Low FPS(MindCrack Version)

[Karoshio]

Hey all,

I just started playing the MindCrack Feed The Beast pack and the FPS is really bad, especially when recording.

Vanilla Minecraft runs 120+ frames smoothly and when recording around 60 unless there's something specific causing a drop which can be around 35 but still plenty smooth to play.

With Feed The Beast I am getting anywhere from 25-50, averaged probably 40 when I am not recording which isn't great but it is playable but as soon as I start recording I get 9-19 Frames.

Laptop Specs:
CPU: Intel Core i72630QM, 2.0GHz
RAM: 16GB DDR3
HDD: 2TB
GPU: GTX 560M 3GB

Java:
Version 7 Update 10 64-bit

RAM Allocated In Launcher:
8.25GB


I have also installed Optifine to see if there would be any improvements as I heard it helps a lot and I got a small FPS boost but nothing significant.



Any ideas on what I can do to improve this would be appreciated.



EDIT:
Here's a Pastebin of the current Console in case something there may help.
http://pastebin.com/aDWbVfBw

 

[Ashzification]

Try allocating LESS RAM to the launcher. Java is rather bad at proper RAM usage.

 

[Karoshio]

Try allocating LESS RAM to the launcher. Java is rather bad at proper RAM usage.

Thanks for the reply.

I changed to 2.5GB and actually seem to be more stable but still only 16-22 when recording. 40-56 not recording.

 

[MomoNasty]

Yah recording will make it go down since your computer is recording a video as well as playing mc (two processes using ALOT of resources) btw thats some nice specs u got on ur comp

 

[Karoshio]

Yah recording will make it go down since your computer is recording a video as well as playing mc (two processes using ALOT of resources) btw thats some nice specs u got on ur comp

Yeah, I understand that as it drops i Vanilla but is still perfectly smooth. At the moment it's pretty much impossible to record any Feed The Beast :\ And thank you It should for what it cost haha.

 

[Ashzification]

Also it could be the software you're using to record

 

[Karoshio]

Also it could be the software you're using to record

I am simply using FRAPS as the majority of people do and is perfect in vanilla with a decent framerate. I understand FTB would have a low framerate due to a lot more stuff but when a computer with these specs can't handle recording it I'm thinking something is wrong.

 

[Nessiroj]

The FPS drops are prob caused due the way java handles all the mods, with more mods = more javalag. Your spec are not really that insane, only 2ghz / core on the cpu is your bottleneck.

Can check what fraps does with my 2600k on sunday, but prob the same. I can test to see how xsplit and dxtory handle javabased applications and post you the results

 

[Nessiroj]

tested it with Dxtory and Xsplit tonight, with only them running i already lose about 5 - 10 FPS, then i ain't recording yet.

 

[Karoshio]

tested it with Dxtory and Xsplit tonight, with only them running i already lose about 5 - 10 FPS, then i ain't recording yet.

Ah, right, thanks for testing it out. Definitely doesn't seem to do well with recording but I still figure there must be something else I can do. Tons of people are recording FTB these days and I know many have worse specs.

I also got sightly worse FPS on my desktop which has 6GB of RAM, i7 Quad Core 920, 3.6GHZ, GTX 285 Superclocked edition GPU, etc.

Maybe it is just that FPS intensive.

 

[Nessiroj]

Not sure if your recording towards the same fysical HDD as where minecraft is located. I did find if you have a different HDD to record to that the FPS is better then when recording to the same drive (wich is offcourse logical since reading + wrinting on 1 or 2 spots is extra strain on the hdd)