Is normal to have really big fps drops in Cities near Crystals or Markets?

[Elysium]

I'm asking because a few people said that they had 55-60 fps even with all those people in the market or crystals.. I was wondering if that was true

[NuggetJack3d]

damn, i got a GTX 780 SC and a 2700k @ 4.8ghz and it dips to 30's 40's in towns aswell, was thinking of switching to a 4770k but looks like it will still dip in frames

[worldofneil]

I'm asking because a few people said that they had 55-60 fps even with all those people in the market or crystals.. I was wondering if that was true

You can't really use FPS alone as a benchmark, you'd need to also know what resolution and graphic settings they have to be able to compare.

Example: My 4-year old 1st gen i7-920 and GTX 295 sees me a fairly consistent 60fps, even around aetherytes... but I'm only running on "Standard (Desktop)" and windowed 1680x1050 resolution. If I try and run on higher graphics settings it doesn't run so well...

So what I'm trying to say is if people are quoting FPS, they need to say resolution/settings as well otherwise it's just numbers that can't really be compared.

Don't need an SSD or ramdisk for this game. HDD usage seems to be 1/4 as demanding games where an SSD is most helpful.

Completely agree (and resource monitor can confirm this). Although you've given me a crazy idea to create a 10GB RAMdrive and try it anyway, just for a laugh to see what the load time is like!

[WhoIsTheGuest]

We are not talking about loading screen time here, this thread is about stuttering near Aetheryte and Market.
I suspect RAMdisk will help.
I only have 8GB RAM, not enough to try it out, otherwise I would test it out myself long time ago.

Would be nice if someone have about 16GB RAM can try it out and show the difference.

[Radunas]

We are not talking about loading screen time here, this thread is about stuttering near Aetheryte and Market.
I suspect RAMdisk will help.
I only have 8GB RAM, not enough to try it out, otherwise I would test it out myself long time ago.

Would be nice if someone have about 16GB RAM can try it out and show the difference.

I currently have 16GB in my rig and have the same fps drops.. Maybe I should go and try this RAMdisk thing out when i get home. hmmmmmm

Would you reinstall the game into the RAMdisk as a fresh copy or could i just drag/copy the folders/files in their current hierarchy over to the RAMdisk?