Framerate problems in GZDoom 3.5.1

[Doomguy4Smash]

Been messing around with GZDoom today.

Any time I play a mod or plain old Doom II, I notice the framerate roughly halved. I get frustrated because I know my PC can handle this and I want to play mods at the best performance.

This has happened in every version of GZDoom used except 2.3.2.

 

For hardware, I have a Corei7 CPU 960 @ 3.20 GHz and an MSi GeForce GTX 970.

 

Here's the graphics settings in the config:
 

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[LastRun]
Version=215

[GlobalSettings]
timidity_tempo_adjust=1
timidity_key_adjust=0
timidity_drum_power=1
timidity_pan_delay=false
timidity_drum_effect=false
timidity_overlap_voice_allow=true
timidity_modulation_envelope=true
timidity_temper_control=true
timidity_lpf_def=1
timidity_channel_pressure=false
timidity_surround_chorus=false
timidity_chorus=0
timidity_reverb_level=0
timidity_reverb=0
timidity_portamento=true
timidity_modulation_wheel=true
min_sustain_time=5000
gus_memsize=0
midi_dmxgus=false
gus_patchdir=
midi_voices=32
midi_config=gzdoom
opl_core=0
opl_numchips=2
snd_streambuffersize=64
gme_stereodepth=0
spc_amp=1.875
mod_dumb_mastervolume=1
mod_autochip_scan_threshold=12
mod_autochip_size_scan=500
mod_autochip_size_force=100
mod_autochip=false
mod_interp=2
mod_volramp=2
mod_samplerate=0
wildmidi_enhanced_resampling=true
wildmidi_reverb=false
wildmidi_frequency=0
wildmidi_config=
fluid_chorus_type=0
fluid_chorus_depth=8
fluid_chorus_speed=0.30000001192092896
fluid_chorus_level=1
fluid_chorus_voices=3
fluid_reverb_level=0.5699999928474426
fluid_reverb_width=0.7599999904632568
fluid_reverb_damping=0.23000000417232513
fluid_reverb_roomsize=0.6100000143051147
fluid_threads=1
fluid_samplerate=0
fluid_interp=1
fluid_voices=128
fluid_chorus=false
fluid_reverb=false
fluid_gain=0.5
fluid_patchset=gzdoom
fluid_lib=
timidity_frequency=0
timidity_config=gzdoom
opn_custom_bank=
opn_use_custom_bank=false
opn_run_at_pcm_rate=false
opn_emulator_id=0
opn_chips_count=8
opl_fullpan=true
adl_volume_model=3
adl_custom_bank=
adl_use_custom_bank=false
adl_bank=14
adl_run_at_pcm_rate=false
adl_emulator_id=0
adl_chips_count=6
snd_sfxvolume=1
snd_backend=openal
snd_hrtf=-1
snd_buffersize=0
snd_samplerate=0
snd_musicvolume=0.5
nointerscrollabort=false
gl_texture_hqresize_mt_height=4
gl_texture_hqresize_mt_width=16
gl_texture_hqresize_multithread=true
gl_texture_hqresize_targets=7
gl_texture_hqresize_maxinputsize=512
gl_texture_hqresize=0
r_spriteadjust=2
menu_resolution_custom_height=800
menu_resolution_custom_width=1280
m_show_backbutton=0
m_use_mouse=1
m_blockcontrollers=false
m_showinputgrid=0
show_messages=true
mouse_sensitivity=1
vr_hunits_per_meter=41
vr_screendist=0.800000011920929
vr_ipd=0.06199999898672104
gl_distfog=70
gl_enhanced_nv_stealth=3
gl_billboard_particles=true
gl_billboard_faces_camera=true
gl_billboard_mode=0
gl_particles_style=2
gl_sprite_blend=false
gl_spritebrightfog=false
gl_usecolorblending=true
gl_texture_filter=4
gl_texture_filter_anisotropic=8
gl_satformula=1
vid_saturation=1
vid_contrast=1
vid_brightness=0
gl_render_precise=false
gl_plane_reflection=true
r_mirror_recursions=4
gl_seamless=false
gl_mirror_envmap=true
gl_light_shadowmap=false
gl_shadowmap_quality=128
gl_debug_breakpoint=false
gl_debug_level=0
gl_finishbeforeswap=false
vid_hwgamma=2
gl_dither_bpc=10
gl_multisample=2
map_point_coordinates=true
gl_attachedlights=true
gl_lights=true
vid_hdr=false
fullscreen=false
vid_aspect=5
vid_vsync=false
vid_defheight=480
vid_defwidth=640
vid_rendermode=4
vid_maxfps=200
win_maximized=false
win_h=839
win_w=1296
win_y=152
win_x=624
Gamma=1
statfile=zdoomstat.txt
savestatistics=0
strictdecorate=false
snd_waterreverb=true
snd_flipstereo=false
snd_channels=128
vid_cropaspect=true
vid_scalemode=0
vid_scalefactor=1
vid_scale_customstretched=false
vid_scale_customlinear=false
vid_scale_customheight=200
vid_scale_customwidth=320
r_quakeintensity=1
cl_predict_lerpthreshold=2
cl_predict_lerpscale=0.05000000074505806
cl_predict_specials=true
cl_noprediction=false
telezoom=true
r_fakecontrast=2
chase_dist=90
chase_height=-8
gl_cachetime=0.6000000238418579
gl_cachenodes=true
nomonsterinterpolation=false
png_gamma=0
png_level=5
screenshot_dir=
screenshot_type=png
screenshot_quiet=false
use_joystick=false
autosavecount=4
saveloadconfirmation=true
disableautosave=0
autosavenum=0
smooth_mouse=false
m_side=2
m_forward=1.4765625
m_yaw=1.4921875
m_pitch=1.484375
lookstrafe=false
freelook=false
invertmouse=false
cl_run=true
demo_compress=true
cl_waitforsave=true
save_dir=
longsavemessages=true
storesavepic=true
save_formatted=false
developer=0
cl_capfps=true
I_FriendlyWindowTitle=true
vid_activeinbackground=false
autoloadlights=false
autoloadbrightmaps=false
disableautoload=false
defaultiwad=DOOM 2: Hell on Earth
queryiwad=true
con_notifylines=4
con_ctrl_d=
con_buffersize=-1
gl_light_particles=true
gl_light_sprites=true
gl_ssao_strength=0.699999988079071
gl_ssao_portals=0
gl_ssao=0
gl_fxaa=3
gl_lens_chromatic=1.1200000047683716
gl_lens_kcube=0.10000000149011612
gl_lens_k=-0.11999999731779099
gl_lens=false
gl_sort_textures=false
gl_mask_sprite_threshold=0.5
gl_mask_threshold=0.5
gl_no_skyclear=false
snd_alresampler=Default
snd_efx=true
snd_aldevice=Default
snd_mididevice=-5
r_fullbrightignoresectorcolor=true
r_models=true
r_line_distance_cull=0
r_sprite_distance_cull=0
r_linearsky=false
r_multithreaded=1
r_mipmap=true
r_minfilter=true
r_magfilter=false
r_blendmethod=false
r_fuzzscale=true
r_dynlights=true
cl_oldfreelooklimit=false
gl_debug=false
vid_adapter=1
gl_control_tear=true
vr_enable_quadbuffered=false
showendoom=0
queryiwad_key=shift
joy_xinput=true
joy_ps2raw=true
joy_dinput=true
mouse_capturemode=1
in_mouse=0
m_filter=false
m_noprescale=false
use_mouse=true
k_mergekeys=true
norawinput=false
k_allowfullscreentoggle=true
i_soundinbackground=false
cd_drive=
cd_enabled=true
vid_gpuswitch=0
snd_midiprecache=false

