This is music to my ears.
i7 3770k@4.4
16GB
7970 GHz 3GB
Driver version you are using?
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Watch_Dogs PC Performance Thread
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This is music to my ears.
i7 3770k@4.4
16GB
7970 GHz 3GB
Driver version you are using?
CrackPebbles
Member
Is my pc enough for this
gtx 760
i5-4570 @3.20ghz
8gb ram
1920x1080 monitor
driver ver 337.88
windows 7 ultimate
I just want good framerates and shit, none of those fancy visual effects.
gtx 760
i5-4570 @3.20ghz
8gb ram
1920x1080 monitor
driver ver 337.88
windows 7 ultimate
I just want good framerates and shit, none of those fancy visual effects.
EroticSushi
Member
You'll be able to run it just fine on High or maybe on Ultra with other settings tuned down depending on how much you really care about the visuals.
renegade_dewitt
Member
Bottom line: Physical Media still wins out IMHO, buy it, go home,and then install it.
Rwinterhalter
Neo Member
I asked thia in the OT but thought I might get a better response here. Dix the release date on Steam change cor anyone else in Asia? It said 1pm local time when I left the house today but had been changed to 6/26 by the time I got home for lunch.
If it's legit I might just get it for PS4 instead. It does't seem to be that mu h better looking.
If it's legit I might just get it for PS4 instead. It does't seem to be that mu h better looking.
Linearskillz
Member
That Nvidia guide is very well done. I think the guy that wrote it posts here? If so, good job!
Here's to hoping someone figures out some way to improve the draw distance for cars. To me that's the biggest wart on this otherwise really good looking game.
Here's to hoping someone figures out some way to improve the draw distance for cars. To me that's the biggest wart on this otherwise really good looking game.
renegade_dewitt
Member
It was written by a fellow GAF who works at Nvidia. Very easy to follow instructions and very accessible, I concur.
Running in the 40's with Temporal MSAA, everything on ultra except textures. 1920x1200.
i7 4770k
7970
16GB
All stock, on OC.
Can't wait for the AMD Drivers.
Using anything above Temporal MSAA causes some graphics issues on my side. Like some particles stick to my screen. Especially noticeable at night.
i7 4770k
7970
16GB
All stock, on OC.
Can't wait for the AMD Drivers.
Using anything above Temporal MSAA causes some graphics issues on my side. Like some particles stick to my screen. Especially noticeable at night.
JoeyJungle
Banned
You logged into the site and looked at your library (or whateverthefuck they call it), right? They don't email you when your code is available.
3570k
7870
8GB RAM
(all stock)
1920X1080
Min: 20
Max: 50
Average: 35
Was just driving as fast as I could around the city, crashing into cars and making them explode. (really early into the game)
Settings
Textures: High
AA: SMAA
Level of Detail: Ultra
Shadows: High
Reflections: Ultra
AO: HBAO+ High
DOF: On
Water: Ultra
Shader: High
pretty happy to be honest. Game should play better if lower other settings to high
game looks nice
7870
8GB RAM
(all stock)
1920X1080
Min: 20
Max: 50
Average: 35
Was just driving as fast as I could around the city, crashing into cars and making them explode. (really early into the game)
Settings
Textures: High
AA: SMAA
Level of Detail: Ultra
Shadows: High
Reflections: Ultra
AO: HBAO+ High
DOF: On
Water: Ultra
Shader: High
pretty happy to be honest. Game should play better if lower other settings to high
game looks nice
Yes, AndyBNV
Still waiting too.
By any chance did your confirmation email from ubisoft also say that it is to release on november 21 2014?
Setup:
Settings:
Seemed to be getting around 45 fps average, during game play segments outdoors. Raising the Shadow setting to Ultra resulted in immense stuttering, regardless of what I set my everything else too. My VRAM usage seemed to be hovering from ~1880ishGB to ~1999GB.
- Windows 8.1
- I7 980x @ 4.0Ghz
- GTX 670 2GB
- 12GB DDR3 1600Mhz
- 1920x1080
Settings:
- Textures: High
- Anti-Aliasing: SMAA
- LoD: Ultra
- Shadows: High
- Reflections: Ultra
- Ambient Occlusion: HBAO+ High
- Motion Blur: On
- Depth of Field: On
- Water: Ultra
- Shader: Ultra
- V-Sync: Off
Seemed to be getting around 45 fps average, during game play segments outdoors. Raising the Shadow setting to Ultra resulted in immense stuttering, regardless of what I set my everything else too. My VRAM usage seemed to be hovering from ~1880ishGB to ~1999GB.
