's not my connection. I was looking at /showfps 1 and sure enough that would go from 40-60 fps to 1 fps (at worst where it just 'freezes' the screen and sometimes I'd die ). So I turned down all graphics to the lowest possible (turning shadows and what not off) and still get the same thing (maybe not 100% the same because diff. TFs/people etc but... in general the same effect). So that would tell me it's not necessarily my PC either. I've run a defrag and the NCsoft Game Advisor and sent a support ticket but....any thoughts/suggestions? P.S. I play on the Liberty server.... Edit: Oh and I looked at /graphfps 1 and I can definitely see the 'spikes' of frame rate loss when I have the graphfps 1 up/on and tried to take pictures/screenshots of the issue(s) but it looks like the graph doesn't get taken in the picture.

Hmm, well my specs are as follows:

Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600)
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.7GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
ATI Radeon HD 5800
WDC WD1001FALS-00J7B0 ATA HD



I got a response back from NCsoft support saying update my video drivers...did so...now just need to test to see if they have/will help or not (I had version 10.8 but now have 10.12).

The 5850 video card has been one of the more troublesome ATI cards.

Update to 10.12 video drivers and see if your video card reseller has GPU software that would allow you to adjust GPU fan settings. If there isn't software available, you can use the manual GPU fan settings under Catalyst under the overdrive section.

*I have seen many people say their video card isn't getting hot and its not the problem. However, CoH doesn't seem to be Graphics intensive enough to make the GPU fan kick in at a high setting and thus the card runs at a temp that's just hot enough to cause errors but not hot enough to kick in GPU fans at higher levels*

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Originally Posted by Energizing_Ion Hmm, well my specs are as follows: Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.7GHz Memory: 8192MB RAM ATI Radeon HD 5800 WDC WD1001FALS-00J7B0 ATA HD I got a response back from NCsoft support saying update my video drivers...did so...now just need to test to see if they have/will help or not (I had version 10.8 but now have 10.12).

Well, updated the drivers and got in a few teams with my main toon (EI) and it seemed to help a little bit (just updating the drivers that is)...but still get the frame-rate loss/spikes. But not sure how much is related to all the server maintenance stuff that was happening (others were saying they were getting spikes too)....

Edit: Oh and I got my video card from Newegg.


2nd Edit:

Looking at the Catalyst control center, in the ATI Overdrive section...it doesn't appear that I can change any of the settings.

"Enable ATI Overdrive" is checked....currently my temp is 42 deg. C, activity is 0% and fan speed is 55%.



3rd edit:

When playing CoH, it shows: 56 deg. C., 78-80% activity, 59% fan speed.

D'oh they changed the interface under 10.12 catalyst.

Your not able to enable manual fan control? You should be able to enable manual fan control under overdrive as long as AMD overdrive is enabled.

Edit: GPU temps look fine but try manual fan at 75%

It should be on the same screen as enable manual fan control.