[SOLVED] Micro Stuttering with new GPU

[Monsterous]

I recently switched from playing World of Warcraft to playing Star Wars, I was playing WoW on an Nvidia GTX 750 ti with no real issues, going to Star Wars I noticed quite a bit of lag. Thinking it was my old GPU I upgraded to a GTX 1660s Super but after switching I am still experiencing the same micro stutter lag. Changing preferences in Star Wars from "Very Low" graphical setting to "Ultra" has very little impact.

I am not sure where to go from here. When I monitor task manager it shows I am generally at about 50% CPU usage, 50% memory usage and around 25% GPU usage. That seems like nothing is getting overly taxed while playing.

I have attempted to optimize the game settings via the GeForce Experience program as well as playing with a few of the card settings in the control panel after reading some forum posts regarding Star Wars settings. None of these things seemed to fix the issues.

I am running:

Windows 10 64bit
Intel Core i7 870 @2.93GHz
Nvidia GTX 1660s Super
Adata Ultimate SU800 1TB SSD
Asus P7H55 Mobo
16GB DDR3 Ram
700w PSU

I believe all drivers are up to date.

Any help is greatly appreciated!!

 

[Calvin7]

Asus P7H55 is a 2010 model.
It looks to me that the CPU doesn't meet the minimum system requirements to play the Star Wars game.

Late model video card on out-of-date system is not going to solve performance issues. Maybe playing some older games would work.

 

[Monsterous]

I realize the system is older however the system requirements listed for Star Wars: The Old Republic are:

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Processor
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4000+ or better

• Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0GHz or better

Operating System

• Windows 7 or later

RAM

• 3GB RAM

Graphics
Star Wars: The Old Republic requires a video card that has a minimum of 1GB of on-board RAM as well as support for Shader 3.0 or better. Examples include:

• Intel HD 3000 or better
• AMD Radeon HD 7450
• Nvidia GeForce 610

Hard drive space
As SW:TOR is updated frequently, the size of the SW:TOR game folder on your system will increase over time.
DVD-ROM drive
8x speed or better (for installation from disk only) – we recommend using the digital installer.
Internet connection
Since SW:TOR is an MMO, a reliable internet connection is required to play.
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Also using the tool at https://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?g_id=363&game=Star Wars: The Old Republic states that my system is well over the minimum specs although the CPU shows as the bottleneck.

Maybe I wasnt clear enough in which Star Wars game I was trying to play but it would seem that my system should be more than fine to play this game given the game was released 9 years ago making it an (older game)?

 

[Flayed]

Changing preferences in Star Wars from "Very Low" graphical setting to "Ultra" has very little impact.

This is a clear indication that the game is CPU bound.

 

[Monsterous]

Ok, guess the solution still lies in updating mobo and CPU. Seems very strange that my system cant handle this game though. I was hoping there was a simple fix in the settings somewhere rather than spending a bunch of money to upgrade hardware for a 9 year old game that Im well over the system requirements for already....

 

[Flayed]

I think in this case the minimum system requirements are enough for the game to run (badly). I remember I used to play star wars years ago it ran ok except in the space station hub place it would struggle drawing all the other players.

 

[Monsterous]

Thats actually exactly the problem, the fleet area, 16 man operations (8 man are fine) and 8 man warzones (pvp areas).

All the other situations in the game are no problem for my system.

 

[Flayed]

I guess the choices are live with it, upgrade or go back to WoW