JustProgress
Member
770 GTX 2gb
2700K 4.5ghz
8GB ram
60 fps locked on High
2700K 4.5ghz
8GB ram
60 fps locked on High
travislopes
Member
I have everything on high with ambient occlusion off and it's running well for me. CPU usage at around 70-75%. Playing at 1920x1080.
I'm getting a solid 30 FPS with everything on Ultra expect for textures at 4K resolution. Ambient occlusion at HBAO+ Low. Also disabled motion blur and depth of field.
Specs are i7 4770k @ 4Ghz and GTX 780
For a single 780 I think the performance is pretty good at such a high res. I can't push more than 30 on my TV right now anyway due to no HDMI 2.0 GPUs. Looks incredible.
Specs are i7 4770k @ 4Ghz and GTX 780
For a single 780 I think the performance is pretty good at such a high res. I can't push more than 30 on my TV right now anyway due to no HDMI 2.0 GPUs. Looks incredible.
I've always enjoyed the pieces nVidia puts together highlighting differences.
I do think their "recommended settings" are full of shit, though, as they never seem to guarantee a consistent, smooth level of performance. They say go "all Ultra" on a 780Ti when I know for damn certain that the performance level is unstable with those settings on that card using a more powerful CPU than they featured in the article.
What I'd like to see them do, and perhaps it would require too much time, is attempt to create configurations designed to hit a consistent (or at least 95% stable) 60 fps. This is what I wind up doing anyways (unless it's impossible to reach consistently in which case I lock to 30) but I feel this would be more beneficial.
It feels as if they specify the highest settings for the more premium products even if those products can't achieve consistent performance (unless they lock down to 30 fps...which nVidia would never recommend, I'm sure).
The fact that they're talking about 4k is even crazier to me as it just isn't reachable yet with any card without massive sacrifices elsewhere. Downsampling from 4k really does make this game look dramatically better, though, I have to admit.
I do think their "recommended settings" are full of shit, though, as they never seem to guarantee a consistent, smooth level of performance. They say go "all Ultra" on a 780Ti when I know for damn certain that the performance level is unstable with those settings on that card using a more powerful CPU than they featured in the article.
What I'd like to see them do, and perhaps it would require too much time, is attempt to create configurations designed to hit a consistent (or at least 95% stable) 60 fps. This is what I wind up doing anyways (unless it's impossible to reach consistently in which case I lock to 30) but I feel this would be more beneficial.
It feels as if they specify the highest settings for the more premium products even if those products can't achieve consistent performance (unless they lock down to 30 fps...which nVidia would never recommend, I'm sure).
The fact that they're talking about 4k is even crazier to me as it just isn't reachable yet with any card without massive sacrifices elsewhere. Downsampling from 4k really does make this game look dramatically better, though, I have to admit.
Well, the tweak guide did state the suggested settings would allow the game to play without dropping lower than 35FPS at all times. So its almost like they are suggesting to lock at 30fps.
Robobandit
Member
Or that variable framerates are a-ok.
My thought is that most people aren't going to notice too much unless the slowdown affects gameplay. Obviously some people are more sensitive to fluctuating framerate than others.
Watch dogs averages north of 60 fps on my machine with everything on ultra, but it does stutter some when driving, especially if I'm driving fast. (yes, I'm using the disable page file tweak and I'm playing on a SSD)
I'd rather average 60 with drops than have it locked at 30 or make too many visual sacrifices to keep it locked at 60, though. I know that not everyone feels that way
My Limited Edition comes in the mail later today,
Anyone know what a 2500K, 580GTX SC, 16GB is capable of?
Also, dem simulated interiors
http://www.gfycat.com/OddballUnlawfulHawk
Anyone know what a 2500K, 580GTX SC, 16GB is capable of?
Also, dem simulated interiors
http://www.gfycat.com/OddballUnlawfulHawk
Or that variable framerates are a-ok.
My thought is that most people aren't going to notice too much unless the slowdown affects gameplay. Obviously some people are more sensitive to fluctuating framerate than others.
Watch dogs averages north of 60 fps on my machine with everything on ultra, but it does stutter some when driving, especially if I'm driving fast.
