[EM 2.308] Low performance on Windows 8...

[legrinch75]

hello,

i have also problems on my PC:

WINDOWS 8 PRO
CPU Intel Core i5 3570K 3,40 GHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660Ti 2 Go
MSI Z77A-G45
DDR3 8192 Mo (8 Go)
Seagate Barracuda SATA 3.0 - 1 To
SSD OCZ Agility 3 - 90 Go

there's lags / freeze when i'm near a planet or when there's a lot of ships around.
It's not really smooth / fluid

I have check memory witth 4gb or laa, i have shut down every applications (smardefender....)

I have test with low grapics : surprise, it's unplayable, there's more lags and freeze...

Any ideas ?

Thank you !

[Edited on 2-19-2013 by legrinch75]

[Edited on 2-19-2013 by legrinch75]

[Vice]

Yes: http://www.starwraith.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10401

Switch to the Windows 7 compatibility mode and it should work fine.

[legrinch75]

i already put the compatibility mode
i have also installed the planet (2go)
i also update the driver of my graphic card

but it's still jerky / twitchy

arvoch alliance is ok but not EM

[Vice]

It may not be the problem referred to in the planet CTD thread, it may be something else. The stutter/CTD issue had to do with planet descents only. Since you are encountering problems when a lot of ships are on the screen, that suggests it could be something else entirely. It may be related to something other than graphics/CPU performance, such as read/write performance on the drive you are using for the game. The graphics in EM are significantly more complicated than in AA, so if there is some kind of performance issue, it will be more pronounced with EM.

If you'll send me your msinfo report, I'll review your system and we can try to go from there with troubleshooting the problem: http://www.starwraith.com/evochronmercenary/faq.htm#8

[Edited on 2-21-2013 by Vice]

[Star King]

I use Windows 8 pro on a 2.0GHZ AMD CPU 4GB memory with ATI HD6450 1GB GPU and the game plays beautiful. I get 40 FPS with full graphics on a 7 year old Gateway, while talking on Team Speak.
What causes the lag in Windows 8 Pro is the program tiles running in the background. The tiles are moving in the start screen of Windows 8, shut them down which is really simple. I was using over 1.6 GB of memory with tiles running. Once I shutdown these program or trending tiles my system memory load was reduced to just using 541 mb giving me 3.5 GB of free memory. Another memory and game lag cause is your antivirus. I use Microsoft Windows Defender (100% free) which does not require a lot of resources.
I do not to play this game in Windows 7 compatibility mode. Please download the pregenerate planet mode of EM.
I hope this helps you. I really like Windows 8 Pro and playing EM with it.

[Edited on 12-25-2008 by Star King]

[legrinch75]

Thank you for your answers.

But i've not resolved my problem :

i have 8 go ram so i' thinke that's not a problem of background applications

i don't have anti virus.

I have also installed planets.

I'll test on WINDOWS 7 with the same config because a have test everything and it's not ok (always low even in low graphics and details)