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[Slayer27]

Nevermind. Now with the ME, ME 2 compatibility flag AA is not enabled in-game....

Modifié par Slayer27, 22 mars 2012 - 03:19 .

[Dantego]

Having same issue that started a several days ago. Was fine until then. Then a few days ago about every 15 minutes or so it would stutter for about 2 minutes then recover for another 15 minutes. The started to get worse. Now I can only play for about 2 minutes then have to wait for around 5 minute for it to recover to play for another 2 minutes then another wait, etc. During that stutter/low frame time the game is unplayable.

Win 7 32 bit
3 Gig RAM
Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600
DX-11
NVidia GeForce 9800 GT with 2 Gig with version 296.10 Driver
1680x1050 resolution - but even down to 1024x768 still have the problem
Avast Free Antivirus - even tried to exempt the ME3 directory from real-time scan - didn't help.

Have tried the various setting changes suggested here - didn't help.

[Arc Draconis]

So another update, the problem started again tonight. The only thing I have done since 'updating my drivers' was turning off my computer for a couple of hours.

Start the game back up tonight, back to 20fps in the main menu and similar problems in game.

Going to try some of the other ideas in the thread and will update back.

Update 1: Turning off AA (switching to App controlled) move back the game to 60+fps, however at the time, I did have the AA option in game turned off. Turning in on in game seemed to do very little to aliasing.

Update 2: Using any nVidia control panel AA override (regardless of in game AA settings) absolutley murders fps. I tried at 4x, 8x, 16x, and 16x QCSAA (which is what I was using before yesterday with no issue).

That being said, I cannot really see a difference in game between in game AA on or off, I am however playing at 1920x1080, so it less of an issue.

Update 3: Woohoo, may have had a breakthrough, here is what I have found.

Turning the setting in the nVidia control panel "Override the application setting" and using any AA setting will masacre in game FPS (and shoot my GPU usage into the red zone)

However, using nvidiaInspector and setting AA for ME3 on "Enhance the Application setting" with 16x QCSAA works back at 60fps. Hopefully that will help some users and our tech help see what might be going on.

Seems to me like the nvidia control panel and ME3 do not play well when overriding each other.

Note: The above settings in Update 3 were all done with AA turned ON in game, have not tested with it OFF.

Modifié par Arc Draconis, 22 mars 2012 - 06:25 .

[TheArsenal04]

Scylla Costa wrote...

We didn't release a patch yesterday. Patch 2 will be sent to Certification soon but definitely not out yet. Could you guys post your system specs (especially the video card) and let us know if you are having issues?

Wait. What?

This is the first vaguely concrete thing I've heard about a patch, that stickied "Life of a Patch" thread aside. Thanks for that.  Good to know it is will be sent for certification "soon". Do PC patches even require certification like consoles?

Modifié par TheArsenal04, 22 mars 2012 - 02:16 .

[AlienSpaceBats]

This is weird;
There was no patch announced but Origin just updated ME3 for me.
No FPS drop to speak of like everyone else here (yet).

Win7 64
AMD Radeon 6800 HD
AMD Phenom 9750 QC 2.40GHz
4GB RAM
DirectX 11

Might be a bit obvious but disabling Origin in game helps a lot.

[Cruders]

Arc Draconis wrote...

So another update, the problem started again tonight. The only thing I have done since 'updating my drivers' was turning off my computer for a couple of hours.

Start the game back up tonight, back to 20fps in the main menu and similar problems in game.

Going to try some of the other ideas in the thread and will update back.

Update 1: Turning off AA (switching to App controlled) move back the game to 60+fps, however at the time, I did have the AA option in game turned off. Turning in on in game seemed to do very little to aliasing.

Update 2: Using any nVidia control panel AA override (regardless of in game AA settings) absolutley murders fps. I tried at 4x, 8x, 16x, and 16x QCSAA (which is what I was using before yesterday with no issue).

That being said, I cannot really see a difference in game between in game AA on or off, I am however playing at 1920x1080, so it less of an issue.

Update 3: Woohoo, may have had a breakthrough, here is what I have found.

Turning the setting in the nVidia control panel "Override the application setting" and using any AA setting will masacre in game FPS (and shoot my GPU usage into the red zone)

However, using nvidiaInspector and setting AA for ME3 on "Enhance the Application setting" with 16x QCSAA works back at 60fps. Hopefully that will help some users and our tech help see what might be going on.

Seems to me like the nvidia control panel and ME3 do not play well when overriding each other.

Note: The above settings in Update 3 were all done with AA turned ON in game, have not tested with it OFF.

After a few plays, restarting ME3 dropped fps back to sh*t. 

Update 3 seems to work.

Back to normal FPS.

Modifié par Cruders, 22 mars 2012 - 04:48 .

[Mallissin]

I think I have the same problem, I took the Commendation pack and then I thought every MP game I played afterwards was laggy.

I blamed the host, thinking their side was the problem, but now that I think about it, it seemed to be a frame rate issue as well which shouldn't be caused by the host's latency.

[Animositisomina]

(sorry, posted in wrong thread)

Modifié par Animositisomina, 22 mars 2012 - 05:59 .

[Kazurath]

Not A Brah wrote...

Here is a possible fix for anyone with Nvidia (got it from Bercon's post):
-Open Nvidia control panel
-Go to Manage 3D Settings
-Go to Mass Effect 3 from the list of programs
-Go to Anti-aliasing mode
-Change it to Application controlled (the problem was it was overriding)

Worked for me...hope it works for everyone else.

This solved it for me.

