I just got into the game and am having huge screenlag. I don't know what it is. Even after changing the settings to Low I am getting awful performance. I should not be getting lag spikes at low with a GTX295. So weird, Fallout 3 ran fine at Ultra High settings, strange that the new game doesn't run worth a crap.
 
Anyone else have a similar experience?
 
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A FIX THAT WORKED FOR ME AND WORKS FOR MANY OTHERS!!!
 
Download d3d9.dll. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6LHPT9ZC

Drag and drop the file to /steamapps/common/fallout new vegas (Same location as falloutNV.exe)
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Im getting Pretty Bad frames on ultra on my 460gtx though i was maxing F3. Let me mess with the settings a bit and ill get to you.
 
 
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Update
 
Pretty Much even with the lowest settings Im getting low frames outside in the game alot microstutter and such. Bah this is disappointing.
 

Do you both have the latest drivers? 260.89 just released and this is one of the games listed on it.

New game, lots of bugs, and optimization still to be done...it prob just not only you but other ppl aswell.

Nah I dont have the latest drivers. But reading among other forums it seems to be an Nvidia Issue. Ill try updating the drivers to see if they work. Itll be tomorrow though its a tad late atm.

Playing it with the latest beta drivers no issues, only gripe would be when stuff loads in when your running. Other than that awesome game. Sky does not even flicker like it does on FO3 with sli.

Well I just looked around online and people are describing the exact same issues I am having. Seems a few people got the game to run smoothly with the newest nvidia beta drivers.
 
Here's to hope it works, ill post back for anyone following the thread.

donta1979


Playing it with the latest beta drivers no issues, only gripe would be when stuff loads in when your running. Other than that awesome game. Sky does not even flicker like it does on FO3 with sli.

 
You talking about the 260.93 BETA that are out?

Just played a little with the 260.93 drivers, the lag is gone mostly. I still can't play at Ultra and have about 30 FPS on High settings... Don't know what else I can do, but atleast it's playable. I also got the old HDR flicker bug that I had in FO3... So I'll probably have to turn off HDR.

It doesnt surprise me, Bethesda has always had the problem of buggy games at launch.

Wow, after a bit longer playing I can safely say that I am not going to play any longer until they fix this garbage.
 
I started to get more studder, so I set it to medium settings, AA and AF off and still at certain points I dip to 10fps...
 
Obviously they just ported this game over straight from the consoles and didn't even bother testing it. Good job Bethesda. Someone really needs to make a stand against this porting practice, its complete bull sh*t.

Oh I found one more tiny little thing I dont like the radio stations I hate most of the western music... FO3 might have had fewer songs but as a whole it had better radio songs playing. 

donta1979


Oh I found one more tiny little thing I dont like the radio stations I hate most of the western music... FO3 might have had fewer songs but as a whole it had better radio songs playing. 

i love the new music
 
i have the stutter as well but im really enjoying the game so far.
 
 

Try this:
 
Simply force AA and AF in CCC ( or Nvidia's whatchamacallit ) and turn off the in game AA and AF.

Before doing above I was getting lousy frame rates...considering my rigs horsepower. 20 to 60 fps...yechh !

Now it never budges from 60 fps...

19x12
4AA ( CCC forced )
16AF ( CCC forced )
V-sync on
All options maxed...

This also helps with the momentary hiccups ....

Game still kinda buggy..quests, inventory etc..but now it runs a lot better.
 
Credit goes to this thread: http://forums.bethsoft.co...formance-increase-tip/
 
It really helped me, you should give a try!
 
Cheers

I can't even select 5760X1200 as a resolution, it just does not show up. Getting tired of this crap. Might as well start getting games on console.

Julien_FX


Try this:

Simply force AA and AF in CCC ( or Nvidia's whatchamacallit ) and turn off the in game AA and AF.

Before doing above I was getting lousy frame rates...considering my rigs horsepower. 20 to 60 fps...yechh !

Now it never budges from 60 fps...

19x12
4AA ( CCC forced )
16AF ( CCC forced )
V-sync on
All options maxed...

This also helps with the momentary hiccups ....

Game still kinda buggy..quests, inventory etc..but now it runs a lot better.

Credit goes to this thread: http://forums.bethsoft.co...formance-increase-tip/

It really helped me, you should give a try!

Cheers

Yuck who the hell picked that that text color to go with that forum background?!
I'll give this a whirl whenever I get a chance to start FONV up...

well I just tried Fallout New Vegas and it seems to run great for me, I just made it past the tutorial and I'm outside now, when looking around I'm getting 40 - 60fps in most areas, some parts dip into the 20's. Running at 1920x1080, 4X AA, Ultra Detail, everything maxed which is about the same performance I had in Fallout 3. I do get a small bit of stutter here and thier but not really that bad. It definately feels like Fallout 3 all over again.

Julien_FX


Try this:

Simply force AA and AF in CCC ( or Nvidia's whatchamacallit ) and turn off the in game AA and AF.

Before doing above I was getting lousy frame rates...considering my rigs horsepower. 20 to 60 fps...yechh !

Now it never budges from 60 fps...

19x12
4AA ( CCC forced )
16AF ( CCC forced )
V-sync on
All options maxed...

This also helps with the momentary hiccups ....

Game still kinda buggy..quests, inventory etc..but now it runs a lot better.

Credit goes to this thread: http://forums.bethsoft.co...formance-increase-tip/

It really helped me, you should give a try!

