Confirmed on my machine:
Ubuntu LTS 12.04.01 64bit
Display resolution 1920x1080
RAM 7,8 GiB
CPU AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 270 Processor × 2
GPU GeForce GTX 570/PCIe/SSE2 (nvidia drivers 310.14)
Desktop - Cinnamon
Same here, I notice it only happens when it puts one of those 2D overlay images ont he bottom left of the screen, like showing the building you need to find etc.
Windows 7 64bit
1920x1200
24GB DDR3
Intel i7 960 @ 3.2Ghz
eVGA GeForce GTX 670 FTW 2GB
Looking at #140, wonder if there’s a common issue here with nvidia drivers, maybe?
I have an ATI HD6870 and confirm this issue too. Also, on the same machine (under Xen + WIn7;-) ) , this game will run full speed in full hd (like constant 60fps), with everything maxed out. Under Linux i have to set to 1280x720 pixels.
Public beta is way faster. Thanks Croteam. Now FullHD is somewhat >=25<=30FPS. Sadly still laggs 50% behind the Windows version.
I still have the same issue. Just downloaded X3 and it has a very similar problem- again solved buy alt & tab.
Maybe its nvidia bug?
I am running two 1920x1080 monitors this maybe a vram issue ?
nvidia-smi -q --display=MEMORY --loop=1
When the slow down happens only 4mb of vram : -
Timestamp : Thu Aug 15 09:23:16 2013
Driver Version : 310.14
Attached GPUs : 1
GPU 0000:01:00.0
Memory Usage
Total : 767 MB
Used : 763 MB
Free : 4 MB
I have ordered new card with 2gb of vram (gtx 660). I will post back the results.
Installed a nvidia 660 GTX 2gb, and the no more slow downs.
I was surprised to see that just the desktop takes around 300mb of vram, so on my old 767 MB card there was not much left for games.
SS3 uses over a 1 gb of vram when running, on my new card.
I would recommend this card of anybody is thinking of upgrading.
Nothing extracted yet.
I am really enjoying playing SS3. However quite often the frame rate drops very low and stays very low. The frame rate in the screen shot below is less that 1fps.
This can be resolved by pressing alt + tab, and then reselecting SS3.
Then the frame rate is fine.
I have CPU scaling disabled.
Nvidia Sync to VBlank = off
SS3 Vsync = off
Sometime pressing the middle mouse button (to bring up enermy detail screen) makes SS3 run slow again.
Processor Information:
Vendor: GenuineIntel
Speed: 1867 Mhz
2 logical processors
2 physical processors
HyperThreading: Unsupported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Unsupported
SSE42: Unsupported
Network Information:
Network Speed:
Operating System Version:
Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS (32 bit)
Kernel Name: Linux
Kernel Version: 3.2.0-34-generic-pae
X Server vendor: The X.Org Foundation
X Server release: 11103000
Video Card:
Driver: NVIDIA Corporation GeForce GTX 460/PCIe/SSE2
Driver Version: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 310.14
Desktop Color Depth: 24 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
VendorID: 0x10de
DeviceID: 0xe22
Number of Monitors: 2
Number of Logical Video Cards: 1
Primary Display Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Desktop Resolution: 3840 x 1080
Primary Display Size: 20.51" x 11.54" (23.50" diag)
52.1cm x 29.3cm (59.7cm diag)
Primary Bus: PCI Express 16x
Primary VRAM: 767 MB
Supported MSAA Modes: 2x 4x 8x 16x
Sound card:
Audio device: Realtek ALC888
Memory:
RAM: 3023 Mb
Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
LANG: en_GB.UTF-8
Microphone: Not set
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 231708 Mb
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 206729 Mb
Installed software:
Recent Failure Reports:
Nvidia Sync to VBlank = off
SS3 Vsync = off
Loaded SS3 from save game. Everything very very slow. Alt tab and reselect SS3 then all fine. Exit game.
Just looking through the logs is cpu scaling off?
