Forcing it through drivers in MGS V had like a 10% performance impact, so not really that much.
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Fallout 4 PC Performance Thread
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Forcing it through drivers in MGS V had like a 10% performance impact, so not really that much.
What are your other specs?
IdTech 5 and megatextures are something else entirely, but I agree the game doesn't perform proportional to its graphics. Kinda disappointed with its performance with a 970 @ 3440x1440.
Putting godrays to low and shadow quality to medium rest high/ultra gave me a good performance boost.
Good news, I will give it a whirl later.
It definitely runs, just like MGSV:TPP (even though Konami it said it needed a minimum of 2GB too)
I'm new be nice
Member
I'm a little drunk
I'll admit, its been a long work week. I was looking forward to coming home to a little Fallout. I've been spoiled by the general state of the PC industry. It has been awhile since i've run into gamestopping bugs. I literally can't move out of the vault.I know, I know, i'm running specialized hardware. It's what I deserve. I avoid AMD CPUs, SLI setups, PhysX cards, all that complexity crap, and just try to run the standard, except I have a soft spot for 120hz... and this time it bit me in the ass, and now I can't move out of the vault without running some framerate limiting setting or software, and i'm sure it'll be super easy but i'm buzzed and can't be bothered at the moment.
I know. I'm being a bitch about it all. It's just, it's been almost a decade since i've run into this kind of thing, at least since Skyrim when my items starting flying across the map randomly, and... lets just say i'm glad this is the only developer I have to encounter this stuff with.
That I still have to fiddle with inis to change something simple like the FOV (when you can change two separate colours of the UI, something Elite Dangerous wont even let you do) and still run into gamestopping framerate issues... I don't know...
I've loved these games since Morrowind when I started there, but it's kind of crazy to me that this stuff is still going on.
I'll sober up and get over it
Anyone?
You probably have a decent chance. I just got to
Lexington
I have a GTX 770 2GB and i5-3570k at 4.2 GHz, screen resolution 1920x1080, and most everywhere has been 60 before that area using autodetected settings (high with ultra textures?). Even that area is mostly fine. The places that are frustrating are indoors where movement is very stuttery while framerate still reads 60.
lordfuzzybutt
Member
Nah, this isn't it. It's on a Bethesda forum or something. Thanks anyway.
Sanctuary
Member
This game has console like loading times on a mechanical drive, which is unheard of. Even Skyrim and TW3 loaded faster on my mechanicals. I transferred those to SSD anyway, just like this game, but good lord. 20s+ loading times for fast travel or entering a building? No thanks. Can't imagine what it's like on the actual consoles.
Nope, haha. Doesn't really matter I guess.
Roni
Gold Member
I've noticed something like this on Vault 111 during the intro. Not game breaking for me, but it's there.
Darkstorne
Member
I'm a little drunk
I know, I know, i'm running specialized hardware. It's what I deserve. I avoid AMD CPUs, SLI setups, PhysX cards, all that complexity crap, and just try to run the standard, except I have a soft spot for 120hz... and this time it bit me in the ass, and now I can't move out of the vault without running some framerate limiting setting or software, and i'm sure it'll be super easy but i'm buzzed and can't be bothered at the moment.
I know. I'm being a bitch about it all. It's just, it's been almost a decade since i've run into this kind of thing, at least since Skyrim when my items starting flying across the map randomly, and... lets just say i'm glad this is the only developer I have to encounter this stuff with.
That I still have to fiddle with inis to change something simple like the FOV (when you can change two separate colours of the UI, something Elite Dangerous wont even let you do) and still run into gamestopping framerate issues... I don't know...
I've loved these games since Morrowind when I started there, but it's kind of crazy to me that this stuff is still going on.
I'll sober up and get over it
Hehe. Yeah it's definitely odd to see they still aren't adding an in-game option for FOV changes. I've just tested the .ini method though and it definitely works. You only need to edit the Fallout4.ini, not the Fallout4Prefs.ini as well, and add the following lines to the bottom of the [Display] section:
fDefaultWorldFOV=100
fDefault1stPersonFOV=100
The first line is third person, the second first person. I leave the first at 70 because I only use third person to look at my character, and smaller FOV values mean I can get a closer look at full zoom in =)
As for 120fps, I guess that's one of those quality of life improvements where you don't appreciate it until you've tried it, and then you don't want to go back (kind of like a SSD)? Sorry you can't enjoy that properly with this engine. I guess that's a risk you take by adopting an enthusiast setting.
Mr Wonderstuff
Member
Yea same here. Felt like I was jumping forward by 10 frames.
kraspkibble
Permabanned.
Got a pretty solid 60fps now so I'm happy. Playing at 1080p with my i5-4590/16GB/290 4GB.
my settings:
my settings:
Got a pretty solid 60fps now so I'm happy. Playing at 1080p with my i5-4590/16GB/290 4GB.
my settings:
AMD users also suggest setting the Tesselation in the CCC to 8x to even minimize more the impact of Godrays since even on Low, NVIDIA cranks the tesselation value way too much.
Guerrillas in the Mist
Member
I'm the same. Runs more or less flawlessly outside of there and a few other dense urban areas.
TylerDurden4321
Member
Thanks. I'll just give it a try; steam refunds mean that I'm safe anyway.
