Alright so I figured it might have something to do with audio drivers since dialogue really messes up my framerate. I updated my audio drivers thinking it might help - I was wrong.

So that means that even the latest drivers for my audio / video cards don't help.

I'm running a MacBook Pro i7 @ 2.66, 4GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M with 512MB... if that helps.

Ok, updated my driver and it helped a LOT. Now im able to play. Get the random NPC choppyness like everyone else still though. Using 9800m gts which others have mentioned having

I can only add this, Obsidian at it again.

Was the same with Kotor 2, NWN 2 and Alpha Protocol.

Was hoping that this one was any different but apparently it isn't.

Known for bugs and unfinished games, nothing changes.

Glad I won the CE through Best Buy or I would have cancelled my pre-order anyway until things got fixed if they ever get fixed cause Alpha Protocol is still a mess to me.
Kotor 2 got fixed by the modding community let's hope they can do the same for F:NV.

A shame, a real shame, but not uninspected.

After i fixed the FPS issue by disabling water multisynching and updating my drivers, game seems fine so far

Just applied the fix in your link to FNV. To me, there was a noticeable difference in how smooth it got after applying it. So, thanks!

Just for the record.

Not noticing these issues yet with my GTX285 and 197.45 drivers with win 7 64bit and core 2 duo.

graphics seem fine here.

did you do the ifps clamp or the fps limiter? at least it helped you!

Running into similar problems as the rest of you. Whenever I get near a bunch of NPC's, my frame-rate drops to under 20 (running at 60+ the rest of the time). In particular, when I get in the casino in Primm that has 10 or so NPCs inside. Very laggy, but only when I'm "looking" at them. Never had this problem with Fallout 3.

Specs for what it's worth: GTX 260 w/ latest drivers (as of yesterday), AMD 550BE OC'd @ 3.5Ghz, 6GB DDR3

Not to be negative or anything here, but this is the exact reason, why I quit PC gaming. I just hated updating and the frustrationg of tweaking or doing this and doing that to play a game. I do not find having the ability to play mods worth this hassel.

I am glad to hear that there is a small fix for this that is good. Great forum here with great advice. Keep up the good work guys in helping each other out.

Running Win 7 x64

Video Card: GTX260M, I am having the same problem. FPS drops to 15 or less when I engage dialog with someone. As well I notice the frame rate is all over the place however I can deal with FPS issues bouncing around but not going from 50 FPS to 15 every time I speak with a character in game. We will need a patch ASAP. I tried installing new drivers, installing older drivers. Re-imaged my machine with a recovery disk, reinstalling everything (including the video drivers) still the same problem in the game. I updated the video drivers once again, same problem.

Patch please Bethesda.

DXDIAG info..

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System Information
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Time of this report: 10/19/2010, 13:38:31
Machine name:
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
System Model: G60VX
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: Intel® Core™2 Duo CPU P8700 @ 2.53GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.5GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 4096MB RAM
Page File: 1624MB used, 6564MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 120 DPI (125 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
Sound Tab 3: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.

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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)

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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce GTX 260M
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0618&SUBSYS_1A521043&REV_A2
Display Memory: 2797 MB
Dedicated Memory: 1005 MB
Shared Memory: 1791 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: unknown
Monitor Id: AUO15ED
Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(p) (60.008Hz)
Output Type: Internal
Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
Driver File Version: 8.17.0012.5896 (English)
Driver Version: 8.17.12.5896
DDI Version: 10
Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 7/9/2010 18:38:00, 12471400 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-4558-11CF-FB64-5E3A1CC2C535}
Vendor ID: 0x10DE
Device ID: 0x0618
SubSys ID: 0x1A521043
Revision ID: 0x00A2
Driver Strong Name: oem13.inf:NVIDIA_SetA_Devices.NTamd64.6.1:Section022:8.17.12.5896:pci\ven_10de&dev_0618&subsys_1a521043
Rank Of Driver: 00E60001
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C ModeVC1_C ModeWMV9_C
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D3D9 Overlay: Supported
DXVA-HD: Supported
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled

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Sound Devices
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Description: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0663&SUBSYS_104319A3&REV_1000
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 65535
Type: WDM
Driver Name: HdAudio.sys
Driver Version: 6.01.7600.16385 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
Date and Size: 7/13/2009 20:07:00, 350208 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Microsoft
HW Accel Level: Basic
Cap Flags: 0xF1F
Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX™ 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2™ Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura™ ZoomFX™: No