-------- START OF LOG --------
17:54:07 LOG: Core version: $Version: distro_Sam3_PC; SeriousSam3_Executables-Linux-Final; 173456 2012-11-28 23:36:04 @builderl02; Linux-Static-Final-Default$
17:54:07 LOG: Command: $
17:54:07 LOG: Initializing timer.
17:54:07 LOG: Timestamp: 2012/12/11 17:54:06
17:54:07 LOG: Binary name: Sam3
17:54:07 LOG: Binary soft path: Bin/
17:54:07 LOG: Binary hard path: /home/xraynorm/.local/share/Steam/SteamAppSignificants/common/Serious Sam 3/Bin/
17:54:07 LOG: Application directory: /home/xraynorm/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/Serious Sam 3/
17:54:07 LOG: * OS...
17:54:07 LOG: Type: Linux
17:54:07 LOG: Kernel: 3.2.0-34-generic-pae
17:54:07 LOG:
17:54:07 LOG: Version: #53-Ubuntu SMP Thu Nov 15 11:11:12 UTC 2012
17:54:07 LOG:
17:54:07 LOG: Architecture: i686
17:54:07 LOG: 17:56:09 WRN: Failed to capture mouse
17:56:17 INF: Fullscreen on primary display
17:56:21 LOG: Timestamp: 2012/12/11 17:56:21
17:54:07 LOG: Output of lsb_release: Distributor ID: Ubuntu
17:54:07 LOG: Description: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS
17:54:07 LOG: Release: 12.04
17:54:07 LOG: Codename: precise
17:54:07 LOG:
17:54:07 LOG: /etc/*-release: DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
17:54:07 LOG: DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04
17:54:07 LOG: DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
17:54:07 LOG: DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS"
17:54:07 LOG: NAME="Ubuntu"
17:54:07 LOG: VERSION="12.04.1 LTS, Precise Pangolin"
17:54:07 LOG: ID=ubuntu
17:54:07 LOG: ID_LIKE=debian
17:54:07 LOG: PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu precise (12.04.1 LTS)"
17:54:07 LOG: VERSION_ID="12.04"
17:54:07 LOG:
17:54:07 LOG: /etc/debian_version: wheezy/sid
17:54:07 LOG:
17:54:07 LOG: Power saving settings: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_frequencies:1867000 1600000
17:54:07 LOG: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_available_governors:conservative ondemand userspace powersave performance
17:54:07 LOG: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_cur_freq:1867000
17:54:07 LOG: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_driver:acpi-cpufreq
17:54:07 LOG: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor:performance
17:54:07 LOG: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq:1867000
17:54:07 LOG: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq:1600000
17:54:07 LOG: /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_setspeed:
17:54:07 LOG:
17:54:07 LOG: CPU Power saving is enabled and governor is set to performance.
17:54:07 LOG:
17:54:07 LOG: XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP: Unity
17:54:07 LOG: GDMSESSION: ubuntu-2d
17:54:07 LOG: DESKTOP_SESSION: ubuntu-2d
17:54:07 LOG: KDE_SESSION_VERSION: (null)
17:54:07 LOG:
17:54:07 LOG: * CPU...
17:54:07 LOG: Vendor: GenuineIntel
17:54:07 LOG: Type: 0, Family: 6, Model: 15, Stepping: 6
17:54:07 LOG: Clock: 1.87 GHz
17:54:07 LOG: Cores: 2
17:54:07 LOG: CMOV: Yes
17:54:07 LOG: SSE: Yes
17:54:07 LOG:
17:54:07 LOG: * Memory...
17:54:07 LOG: Total physical memory: 3023 MB
17:54:07 LOG: Free physical memory: 849 MB
17:54:07 LOG:
17:54:07 LOG: Loaded "/home/xraynorm/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/Serious Sam 3/Bin/ScriptLua.so".
17:54:07 LOG: Loaded "/home/xraynorm/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/Serious Sam 3/Bin/GameEnv_Steam.so".
