Para_Noid

WG Devs need to get on this. I will try to explain what I am seeing is causing the FPS drops as best I can. I play on 2 PC's at 2 different locations- Girlfriends - i3 4160, z87 mobo, 8GB RAM, NVidia GTX 660, 40Mb internetz Mine - i5 2500k, z68 mobo, 16GB RAM, NVidia GTX 770, 100Mb internetz (Both PC's built by Me) Started after latest patch. Both PC's exhibit identical behaviour, same tests have been carried out on both to identify the problem as best I can. I will explain what I saw on the GTX 660, as both PC's exhibited identical behaviour. GTX 660 runs at core clock speeds of 1033stock/1098 boost clock speeds. NVidias power limits allow it to boost up to 1150 in game. In port, Gtx 660 clock is at 1150-as expected. Game load screen - drops to 2D clocks-as expected.(150 core clock). Game starts - back up to 1098 (Should be 1150) 2-3 minutes in, clock speed drops to 970 then every 30 seconds drops around 40Mhz till it gets down to 810 MHz. 10 minutes in, clock speed jumps back up to 1098 then drops again, where it stays at 810MHz till i'm back in port. Ram will drop to 350MHz whenever the clock speed reaches 810MHz. GPU usage shows ~40% TDP shows ~50% Graphics card voltage drops to idle levels (0.875v) I have tested with latest driver, 359 driver and 306 driver - all same. Reinstalled the game - same Tried fullscreen/windowed modes - same Tried game with/without Mods - same Installed Afterburner and forced clockspeeds - same Fresh Win 7 x64, no mods, clean game install, latest driver - STILL THE SAME!! GTX770 machine does all the same except the clocks are slightly different. (Drops to 900 core 400 RAM) In summary, the game is dropping the graphics cards to low power clocks, as NVidia cards have 30-40 different power levels built in. WG...what have you done to your game engine??!!

I would like to apply. Have played some with Paradox and prorastinator, any maybe Olsen once or twice. Ill log into steam just after 11pm tonight (12 midnight CET) and hopefully you guys will have me if i'm good enough!!

Edited. This can be deleted now. Thanks.