Issue with FPS and consistency?

[Gonzothegreat198]

Bah nvm, its only 2GB for the min specs:

Minimum System Requirements
OS: Windows® Vista 32/64bit, Windows® 7 32/64bit, Windows® 8 32/64bit
CPU: Intel® Core™2 Duo 3GHz
Memory: 2GB (4GB recommended for 64bit OS)
Space required on HD/SSD: 20GB
Graphics Card: NVIDIA® Geforce® 8800 or higher, ATI Radeon™ HD 4770 or higher
Screen Resolution: 1280x720
Internet: Persistent broadband internet connection required
Sound Card: DirectSound® compatible sound card (DirectX® 9.0c or higher)
DirectX®: DirectX® 9.0c or higher



However your processor is a little slow compared to their requirements.

[AmanoJ]

I appreciate the replies...

Is the CPU really so slow that I should see the results I have?
Shadows are off, physics are off, FSAA is off, everything is at bare minimum. Grass is off, nothing is on. The card is set for performance, even went to set all global settings to their minimum and off. Nothing else is taxing the computer.
I have nothing else to set to off. I set it to desktop standard, then dropped everything as low as it could go beyond that.

Despite this, even when it's in full screen (not borderless window, but true full screen), the FPS is still garbage, even at an extremely ugly resolution. That confuses me, I would think I would be able to see some improvement over a higher resolution window, but I don't.

I was running around outside of gridania earlier in the lowest possible resolution in full screen and it still wouldn't get above 15-17 FPS, which is the same result than I get in a 1280x720 window.

I just don't understand why I can't see any FPS improvement. I would expect to see this kind of FPS at medium settings and a decent resolution windowed, I get that. I figured thats what 4900 benchmark would lead to. What I don't understand is how it is that I can't get it any higher by dropping resolution, disabling things, or running in full screen.