17:54:07 INF: GameEnv API: Steam
17:54:07 INF: Encoded user ID = 0d83be9f:6ba7f2d7
17:54:07 LOG: Loading cvars from "$/home/xraynorm/.local/share/Steam/userdata/19638741/41070/local/SeriousSam3.ini".
17:54:07 TRC: Cannot assign value to cvar dbg_strMarkedDataTypes. The variable is not declared.
17:54:07 LOG: Skipped assigning to prf_strShowFPSTicker because the saved version (0) is different than the current version (2).
17:54:07 LOG: Loaded "libX11.so.6".
17:54:07 LOG: Loaded "libXi.so.6".
17:54:07 LOG: Loaded "libXrandr.so.2".
17:54:08 LOG: Display 0: DVI-I-2 (1920x1080)
17:54:08 LOG: Display 1: DVI-I-3 (1920x1080)
17:54:08 LOG: Trying to set display mode 1920x1080(fullscreen)...
17:54:08 INF:
17:54:08 INF: * Desktop settings...
17:54:08 INF: Color depth: 32-bit
17:54:08 INF: Desktop resolution: 1920 x 1080
17:54:08 LOG: Loaded "/home/xraynorm/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/Serious Sam 3/Bin/GfxOGL.so".
17:54:08 INF: Fullscreen on primary display
17:54:08 WRN: Failed to capture mouse
17:54:08 LOG: Loaded "libGL.so.1".
17:54:08 LOG: Loaded "libpci.so.3".
17:54:11 INF:
17:54:11 INF: Gfx API: OpenGL
17:54:11 INF: Resolution: 1920 x 1080
17:54:11 INF: Vendor: nVidia (0x10DE)
17:54:11 INF: Driver: NVIDIA Corporation (0x0E22)
17:54:11 INF: Renderer: GeForce GTX 460/PCIe/SSE2
17:54:11 INF: Version: 4.3.0 NVIDIA 310.14
17:54:11 INF: Video memory size: 768 MB
17:54:11 INF: Available for textures: 768 MB
17:54:11 INF: Active GPU(s): 1
17:54:11 LOG: Loaded "/home/xraynorm/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/Serious Sam 3/Bin/SfxOAL.so".
17:54:11 LOG: Loaded "libopenal.so.1".
17:54:11 TRC: EAX is not supported.
17:54:11 INF:
17:54:11 INF: Sfx API: OpenAL
17:54:11 INF: Device: PulseAudio Default
17:54:11 INF: Mixer frequency: 44100 Hz
17:54:11 INF: Mixer voices: 64
17:54:11 INF: Max sound sources: 20
17:54:11 INF: Max total volume: 3
17:54:11 INF: Speaker config: (unknown)
17:54:11 INF: Environment FX: not supported
17:54:11 INF:
17:54:11 LOG: Loaded "/home/xraynorm/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/Serious Sam 3/Bin/SeriousSam3_Project.so".
17:54:11 LOG: Content/SeriousSam3/All_173456.gro: 95 files, signature: OFFICIAL
17:54:11 LOG: Content/SeriousSam3/All_150406.gro: 627 files, signature: OFFICIAL
17:54:11 LOG: Content/SeriousSam3/All_170136.gro: 703 files, signature: OFFICIAL
17:54:11 LOG: Content/SeriousSam3/All_02.gro: 5133 files, signature: OFFICIAL
17:54:11 LOG: Content/SeriousSam3/CachedShaders_PC.gro: 4277 files, signature: OFFICIAL
17:54:11 LOG: Content/SeriousSam3/All_01.gro: 6414 files, signature: OFFICIAL
17:54:11 LOG: Content/SeriousSam3/All_147686.gro: 835 files, signature: OFFICIAL
17:54:11 LOG: Content/SeriousSam3/All_145562.gro: 2565 files, signature: OFFICIAL
17:54:11 LOG: Loading translation tables from Content/SeriousSam3/Locales/enu/.
