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Middle-earth: Shadow of War PC performance thread
- Thread starter JaseC
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terencecah
Member
So should nvidia users use the new drivers ?
Nyteshade517
Member
yeah...I uninstalled the 4K Cinematics DLC and those little clips no longer have the audio pop at the end
*at 4K
PeterVenkman
Member
Ill try this when I get home, but I think verifying the game vi steam fixed my issues finally.
It runs well. I actually am running it at 4K but with dynamic resolution and 60 FPS target - I suspect its more frequently running around 1440p as that was the highest resolution I could push without noticing drops. Everything maxed except textures because for some reason those are barred unless you have 8GB VRAM.
I tend not to really optimize settings when dynamic resolution is included, but I can test out more specific settings if you need me to.
Thank you, i would appreciate to know what settings can give me a locked 60 at 1440p, i have the 980ti paired with a i7 2600k at 4.5 and 16 gigs of ram.
SirMossyBloke
Member
4690k @ 4.2ghz, 16GB and GTX 1080.
Running everything on Ultra aside from shadows which are high, just so the vram usage dips below 8gb slightly. Running FXAA instead of TAA.
Runs at a solid 60fps at 1080p. Not really surprising performance, and the 4k textures look sharp.
Running everything on Ultra aside from shadows which are high, just so the vram usage dips below 8gb slightly. Running FXAA instead of TAA.
Runs at a solid 60fps at 1080p. Not really surprising performance, and the 4k textures look sharp.
You're not basing that on the in-game texture quality setting, are you? Its description doesn't change based on whether the pack is installed.
I think he's referring to the VRAM usage meter in the OP. 8266MB is only a smidge higher than 8192MB, though, so it's very possible 8GB is actually just enough.
keltickennedy
Member
I got everything maxed except textures since it needs 8GB VRAM and I locked the FPS to 60.
I think im going to turn off the TXAA and try downsampling from 1440. I don't like the way it is slightly blurring the image.
Eclectic Sk3ptic
Member
Thanks, I was wondering why it wasn't working unless I set the rendering mode to vector 2D.
Thank you.
Poot Poot Splash
Member
My really shitty Threadripper build
1950x oced to 4.0
32gigs of 3200
GTX 1080
Runs the benchmark at 26 fps at 1440P.
Actually it runs all games horribly. Changing to 1080P does nothing. Still bad performance. I have no idea anymore.
1950x oced to 4.0
32gigs of 3200
GTX 1080
Runs the benchmark at 26 fps at 1440P.
Actually it runs all games horribly. Changing to 1080P does nothing. Still bad performance. I have no idea anymore.
Duchess O'Death
Member
Yeah, seems like we are in the same boat with my 1800x/1080ti. Something isn't right, and I don't know what to check/change now. Resolution and settings drop doesn't improve FPS.
Ive got no idea about threadripper shit, but isnt there some game mode that disables half the cores? Would that help?
PeterVenkman
Member
Actually a bit different for me - 980ti and an i7 4790, 1440p was hovering between 55 and 44fps, avg 52. Sorry I ran it before with the dynamic resolution on. This is with everything maxed but textures so you could probably get it locked with either dynamic res or by turning down some settings.
this guy got it.
It's like 74 MB over the threshold, and I don't know how the bleedover works so I'm afraid to enable it cuz I don't want to face any problems for doing so.
Dictator93
Member
Wow, that is actually pretty neat.
Done.
RadioactiveLobster
Member
Here's the official page for submitting bugs.
Here is the Official FAQ/Support Page (though it's kinda barren at the moment, I imagine they'll add more to it though)
Also might be worth adding to the OP that I resolved my consistent crashing (app hang per Event Viewer) by removing my CPU overclock and running at stock settings.
Here is the Official FAQ/Support Page (though it's kinda barren at the moment, I imagine they'll add more to it though)
Also might be worth adding to the OP that I resolved my consistent crashing (app hang per Event Viewer) by removing my CPU overclock and running at stock settings.
Norwegian_Imposter
Member
Serious Sam
Member
Hehe it's pretty neat how the game lets you supersample from 8K or even 16K. I tested 8K for shits and giggles. It was about 20-30FPS on the 1080Ti 
dr_rus
Member
That's not an issue with the game itself per se but rather one of hardware stability. It's not uncommon for an unstable overclock to be more of a game-specific problem than a general one. I myself can attest to that!
RadioactiveLobster
Member
True but it was something I overlooked for hours while trying to find the issue and this is the first time in 2+ years of 24/7 operation this OC caused a problem. Far more demanding games have had no issues at all with it (and very recently as well).
I meant it as more of a reminder to those who forgot, like myself.
Ah. To be honest, I don't think the tips and tricks section is really the place for general troubleshooting advice, but I'll throw something in there if the game causes headaches for others with overclocked hardware.
They honestly don't. We just published our benchmarks (https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Performance_Analysis/Middle_Earth_Shadow_of_War/), and after ~30 min of basically pondering over zoomed-in 4K screenshots it doesn't do much. Perhaps for Ansel, but not worth it for gaming even though there is minimal performance hit from it.
Ansel and the in-game screenshot modes do seem to be positively affected by it, so that's basically it then. If/when I buy the game for myself, I will not bother downloading the texture pack.
Serious Sam
Member
There is a difference between high and ultra textures. You don't need to look far to see it. Difference becomes more pronounced as you go up in resolution or supersampling.
See ornaments on his clothing, stars, squares, see ornaments on his big belt and huge belt buckle. Everything looks more pronounced and crisper with Ultra textures. Basically once you start seeing it you'll notice many things appear less blurry on Ultra.
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See ornaments on his clothing, stars, squares, see ornaments on his big belt and huge belt buckle. Everything looks more pronounced and crisper with Ultra textures. Basically once you start seeing it you'll notice many things appear less blurry on Ultra.
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dr_rus
Member
Found a workaround via browser install request:
For 4K Cinematic movies: steam://install/666840
For high-resolution texture content: steam://install/561950
Self_Destructive
Member
Anywhere I could see a comparison of the high res cinematics to the standard ones?
Serious Sam
Member
High vs Ultra texture comparison continued. See orc's shoulder pad, especially red paint. Another very interesting difference is a piece of cloth (leather?) underneath the shoulder pad. On ultra texture setting it has more finely detailed edges, where as on high textures edges appear very straight and polygonal.
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The Dear Leader
Banned
The 4K cinematics should be standard, they look so much better than the default ones, it's so jarring going from gameplay to the old 1080p renders.
texhnolyze
Banned
I honestly can't tell the difference.
Also, ultra textures demanding more than 8gb vram render it inaccessible for many of us.
FlibbertiGibbet
Member
How !?
I get drops to 54 fps in Minas Ithil on 1080p...
I haven't enabled dynamic res though...
Eclectic Sk3ptic
Member
It just says that, you can still run the game with those textures on even a GTX 1050 Ti with 4 GB VRAM. We didn't have a GTX 1060 with 3 GB memory, so not sure about that though.