Description: Digital Audio (HDMI) (High Definition Audio Device)
Default Sound Playback: No
Default Voice Playback: No
Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0663&SUBSYS_104319A3&REV_1000
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 65535
Type: WDM
Driver Name: HdAudio.sys
Driver Version: 6.01.7600.16385 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
Date and Size: 7/13/2009 20:07:00, 350208 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Microsoft
HW Accel Level: Basic
Cap Flags: 0xF1F
Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX™ 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2™ Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura™ ZoomFX™: No

Description: Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (High Definition Audio Device)
Default Sound Playback: No
Default Voice Playback: No
Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0663&SUBSYS_104319A3&REV_1000
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 65535
Type: WDM
Driver Name: HdAudio.sys
Driver Version: 6.01.7600.16385 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
Date and Size: 7/13/2009 20:07:00, 350208 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Microsoft
HW Accel Level: Basic
Cap Flags: 0xF1F
Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX™ 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2™ Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura™ ZoomFX™: No

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Sound Capture Devices
---------------------
Description: Microphone (High Definition Audio Device)
Default Sound Capture: Yes
Default Voice Capture: Yes
Driver Name: HdAudio.sys
Driver Version: 6.01.7600.16385 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Date and Size: 7/13/2009 20:07:00, 350208 bytes
Cap Flags: 0x1
Format Flags: 0xFFFFF

Description: Microphone (High Definition Audio Device)
Default Sound Capture: No
Default Voice Capture: No
Driver Name: HdAudio.sys
Driver Version: 6.01.7600.16385 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Date and Size: 7/13/2009 20:07:00, 350208 bytes
Cap Flags: 0x1
Format Flags: 0xFFFFF

Description: Line In (High Definition Audio Device)
Default Sound Capture: No
Default Voice Capture: No
Driver Name: HdAudio.sys
Driver Version: 6.01.7600.16385 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Date and Size: 7/13/2009 20:07:00, 350208 bytes
Cap Flags: 0x1
Format Flags: 0xFFFFF

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DirectInput Devices
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Device Name: Mouse
Attached: 1
Controller ID: n/a
Vendor/Product ID: n/a
FF Driver: n/a

Device Name: Keyboard
Attached: 1
Controller ID: n/a
Vendor/Product ID: n/a
FF Driver: n/a

Device Name: XBOX 360 For Windows (Controller)
Attached: 1
Controller ID: 0x0
Vendor/Product ID: 0x045E, 0x028E
FF Driver: n/a

Poll w/ Interrupt: No

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USB Devices
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+ USB Root Hub
| Vendor/Product ID: 0x8086, 0x2939
| Matching Device ID: usb\root_hub
| Service: usbhub

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Gameport Devices
----------------

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PS/2 Devices
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+ Keyboard Device Filter
| Matching Device ID: *pnp0303
| Upper Filters: kbfiltr
| Service: i8042prt
|
+ Terminal Server Keyboard Driver
| Matching Device ID: root\rdp_kbd
| Upper Filters: kbdclass
| Service: TermDD
|
+ Synaptics PS/2 Port TouchPad
| Matching Device ID: *syn0a06
| Upper Filters: SynTP
| Service: i8042prt
|
+ Terminal Server Mouse Driver
| Matching Device ID: root\rdp_mou
| Upper Filters: mouclass
| Service: TermDD

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Disk & DVD/CD-ROM Drives
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Drive: C:
Free Space: 36.7 GB
Total Space: 76.3 GB
File System: NTFS
Model: ST9320423AS

Drive: D:
Free Space: 110.7 GB
Total Space: 213.9 GB
File System: NTFS
Model: ST9320423AS

Drive: F:
Model: MNK 4LEJ4DIJOH6R SCSI CdRom Device
Driver: c:\windows\system32\drivers\cdrom.sys, 6.01.7600.16385 (English), , 0 bytes

Drive: E:
Model: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GT30N
Driver: c:\windows\system32\drivers\cdrom.sys, 6.01.7600.16385 (English), , 0 bytes

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System Devices
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Name: Intel® ICH9 Family PCI Express Root Port 6 - 294A
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_294A&SUBSYS_19A71043&REV_03\3&11583659&0&E5
Driver: n/a

Name: Intel® ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2938
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2938&SUBSYS_19A71043&REV_03\3&11583659&0&D1
Driver: n/a

Name: Intel® WiFi Link 1000 BGN
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_0083&SUBSYS_12058086&REV_00\001E64FFFF6D76C000
Driver: n/a