17:54:11 LOG: Content/SeriousSam3/Locales/enu/translation.tbl
17:54:12 LOG: Content/SeriousSam3/Locales/enu/translation_All.tbl
17:54:12 LOG: Loaded "/home/xraynorm/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/Serious Sam 3/Bin/CodecAudio_Vorbis.so".
17:54:12 LOG: Module 'Bin/CodecAudio_Vorbis.module' loaded in '0.00' seconds.
17:54:12 LOG: Loaded "/home/xraynorm/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/Serious Sam 3/Bin/CodecVideo_Null.so".
17:54:12 LOG: Module 'Bin/CodecVideo_Null.module' loaded in '0.00' seconds.
17:54:12 LOG: Loaded "/home/xraynorm/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/Serious Sam 3/Bin/Input.so".
17:54:12 LOG: Module 'Bin/Input.module' loaded in '0.00' seconds.
17:54:12 LOG: Loaded "/home/xraynorm/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/Serious Sam 3/Bin/Game.so".
17:54:12 LOG: Module 'Bin/Game.module' loaded in '0.00' seconds.
17:54:12 LOG: Loaded "/home/xraynorm/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/Serious Sam 3/Bin/ProcRender.so".
17:54:12 LOG: Loaded "/home/xraynorm/.local/share/Steam/SteamApps/common/Serious Sam 3/Bin/Shaders.so".
17:54:12 LOG: Module 'Bin/Shaders.module' loaded in '0.01' seconds.
17:54:12 LOG: Module 'Bin/ProcRender.module' loaded in '0.02' seconds.
17:54:12 LOG: Module 'Bin/Shaders.module' loaded in '0.00' seconds.
17:54:12 LOG: Skipped assigning to prj_strMultiplayerSessionName because the saved version (0) is different than the current version (2).
17:54:12 LOG: Module 'Bin/SeriousSam3_Project.module' loaded in '1.25' seconds.
17:54:12 LOG: Processing file Content/SeriousSam3/Config/autoexec.cfg
17:54:12 LOG: cvarShowDiffs()
17:54:12 LOG: crm_iRenderDepthPrepass = 1 (2)
17:54:12 LOG: dcl_ctMaxNewTrianglesPerFrame = 1536 (2048)
17:54:12 LOG: dcl_ctMaxTrianglesPerGroup = 2048 (4096)
17:54:12 LOG: efx_fOcclusionBufferScale = 0.8 (0.5)
17:54:12 LOG: efx_iOcclusionQuality = 0 (1)
17:54:12 LOG: gam_bAllowArmorItems = 1 (-1)
17:54:12 LOG: gam_bAllowHealthItems = 1 (-1)
17:54:12 LOG: gam_bAllowJoinInProgress = 0 (-1)
17:54:12 LOG: gam_bAllowPowerupItems = 1 (-1)
17:54:12 LOG: gam_bAllowSeriousBombItems = 1 (-1)
17:54:12 LOG: gam_bAmmoStays = 1 (-1)
17:54:12 LOG: gam_bArmorStays = 1 (-1)
17:54:12 LOG: gam_bAutoCycleMaps = 0 (-1)
17:54:12 LOG: gam_bCustomizedDifficulty = 0 (-1)
17:54:12 LOG: gam_bExtraMPEnemies = 1 (-1)
17:54:12 LOG: gam_bFriendlyFire = 0 (-1)
17:54:12 LOG: gam_bHealthStays = 1 (-1)
17:54:12 LOG: gam_bInfiniteAmmo = 0 (-1)
