Ok I've owned this game for all of 2 days now, and the loading times are beyond ridiculous. I don't have the best rig in the world, but definitely not the worst. It doesn't seem to be a GPU problem. In all seriousness it just seems like the game doesn't want to load ANYTHING. I start the game, get an invite from a friend to play, click "accept" and the game literally doesn't do anything for ~5 minutes? Just sits there playing music. Then I finally get to "Login Accepted" and wait another ~3 minutes. After loading in I sit in the lobby screen "orbiting" (loading) for another ~2-3 minutes for the game to download. I am using the SA launcher and running EVGA graphics on an AMD CPU with more than the recommended RAM.
Don't want so sound like a broken record, but can you please upload your DxDiag? and post it. It just might be an update driver issue.. (or maybe not) Try looking at this link
The game does tend to be randomly slow for some reason when being invited, and yeah, please upload your DxDiag here to see if it's somehow a hardware problem (probably not)
Are your drivers up to date? I have faster loading times with 4GB of RAM and a HD 3000 GPU, haha! Edit: Basically, DxDiag.txt?
------------------ System Information ------------------ Time of this report: 12/3/2014, 01:19:54 Machine name: Broken Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.140303-2144) Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. System Model: GA-890GPA-UD3H BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 965 Processor (4 CPUs), ~3.4GHz Memory: 8192MB RAM Available OS Memory: 8190MB RAM Page File: 2992MB used, 13384MB available Windows Dir: C:\Windows DirectX Version: DirectX 11 DX Setup Parameters: Not found User DPI Setting: Using System DPI System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent) DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode ------------ DxDiag Notes ------------ Display Tab 1: No problems found. Display Tab 2: No problems found. Sound Tab 1: No problems found. Input Tab: No problems found. -------------------- DirectX Debug Levels -------------------- Direct3D: 0/4 (retail) DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail) DirectInput: 0/5 (retail) DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail) DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail) DirectSound: 0/5 (retail) DirectShow: 0/6 (retail) --------------- Display Devices --------------- Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 Manufacturer: NVIDIA Chip type: GeForce GTX 570 DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1081&SUBSYS_15703842&REV_A1 Display Memory: 4049 MB Dedicated Memory: 1233 MB Shared Memory: 2815 MB Current Mode: 1600 x 900 (32 bit) (60Hz) Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor Monitor Model: VE208 Monitor Id: ACI20A8 Native Mode: 1600 x 900(p) (59.978Hz) Output Type: DVI Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um Driver File Version: 9.18.0013.1106 (English) Driver Version: 9.18.13.1106 DDI Version: 11 Driver Model: WDDM 1.1 Driver Attributes: Final Retail Driver Date/Size: 2/25/2013 23:32:38, 18055184 bytes WHQL Logo'd: Yes WHQL Date Stamp: Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-53C1-11CF-A05F-7D351CC2C435} Vendor ID: 0x10DE Device ID: 0x1081 SubSys ID: 0x15703842 Revision ID: 0x00A1 Driver Strong Name: oem52.inf:NVIDIA_SetA_Devices.NTamd64.6.1:Section077:9.18.13.1106ci\ven_10de&dev_1081 Rank Of Driver: 00E02001 Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C ModeVC1_C ModeWMV9_C
you're supposed to upload it as an attachment not paste it. anyways the 570 is a little skimpy. try turning graphics to mid or minimum preset, see how it runs.
@BrokenGQ Your drivers are almost two years old (ish) I'd really suggest a driver update, I know it might seem insignificant, but that can really have a performance hit with PA. If problems persist then I'd suggest contacting Uber support. @mkrater ?
I have a way worse card. GT 450. I don't have the problems you have. It has to be on your side. Are you using a wan or lan. Make sure drivers are updated and cpu is updated. My loads are fast.
Speed in lobby as described probably is mostly about: network speed for joining cpu speed for loading the planet the graphics card is bored until you actually play
Update your graphics driver it is very out of date. Your DxDiag text shows this driver release date : Driver Date/Size: 2/25/2013 23:32:38, 18055184 bytes The minimum requirement for the game to function correctly is an nVidia driver newer than 12/14/2013 (newer than driver version 331.82) http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/79891/en-us <--- Link to latest driver for your graphics card