[GlobalSettings.Unknown]

[Doom.Player]
wi_noautostartmap=false
fov=90
classicflight=false
playerclass=Doomguy
wbobspeed=1
stillbob=0
movebob=0.25
neverswitchonpickup=false
gender=other
team=255
skin=base
colorset=0
color=40 cf 00
name=Player
autoaim=35

 

Any and all help is appreciated!

Edited September 23, 2018 by Doomguy4Smash

[Marlamir]

Having the same problem like you, totally random lags no matter which wad i played. I decide to switch back to 3.4.1 version where the perfomance is superb. Depends from what i know, gzdoom have some issue with intel cards. Some people said that gzdoom is lagging for them and dev said that if they have intel cards there is nothing what they can do.

Edited September 23, 2018 by Marlamir

[Gez]

Something that has worked for some people: rename the exe. Name it something like totallynotgzdoomiswear.exe. Then see if it improves matter.

 

The explanation for why this magical hoodoo worked for some people is that drivers recognize programs by their exe names, and can have a list of "optimal settings" for a lot of programs. But with the backend changes in how GZDoom renders stuff, these optimal settings are no longer necessarily optimal, and forcing the driver to treat it neutrally can improve performances.

[amackert]

I noticed the same thing. I downloaded 3.5.1 last week for a mod that requires it. The mod itself wasn't running great and so I decided to fire up some favorite wads, and sure enough, they run considerably worse than they do on an older version I never updated from (2.something-or-another). I thought software is supposed to get better with time? I am running a pretty strong modern system and if anything I would assume later versions would be better optimized to take advantage of that hardware. Wishful thinking, I guess.