17:54:12 LOG: gam_bPowerupsStay = 1 (-1)
17:54:12 LOG: gam_bRankedMatch = 0 (-1)
17:54:12 LOG: gam_bRespawnInPlace = 1 (-1)
17:54:12 LOG: gam_bWeaponsStay = 1 (-1)
17:54:12 LOG: gam_ctFragsLimit = 20 (-1)
17:54:12 LOG: gam_ctGoalsLimit = 10 (-1)
17:54:12 LOG: gam_ctMaxPlayers = 1 (-1)
17:54:12 LOG: gam_ctMinPlayers = 1 (-1)
17:54:12 LOG: gam_ctPrivateSlots = 0 (-1)
17:54:12 LOG: gam_ctRoundLimit = 10 (-1)
17:54:12 LOG: gam_ctTimeLimit = 10 (-1)
17:54:12 LOG: gam_gdDifficulty = 3 (0)
17:54:12 LOG: gam_iExtraEnemyDamagePerPlayer = 0 (-1)
17:54:12 LOG: gam_iExtraEnemyStrength = 0 (-1)
17:54:12 LOG: gam_iExtraEnemyStrengthPerPlayer = 0 (-1)
17:54:12 LOG: gam_iInvulnerableAfterSpawning = 0 (-1)
17:54:12 LOG: gfx_bLastGoodFullScreen = 1 (0)
17:54:12 LOG: gfx_iAntiAliasingSamples = 1 (4)
17:54:12 LOG: gfx_iFXAA = 2 (1)
17:54:12 LOG: gfx_pixLastGoodResHeight = 1080 (480)
17:54:12 LOG: gfx_pixLastGoodResWidth = 1920 (640)
17:54:12 LOG: gfx_pixLastGoodWinHeight = 1080 (480)
17:54:12 LOG: gfx_pixLastGoodWinWidth = 1920 (640)
17:54:12 LOG: gfx_pixResHeight = 1080 (0)
17:54:12 LOG: gfx_pixResWidth = 1920 (0)
17:54:12 LOG: gfx_pixWinHeight = 1080 (480)
17:54:12 LOG: gfx_pixWinWidth = 1920 (640)
17:54:12 LOG: men_bAllowGlowing = 0 (1)
17:54:12 LOG: prj_bSkippableIntroScene = 1 (0)
17:54:12 LOG: prj_ctMaxCorpsesCoop = 6 (8)
17:54:12 LOG: prj_ctMaxDebrisCoop = 40 (20)
17:54:12 LOG: prj_ctMaxMovingDebris = 40 (50)
17:54:12 LOG: prj_ctMaxMovingDebrisCoop = 15 (20)
17:54:12 LOG: prj_fDebrisScreenSizeRatioCullCoop = 0.02 (0.015)
17:54:12 LOG: prj_iCPUSpeed = 1 (2)
17:54:12 LOG: prj_iGPUMemory = 3 (2)
17:54:12 LOG: prj_strLastAutoDetectSetup = "gfx_iPixelProgramVersion=30,gfx_ctConcurrentGPUs=1,sys_iGPUVendorID=4318,sys_iCPUFamily=6,sys_iCPUMHz=1867,sys_iGPUDeviceID=3618,sys_strCPUVendor=GenuineIntel,gfx_ulVideoMemoryMB=767," ("")
17:54:12 LOG: ren_bMirrorFastLights = 0 (1)
17:54:12 LOG: ren_fMax3DRenderingMPix = 1.1 (0)
17:54:12 LOG: ren_iMirrorLevelBias = -1 (0)
17:54:12 LOG: sfx_iMaxActiveSounds = 20 (25)
17:54:12 LOG: sha_iMaxShockwaves = 10 (8)
17:54:12 LOG: sha_iParallaxMappingMethod = 1 (2)
17:54:12 LOG: shb_fNearShadowDistance = 3 (4)
17:54:12 LOG: shb_pixShadowDensity = 48 (16)
17:54:12 LOG: snd_fVoiceCommVolume = 0.7 (1)
17:54:12 LOG: tex_pixMaxSize = 4096 (2048)
17:54:12 LOG: Processing file Content/SeriousSam3/Config/AutoDetect.lua
17:54:12 INF: AutoDetect: Hardware values unchanged, nothing to do.
17:54:15 LOG: Steam workshop sync operation finished in 2.45 seconds.
