Dropping FPS in Halo

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February 8th, 2010, 12:47 AM
homebrued

Dropping FPS in Halo

I start out at 85 fps, then i drop to 10 to 20 fps after five minutes or so. I noticed if i look away from the action my framerates are normal and when i look to play they drop. In servers with 6 or more players it acts up as well.

I use resolution 1280 x 1024. Vsync. 85hz Refresh. I have tried disabling Physx and SLI. 75hz refresh rate. Locked to 30 fps, No Vysnc. Video cards temps are 55(131 F) and 56(133F) degrees Celcius at idle. Ingame temp is 66 degrees Celcius. Nvidia drivers are up to date. Version 8.17.11.9621. Direct X 11. I have disabled aero, windows 7 transparency. Bios was updated. I tried setting Affinity to CPU 0. I tried a microsoft video driver version. No problems in COD 4. Please Please help.

Processor:
Dual Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 180 (2 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory:
4096MB RAM
Hard Drive:
1 TB
Video Card:
2 NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT in SLI
Monitor:
Dual Monitor Setup
Sound Card:
Realtek AC'97 Audio (Creative Audigy 2 ZS(disabled cause of no fully functional driver))
Speakers/Headphones:
Klipsch THX
Keyboard:
Micro Innovations
Mouse:
Logitech Mx 518
Mouse Surface:
**** Desk
Operating System:
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
Motherboard:
Asus A8N32-SLI
Computer Case:
NZXT Nemesis Elite

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February 8th, 2010, 01:34 AM
seanthelawn

Re: Dropping FPS in Halo

Try disabling decals.
February 8th, 2010, 01:47 AM
Cortexian

Re: Dropping FPS in Halo

Nvidia drivers hate decals so you'll have to disable them to get decent FPS.
February 8th, 2010, 02:00 AM
Con

Re: Dropping FPS in Halo

Older driver versions don't have this problem. So if you're so inclined then do a little research on google to find some that work. I wish there was another fix for this.
February 8th, 2010, 02:13 AM
Rook

Re: Dropping FPS in Halo

Hey con so I hear you're buying a new pc maybe you should go ati.
February 8th, 2010, 11:18 AM
STLRamsFan

Re: Dropping FPS in Halo

I had the same exact problem with my desktop. Had an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128 megs, worked fine for many years until recently. Ever since then, I have yet to even touch Halo cause of it. :|
February 8th, 2010, 11:25 AM
Limited

Re: Dropping FPS in Halo

Quote:

Originally Posted by Freelancer

Nvidia drivers hate decals so you'll have to disable them to get decent FPS.

Really? Maybe I should turn mine off and see what FPS I get :D

What version of Halo are you running, I assume its 1.09 (for the 4GB support).
February 8th, 2010, 11:31 AM
Con

Re: Dropping FPS in Halo

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rook

Hey con so I hear you're buying a new pc maybe you should go ati.

I'm not buying any new graphics cards.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Limited

What version of Halo are you running, I assume its 1.09 (for the 4GB support).

They all supported 4GB, it would just give you an error you could ignore.
February 8th, 2010, 11:44 AM
homebrued

Re: Dropping FPS in Halo

1.08 executables with Version changer. Halo PC and CE.
February 8th, 2010, 01:38 PM
homebrued

Re: Dropping FPS in Halo

Turning off decals fixed the problem. Thank you for all your help. Maybe STLRamsFan can start playing Halo again.