Need help with performance. Please.

[bizzy1one]

Im having similar issue. System is:

i5 3570k oc 4.4
32 gb ram
240 gb kingston hyper-x ssd
asrock extreme 4 superclocked
evga 660ti
850w psu
using isboxer from 1 d3 directory and 4 db directories (3 per db key)

Using trinity 1.7.1.7 with yar and act 3 with trinity tags

When i go from 7-8 clients to 9-10 i start getting freezes and fps of 7-9. My windows 7 pro looks like win98 (40 processes), d3pref is all low as far as i know... mpbias 9.999 16 bit etc, and nothing else is installed other than d3 and db related.

Ive updated all my drivers as far as i know. Video card runs at 18% under 10 client load and cpu stays around 70-80%. Stress test programs show my ssd at 500mbps read write but on resorce manager it shows big spikes that seem to go with freezes at over 100b/sec graph. Then it changes to 100mb and looks fine.

Running 10 atm with isboxer limiting frames to 11/40 but performance is awful and freezes cause plugin problems.

I was expecting system to handle 10 easy and 12 with lowest settings but having bad luck with 10. I fear it may be new trinity taking more resorces but not really sure why. I would really appreciate some tech support and help as im pretty sad atm. Ive spent a fair bit of money on db and hope to spend a lot more but i have to figure this performance problem out.

If i5 at 4.4 maxes at 8 clients then so be it. But im pretty sure it should be able to do more in this rig.

I need some help troubleshooting settings or drivers or whatever is causing this. Whatever log or system files anyone needs i can get for them. I'm wanting to build multiple 12+ client systems and use DB on all of them but this test system is holding me back atm.

can someone link me to a more stable trinity version with a profile that works with radsatom that doesnt error out with resetting deathcounter? im up for anything just need a little help.

ThAnks for reading and for any help

 

[bambam922]

You just might be at the limits of your hardware.
However, I can't give support for how many bots you can run.
That is really up to your research.

Back when I botted for money I had a simple setup.

i5 760 OC to 3.8 gHz
16gig of ram
Hd Radeon 6870 2GB DDR5
7200 1TB hard drive.

My setup was never extreme.
I would max out at around 4 clients, plus anything i was working on at the time, be it a game or 3d modeling software.
I'd say my absolute max with nothing else running was 5 clients.

 

[bizzy1one]

I'm not sure what the best way to see where my hardware is lacking is, i guess thats what im asking more than anything.

as far as watching usage on ssd read/write or cpu bottlenecks etc.

I can deal with a % loss in production in bots from low fps but the freezes ruin weapon swap and causes deaths.

 

[bizzy1one]

If my cpu is at 65% , ram is at 40% but my fps is at 7 and everything on computer lags ... what does that mean? =/

is it my ssd? i dont know how to tell if thats the culprit or not.

or is 10 clients just to much info for the 4 core i5 to process but what it is processing its doing fast enough to keep it low usage? im grasping at straws =(

 

[CodenameG]

you could be hitting the limits for the transfer rate of your bus to the video card or your memory to your processor, your pushing a lot of bits. do you know if your running a pcie 16x 2.1 card?

 

[bizzy1one]

EVGA SuperClocked 02G-P4-3662-KR GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card


ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
2 x PCIe 3.0 x16 Slots, Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX, CrossFireX and NVIDIA Quad SLI, SLI

Thanks for atleast looking and trying to somewhat help. its really frustrating.

I have ordered an i7 3770k to see if the hyper threading makes a big difference ..... should have bought this in the first place, but i still want to make sure this cant go higher.

In case either of you are interested to know current progress :

8 clients + db + yar + trinity 1.7.1.7 + trinity tags profile. have tps cut to 8
i5 3570k oc 4.4 / 1.3v / 70c under 8 clients = 50- 60%~ load
ddr3 1600 gskill 32gb
ssd 240gb kingston hyper-x (still dont know how to tell if this is bottlenecking)
660 ti 18% usage / 40% video memory

i have isboxer limiting frames to 15fg/30bg and all clients stay around 12 with dips to 8-9 when multiple molten/arcane enchanted/ etc.

I'm not sure if the overclock is messing with resource manager or maybe i have something wrong in bios, but it seems if cpu is at 60% i should be able to run 2-3 more bots. gpu isnt under any load at all. ssd could be but i have no idea how to tell.

 

[bizzy1one]

Another question that might be stupid... but...

Can a missed or wrong placed mounting setoff / screw cause performance problems? i know of 1 that is loose and 1 that isnt right. was after it was all put together and didnt think it would effect performance but maybe it does?

 

[CodenameG]

Another question that might be stupid... but...

Can a missed or wrong placed mounting setoff / screw cause performance problems? i know of 1 that is loose and 1 that isnt right. was after it was all put together and didnt think it would effect performance but maybe it does?

maybe, if by doing so caused your video card to get a better connection and actually run in 16x mode. but its very unlikely.