Name: Intel® ICH9 Family PCI Express Root Port 3 - 2944
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2944&SUBSYS_19A71043&REV_03\3&11583659&0&E2
Driver: n/a

Name: Intel® ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2937
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2937&SUBSYS_19A71043&REV_03\3&11583659&0&D0
Driver: n/a

Name: Base System Device
Device ID: PCI\VEN_1180&DEV_0852&SUBSYS_19A71043&REV_12\4&3574AEE4&0&0CF0
Driver: n/a

Name: Intel® ICH9 Family PCI Express Root Port 2 - 2942
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2942&SUBSYS_19A71043&REV_03\3&11583659&0&E1
Driver: n/a

Name: Intel® ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2936
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2936&SUBSYS_19A71043&REV_03\3&11583659&0&EA
Driver: n/a

Name: Base System Device
Device ID: PCI\VEN_1180&DEV_0843&SUBSYS_19A71043&REV_12\4&3574AEE4&0&0AF0
Driver: n/a

Name: Intel® ICH9 Family PCI Express Root Port 1 - 2940
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2940&SUBSYS_19A71043&REV_03\3&11583659&0&E0
Driver: n/a

Name: Intel® ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2935
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2935&SUBSYS_19A71043&REV_03\3&11583659&0&E9
Driver: n/a

Name: Ricoh 1394 OHCI Compliant Host Controller
Device ID: PCI\VEN_1180&DEV_0832&SUBSYS_19A71043&REV_05\4&3574AEE4&0&08F0
Driver: n/a

Name: High Definition Audio Controller
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_293E&SUBSYS_19A31043&REV_03\3&11583659&0&D8
Driver: n/a

Name: Intel® ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2934
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2934&SUBSYS_19A71043&REV_03\3&11583659&0&E8
Driver: n/a

Name: SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller
Device ID: PCI\VEN_1180&DEV_0822&SUBSYS_19A71043&REV_22\4&3574AEE4&0&09F0
Driver: n/a

Name: Intel® ICH9 Family USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 293C
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_293C&SUBSYS_19A71043&REV_03\3&11583659&0&D7
Driver: n/a

Name: Intel® ICH9M-E/M SATA AHCI Controller
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2929&SUBSYS_19A71043&REV_03\3&11583659&0&FA
Driver: n/a

Name: Base System Device
Device ID: PCI\VEN_1180&DEV_0592&SUBSYS_19A71043&REV_12\4&3574AEE4&0&0BF0
Driver: n/a

Name: Mobile Intel® 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port - 2A41
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2A41&SUBSYS_19A71043&REV_07\3&11583659&0&08
Driver: n/a

Name: Intel® ICH9 Family USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 293A
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_293A&SUBSYS_19A71043&REV_03\3&11583659&0&EF
Driver: n/a

Name: Intel® ICH9M-E LPC Interface Controller - 2917
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2917&SUBSYS_19A71043&REV_03\3&11583659&0&F8
Driver: n/a

Name: Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Device ID: PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_8168&SUBSYS_16D51043&REV_02\00000000FFFFFFFF00
Driver: n/a

Name: Mobile Intel® 4 Series Chipset Processor to DRAM Controller - 2A40
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2A40&SUBSYS_19A71043&REV_07\3&11583659&0&00
Driver: n/a

Name: Intel® ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2939
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2939&SUBSYS_19A71043&REV_03\3&11583659&0&D2
Driver: n/a

Name: Intel® 82801 PCI Bridge - 2448
Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2448&SUBSYS_19A71043&REV_93\3&11583659&0&F0
Driver: n/a

Name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
Device ID: PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0618&SUBSYS_1A521043&REV_A2\4&39818A5E&0&0008
Driver: n/a

