Why do so many people have problems with fps?

[Kafein]

I dont think its computer based.

If I play 2100 GMT I can block decent 1 handers etc reasonably consistently. Played this afternoon from 1300 to 1430 and was seeing swings after they hit. Total waste of time, ended up wearing light armour and spamming since no point playing properly. Mostly dont even bother around 1900, lag so bad.

Not sure its my connection, play native on IG servers/nditions and lag is very rare.

Damn it, man. You got to be a time traveler.

[kinngrimm]

i hope i don't jinx myself by typing it now

I have had horrible lags on Mustikkis townmap (underground caverns) several months back, now it is smooth like peachskin.
Same with other town maps. I didn't change anything in my settings or any new grafic stuff, so if there had been improvments, in my case they likely would have been server site or with crpg download/update. Well one thing is new a new version of divx codec, but i don't think this would have anything to do with fps would it?

[Mckillroy]

I blame rain...only get bad FPS when the map has rain.

[obitus]

I blame rain...only get bad FPS when the map has rain.

Try turning off particle effects.

[Vieuxcrotter]

Newer Nvidia drivers are terrible with mount and blade, they cause stutter, roll back to older drivers and problem fixed.

If you have an older video card older drivers that were made at the time for your video card are the best for the card.

[v/onMega]

Texturefiltering set to max. performance in the nvidia center helps performance drastically.

Dead Bodies eat fps..turn em off.

I got 8x AA and SuperSampling, all the other stuff maxed and it pretty much is silI love youmooth.

[Overdriven]

Dead Bodies eat fps..turn em off.

Yeah I got significant FPS drop about 2 patches ago. I turned off dead bodies and have had no problems since.

[Cup1d]

Newer Nvidia drivers are terrible with mount and blade, they cause stutter, roll back to older drivers and problem fixed.
If you have an older video card older drivers that were made at the time for your video card are the best for the card.

This. With 260.99 version it's like another game. Smooth and beautiful. Choose this version because I remember that it was good in 2010. With this driver I've got same stable game with all new armors etc.
M&B is only game at my PC. I don't bother about other games.

My PC
Win7 64
Core 2 duo E8500
4 gb ram
480 GTX

It was awful with 296, 295, 280 versions.

So, if you have stuttering, jerky animation and nvidia card - check archive drivers at nvidia site.
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx?lang=en-us

[Jacko]

Yup. The new Nvidia drivers are horrible for warband. Lots of strange lag.

[Elmuri]

Well I changed to dx7, and fps is now between 80 and 110. Bad graphics don't bother me but it's just annoys me that I should be able to play nearly with the best settings

[Christo]

This. With 260.99 version it's like another game. Smooth and beautiful. Choose this version because I remember that it was good in 2010. With this driver I've got same stable game with all new armors etc.
M&B is only game at my PC. I don't bother about other games.

My PC
Win7 64
Core 2 duo E8500
4 gb ram
480 GTX

It was awful with 296, 295, 280 versions.

So, if you have stuttering, jerky animation and nvidia card - check archive drivers at nvidia site.
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx?lang=en-us

Yup. The new Nvidia drivers are horrible for warband. Lots of strange lag.

Hmm, Since I use a GT240 anyway, I might try this.

So, 260.99 is what you suggest? I'll try it right away.
Mostly I play only warband and a few not so old, but not so new games either.

[Gurnisson]

Hmm, Since I use a GT240 anyway, I might try this.

So, 260.99 is what you suggest? I'll try it right away.
Mostly I play only warband and a few not so old, but not so new games either.

Please report back when you do. If this'll help, I'll try it out too.

[cmp]

If that's true, it's huge. The first time ATI's driver is better than NVIDIA's.

[Zisa]

Sadly, I need most of my bloatware and newest nVidia drivers.

So I did some not so scientific tests, WaltF4 accept my apologies.

with my set up...
tried setting fps cap to 120.

FRAPS and in game fps seem similar - one 'lags' behind the other (fraps updates more frequently).

DX7 offers no noticeable or slightly worse performance. (old machine did fine on DX7)

Turning texture detail to low offers poorer performance with shader quality set to low on both DX7 and DX9. That's a head scratcher.

I refuse to turn off bodies or ragdolls.

Usually (about 80 people on NA1) FPS ranges from 120-110, with some drops to as low as 85.

Join lag (start of round) stuttering is noticeable.

There are some wtf moments - such as people dying before I think I hit them.

Some maps are just hogs, and feel like playing at 15 FPS, even if displayed FPS is 105 or so.

Ultimately the experience convinced me that capping fps to 59 (my LCD's refresh rate) is likely the best option - 0 stuttering, and display stays constant 59.29/59.35

[Niemand]

Win7 Ultimate x64
Intel Core to Duo 3,0Ghz (45nm)
8GB DDR2 RAM (4 of that are new, but theyre the same as before. Some G.Skill stuff)
GeForce 8800 GTS 512
Playing on DX7 (DX9 brings some lags... at least it brought. maybe I'm trying it again, soon.)


I reinstalled my windows (from x86 to x64) in January and got nearly no lags or drops of FPS. At least I did not see any. I will keep my eyes open and report back.

Why I wrote here when I got no problems? Not to brag. But to show you that my PC is not the best anymore and that its not the PC that causes problems.


When you go inGame and to Options => Video, you can change your graphics there... on the right there is a percentage for the performance. Check that one. I try to keep mine on above 90 percent. Maybe you should do that, too.