SLI NVIDIA Great SP Performance (---) MP Performance Below 10 fps!!

[vampire613 1]

HI all,

After some further research i can play arma 3 sp on ultra at an average of 50 fps with a lot packed into the field of view.

If i join any MP server my fps goes down to less than 10 fps even with 1 player on it. Changing from ultra to low equally yields terrible frame rates.

Does anyone know how to fix this?

[Furret 0]

Play on another server that doesn't run as many scripts/has better hardware/has less players

[pawelkpl 29]

Play on another server that doesn't run as many scripts/has better hardware/has less players

just look at his post and word "any" MP server...,

@vampire613, join my server : "arma 3 ranked" and we will see what fps you have. As far I know it s/b 25-50 fps.

[Furret 0]

I was assuming his 'any' was hyperbole

[vampire613 1]

it is indeed ANY SERVER , i have tried over 40 servers some with even 1 player on same problem.

[oldbear 390]

@ vampire613 : the SLI NVIDIA is not need to get a 50 FPS rate on Arma3, if fact what matters is you CPU basic level and it's ability to boost at a very high level on one core. So it's better [and less expensive] to have an i7 4770K / i5 4670K than having a 780 SLI even if that can help a bit.

In MP, with a high end rig you must expect 30/40 FPS on a pro-hosted, well administrated server playing a well built mission.

On a crappy makeshift Core2Duo home hosted server ... you can go down to slide-show level.

Edited December 7, 2013 by OldBear

[pawelkpl 29]

@vampire613:"it is indeed ANY SERVER , i have tried over 40 servers some with even 1 player on same problem."

join my server, arma 3 ranked, it is up

we can compare our FPS.

Edited December 7, 2013 by PawelKPL

[vampire613 1]

@ Bear I have both, a i7 4770k , 8 GB 1866 , 2x GTX 770 4GB , 1000 w Corsair RM psu.

I don't have the same problem with a single gpu

@ Pawel whats your server called?

[pawelkpl 29]

server name: arma 3 ranked persistent domination (... bla bla bla)

just type:

arma 3 ranked

I'm playing right now. (my fps 44 , server fps 22)

Edited December 7, 2013 by PawelKPL

[vampire613 1]

cant join it says dev version 1.09

[ratszo 17]

View distance.

Then, if you're still hard-up for frames, lower screen rez.

[vampire613 1]

The thing is Ratszo I dont lack the raw power in anything

and my single gtx 770 can play things perfectly fine above 40 fps on very high settings.

Its only when SLI is enabled that frames drop below 10 in multiplayer only.

[ratszo 17]

The thing is Ratszo I dont lack the raw power in anything

and my single gtx 770 can play things perfectly fine above 40 fps on very high settings.

Its only when SLI is enabled that frames drop below 10 in multiplayer only.

Ah, sorry misread.

Does nvidia have a sli forum? Maybe talk drivers?

[Game__On 10]

It's the low cpu usage problem .

Nvidia has a working profile for arma 3 . They are very fast with profiles even the alpha had one .

[pawelkpl 29]

cant join it says dev version 1.09

yes it is

[vampire613 1]

it cant be low cpu usuage for my specific issue Game_on , because a single card does not have this issue.

[Game__On 10]

??

Of course it has. The game for some reason is only using about 15% of your total CPU power.

oh edit* i see what you mean now. Well, actually it can but not in the way you describe. (not THAT severe) .

Install newest nvidia driver (WHQL, not any beta's) , if you already have it installed, re-install it.

1-2 frames HAS to be a driver issue.

[vampire613 1]

tried latest drivers and beta drivers , resinstalled same result . Its so strange it only affects multiplayer i've never heard of anything like this before.

[Game__On 10]

Yeah, there's definately somethng very funky going on with multiplayer . I don't know what to say man join the club.

I get between half or 1/3 of the frames in multiplayer compared to single player or running around in editor as well.

It's such a shame :_(

[Ezcoo 47]

Try these possible fixes that I suggested in another similar thread:

Check your Nvidia Control Panel settings and make sure there are no exceptions for arma3.exe in the settings (there are both global and game-dependent settings that override global settings). Eg. the power saving setting should be set to "Prefer Maximum Performance". Check also the power saving features of Windows (eg. select "Best Performance" or something like that in the Control Panel power settings and disable core parking if it's enabled).

[tacticaldrunk 19]

had the VERY SAME ISSUE with 2x 760TI's i reinstalled all of my drivers about 3 times and then it fixed it.