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DirectShow Filters
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DirectShow Filters:
WMAudio Decoder DMO,0x00800800,1,1,WMADMOD.DLL,6.01.7600.16385
WMAPro over S/PDIF DMO,0x00600800,1,1,WMADMOD.DLL,6.01.7600.16385
WMSpeech Decoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,WMSPDMOD.DLL,6.01.7600.16385
MP3 Decoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,mp3dmod.dll,6.01.7600.16385
Mpeg4s Decoder DMO,0x00800001,1,1,mp4sdecd.dll,6.01.7600.16385
WMV Screen decoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,wmvsdecd.dll,6.01.7600.16385
WMVideo Decoder DMO,0x00800001,1,1,wmvdecod.dll,6.01.7600.16385
Mpeg43 Decoder DMO,0x00800001,1,1,mp43decd.dll,6.01.7600.16385
MS ATC Screen Decoder 1,0x00600800,1,1,scdec.dll,8.00.6362.0187
Mpeg4 Decoder DMO,0x00800001,1,1,mpg4decd.dll,6.01.7600.16385
DV Muxer,0x00400000,0,0,qdv.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Color Space Converter,0x00400001,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
WM ASF Reader,0x00400000,0,0,qasf.dll,12.00.7600.16385
Screen Capture filter,0x00200000,0,1,wmpsrcwp.dll,12.00.7600.16385
AVI Splitter,0x00600000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
VGA 16 Color Ditherer,0x00400000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
SBE2MediaTypeProfile,0x00200000,0,0,sbe.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder,0x005fffff,2,4,msmpeg2vdec.dll,6.01.7140.0000
AC3 Parser Filter,0x00600000,1,1,mpg2splt.ax,6.06.7600.16385
StreamBufferSink,0x00200000,0,0,sbe.dll,6.06.7600.16385
MJPEG Decompressor,0x00600000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
MPEG-I Stream Splitter,0x00600000,1,2,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
SAMI (CC) Parser,0x00400000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
VBI Codec,0x00600000,1,4,VBICodec.ax,6.06.7600.16385
MPEG-2 Splitter,0x005fffff,1,0,mpg2splt.ax,6.06.7600.16385
Closed Captions anolysis Filter,0x00200000,2,5,cca.dll,6.06.7600.16385
SBE2FileScan,0x00200000,0,0,sbe.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Microsoft MPEG-2 Video Encoder,0x00200000,1,1,msmpeg2enc.dll,6.01.7600.16385
Internal Script Command Renderer,0x00800001,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
MPEG Audio Decoder,0x03680001,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
DV Splitter,0x00600000,1,2,qdv.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Video Mixing Renderer 9,0x00200000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Microsoft MPEG-2 Encoder,0x00200000,2,1,msmpeg2enc.dll,6.01.7600.16385
ACM Wrapper,0x00600000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Video Renderer,0x00800001,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
MPEG-2 Video Stream anolyzer,0x00200000,0,0,sbe.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Line 21 Decoder,0x00600000,1,1,qdvd.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Video Port Manager,0x00600000,2,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Video Renderer,0x00400000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
VPS Decoder,0x00200000,0,0,WSTPager.ax,6.06.7600.16385
WM ASF Writer,0x00400000,0,0,qasf.dll,12.00.7600.16385
VBI Surface Allocator,0x00600000,1,1,vbisurf.ax,6.01.7600.16385
File writer,0x00200000,1,0,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385
iTV Data Sink,0x00600000,1,0,itvdata.dll,6.06.7600.16385
iTV Data Capture filter,0x00600000,1,1,itvdata.dll,6.06.7600.16385
DVD Navigator,0x00200000,0,3,qdvd.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Overlay Mixer2,0x00200000,1,1,qdvd.dll,6.06.7600.16385
AVI Draw,0x00600064,9,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
RDP DShow Redirection Filter,0xffffffff,1,0,DShowRdpFilter.dll,
Microsoft MPEG-2 Audio Encoder,0x00200000,1,1,msmpeg2enc.dll,6.01.7600.16385
WST Pager,0x00200000,1,1,WSTPager.ax,6.06.7600.16385
MPEG-2 Demultiplexer,0x00600000,1,1,mpg2splt.ax,6.06.7600.16385
DV Video Decoder,0x00800000,1,1,qdv.dll,6.06.7600.16385
SampleGrabber,0x00200000,1,1,qedit.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Null Renderer,0x00200000,1,0,qedit.dll,6.06.7600.16385
MPEG-2 Sections and Tables,0x005fffff,1,0,Mpeg2Data.ax,6.06.7600.16385
Microsoft AC3 Encoder,0x00200000,1,1,msac3enc.dll,6.01.7600.16385
StreamBufferSource,0x00200000,0,0,sbe.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Smart Tee,0x00200000,1,2,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Overlay Mixer,0x00200000,0,0,qdvd.dll,6.06.7600.16385
AVI Decompressor,0x00600000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
AVI/WAV File Source,0x00400000,0,2,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Wave Parser,0x00400000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
MIDI Parser,0x00400000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Multi-file Parser,0x00400000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
File stream renderer,0x00400000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Microsoft DTV-DVD Audio Decoder,0x005fffff,1,1,msmpeg2adec.dll,6.01.7140.0000
StreamBufferSink2,0x00200000,0,0,sbe.dll,6.06.7600.16385
AVI Mux,0x00200000,1,0,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Line 21 Decoder 2,0x00600002,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
File Source (Async.),0x00400000,0,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
File Source (URL),0x00400000,0,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Infinite Pin Tee Filter,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Enhanced Video Renderer,0x00200000,1,0,evr.dll,6.01.7600.16385
BDA MPEG2 Transport Information Filter,0x00200000,2,0,psisrndr.ax,6.06.7600.16385
MPEG Video Decoder,0x40000001,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
IL FL Studio DXi,0x00200000,1,1,FLSTUD~2.DLL,1.00.0013.0000
IL Multi FL Studio DXi,0x00200000,1,1,FLSTUD~1.DLL,1.00.0013.0000

