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Graphics throttled. Current Alpha engine appear to starve available CPU resources
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Description

ARMA3Alpha Helicopter Showcase.
1920x1080, ULTRA setting,
Single GTX780 Superclocked, factory default (940 Base -> 1157MHz max. Boost).

FPS typically ~ 25 when over land, 50Hz when over sea. MAXIMUM GPU Core activity ONLY 54% !!!!

CPU Activity:Only ONE CPU core ~ 90%, Other 3 cores LESS THAN 25% as viewed in Task Manager/Resource Monitor. (Engine also does not appear to make any use of hyperthreading, alternate cores in the 8-core display were near-dormant.)

Comparison test with ARMA2OA V1.62 Helicopter and VTOL Boot camp scenarios:-
ALL graphics MAXED manually in Advanced Settings. 1920x1080, FPS 70-90 over land. GPU Core activity between 65% and 90%.
A2OA CPU Activity: TWO cores ~ 90%, other two ~ 20%.

System:-
Single GTX780 Superclocked, Core i7-2600K @ 4.6GHz, Win7-64, nV driver 320.18, 16GB ram, Precision X on-screen display, FPS, GPU Clock, GPU % Core activity.
Win7 Task Manager/Resource Monitor running --- Alt-TAB for CPU results.

Details

Legacy ID
3875664628
Severity
None
Resolution
Duplicate
Reproducibility
Always
Category
Engine
Steps To Reproduce

See above. Development version 0.61 seems to have same problem.

Event Timeline

kilkennycat edited Additional Information. (Show Details)
kilkennycat set Category to Engine.
kilkennycat set Reproducibility to Always.
kilkennycat set Severity to None.
kilkennycat set Resolution to Duplicate.
kilkennycat set Legacy ID to 3875664628.May 7 2016, 2:36 PM
MadDogX added a subscriber: MadDogX.May 7 2016, 2:36 PM

This is a known issue: #716