Aion support needed, please red.

Lortheron

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Hi everyone, I would please like some help with this following mater. I have a very decent hardware and should be able to run AION somoothly, seeing the game's recomended settings (I have way better stuff than needed -- check my configuration and the end of the post please). The thing is, when runing with everything maxed out (4xAA, 1680x1050) I, sometimes (pretty frequent) experience FPS ratings even lower than 30FPS! And more, it doesn't matter if the AA is on 0x or 8x (yeah I AM "applying" the settings) or even if I tweak other graphic efects, even vSync, the FPS diference is, at best, 5 on avarage from the ALL MAXED to the ALL LOWERED. Another interesting fact is that when I ask the game to set the "recomended" settings for my rig with the auto-scan function it maxes out everything and put the resolution on the max possible, meaning the game was made for and knows that it should run fully maxed with my settings. So, thing is I run Crysis perfectly maxed (except from shadders, which is on medium) with 2xAA, 1680x1050 at an avarage 55FPS (no kidding) and run other demanding games maxed out, like Farcry2, DawnOfWar2, UnrealTournament3 etc. The only games I got problems with is AION and AgeOfConan. So, on the AION mater, please (check of my hardware) and tell me, is there any tweek or anything, like a driver (nVidia) that works better with AION (no, the LAST ones -RE NOT always -and for most of games this is sadly true- exacly the BETTER ones to run an especifc game with max FPSs possible), anything. Some people even told me that I should take my soundcard (Razer Barracuda AC-1) off and test the game's FPS, I fail to see why and how could this improve my FPS rating that much, since it (at least should) increases it (on theory) by taking work of the Motherboard, so I didn't tryed that (yet, if anyone convinces me with how it could work, I might give a try). So, again, anything (BIOS tweeks, drivers, etc.) that can help me, I would be VERY GLAD! Just be ware the I ALREADY tried all the basic stuff, like cleaning and reisntaling AION (compleatly) and nVidia ForceWare and nForce drivers trough Windows safe-mode, using driver sweper toll and re-downloading everything. And, NO, none of theese "solutions" have worked. Sorry for the long post! And thanks for reading.

Computer settings:

_Microsoft Windows Vista x64bits.
_Intel QX6800 2.9GHz OC'd to 3.5GHz. (temps. go to 74C. at peak with full load, thanks to Noctua's NH-U12P Heatsink with 2xNoctua 120mm coolers)
_EVGA nVidia nForce 780i. (A1 Version, with last BIOS -- P80)
_4x2GB DDR2 800Mhz Patriot Viper RAM. (5-5-5-15 timing, non-OC'd)
_PNY nVidia geForce GTX295 VGA 829MBx2. (multi-GPU/SLI on, Physx on, non-OC'd, last 190.62 WHQL drivers)
_Razer Barracuda AC-1 Gaming Sound Card 24bit and 96KHz interface. (Last 2.23 Vista non-WHQL drivers -- WHQL unaviable from Razer)
_1000W Akasa Power Max 80+ and SLI certified Power Supply Unit. (1100w at low temps. and peak load)
_2x500GB Samsung Spinpoint 7200RMP HDs with 8MB of cache each. (Never crashed, never had any prob
 

Lortheron

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Originally posted by: Malak
Have you tried their support forums?

Yep, tried there has well. But sometimes, thrid-party forums can be more helpfull than the acutal official ones.
 

LumbergTech

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are you trying to run the game in SLI ? sometimes that can mess up certain games..just a guess

good luck finding a fix
 

Lortheron

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Confirmed that when I turn one of GPUs off (trough nVidia's control panel) the FPS increases in very noticable way, around 8 to 14 on avarege compared to when SLI is on, its not close to as good has it should run, but it is alot more playable (since its always runing on more than 30fps with ecerything maxed 4xAA and 1680x1050 with vSync on that way -- only 1GPU on). Again, that is using only one GPU on videocard that is made to use always both. Using only one GPU in the GTX295 is the same runing an hypothetical "GTX270", so FPS is far from great... Guess the game has some REAL bad SLI support, which is a shame (specialy when I consider the price of an HD5870 compared to a GTX295...).
 

JoshGuru7

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It would be easier to read your posts if you split your thoughts into paragraphs.

I have a similar setup to yours (GTX 295) and get 70+ FPS @ 2560x1600. The main differences are that I'm running Windows 7 64-bit, have a dual core processor, and a little more ram which shouldn't make a difference. Using 190.62 drivers.
 

Golgatha

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Originally posted by: Lortheron
Confirmed that when I turn one of GPUs off (trough nVidia's control panel) the FPS increases in very noticable way, around 8 to 14 on avarege compared to when SLI is on, its not close to as good has it should run, but it is alot more playable (since its always runing on more than 30fps with ecerything maxed 4xAA and 1680x1050 with vSync on that way -- only 1GPU on). Again, that is using only one GPU on videocard that is made to use always both. Using only one GPU in the GTX295 is the same runing an hypothetical "GTX270", so FPS is far from great... Guess the game has some REAL bad SLI support, which is a shame (specialy when I consider the price of an HD5870 compared to a GTX295...).

No, it has no SLI support and conceivably won't get SLI support since the executable is a .bin file. nVidia would have to work with NCSoft to get SLI support enabled methinks.
 

Golgatha

Lifer
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Originally posted by: ZetaEpyon
It's possible to change aion.bin to aion.exe, if that's preventing SLI from working:

http://jasdemi.com/aion/howto-aion-bin-to-aion-exe/

I have no idea if that will actually help, and can't be responsible if it messes something up, but who knows. :)

I've thought about doing that (just started my first MMO...yeah for me), but I'm not sure if their anti-cheat software would play nice with the user changing files like that. The other thing I worry about is getting a Korean version update, because the Korean version actually uses the .exe file instead of a .bin file.
 

ZetaEpyon

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Well it shouldn't matter at the moment, since GameGuard is currently not used. In the future, I suppose that could change.
 

Golgatha

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Originally posted by: ZetaEpyon
Well it shouldn't matter at the moment, since GameGuard is currently not used. In the future, I suppose that could change.

Really, because I was really apprehensive about GameGuard being installed? Where did you find that info? I thought it was on all versions of the software.
 

Lortheron

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Oct 1, 2009
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Originally posted by: JoshGuru7
It would be easier to read your posts if you split your thoughts into paragraphs.

I have a similar setup to yours (GTX 295) and get 70+ FPS @ 2560x1600. The main differences are that I'm running Windows 7 64-bit, have a dual core processor, and a little more ram which shouldn't make a difference. Using 190.62 drivers.

Do you use any way to force SLI? What are the exact configurations you run AION with and your in-game settings? Please. Thanks for helping.
 

manimal

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try to isolate if it is in fact just sli, do you have access to any other graphics cards? Try using onboard audio as well since I have read that lots of people had issues with sound card drivers and the game. Set your oc to stock and try again, isolate rinse repeat.

With both rigs in sig I get 80+ fps maxxed in all areas but when lots of nubs are running around jumping in the starter areas I drop down to the 50s occasionally. Lastly turn on v-sync and turn off fraps and see if you notice any slowdowns withour staring at the fps...