WDM Streaming Tee/Splitter Devices:
Tee/Sink-to-Sink Converter,0x00200000,1,1,ksproxy.ax,6.01.7600.16385

Video Compressors:
WMVideo8 Encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,wmvxencd.dll,6.01.7600.16385
WMVideo9 Encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,wmvencod.dll,6.01.7600.16385
MSScreen 9 encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,wmvsencd.dll,6.01.7600.16385
DV Video Encoder,0x00200000,0,0,qdv.dll,6.06.7600.16385
MJPEG Compressor,0x00200000,0,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Cinepak Codec by Radius,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Fraps Video Decompressor,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Intel IYUV codec,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Intel IYUV codec,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Microsoft RLE,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Microsoft Video 1,0x00200000,1,1,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385

Audio Compressors:
WM Speech Encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,WMSPDMOE.DLL,6.01.7600.16385
WMAudio Encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,WMADMOE.DLL,6.01.7600.16385
IMA ADPCM,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
PCM,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Ogg Vorbis (mode1),0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Ogg Vorbis (mode2),0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Ogg Vorbis (mode3),0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Ogg Vorbis (mode1+),0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Ogg Vorbis (mode2+),0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Ogg Vorbis (mode3+),0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Microsoft ADPCM,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
GSM 6.10,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
CCITT A-Law,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
CCITT u-Law,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
MPEG Layer-3,0x00200000,1,1,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385

Audio Capture Sources:
Microphone (High Definition Aud,0x00200000,0,0,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Line In (High Definition Audio ,0x00200000,0,0,qcap.dll,6.06.7600.16385

PBDA CP Filters:
PBDA DTFilter,0x00600000,1,1,CPFilters.dll,6.06.7600.16385
PBDA ETFilter,0x00200000,0,0,CPFilters.dll,6.06.7600.16385
PBDA PTFilter,0x00200000,0,0,CPFilters.dll,6.06.7600.16385

Midi Renderers:
Default MidiOut Device,0x00800000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth,0x00200000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385

WDM Streaming Capture Devices:
HD Audio Mixed capture,0x00200000,1,1,ksproxy.ax,6.01.7600.16385
USB2.0 2.0M UVC WebCam,0x00200000,1,1,ksproxy.ax,6.01.7600.16385

WDM Streaming Rendering Devices:
HD Audio HDMI out,0x00200000,1,1,ksproxy.ax,6.01.7600.16385
HD Audio Headphone/Speakers,0x00200000,1,1,ksproxy.ax,6.01.7600.16385
HD Audio SPDIF out,0x00200000,1,1,ksproxy.ax,6.01.7600.16385

BDA Network Providers:
Microsoft ATSC Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSDvbNP.ax,6.06.7600.16385
Microsoft DVBC Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSDvbNP.ax,6.06.7600.16385
Microsoft DVBS Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSDvbNP.ax,6.06.7600.16385
Microsoft DVBT Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSDvbNP.ax,6.06.7600.16385
Microsoft Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSNP.ax,6.06.7600.16385

Video Capture Sources:
USB2.0 2.0M UVC WebCam,0x00200000,1,1,ksproxy.ax,6.01.7600.16385

Multi-Instance Capable VBI Codecs:
VBI Codec,0x00600000,1,4,VBICodec.ax,6.06.7600.16385

BDA Transport Information Renderers:
BDA MPEG2 Transport Information Filter,0x00600000,2,0,psisrndr.ax,6.06.7600.16385
MPEG-2 Sections and Tables,0x00600000,1,0,Mpeg2Data.ax,6.06.7600.16385

