i don't really know what you're referring to when you say "open layouts" i think i do, but at the same time, no. it's not that big of a deal, but its strange because i dont really know whats causing it. i tried switching the sky color to 16 bit and my fps went up to 13. so that didn't fix it. it's just kinda mind boggling

ah. typical. i might roll them back just for the hell of it. thanks for the help.

EDIT: rolled back the drivers, didn't fix it, trying to find out what i changed..

Last edited by tyler88, Mon, 26 Sep 2011 06:51.

alright, so i looked at the old threads, but with all them being at least 3 years old, it cant really answer my question. I've recorded about 8-13 videos in live for speed, both on xfire and fraps. i have gotten the full 30 on xfire since that is its max, and record with 50 fps on fraps. all of a sudden, i tried recording tonight, i was getting 11 fps. it doesnt make a whole lot of sense to me because i can run this completely maxed, and have proven in while recording it as well. the only thing that i know has changed since then, is i updated my drivers on my gfx card. which could be the reason possibly. my specs are

Intel core i7 960 3.2ghz
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600mhz 6 gb
Nvidia GTX 470 1.2 gb
WD 1 tb 7200rpm