Oddly enough I was playing last night and found it as smooth as glass. I very rarely suffer from low frame rate or lag. I also this week opened up the PS3, cleaned it and replaced the thermal paste on the CPU and GPU.

Unsurprisingly, given the mass produced nature of these things, the paste on the cell CPU had cracks, gaps and dried out to dust in places. The GPU was even worse with two thirds of the chip not even having paste on it. So with the TIM replaced the console is now whisper quiet as the fan isn't having to compensate for the poor contact with the heat sinks. Graphic performance in particular seems much more assured.

I would also state for full disclose that I've got an SSD in the PS3 so texture loading is much, much quicker. My internet is 150mb down and 15mb up and my entire AV system lives in a custom built unit with a fan blowing cold air in via an air brick.

I take my AV seriously.

Framerate is regularly too low to aim effectively and frequently dips to the point that I can't determine what is going on.

It's that bad for me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM2IIMq0lwQ

Sounds like a lot of bullshit to me. As I've stated in my other threads, this has been a issue ever since Beta. This is my newest PS3, that I got back in June.

No other game causes this extreme Frame rate drop. I will not give CCP ANY excuses as this isn't a new issue.
People should stop damage controlling for CCP.

Is the framerate for this game 'good' or even decent? No

I've heard that there are many different variants of PS3 as Sony often swap and change component suppliers to minimise costs. That might be a contributory factor as well. When I get the chance I might borrow a couple of friends PS3 and spend a day comparing their Dust performance in my set up compared to theirs and compare my PS3 on their set up. Has anyone done anything similar to that themselves in the last?

My mothers Yorkshire Pudding batter is a likely better to use than the Sony gunk I scrapped out of my PS3.

When I got my ps3, I had it cleaned, re-pasted and ventilation holes added (and an extra fan). I get bad frame rate, and always have. The new maps and sockets are really bad - I have to stand still for 10 seconds sometimes before the wall no longer looks like it was built in mine craft. I didn't realise there was a door in one wall the first 3 times I played on one map!

About a week ago, I was swarming a tank with a squad mate, and we both saw it dissappear and then pop up at the other side of the map a second later.

Guess what you guys had me doing yesterday? Been little over 2 yrs since I bought ps3 and never took it apart. Nothing more than blast air through. Noticed my fan is running more lately and figured I'd take more advice found around here. Heatsinks looked like they were covered with felt. Paste wasn't dry but looked like sony could have been a little more generous with it.

Either way, cleaned everything. Repaste. Added some extra ventilation. All I can say is thanks for the tip guys! I either forgot to plug the fan back in or it really enjoys being clean. Fan never kicked into high and ran cool all eve.