LoneSyndal, on December 26 2012 - 12:37 AM, said:
 techno_destructo, on December 25 2012 - 05:50 PM, said:
You silly laptop gamers. Your AC connected power settings should be 100% min 100% max for optimum performance. It doesn't mean that you will burn out your proc. Just remember to set your system cooling policy to Active. The power options are there to throttle your laptop to prolong battery life. You can set battery to whatever you want. Look at the high performance power plan, it's 100 min 100 max.
Even if you do trip heat limiter your BIOS will shutdown before any damage is done. Don't set your laptop on the carpet or any material that hinders the cooling system.
I beg to differ. If I were to run my laptop at 100% at minimum, I lose out on the 8 logic cores that my CPU sports.
 
So first of all no, I have a laptop with an i7 and setting minimum to 100% will not turn off hyperthreading.  Turbo boost turns off hyperthreading so that it can run your laptop(or any other turbo boost capable processor) at over 100% (overclocks it) for single threaded application.  Also for the desktops, unless you are worried about power bills just keep the minimum at 100% it's not going to damage it or make it not last as long.  People have their processors overclocked by large amounts for years.
Well that is my 2 cents for the previous posts but now to get back on topic.  I have horrible FPS(mid 20's) in extreme situations only.  I have low GPU usage, high CPU usage. I haven't messed around with the settings much but I'm hoping to find a solution to get at least 30 FPS min.
Specs:
i5 3570K @ 4.2 GHz
8 GB of Ram @ 1866 MHZ
The game is on a Vertex 3 SSD
2 EVGA 660 SC in SLI
Monitor is 1080p
My network speed is 70 Mb/s down and 50 Mb/s up
....The rest does not matter
I have the game maxed out completely and I am always at 60 FPS(doesn't go higher because I V-Sync on) but once I get in close proximity with other people GPU usage drops and CPU usage is high.  So I think it's CPU bottleneck but if my processor struggling even with the OC do they expect us to spend $500+ for ridiculous processors to play at ok FPS.  I understand it's in beta but they should optimize what ever is causing the lag since I can't even play with the way it is.