BDA CP/CA Filters:
Decrypt/Tag,0x00600000,1,1,EncDec.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Encrypt/Tag,0x00200000,0,0,EncDec.dll,6.06.7600.16385
PTFilter,0x00200000,0,0,EncDec.dll,6.06.7600.16385
XDS Codec,0x00200000,0,0,EncDec.dll,6.06.7600.16385

WDM Streaming Communication Transforms:
Tee/Sink-to-Sink Converter,0x00200000,1,1,ksproxy.ax,6.01.7600.16385

Audio Renderers:
Speakers (High Definition Audio,0x00200000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Default DirectSound Device,0x00800000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Default WaveOut Device,0x00200000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Digital Audio (HDMI) (High Defi,0x00200000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (High De,0x00200000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
DirectSound: Digital Audio (HDMI) (High Definition Audio Device),0x00200000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
DirectSound: Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (High Definition Audio Device),0x00200000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385
DirectSound: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device),0x00200000,1,0,quartz.dll,6.06.7600.16385

---------------
EVR Power Information
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Current Setting: {5C67A112-A4C9-483F-B4A7-1D473BECAFDC} (Quality)
Quality Flags: 2576
Enabled:
Force throttling
Allow half deinterlace
Allow scaling
Decode Power Usage: 100
Balanced Flags: 1424
Enabled:
Force throttling
Allow batching
Force half deinterlace
Force scaling
Decode Power Usage: 50
PowerFlags: 1424
Enabled:
Force throttling
Allow batching
Force half deinterlace
Force scaling
Decode Power Usage: 0

Controversially, that's one of the reasons I keep coming back to the PC. While PC games do have more bugs overall, it's much harder to get said bugs patched on a console. And if/when the Devs drop the ball, you can always look to the modding community for a fix (or do it yourself). You don't have that option with Consoles.

But I do see your point. Some days it's just not worth it.

well guess we have to wait till they patch it i just wont play till then...just did a quest in goodsprings were alot of npcs were on screen at once... could hardly move was not fun at all buyers remorse kicking in :l

Given that the framedrops appear to be happening nearer the NPC's, I would guess that its something to do with audio, as someone previously suggested rather than the graphics card or processor causing that issue.

I think someone mentioned setting their sound ouput to stereo in AC3filter fixed this, but cant remember where I read that.

Check out this maybe?

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=17825310&postcount=4

Regarding NPC speech as the problem--think it's possible to disable in-game audio to test it's effect on frame-rate? Doesn't seem to be anything relevant in the ini files...

k so i updated my auido drivers and the npc lag went away aparently... not 100% ill play alittle more to make sure..

Oddly enough i havn't had any issues with NPCs' dialouge. My framerate gets choppy when i get into combat with humans (not creatures.) And i'm talking as choppy as some of you have been getting with the dialouge sequences.

The game auto-configured me to Ultra-High.

Ive noticed its when both human and non-human npc's get close and are making noise that it becomes laggy or when looking at areas with npc's

@ the folks who have the game (I'd try it out if I wasn't living in EU):

What sample quality is your audio setting at? I recall several games (last of them being arcania) where it was a key difference in performance whether your audio playback device sample quality was at 24bit, 48000Hz or something else.. (Audio, playback device properties, advanced tab).

Can any of you with the stutter issues try to change that setting & see if it helps things or not?

I messed around with it... nothing happened...

What if this all has to do with threaded AI?

Dunno, if anyone has tried yet, I'm still waiting to get my copy today at noon, but its possible that like in the Fallout 3 ini file, there is a command called UseThreadedAI. Default in fallout 3 was 0. Changing this to 1 allows for multi-core/thread usage of the AI for NPCs I believe. Is it possible this may be the issue yet again? I can verify this more after I get home and have a chance to look at the New Vegas INI file vs Fallout.

I reverted to the 197 drivers and the framerate drops stopped for zoomed in conversations. I still get terrible framerates from NPC's in general tho.

let me know how this goes... i know fallout 3 didnt have this problem... fallout 3 had a problem with the quadcore processors...

EDIT* I set that to 1 for the UseThreadedAI=1 and it didnt change the laggy NPC/FPS issue

Tired it already, it doesn't work, no apparent difference. Most likely we will have to wait for a patch.

This svcks soooo much, its virtual unplayable! I get about 60fps when NPS arnt around on MAX, but when they are it drops to like 8 to 10 fps WTF!