Trinity, extreme drop in fps later into the game

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I am using the newest version of the Maelstorm mod but the problem exist in vanilla also(if I remember correctly, its been a long time since I played vanilla).

I remember fixing this problem when I played this game a while ago but since I uninstalled, the problem has come back.

My specs:

Windows 7 64 bit

12 gb ddr3 ram

GeForce 660M

Intel i7-3610QM 2.30 GHZ

What is causing this problem? I set the settings to the lowest possible and no change at all. I think I fixed this problem before but I honestly cannot remember. Maybe this is the problem that lead me to uninstall the game, lol.

Problems don't start until about 2 hours into a match. This is not two hours of consecutive play, this is 2 hours into a maximum size galaxy with maximum number of factions

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

If lowering your graphics settings does not help, its probably a result of your CPU being maxed out rather than your RAM (which your graphics settings improve).

Try increasing Sins' process priority in task manager, closing any unnecessary programs, stacking and unpinning your Empire tree, hiding trade ship icons, and even the old save and restart trick.

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

Your CPU isn't real great for that size of map. You really need ~3GHZ to ~ 4GHZ.

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

It can't be the cpu, I had the same problem on my desktop which had a I7 920 overclocked o 3.3GHZ

 

I remember playing this game back in the day when it first came out with no problem. It wasn't until I bought it on steam, using windows 7, last year when i started experiencing these problems. This game came our in 2008. My CPU right now should be able to shred this game. I have the newest generation of CPU. CPU's this powerful didn't even exist 5 years ago.

It is obviously not a spec problem.

 

Also, what is the old save and restart trick?

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting farquezy, reply 3
It can't be the cpu, I had the same problem on my desktop which had a I7 920 overclocked o 3.3GHZ

Yes, but how many cores does your computer have? The main game simulation Sins has uses only a single core. Thus if you have an i5-quad core like me, Sins can only use 25% of my CPU. If you have more cores it is an even smaller percentage, so for Sins your CPU is only as good as each individual core (of course having two cores so everything else can be run on the other is helpful, but after that more cores really aren't that useful for Sins).

Check Sins' process while it is lagging and see just how much CPU it is using.

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting GoaFan77, reply 4


Quoting farquezy, reply 3It can't be the cpu, I had the same problem on my desktop which had a I7 920 overclocked o 3.3GHZ

Yes, but how many cores does your computer have? The main game simulation Sins has uses only a single core. Thus if you have an i5-quad core like me, Sins can only use 25% of my CPU. If you have more cores it is an even smaller percentage, so for Sins your CPU is only as good as each individual core (of course having two cores so everything else can be run on the other is helpful, but after that more cores really aren't that useful for Sins).

Check Sins' process while it is lagging and see just how much CPU it is using.

Alright, I will do that.

Both my CPUs have 4 cores. I swear I remember fixing this problem in the past. Maybe I am confusing my old desktop with my new laptop and new desktop.

But I'll reply when I play again

Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top

Alright, I was getting around 14-17% use of my CPU.

I7s are 8 hyper threaded and i could see multiple cores being used at once.

So we know the problem is the cpu, is there a solution? If not, than this is ridiculous. My 5 year old desktop could run this game no problem, but my new laptop I bought this year and my new desktop cannot?

 

Thanks for the help guys! sorry I came across as a bit nasty. I was just very excited to play again.

If you can offer any help, it would be greatly appreciated!

Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top

try turning off hyper threading in the bios.

Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting ZombiesRus5, reply 7

try turning off hyper threading in the bios.

Thank you for the response.

Unfortunately, disabling hyper threading is not an option in my BIOS.

Any other solutions in mind?

 I tried setting Affinity to CPU0 in task manager, it made no difference.

Thanks you guys for the awesome support!

Reply #9 from Sins Forums Top

so, is there nothing else i can do?

This can't be, I want to play this game again :(

Reply #10 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting farquezy, reply 9

so, is there nothing else i can do?

This can't be, I want to play this game again

Did you try everything I suggested in my first reply?