FPS drops over time

Issues, Workarounds & Localization General Issues
#1

Hi guys, so I’ve been playing EVE on low to medium settings. I’m playing on a Windows 10 laptop in full screen mode and with dx9. I meet the minimum system requirements for the game, but not the recommended.

Normally, I’d be getting 45-50 FPS when first booting up the game. After some time or after doing certain activities, it would slog down to an unplayable 16-18 FPS and remain that way for the duration of the client’s uptime. Even if I avoid certain low FPS triggers (listed below), once triggered, the game will remain at 16-18 FPS. The only fix I’ve found to work is to restart the client, but the problem presents itself again after playing the game for some time.

Additional details as follows:

Workarounds I’ve tried which didn’t work:

  1. Switching from a 64-bit to a 32-bit client
  2. Enabling and disabling the resource cache option in the settings
  3. Lowering the graphics settings — oddly enough, this causes the frame rate to drop even more. I suspect tinkering with the settings will always have a negative effect on FPS unless the client is restarted.

Workarounds which have worked a bit:

  1. Switching from windowed to full screen mode boosted my FPS significantly, but still causes frame rate drops, which is why I still made this post.

Things that trigger FPS drops:

  1. Opening the ship fitting page
  2. Opening the marketplace page
  3. Going to Jita or any populated system
  4. Warping to a site with plenty of NPCs
  5. Alt-tabbing to desktop

Any advice?

#2

Confirm, exactly the same for me. Except that switching from window to fullscreen dropped my FPS by half instead of increasing it. W520 Q2000M Nvidia with newest available drivers (2018).

I have the feeling the problem eased a little bit over the last patches (means it takes longer until unplayable values) but this can just be a sample bias.

Concrete example just now. Docked in a Citadel in Perimeter market window open, planet in background … smooth 60 FPS. Undock, fly to Jita, fly back, dock again. Same scenery/angles/zoom … max 54 FPS.

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#3

Thanks for confirming this. I really hope CCP issues a fix soon, the game is becoming nigh unplayable. Having to restart the client every half an hour or so is a definite deal breaker.

#4

I remember there was a third player mention this in the forum here, also on reddit. The problem with priority is, it will likely not be noticed by anybody with decent hardware reserves.

#5

I filed a bug report for it, hopefully they do notice it.

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#6

Yesterday‘s play session ran smooth without drop the first time in weeks. Lots of jumps (roundtrip: Perimeter, Dodixie, Amarr, Jita), docks, dock in Jita, hanging out at Jita 4-4 undock, Perimeter gate … back home, Full 60 FPS, even with multiple windows open.

Anyone can confirm its fixed? I can’t play much the next 2 weeks due to travel, so can’t test further now.

#7

I can confirm its not fixed, it has gotten worse.

Im down from 165 fps to 60 after few mins of gameplay.

#8

Maybe your’s is a different issue. The “resource leak” like FPS drop, which only started months ago after introducing the 64Bit client didn’t occur for me again so far … cross fingers.

#9

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