swtor fps issues

Much like WoW, SWtoR does not properly support SLI. SWtOR is actually worse and only runs on DX9. Try disabling SLI in the Nvidia Control Panel before playing SWtOR and see if you still have the issue.

SLI problems can be random and not affect everyone the same. There may be people playing in SLI that never have an issue when others do. By disabling SLI you can at least determine if that is what's causing the issue.

Also, where are you in game when you get the frame rate drop and what are you doing most often it happens? A frame rate drop in a major player hub is typically a network traffic or CPU issue and has nothing to do with your graphics processing. If your frame rates are dropping only when there are lots of players around and not in a fight with a lot of enemies it's probably not your GPUs causing the problem.

It's for those reasons that many people falsely claim that WoW depends more on your CPU then your GPU, which is just total bull. Your CPU only gets stressed in major cities because it's trying to process huge amounts of info from the server related to all the other players around. All MMOs are the same in that regard and SWtOR is no different. It's one of the reasons why some MMOs like SWtOR and AION using player phasing, to keep players separated into smaller groups.


Edited by jmaster299 - 01 Jan 2012 at 4:44pm

99% chance its the SWTOR game. http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=147732

100s of pages of people with FPS issues, some are SLI/Xfire some are sinlge gpu. Its a serious issue right now with that game. My brothers 560 runs it flawless and a guy I work with has a 580 and can't even play warzones due to the FPS drop.

Try disabling your SLI and see what happens but it looks as if it didn't work for thousands of others but you may be the lucky one

I purchased an ODE level 1 yesterday mainly due to the horrible performance of SWTOR with my current machine. I can't wait to get my hands on it and hope that it solves my ills. It appears they are having numerous, massive problems. I hope some decent patches come along soon that address issues more critical than chat bugs. ATM I'd kill for 20fps.

I got my new computer last week and my FPS are a steady 111.  I was playing it on my gaming laptop before my desktop came in and I was getting no better than 20-50.    I was a bit nervous from all of the SWTOR post on the SWTOR forums, but for me, its been pretty awsome.  I have a single 570.

98% of what the VRam? That's possible depending on what resolution you are playing at.

I'm getting an ODE 2 in the next week (currently at Stage 5) and it has the 580 in it - is there anything I need to do to get SWTOR to run on it. In this thread the 570 seems preferred but will the 580 be okay? The main reason I'm upgrading my machine is to play SWTOR.

After getting my Ode Level 2 this week - I can safely say SWTOR is running at 110fps most of the time and dips in a few areas - but looks amazing.

I'm personally having the time of my life with SWTOR. No problems with me once I got my new rig. Level 34 Trooper.
Performance level for me I would say is above 90% satisfaction.