I'm having absolutely zero luck on the SC2 forums or with Blizzard's tech support on this, so I figured I'd ask here just to see if I've lost my mind or not.
For the longest time (WoL release -> HoTS release), SC2 absolutely flew on my computer here (specs in sig). Everything on ultra/extreme, native resolution for my monitor (2560x1400), etc. 60 FPS constant, might drop down to 20-30 under heavy, heavy action. Very, very rarely would that drop to 5-15 FPS- usually only in custom Arcade maps with an excessive number of units.
Recently, however, SC2's performance has been ****. There is no other way to say it. The problem seems to have crept up with the latest "Spawning" patch or something.
What once used to be 60 FPS constant now hovers around 30-40 FPS. Mostly all of the custom arcade maps I used to play now hit 1 FPS (yes, a single FPS- I think it's lower then that though) within 5 minutes and are virtually unplayable garbage. Normal games easily hit sub-10 FPS with any reasonable amount of units on-screen.
Basically, I'm finding that the game has been completely ruined. The experience is barely enjoyable anymore with the insane amounts of graphical lag I experience. I'd go back in patches if I could but obviously I can't given that this is basically an online game now, and I have no say in what Blizzard decides to do on their end.
I'm fairly certain this isn't my computer. I have noticed that while playing SC2, my GPU fan almost never spools up anymore (which suggests SC2 is bottlenecking somewhere else on the CPU)- it's as if SC2 isn't driving the GPU as hard as usual. The lag kicks in, the GPU fan throttles down, and the game quickly becomes unplayable.
Other games, however, work just fine. If I fire up RAGE or Borderlands 2, my GPU fan cranks up (as expected) and the FPS are unchanged. I can play those games for hours and hours on end and everything works flawlessly.
I've tried contacting Blizzard about this but they're either not saying anything or telling me my computer is busted, when quite clearly it is not. I'm apparently not the only person with this issue either as I've found scattered reports on the internet about SC2's performance consistently going down hill.
Has anyone else noticed any severe performance regressions with SC2 lately?
-SC
For the longest time (WoL release -> HoTS release), SC2 absolutely flew on my computer here (specs in sig). Everything on ultra/extreme, native resolution for my monitor (2560x1400), etc. 60 FPS constant, might drop down to 20-30 under heavy, heavy action. Very, very rarely would that drop to 5-15 FPS- usually only in custom Arcade maps with an excessive number of units.
Recently, however, SC2's performance has been ****. There is no other way to say it. The problem seems to have crept up with the latest "Spawning" patch or something.
What once used to be 60 FPS constant now hovers around 30-40 FPS. Mostly all of the custom arcade maps I used to play now hit 1 FPS (yes, a single FPS- I think it's lower then that though) within 5 minutes and are virtually unplayable garbage. Normal games easily hit sub-10 FPS with any reasonable amount of units on-screen.
Basically, I'm finding that the game has been completely ruined. The experience is barely enjoyable anymore with the insane amounts of graphical lag I experience. I'd go back in patches if I could but obviously I can't given that this is basically an online game now, and I have no say in what Blizzard decides to do on their end.
I'm fairly certain this isn't my computer. I have noticed that while playing SC2, my GPU fan almost never spools up anymore (which suggests SC2 is bottlenecking somewhere else on the CPU)- it's as if SC2 isn't driving the GPU as hard as usual. The lag kicks in, the GPU fan throttles down, and the game quickly becomes unplayable.
Other games, however, work just fine. If I fire up RAGE or Borderlands 2, my GPU fan cranks up (as expected) and the FPS are unchanged. I can play those games for hours and hours on end and everything works flawlessly.
I've tried contacting Blizzard about this but they're either not saying anything or telling me my computer is busted, when quite clearly it is not. I'm apparently not the only person with this issue either as I've found scattered reports on the internet about SC2's performance consistently going down hill.
Has anyone else noticed any severe performance regressions with SC2 lately?
-SC