17:54:47 LOG: Started loading world "Content/SeriousSam3/Levels/Menu/Intro.wld"
17:54:47 LOG: Finished loading world. (process memory: 456 MB)
17:54:47 LOG: Timestamp: 2012/12/11 17:54:47
17:54:47 INF: Started simulation on 'Content/SeriousSam3/Levels/Menu/Intro.wld' in 0.56 seconds.
17:54:47 TRC: 2 sound channels reinitialized.
17:54:52 LOG: Started loading world "Content/SeriousSam3/Levels/Menu/MenuLevel.wld"
17:54:52 LOG: Finished loading world. (process memory: 456 MB)
17:54:52 LOG: Timestamp: 2012/12/11 17:54:52
17:54:52 INF: Started simulation on 'Content/SeriousSam3/Levels/Menu/MenuLevel.wld' in 0.04 seconds.
17:55:00 LOG: Timestamp: 2012/12/11 17:55:00
17:55:00 LOG: Loading '$/home/xraynorm/.local/share/Steam/userdata/19638741/41070/local/SeriousSam3/SavedGames/0000000007_QuickSave.sav'.
17:55:01 LOG: resFreeUnusedProxies() released '50' and reverted 0 proxy objects in 0.00 seconds.
17:55:01 LOG: resFreeUnusedStock() released 1290 files in 0.08 seconds.
17:55:01 LOG: Started loading world "$/home/xraynorm/.local/share/Steam/userdata/19638741/41070/local/SeriousSam3/SavedGames/0000000007_QuickSave.sav"
17:55:46 LOG: Finished loading world. (process memory: 456 MB)
17:55:50 LOG: resFreeUnusedProxies() released '24' and reverted 0 proxy objects in 0.00 seconds.
17:55:50 LOG: resFreeUnusedStock() released 55 files in 0.02 seconds.
17:55:50 TRC: 39 sound channels reinitialized.
17:56:09 WRN: Failed to capture mouse
17:56:17 INF: Fullscreen on primary display
17:56:21 LOG: Timestamp: 2012/12/11 17:56:21
17:56:21 LOG: Stopping simulation.
17:56:21 LOG: Timestamp: 2012/12/11 17:56:21
17:56:21 LOG: Stopping world 'Content/SeriousSam3/Levels/01_BFE/01_CairoSquare/01_CairoSquare.wld'.
17:56:21 LOG: Player profile saved with size 2.79kB(96.00kB) at 2012/12/11 17:56:21.
17:56:21 LOG: resFreeUnusedProxies() released '2' and reverted 0 proxy objects in 0.00 seconds.
17:56:21 LOG: World deleted in 0.18(0.17)sec.
17:56:21 LOG: resFreeUnusedProxies() released '0' and reverted 0 proxy objects in 0.00 seconds.
17:56:21 LOG: resFreeUnusedStock() released 3032 files in 0.25 seconds.
17:56:21 LOG: World stopped in 0.43sec.
17:56:21 LOG: resFreeUnusedProxies() released '10' and reverted 0 proxy objects in 0.00 seconds.
17:56:21 LOG: resFreeUnusedStock() released 1 files in 0.01 seconds.
17:56:25 LOG: resFreeUnusedProxies() released '1' and reverted 0 proxy objects in 0.00 seconds.
17:56:25 LOG: resFreeUnusedStock() released 1 files in 0.01 seconds.
17:56:25 LOG: Saving cvars to "$/home/xraynorm/.local/share/Steam/userdata/19638741/41070/local/SeriousSam3.ini".
17:56:25 LOG: Timestamp: 2012/12/11 17:56:25
17:56:25 LOG: Core is shutting down
used the tail -f command.
This is when the game starts slow :-
17:55:50 TRC: 39 sound channels reinitialized.
Alt and Tab + reselect ss3
17:56:09 WRN: Failed to capture mouse
17:56:17 INF: Fullscreen on primary display
17:56:21 LOG: Timestamp: 2012/12/11 17:56:21
Now ok
Sound also stutters in when SS3 runs slow.