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[etarm]

 I recently upgraded my graphics card from an Nvidia GTS 250 to an Nvidia GTX 295.  When playing ME1 without tweaking game settings using the Nvidia control panel, I'm getting very low frame rates (much worse than my GTS 250), 10-20 fps, and this without maxed graphics settings.  When I tweak the nvidia control panel for the game to "force alternate frame rendering 2" under the multi-gpu options, frame rates start out low, but quickly build to 50-60 fps -- which is not bad, but I still don't have all the video settings maxed out.  When I play ME2 at max settings, I'm getting frame rates between 60 & 70 fps.  Does it have something to do with the way ME1 handles multi-gpu cards?  My CPU may be the bottleneck -- it's not the fastest -- 2.5 GHz quad core Intel, but if so, I'd expect to see similar results between ME1 & ME2.  I've seen test scores using the GTX 295 of around 150 fps, but that was using a Core i7.

TIA.

Ed

[Bogsnot1]

ME1 has higher system requirements tham ME2 due to the larger, more open areas with lots more movements of NPCs, ie: Presidium

When you updated you card, I assume you updated your video drivers as well? Newer drivers often incorporate tweaks which are designed to help new games, and can have a detrimental effect on older games, such as ME.

[etarm]

Thanks for the reply. Yes, I updated to the latest Nvidia drivers (released earlier this month). I'm also running ME1 at a much lower resolution than ME2 (1440x900 vs. 1900x1080, because of my monitor's 16:9 aspect ratio).

[Bogsnot1]

I forgot to add to try rolling your dirvers back a revision or two to see if that helps. The downside of that is, that any new games you have might then suffer in performance. ME2 shouldnt though.

[etarm]

Thx.

[Shinuz]

So did it fix your problem?

Because its really not normal to get those low fps, i played ME1 on my old core 2 duo E8400 @ 3ghz with 2 GTX 260 Core 216 in Sli at 1920x1080 with everything maxed out and never did it go below 60fps (was using Vsync).

[etarm]

I didn't try rolling back drivers yet. I was getting 50-60 fps anyways, so I'll probably just live with it for now. I'm running an E8300, so it sounds like my set-up is similar to yours (I think the GTX 295 is pretty similar to 2 GTX 260s running in SLI.)

[etarm]

Hmm, just tried posting and it didn't look like it worked, so sorry if this is a duplicate.



I didn't try rolling back drivers. After manually tweaking settings in Nvidia's control panel, I was getting 50 - 60 fps (tho at 1440x800 or whatever the highest 16:9 ratio config is, and with only high (not ultra-high) textures). I'm running a Q8300, and I think the GTX 295 is pretty similar to 2 GTX 260's running in SLI, so it sounds like my frame rates aren't too far off what you were seeing.

[etarm]

I just checked my ME1 graphics settings, and I don't have a selection for 1920x1080. The highest is 1600x1200.

Shinuz, am I missing something, or are you thinking of ME2?

Modifié par etarm, 28 janvier 2011 - 08:56 .

[Shinuz]

Etarm, i'm talking about mass effect 1, i played it at 1920x1080 on my 52" Samsung hdtv.



are you sure your monitor can go to 1920x1080?

[eshrafel]

I use a GTX 295 on Win7 with 1920x1200, CPU is 3.8 GHz. There are a few occasions where the frame rate drops under 60 even with this combination; certain angles on the presidium for example. It's just very poorly optimised, probably due to it being a console port by a third party. 10-20 fps is definitely too low, however. I do not force any rendering mode, I just let the NVIDIA drivers deal with it.