Gonna get back here (and on the steam forums) with RAM and SSD usage stats in case other people are worried about the listed 8GB RAM minimum.
2500k @ 4.4ghz
7970GE 3GB
8GB ram
Windows 10
Almost everything ultra, god rays low, decals high, one of the shadow options high = 50-60 in most areas, though the game feels stuttery ( even when it's 60). Playing in borderless windowed @ 1080.
I'm largely happy with performance and how good the game looks.
7970GE 3GB
8GB ram
Windows 10
Almost everything ultra, god rays low, decals high, one of the shadow options high = 50-60 in most areas, though the game feels stuttery ( even when it's 60). Playing in borderless windowed @ 1080.
I'm largely happy with performance and how good the game looks.
kraspkibble
Permabanned.
Thanks for the tip, I'll try that out.
LabouredSubterfuge
Member
My kingdom for working HBAO+ compatibility bits.
Same here, I got so tired of doing it for every game that I just set a Global 60fps cap in RTSS and enabled V-Sync in the Nvidia Control panel by default. Cases where this causes problems are so rare that it's less work to very occasionally have to change these than it is to RTSS cap and Nvidia CP V-Sync every new game executable.
Stutter free game for me required:
1. Disabling ingame vsync in falloutprefs
iPresentInterval=0
2. Enabling exclusive fullscreen mode in falloutprefs
bBorderless=0
bTopMostWindow=0
bMaximizeWindow=0
bFull Screen=1
3. Enable Nvidia Vsync (not adaptive).
4. 60 fps RTSS limit for a bit less mouse input lag.
This is if you can run 60 fps all the time. If you can't, then remove the RTSS limit, or set it to 61, and enable adaptive vsync. If you have gsync then just step 1 and 2 will suffice. Also disable mouse accel in fallout4.ini bMouseAcceleration=0 , it adds a stupid amount of mouse lag.
1. Disabling ingame vsync in falloutprefs
iPresentInterval=0
2. Enabling exclusive fullscreen mode in falloutprefs
bBorderless=0
bTopMostWindow=0
bMaximizeWindow=0
bFull Screen=1
3. Enable Nvidia Vsync (not adaptive).
4. 60 fps RTSS limit for a bit less mouse input lag.
This is if you can run 60 fps all the time. If you can't, then remove the RTSS limit, or set it to 61, and enable adaptive vsync. If you have gsync then just step 1 and 2 will suffice. Also disable mouse accel in fallout4.ini bMouseAcceleration=0 , it adds a stupid amount of mouse lag.
Will it launch on 4gb of RAM?
GroinShooter
Member
Someone claims he found a working flag for the game, I can't confirm since I don't have the game yet but you can try it out and see if it works
"Found a flag for Fallout 4. It's 0x00140000 (lords of the fallen) flag. Works pretty well for me so far. I'll have to test further as it's late, but others can try it out. On windows 7 fyi " -syklonis
(On the HBAO+ Compatibility Flags Thread on Guru3D)
bobnowhere
Member
Yes, runs fine.
LabouredSubterfuge
Member
Someone claims he found a working flag for the game, I can't confirm since I don't have the game yet but you can try it out and see if it works
"Found a flag for Fallout 4. It's 0x00140000 (lords of the fallen) flag. Works pretty well for me so far. I'll have to test further as it's late, but others can try it out. On windows 7 fyi " -syklonis
(On the HBAO+ Compatibility Flags Thread on Guru3D)
Cheers will try.
I5 2500, 8gb ram
Seems to have worked great so far. Thanks!
undercoverb0ss
Member
Played for about 2hours yesterday and am getting 40-60fps @4K. FXAA, God Ray low, shadows at medium, everything else ultra.
6700k @ 4.6 Ghz
16gb ddr4
980ti 1495/7800
6700k @ 4.6 Ghz
16gb ddr4
980ti 1495/7800
Thanks a lot!
Yes do this people! This is how you fix stuttering in Gamebryo games. This fix has worked in F3 and Skyrim for me as well as this game. Someone sticky this lol
daninthemix
Member
Is there an iFPSclamp variable in one of the INI files? That always got rid of stuttering for me in previous Bethesda games.
Gumbie
Member
You're a god among men. This completely eliminated my studdering and it's soooooo much better now.
Bubba_Sparks
Member
Yeah, exact same spot. I posted earlier about it. It's not the only spot like that either, most city areas have that slowdown.
Does this get ride of the massive frame drops in the cities? Like near the Corvega factory (~30FPS drop on top of the factory) or in most city situations.
air jordans for dogs
Member
I guess I gotta cap that shit cus even at 72 fps (half of my monitors hz ) I get conversation glitches
bobnowhere
Member
Obviously there is a penalty for only having 4GB, but mine ran flawlessly for 7ish hours on high...ish settings.
running 99,99% 1080p 60 fps on a 4790K + GTX 970 + 16 GB DDR3, also I installed it on an old C2Q6600 oc'd to 3.2 + 660 Ti 3 GB machine (4 GB DDR2 system RAM) and with medium/high settings at 1080p it runs at 40-45 fps all the time, just force adaptive vsync (30 fps) and here you have the "mighty" 8 year old CPU beating console performance with half the RAM.