So, my new "work" desktop came in last week, which I made sure at order had a little bit extra to run my after-work swtor addiction. I7 cpu, 8 gb ram and Radeon HD 7770 2gb. What a let down. I'm getting below 30 fps, primarily inside buildings - sometimes down to 11 fps on my own ship. Horrible jerky movement. The swings in fps are dramatic. It can go from 20 to 80 in an instant.
I tweaked the video card settings; even tried overclocking. Same result. Tried modifying the in game settings. Set resolution to "high" from "very high." Marginal difference. Finally, I set the in game shadowing feature to "low." Ta dah! Now I get 80-90 fps consistently and the game plays smoothly.
The problem is this: I want to play with all of my settings at highest possible res. There is no reason this computer shouldn't be able to do it. Even my laptop can do it.
I tweaked the video card settings; even tried overclocking. Same result. Tried modifying the in game settings. Set resolution to "high" from "very high." Marginal difference. Finally, I set the in game shadowing feature to "low." Ta dah! Now I get 80-90 fps consistently and the game plays smoothly.
The problem is this: I want to play with all of my settings at highest possible res. There is no reason this computer shouldn't be able to do it. Even my laptop can do it.