I just started playing beta last night, and was experiencing some extremely choppy game play (I think due to graphics, since latency was fine).
I've spent the morning checking out all the recommended hardware before I go out and buy a new video card, but it seems I'm already beating the recommended requirements.
My drivers are up to date as well. Is the 550ti just not capable of handling a smooth playing Diablo 3? I even tried lowering the graphics setting and it didn't realy help that much. The problems are worse when multiple enemies are on the screen, or more detailed environmental effects are occurring.
What settings are you running at? You card is comparable to what I'm using (9800GT SLI) and the game seems smooth enough for me (though you may be more picky than I am :P).
Have you tried turning off VSync (if it's on)?
Also, the game will give a lot of stutter when you first start it up (at least for me) as it has a caching issue.
I put all of the settings to "off" or "low" when allowed. I forget if I turned off VSync or not.
After reading more (on official forums) it seems lots of people, with higher end rigs than my own, are experiencing similar problems too. A buddy also mentioned that playing the game before it is fully downloaded (while in the yellow 'playable' mode) has a negative effect on performance, so I'm going to try again tonight.
I put all of the settings to "off" or "low" when allowed. I forget if I turned off VSync or not.
After reading more (on official forums) it seems lots of people, with higher end rigs than my own, are experiencing similar problems too. A buddy also mentioned that playing the game before it is fully downloaded (while in the yellow 'playable' mode) has a negative effect on performance, so I'm going to try again tonight.
Ah, yes definitely. I couldn't play at all before the game was fully downloaded (it was like a slideshow).
I play at 1680x1050 and am able to play with every thing maxed except shadows (believe those are at low) and no AA. If you were trying to play before it was fully downloaded I definitely see that as being your issue here.
The problem isn't your PC, it's the game. I have a superior PC to yours and I have the same issue, and people with superior PCs to me also have the issue, apparently it has something to do with already loaded assets trying to load over and over again, it'll be fixed at some point I guess. Some people find disabling the sound to help, you could also try lowering the audio channels in-game to the lowest first to avoid losing the sound completely.
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I just started playing beta last night, and was experiencing some extremely choppy game play (I think due to graphics, since latency was fine).
I've spent the morning checking out all the recommended hardware before I go out and buy a new video card, but it seems I'm already beating the recommended requirements.
I use an i5 2500k with 4g memory and a GTX 550ti video card, which all rate above the blizzard "recommended" hardware according to benchmark sites like http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php and http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu_list.php
My drivers are up to date as well. Is the 550ti just not capable of handling a smooth playing Diablo 3? I even tried lowering the graphics setting and it didn't realy help that much. The problems are worse when multiple enemies are on the screen, or more detailed environmental effects are occurring.
Any help or advice is appreciated, thanks guys.
Have you tried turning off VSync (if it's on)?
Also, the game will give a lot of stutter when you first start it up (at least for me) as it has a caching issue.
After reading more (on official forums) it seems lots of people, with higher end rigs than my own, are experiencing similar problems too. A buddy also mentioned that playing the game before it is fully downloaded (while in the yellow 'playable' mode) has a negative effect on performance, so I'm going to try again tonight.
I play at 1680x1050 and am able to play with every thing maxed except shadows (believe those are at low) and no AA. If you were trying to play before it was fully downloaded I definitely see that as being your issue here.