Low FPS when running Payday 2
I have noticed that in Payday 2, even at the LOWEST settings, I get ~20-30 fps.
My specs absolutely blow the requirements out of the water.
Here they are:
(My specs | Recommended specs)
- 3GHz, 2 core cpu | 2.4GHz, 4 core cpu (CPU: Core 2 Duo e8400 3GHz)
- 4 GB DDR3 RAM | 3 GB RAM
- Windows 8.1 x64 | XP, Vista or 7
- Pixel Shader 5 | Pixel Shader 3 (GPU: PNY Quadro 2000 1GB)
- Vertex Shader 5 | Vertex Shader 3
- 1 GB VRAM | 512MB VRAM
Why is the game not running when I have WAY more than the specs recommended? It's not the dual core CPU, as games run faster on faster, fewer cores.
Best Answer
These would be "high-end" specs if you got this computer 5-6 years ago. The computer I built January, 2008 has better performance than this.
There's little that you can do yourself to help this situation. The graphics settings are a complete joke, and likely won't help you with this. One thing that I have noticed to be a major help is to reduce your resolution. Going from 1920x1080 to 1600x900 is what jumped me from ~25FPS to ~45FPS on average.
As far as what's causing this, there's two possible bottlenecks in this:
- Your CPU. This is the brain of your computer, it's what actually runs the game. A quad-core CPU is recommended, you only have a dual-core CPU. Other factors such as what brand (AMD / Intel), what generation, and what model are all going to play into how well your CPU performs.
- Your GPU. This is a special unit dedicated to producing high-quality graphics. Supporting a higher version of the Pixel/Vertex shaders doesn't make it "better". Having more VRAM means you can use higher-quality textures. None of the specs you posted is even relevant to framerate.
It's not the dual core CPU, as games run faster on faster, fewer cores.
This is just plain wrong. While this may be true 5+ years ago, it is certainly not true now. This misconception comes from the fact that many games, especially older games, were not designed with multithreading in mind. For those games, having a faster core was more important than having more cores.
These days however, more and more games are getting the multithreading treatment. Larger game companies have larger budgets, and can afford the time and effort it takes to get the best possible performance. There's simply no excuse these days for a studio to publish a single-threaded game, especially since virtually every platform (PC, Mobile, Console) is practically designed for multithreading.
In your case, I have doubts that the CPU is an issue. This is simply based on my observations during gameplay.
PNY Quadro 2000 1GB
Here's your problem, a Quadro 2000. That's a workstation card. These cards are generally going to have terrible performance for gaming applications because they weren't designed for gaming in the first place. They were instead designed to accelerate Digital Content Creation.
Get yourself a GPU designed for gaming, and you'll get better performance when gaming.
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How do I increase my FPS in Payday 2?
They can say it's bad optimization or whatever, but game's engine wasn't meant to meet that much cores at all. It simply has no way the job across the cores, and has no extra job to put some load for bells and whistles.Is Payday 2 poorly optimized?
Once you see Payday 2's settings, scroll down a little bit untill you find: "Maximum pre-rendered frames" and switch it to "1". "Multi display/mixed-GPU acceleration" and switch it to "Single display performance mode". "Power management mode" and switch it "Prefer maximum performance".Payday 2 Frame stutter fix on high end systems @ 1080p! 2020
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