I'd rather average 60 with drops than have it locked at 30 or make too many visual sacrifices to keep it locked at 60, though. I know that not everyone feels that way
Ah, yeah I forget that nVidia cards have adaptive vsync. I'm okay with locking games at 30 if I can't get a stable 60, especially since I'm running crossfire and can't use triple buffering.
Agent Icebeezy
Welcome beautful toddler, Madison Elizabeth, to the horde!
My fraps doesn't seem to work. I have the freebie version, could that be a reason why? I'm trying to get fps on this game.
If it hasn't already been mentioned, you might wanna add the performance guide from andybnv to the OP.
http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/guides/watch-dogs-graphics-performance-and-tweaking-guide
http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/guides/watch-dogs-graphics-performance-and-tweaking-guide
TheMaidenInBlack
Banned
So a 2500k and a 290 is my rig... anyone else playing with that?
Alright, so I've messed around with the game some and with this rig it performs quite comfortably well.
I have AA on Temporal SMAA and everything else maxed, including Ultra textures, and I'm getting 45+ FPS everywhere with dips to 40 when the action gets heavy. It's a pretty smooth experience, overall.
It's basically the same settings recommended by Andy in his GeForce guide for a 680 4gb, except I've got Reflections on Ultra instead of High.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
i5 2500K @ 4.3GHz
8GB DDR3
GTX 770 4GB
Everything set to Ultra/maxed out @ 1920x1080.
Vsync off.
2xMSAA.
30 - 60fps depending on where I am, what I'm doing, time of day, etc. Averages 45+ most of the time.
8GB DDR3
GTX 770 4GB
Everything set to Ultra/maxed out @ 1920x1080.
Vsync off.
2xMSAA.
30 - 60fps depending on where I am, what I'm doing, time of day, etc. Averages 45+ most of the time.
Sword Of Doom
Member
i5 2500K @ 4.3GHz
8GB DDR3
GTX 770 4GB
Everything set to Ultra/maxed out @ 1920x1080.
Vsync off.
2xMSAA.
30 - 60fps depending on where I am, what I'm doing, time of day, etc. Averages 45+ most of the time.
VRAM usage?
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Based on that little stretch of gameplay I did, driving around the city, fucking around, it maxed out at 3.574GB. All cores at 100% usage (well, one at 97%), and 5.127GB RAM.
LabouredSubterfuge
Member
Has anyone with an Nvidia promo code had the game unlocked on Uplay yet?
Mine still hasn't.
Mine still hasn't.
Has anybody had any crashes yet? Twice now while attempting to hack electronic billboards I crashed to the desktop.
Anyway, my specs:
i7-4770k stock
16 GB RAM
780 Ti SLI
Running everything at ultra (HBAO High, TXAA 4X, etc). On average I'm probably getting about 60 FPS, but it frequently drops into the 50's briefly and even into the 40's sometimes. When I'm driving there are frequent frame rate drops to the 40's, which has made driving a pain in the ass sometimes. Not happy with those drops at all. Tomorrow I'll either tweak my settings to find a sweet spot or lock the frame rate at 30 FPS.
Anyway, my specs:
i7-4770k stock
16 GB RAM
780 Ti SLI
Running everything at ultra (HBAO High, TXAA 4X, etc). On average I'm probably getting about 60 FPS, but it frequently drops into the 50's briefly and even into the 40's sometimes. When I'm driving there are frequent frame rate drops to the 40's, which has made driving a pain in the ass sometimes. Not happy with those drops at all. Tomorrow I'll either tweak my settings to find a sweet spot or lock the frame rate at 30 FPS.
We've got 22 videos from the PC version at various settings, and quite a few screenshots, if anyone cares
http://www.gamersyde.com/news_our_videos_of_watch_dogs-15338_en.html
http://www.gamersyde.com/news_our_videos_of_watch_dogs-15338_en.html
Grumpy-Gamer
Banned
Everything on ultra 1080p. I7, 16gb ram gtx780. Was fluctuating between 40fps and 60fps so I changed display to 50hz with vsync to 1 frame I am now locked at 50fps feel smooth as butter
Agent Icebeezy
Welcome beautful toddler, Madison Elizabeth, to the horde!
Fraps nor MSI works for me.
I see a lot of people running settings and then reporting framerate. Is there anybody who is targeting roughly 60fps average and wants to report what sort of settings that requires? I know the vsync on this isnt supposed to be great so it probably requires a good amount of overhead but I'm still curious.