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Poor graphics optimization for GTX 970M
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I was trying to play with my friend in Dayz but he was getting consistently low FPS counts. The framerate fluctuates between 10 FPS or below. He has a high end gaming laptop (MSI GS70) with a 970M graphics card which is why it shouldn't be performing this poorly.

We checked the temperatures and usage of the graphics card and the temps were low and the power usage was lower than games like unturned and minecraft.

I have a similar gaming laptop with a GTX 860M and I get somewhere between 40-69 FPS.

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Legacy ID
3382684885
Severity
None
Resolution
Unable To Duplicate
Reproducibility
Always
Category
Performance
Steps To Reproduce

This happens every single time he loads the game (atleast 5 different occasions of playing on this computer). The frame-rate will sometimes randomly spike up to 40FPS when he is either staring at the ground or in a certain spot on the map. However, these moments are about .01% of the time playing the game.

Additional Information

We have tried turning the settings down to the lowest possible and have looked up tricks to boost FPS in Dayz. So far nothing has really worked and the game is basically unplayable.

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paulp712 edited Steps To Reproduce. (Show Details)Mar 3 2015, 4:06 AM
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paulp712 set Category to Performance.
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paulp712 set Severity to None.
paulp712 set Resolution to Unable To Duplicate.
paulp712 set Legacy ID to 3382684885.May 8 2016, 9:46 PM
BluesAdam added a comment.Mar 3 2015, 7:23 AM

There is no such thing as "poorly optimized for x model card."

Poorly optimized for AMD or NVIDIA cards is understandable to some degree as they operate under different architecture models and drivers but, a game is not optimized per gpu model.

Your friend probably has someting wrong with his/her computer, maybe software and/or hardware related. It might even be a faulty hardware but developers have nothing to do about this.

If it runs better on a lower end graphics card as you say, then there is definitely something wrong with your friend's laptop. Better check it thoroughly.

paulp712 added a comment.Mar 4 2015, 5:55 AM

It runs fine on any other game including Arma 3 (haven't checked Arma 2 yet). But I have seen several other posts about lower-end graphics cards getting higher FPS than the higher end ones.

What do you recommend he should try doing?
I have already tried tweaking in-game settings

JStewart added a comment.Mar 4 2015, 3:20 PM

Hello paulp712,

For now I would refer to performance guides like this one for example (in case there are some suggestions that you didn't run into before) and I would of course recommend that you make sure that all hardware drivers are up to date: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=216291078

Other than that then there's not so much we can do for now since DayZ has not yet been fully optimized I'm afraid. These performance issues will of course be addressed as development progresses.

Regards,
JStewart

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