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hey guys, i need help with tweaking AA because i only get around 18 fps with it and im sure that there's a lot i can do to make it more. so i did a small tweak by lowering the resolution and it gave me +5 fps but i still need more. if there any advanced tweakers, could you guys please show me which settings that i should turn off or on? cuz there are a lotta things to customise. i did set most of the value to false but when i started the game i could only see the characters, i couldnt see the background. so pls lemme know which is essential and which is not
 
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Well, a lot of times the exact settings may depend on the game in question, & the effects will depend on your system. Right off the bat, unless there's something else going on (i.e. thermal throttling, wonky drivers, wrong video connection used, etc.), it sounds like you're attempting to play a game that either a) is too powerful for your current system in general, or b) has the resolution/settings turned up waaay too high for your system. So before proceeding, can you tell us:
-- what CPU & motherboard you have?
-- How much RAM you have (& how fast it's running)?
-- what GPU you have?
-- what game you're playing?
-- what resolution you're playing at, & what settings you currently are using?
-- what your CPU & GPU temperatures are when idle & when playing the game?
 
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Generally speaking, I've found turning down the following gave the biggest increase in framerate (from most to least):

  • ■Shadows. Those high def shadows are very pretty, but they absolutely destroy framerate. Turn them down to low, or (if it doesn't impact gameplay) turn them off entirely.
    ■Anti-aliasing. There are actually several types of AA, with the lower types like FSAA barely affecting framerate. The better AA methods like 4xAA will murder your framerate. If you must have AA in your games, try FSAA. But experiment with the other forms of AA. Newer video cards have hardware dedicated to AA, so the framerate hit may not be quite so bad.
    ■Resolution. This one's a bit tricky because you want to use your monitor's native resolution if possible. But if your rig just can't generate enough FPS, sometimes lower resolution is the only way. If you've got a 1440p or 4k monitor, try half resolution (1280x720 or 1920x1080 respectively). Some games support resolution scaling - the game renders at a lower resolution, then scales it to match your monitor resolution. Play around with that if the game has it.
    ■Draw distance. If you have trees being drawn when they're tiny dots on your screen, it'll really hurt your framerate. Move the detail distance in closer until you find a comfortable balance between performance and visuals.
    ■Ambient occlusion. Makes a subtle but enjoyable improvement if you have the FPS to spare, but comes at a very high price. Turn it off if your FPS is marginal.
    ■If you're tight on VRAM, textures. When you run out of VRAM, the game has to pause drawing every time it needs to reload a texture from disk or system memory. And nearly all of VRAM is used to hold textures. So if you're getting lots of stuttering and pauses, try turning down the texture quality a notch.
 
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um yeah most of the values are set to true or numbers and i mostly set them to false and the numbers 0, i couldnt see one specific value for texture but ill keep looking. its a big list. what about blurring and dynamic lighting? i am worried about dynamic lighting cuz the last time i turned it off the screen went black only displaying the characters(it was switched to false along with other things so im not so sure)also if texture has a value-setting it to 0 wont be a compatibility issure right?
ps: the game is AA proving grounds
 
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the game is AA proving grounds and im not experiencing any sort of utilisation issue. my hardware is really not suitable for AA so its definetly performance that i have a problem with not with the hardware. but anyway i use a gigabyte model, a pentium g4400@3.3ghz , a 4gb ddr4 ram card and a nvidia geforce 210.i dont get what you mean by how fast my ram is running. my current resolution after i tweaked was 640 by 480. all the settings have been lowered to ensure maximum performance and so im seeking to decrease some more settings in the config file
 
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Ouch. Well, there's part of the problem:
-- GeForce 210 came in 2 flavors, 512MB of VRAM & 1GB of VRAM. 512MB is the minimum to run AA:proving Grounds, but doesn't give you a whole lot of spare capacity. Getting a better GPU would help with the resolution & the AA settings, but...
-- Pentium G4400 is a 2C/2T CPU (2 physical cores, capable of 2 simultaneous threads). AA:proving Grounds needs at least a 2C/4T CPU (2 physical cores, but can run 4 simultaneous threads), preferably a 4+C/4+T CPU (at least 4 physical cores, can run at least 4 simultaneous threads), in order to run properly. Your CPU doesn't quite pass muster, & is probably why you've had such low performance.

Since you're using a Skylake CPU, you have a couple of options that I would seriously consider:

    ■ Replace the CPU with a Kaby Lake Pentium, Both are rated as roughly equal in performance by Tom's Hardware (http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/cpu-hierarchy,4312.html), & the slight uptick in core speed isn't the reason to get the CPU. Rather, it's because the Pentium G4560/4600/4620 have HyperThreading (meaning each core can run 2 threads simultaneously). So instead of being limited to a 2C/2T CPU, you'd get a 2C/4T CPU, which is what you'd need at a minimum for this game. However, you'd probably need to upgrade the BIOS on your motherboard first (100-series chipsets were designed for Skylake chips, & require a BIOS upgrade to work with Kaby Lake, while 200-series chipsets work with Kaby Lake out of the box)...& like I said, it's not really much of an upgrade, even if it only costs you $65-92 USD.
    ■ Replace the Pentium with a Core i5 or better CPU. This is really the better CPU upgrade you'll want. HyperThreading is nice, but in terms of application performance (& especially in gaming performance), physical cores are better than HyperThreading. Getting a Core i5 gives you a 4C/4T CPU, which is just about the perfect sweet spot for mainstream gaming. They're more expensive -- an i5-6600 will run you about $185 USD -- but it will not only help dramatically in this game, but allow you to play other games much better. Also, the i5-6600 in particular is a Skylake CPU (just like your current Pentium), so chances are you won't have to worry about upgrading the BIOS before installing it. If you really want the latest Core i5 that will work with your board, you can probably go with the i5-7600 for $220 USD, but you'll probably have to upgrade the BIOS first.


After you've upgraded your CPU, if you have the money you can always look at replacing the GPU. A GTX 1050 would be a very nice upgrade, & probably match up really well with your current monitor. But I would strongly recommend waiting to do that until you've upgraded your CPU.
 
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i have vram as 1 gb but upgrading my pc more would be a bitter idead because i only recently upgraded it and it was this. but i take your opinion into consideration anyway
 
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