[Guide]A Fix for FPS

I have an AMD Athlon x64 Dual Core 4400+, does the core unpark utility is of use to me?

Can't edit my previous post so here goes:

I tried every single step in this thread... Unpark cpu, change Tera settings with Nvidia Inspector, replace S1Engine ini file, but the game performance is just as it was. I see absolutely no change at all.

Wonder if I'm missing something...

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so "-USEALLAVAILABLECORES" option is the same or not as going to 'msconfig' , boot tab then advanced options and checking "number of processors" box and to how many you got in the pull down under it?

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so "-USEALLAVAILABLECORES" option is the same or not as going to 'msconfig' , boot tab then advanced options and checking "number of processors" box and to how many you got in the pull down under it?

I tried your tip with a fresh neutral S1engine.ini (the one I had, not one from the "FPS fix" threads"), rebooted the computer, and.... no difference. Same fps on average. I can lower the details, or max up everything (except the AA setting wich I don't want), and the overal performance is the same.

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I tried your tip with a fresh neutral S1engine.ini (the one I had, not one from the "FPS fix" threads"), rebooted the computer, and.... no difference. Same fps on average. I can lower the details, or max up everything (except the AA setting wich I don't want), and the overal performance is the same.

whats your pc specs? out of curiosity..

My machine:

Windows 7 x64
AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core 4400+ 2.3 Ghz
6 GB ram
150 GB Sata HDD (Windows, games)
300 GB IDE HDD (documents and so on)
Nvidia Geforce 8600 GT (512 MB DDR2)

I use two monitors, but only play no the bigger one; the smaller is only an auxiliary view. I'm about to unplug it before I play Tera just to see, I know there is a game that has an error and closes if I use both monitors, I had to unplug it to play, just don't remember the game's name)

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My machine:

Windows 7 x64
AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core 4400+ 2.3 Ghz
6 GB ram
150 GB Sata HDD (Windows, games)
300 GB IDE HDD (documents and so on)
Nvidia Geforce 8600 GT (512 MB DDR2)

I use two monitors, but only play no the bigger one; the smaller is only an auxiliary view. I'm about to unplug it before I play Tera just to see, I know there is a game that has an error and closes if I use both monitors, I had to unplug it to play, just don't remember the game's name)

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ugh.. ef'in explorer crashed as i was typing this out -.-

your the same as me I got a 4:3 for system info/time etc (and for webpage info during gameplay) and a 16:9 monitor for gaming lol

"AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core 4400+ 2.3 Ghz" this is just to slow now for tera, as new content gets added the game gets bloated and bloated, causing agro for weaker system, lets face it the unreal engine is a joke now, take an example another game i played before tera.

i used to love playing APB preloaded, my old system windows XP 32bit 4gb ram with a 9800GT with 1gb i think, game was on max setting no problems at all, after awhile of content after content update the game became unplayable, ie 2-3 second lag freezes every 2-3 mins of game play, EVEN on an empty server -.- this then forced me to upgrade IF i wanted to play -.- and with my still current pc i got no problems what so ever.

"6 GB ram" honestly i dont think this is enough for current tera 8gb minimum, Win7 can take 1-2gb for services/programs/to run leaving you with roughly 4gb for tera, you didn't say if this is DDR2 either?

"Nvidia Geforce 8600 GT (512 MB DDR2)" this is again another problem from my own view, 8600GT DDR2 is OLD you need something newer with GDDR3 or better, see the specs from geforce below with your card then my card and my card now is classified as mid-low end now -.-

Memory Clock - 700 MHz
Memory Interface Width - 128-bit
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) - 22.4
Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) - 8.6

Memory Clock - 1100MHz
Memory Interface Width - 256-bit
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) - 70.4
Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) - 47.2

like i said before this is my personal view and i've been using PC's since pentium 2 486mhz were out lol and someone will come along and say blah blah blah you have no idea but this is from my own experience.

While I appreciate your help on this matter, I need to say I am perfectly aware of my system limitations, as I have some experience assembling computer parts and solving hardware and software problems.

I play quite well for the low fps I have, but I am planning to upgrade my graphics card. Then, the CPU, that needs a new motherboard, and this by turn, will need a new pair of memory modules, all because of incompatible slots due to hardware evolution. Heck, I will need a new hard drive because my free space is not much. Now you see why I still have this old, outdated, but functional system: I need a full budget to make it Tera-capable, and I ony got a job recently.

About the RAM I have, please allow me to disagree. 6 GB are enough, the other components are more crucial than that. As the graphics card is the only upgrade I can buy without slot problems, that will be my first change, then all the others. And yes, its 6 GB of DDR2.

The mistery here? Why can't I see the difference betwen the low and high detail settings in the graphics options? I'm playing with almost everything on max (AA is Off) and I can still go through crowded dungeons without freezing or crashing issues.

DaKATTman please don't talk about technical stuff when you have no clue, first saying network lag is related to your PC specs and not ISP was just laughable, now 6 GB for TERA is not enough? Seriously?

4 GB is enough, 6 GB or more if you are running background applications too, but no way you need 8 just for TERA.

So, I have 16gb ram...
3 Are always in use(firefox, skype/ts, other backgroundtaska, music player) and need about 1gb.
2gb are always consumed by my internal graphic chip because I´m too lazy to turn it off.

If I´m at nexus Tera uses about 1,8gb ram if I remember correctly.
Else it is about 1-1,5gb.
So, no need for 6gb, or even 8.

My graphic card is pretty old(nvidia gts250)...
But my cpu is an i5, and I have about 50fps, in instances about 30 on 4/5 settings.

Conclusion:
Your cpu is the thing that matters. Though that was already known for, I dont know, 2 years?

U guys can do whatever u want ... u better accept the Fact that Tera is just not optimized and nothing what u do will give a very smooth Tera exp NOT even a GTX 780 Ti SC or a Titan (780 ti is better in Gaming than the Titan) its the Config from Tera thats the problem and not ur PCs at least in most cases... Only Bluehole can solve this Problem but i guess that will never happen so accept the fact that u cant do anything except the Config changes like framerates from True to False etc.