MEGA Base builders!!! What is your rig?

[Rbrtgrmn]

I am so pissed at this game.

That said, all of you that have built or that USE said MEGA bases, what the hell kind of system are you using?? When I first started the game I was getting well over 80 fps everywhere. as soon as I load a base with more than say 20 pieces my game goes to $@#%. 32 fps is a good day, much of the time I am below 20 anywhere near a base or in a system with more than 3 stations.

Please advise as I am due for a new system but...

[Linski]

Since X3 you only build and manage megaplexes oos (out of sector).
So the fps decrease is irrelevant.
The main reason for that is not the perfomance, it is because all the ships will move/trade/mine faster oos.

But you seem to have a pretty old rig if you go below 20 fps with 3 stations. I dont have any problems with my several year old 2070 Super and my 1,5 year old 5900x

[nflszhu]

Same, Getting <20 fps near any of my big stations…
i7 11800H + 3080 mobile

[Caedes91]

Have 5950x and rtx 3090 fe. In sector 3440*1440p, otherwise lowest graphic settings: 30-40fps at max. My HQ has about 600 modules and 20 l-miners feeding it. Sometimes even dips to 25 ish fps, therefore causing headaches. Map view about 30 fps at max.
Without tides of avarice: average 10-12fps more. My advice is: Don't bother with ToA, adds less than previous DLCs. The few things it does added is not worth it, while the ugly 300 s-fighters from Vigor Syndicate and wrecks tank your fps.

This game is by principle, REALLY CPU dependent and not gpu intensive. AMD FSR is therefore pointless. The more DLC they add, the more fps will go down, even if you are not endgame yet. Therefore they should focus on improving cpu performance.

As of now, there is nothing you can do. Even with my overpriced hardware, it gets unplayable at certain stage. So the majority of players with mid-range hardware, have it even worse. Until Egosoft improves cpu efficiency, you as the player can only undervolt your CPU. Better thermals, lower temps, save electricity while gaining performance.

[Katorone]

Or, egosoft could limit stations to 50 modules and your fps would be fine too. It's always funny to me that people say "devs need to do better" , when constantly pushing against the limits of the sandbox.

[wrmiller]

I'm not sure what a mega base is. I've built several stations, including two that can manufacture and build anything. Gets real busy around my home stations.

Anyway, I get the occasional stutter at times but I don't recall any real slowdowns to the point of stuttering framerate. But then I don't monitor my framerate numbers as my system runs pretty smooth at 3440x1440.

Late last year I purchased a new gamer system, an Alienware Ryzen 7 5800. I have 128 GB of system ram with a Radeon RX 6800 XT video card with 16 GB of video ram. During the heat of the summer (I'm in the SW United States) I run high graphics settings instead of ultra and my system can still get pretty warm. The rest of the year is fine.

[nflszhu]

I'm not sure what a mega base is.

My 5 shipyards each has about 1,500 modules / 135K workforce - getting anywhere near those drop my fps to <20 lol

[wrmiller]

Wow, and I thought my 5000 workforce was a lot. I've still got a long way to go.

[jlehtone]

Wow, and I thought my 5000 workforce was a lot. I've still got a long way to go.

Are you sure that you want to go there?

[wrmiller]

Wow, and I thought my 5000 workforce was a lot. I've still got a long way to go.

Are you sure that you want to go there?

Probably not. I do appreciate the warnings though.

[BigBANGtheory]

I am so pissed at this game.

That said, all of you that have built or that USE said MEGA bases, what the hell kind of system are you using?? When I first started the game I was getting well over 80 fps everywhere. as soon as I load a base with more than say 20 pieces my game goes to $@#%. 32 fps is a good day, much of the time I am below 20 anywhere near a base or in a system with more than 3 stations.

Please advise as I am due for a new system but...

5800x with an RTX 3080, 32 GB of 3600 CL14 ram and 4TB of M2 storage

looking at a new GPU in a few months