I ran ME3 earlier today (3/22) and noticed the main screen was choppy. Loaded the GPU  monitor and noticed only one card was being used, so check your settings while you're in there folks.

[Slayer27]

Dantego wrote...

Having same issue that started a several days ago. Was fine until then. Then a few days ago about every 15 minutes or so it would stutter for about 2 minutes then recover for another 15 minutes. The started to get worse. Now I can only play for about 2 minutes then have to wait for around 5 minute for it to recover to play for another 2 minutes then another wait, etc. During that stutter/low frame time the game is unplayable.

Win 7 32 bit
3 Gig RAM
Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600
DX-11
NVidia GeForce 9800 GT with 2 Gig with version 296.10 Driver
1680x1050 resolution - but even down to 1024x768 still have the problem
Avast Free Antivirus - even tried to exempt the ME3 directory from real-time scan - didn't help.

Have tried the various setting changes suggested here - didn't help.

This to me sounds like a driver crash caused by too high of an overclock on the card itself. Set your card to default settings and if it is at stock clocks I would suggest a re-instal of the drivers. If that does not help you should contact the manufature support.

My problem now is that even with Inspector or nV control panel no AA settings are applied to ME3. I even tried global AA and it sure worked on The Old Republic when I was getting 20fps compared to my usual 110. Going to try the Enhance app setting again because the in-game AA is almost un noticable.

[Dantego]

Slayer27, but everything worked fine for about a week, then it started several days ago. The card is at default settings. I installed the drivers right after buying the game thinking that might have been causing the initial issue of the game not running (as we found out later it was the game itself). Everything was working fine on that driver until several days ago, so then I saw the newest driver (296.10) and upgraded to it but that didn't help either. It is acting like either the game is going into a garbage cleaning routine, waiting on a web response, or something like that (and yes I turned off sending info to Origin to see if that was it - didn't help). All other games and programs work fine, just ME3 doesn't.

[Dantego]

went back to driver 295.73 - still having the issue. Will try to reinstall 296.10.

[Tahnit]

Getting the same thing. What is going on here?

[Slayer27]

That seems quite odd. The only time I have ever gotten an issue like that is with a driver crash on a failed OC but if your running stock and it is only with this one game....

Tell me, when the card is idle are the core, shader and memory clocks lower than spec? If so try going into nVidia control panel and under 3D Settings link, Program Control tab bring up your ME3.exe and under Power Management change it to Prefer Maximum Performance. This will make the card run full speed(even during movies) for the game if it has the nVidia hybrid mode available.

[Lt Locke]

Having the same problem that just started today, I get 9 FPS the best...

Graphics card: nVidia GTX 460M on a 120hertz Monitor and 16GB Ram
I think I'm running the most recent driver which is 296.10

[StElmo]

I was worried a bit aboiut why I was hgaving FPS dips, now I know. It still is playable, bit annoying tho.

Oh well.

Phenom II X4 965

HD6850

4GB ram

64bit Win 7

[M_e_t_A]

how do i find out my gfx card info?

[wdsam01]

So the issue appears again today after I have redeemed 2 codes for the Collector's Rifle from Dark Horse. The issue was the same when I received the 2 packs from Operation Goliath.

Maybe the problem is related to redeeming codes for MP in Origin?

(As others have mentioned, setting AA mode to Application control seems to be a quick fix. But dunno how it has been messed up in the first place.)

Modifié par wdsam01, 23 mars 2012 - 04:38 .

[TheArsenal04]

Slayer27 wrote...

That seems quite odd. The only time I have ever gotten an issue like that is with a driver crash on a failed OC but if your running stock and it is only with this one game....

Tell me, when the card is idle are the core, shader and memory clocks lower than spec? If so try going into nVidia control panel and under 3D Settings link, Program Control tab bring up your ME3.exe and under Power Management change it to Prefer Maximum Performance. This will make the card run full speed(even during movies) for the game if it has the nVidia hybrid mode available.

Well now my good man. After trying 76 different things, this one was the winner. You either rock or you rule, I haven't decided which yet.

[Lt Locke]

wdsam01 wrote...

(As others have mentioned, setting AA mode to Application control seems to be a quick fix. But dunno how it has been messed up in the first place.)

This worked for me. Game runs perfect now, thanks.

[Slayer27]

M_e_t_A wrote...

how do i find out my gfx card info?

Start - Run (type) - dxdiag (type) - Enter - Yes or No(dialog box, no is faster) - Display tab. It tells you all you need to know.

Modifié par Slayer27, 25 mars 2012 - 06:24 .

[Dantego]

Well I finally found my problem after trying everything here to no avail. It is kinda embarrasing. I happen to reach behind my computer to disconnect a USB cable and found the area around the graphics card was very warm. I popped open the case and found the fan on the card had a lot of dust on it. So I disconnected everything, blew out the chassis and all fans, reconnected and it is running great again. So it appears that this game puts a bigger draw on the graphics card causing it to generate more heat than the other games that worked for me. So I have added to my calendar to check the fans about once a month. Sheesh should have checked that first. Thanks for the many ideas - at least they helped some people.

[M_e_t_A]

the only stupid question is the one NOT ASKED.
So believe me when I say, I Have Asked ALOT of Questions! xD
I wish they would fix that damn tool masseffect3config.exe to let us make adjustments depending on OUR NEEDS, not just so the company can try to block off nooblets using exploits and cheats to "preserve the fun of this exciting game".
thank you Slayer27 for that reminder, i'm pretty stupid-minded sometimes when im under pressure of various sorts.