Cheers

I don't notice any difference, I am still playing on Medium. Hope they fix this. This is extremely annoying.

Plays great for me.

ok I guess I spoke too soon =/ anyone else notice when in areas with many human NPC's you get a massive framerate drop? It was never this bad on Fallout 3...

_Nite_


ok I guess I spoke too soon =/ anyone else notice when in areas with many human NPC's you get a massive framerate drop? It was never this bad on Fallout 3...

I never had any framerate drops in FO3... New Vegas is awful tho.

Hey guys, I read this on another post on the 400 series forums. Make sure that in the Nvidia control panal under "Manage 3D settings" that you have your power management setting set to max. Its simple but it can significantly increase your framerate, if your problem is low framerate. I was getting around 8fps in scenes with many characters and about 25fps on average. After changing the settings I got about 45fps on average and 15fps with lots of characters. Still kinda low but its an improvement.
 
Other than that I guess we just have to wait for an update to roll out, either it being a graphics driver update or an actual game update...whenever that happens 

I have not picked this one up yet. Still working on Fallout 3, but had stutter issues that improved after the 260.89 WHQL. Also if this game is using the same engine it might be worth it to double the audio cache in the games ini file. That helped me immensely...
 
 

dwoodward

Julien_FX


Try this:

Simply force AA and AF in CCC ( or Nvidia's whatchamacallit ) and turn off the in game AA and AF.

Before doing above I was getting lousy frame rates...considering my rigs horsepower. 20 to 60 fps...yechh !

Now it never budges from 60 fps...

19x12
4AA ( CCC forced )
16AF ( CCC forced )
V-sync on
All options maxed...

This also helps with the momentary hiccups ....

Game still kinda buggy..quests, inventory etc..but now it runs a lot better.

Credit goes to this thread: http://forums.bethsoft.co...formance-increase-tip/

It really helped me, you should give a try!

Cheers

I don't notice any difference, I am still playing on Medium. Hope they fix this. This is extremely annoying.

I found something else to try Download d3d9.dll and drag/drop in to your Fallout New Vegas folder. (/steamapps/common/fallout new vegas (Same location as falloutNV.exe))
 
It helped a bunch of people for the NPC slowdown here: http://forums.bethsoft.co...ear-npcs/page__st__140
 
It is supposed to fix the low GPU utilization and the lag when multiple NPC are on the screen.
 
EDIT: fixed link

Julien_FX

dwoodward

Julien_FX


Try this:

Simply force AA and AF in CCC ( or Nvidia's whatchamacallit ) and turn off the in game AA and AF.

Before doing above I was getting lousy frame rates...considering my rigs horsepower. 20 to 60 fps...yechh !

Now it never budges from 60 fps...

19x12
4AA ( CCC forced )
16AF ( CCC forced )
V-sync on
All options maxed...

This also helps with the momentary hiccups ....

Game still kinda buggy..quests, inventory etc..but now it runs a lot better.

Credit goes to this thread: http://forums.bethsoft.co...formance-increase-tip/

It really helped me, you should give a try!

Cheers

I don't notice any difference, I am still playing on Medium. Hope they fix this. This is extremely annoying.

I found something else to try Download d3d9.dll and drag/drop in to your Fallout New Vegas folder. (/steamapps/common/fallout new vegas (Same location as falloutNV.exe))

It helped a bunch of people for the NPC slowdown here: http://forums.bethsoft.co...ear-npcs/page__st__140

It is supposed to fix the low GPU utilization and the lag when multiple NPC are on the screen.

EDIT: fixed link

thanks for this fix!!! I had that same issue with the NPC's and will try it later.

I have just tested it, and I can confirmed it worked for me! Lag free!
 
I would like to mention that after copying the file to the game directory, the next time you will start the game, it should auto-detect the hardware again and set everything to medium. I did set it to high and my resolution back to 1920x1080 (it got reset) and the game run so much better!
 
Awaiting feedback from you guys,
 
Cheers!

The white blips that pop up out of nowhere are um interesting...
For somebody like me who gets ready to shoot at anything that moves, it's quite distracting.
Devs should be working out a patch before thinking about an XBox-exclusive DLC.

No issues here with my GTX470 with everything maxed @ 1920x1080. I am on the 258.96 drivers.
 
I've been running consistently at 60fps, with the rare drop to 50 or so. The GPU usage never seems to go above 60%-70% (even during an FPS drop), and CPU usage is much the same. Going to try that download and see if my GPU utilization goes up.

Running perfectly fine on my gtx 470 @ ultra , i have got fps drops but nothing to effect my gameplay.
 
This is a new game and it needs a patches, it will fix the lag you have, and the glitched/crashes soon i hope aswell.  (and the damn white thingies!)
 
Edit: I am assuming its because its a dual gpu card. I hope they release a fix soon for you.

PERFORMANCE TWEAK!!!

First download the dx9.dll from the following link

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6LHPT9ZC

Has been virus scanned!

Copy the DX9.DLL file into your root Fallout 3 vegas directory , run the launcher it will detect new hardware 7800gs. Go into your options and wack everything back up to what you had it before. Ultra in my case! ( Don't touch the hardware type , leave it as 7800GS )

Run the game , apparantly this has fixed many peoples frame rate problems and stutter problems. From further research it seems there is a bug between the game and DX10/11 cards and directx.

If you notice no difference , just delete the file!..

Frame rates have shot up for me with no difference in quality

 
I did the steps out lined above and it all stuttering has  disappeared. Maybe it will work for you.