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Fallout 4 PC Performance Thread

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WarpathDC

Junior Member
Just hoping for a solid 60fps experience @1080p on ultra. Fingers crossed

I5 3570k OC @ 4.2
GTX 970 SSC
8gb ram
 
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Grassy

Member
I should be able to smash this... SLI 980 Ti's, 6700K @ 4.7ghz, 16gb RAM, SSD. I will try with and without SLI and will also try tweaking the ini files to see what damage I can do before getting into the game properly. I'm still on the 358.50 drivers.
 
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Paganmoon

Member
Apparently there are references to Fallout 4 in the application profiles for the latest Beta AMD drivers (15.11) that were released for the new Call of Duty. Hope Crossfire works fine with those drivers.
 
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jorkila

Member
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Aztechnology

Member
v0mitg0d said:
Yay! I can talk about Fallout 4!

So the short and sweet version: It’s fantastic, but there are a few things that bothered me.

I recorded a spoiler-free review video here:
https://youtu.be/rKPjJoAIJgU

I also made a 1080P/60 video of the PC version on Ultra settings:
https://youtu.be/h0CzFpWoZJY

Also, I made a workshop/settlement tutorial because the game does an awful job t explaining…well anything:
https://youtu.be/OEYty7x6BME
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Game looks phenomenal to me. Can't wait for my game to arrive and I feel confident my rig will perform near to yours. Thanks for the videos.
 
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Langdon Alger

Banned
v0mitg0d said:
Yay! I can talk about Fallout 4!

So the short and sweet version: It’s fantastic, but there are a few things that bothered me.

I recorded a spoiler-free review video here:
https://youtu.be/rKPjJoAIJgU

I also made a 1080P/60 video of the PC version on Ultra settings:
https://youtu.be/h0CzFpWoZJY

Also, I made a workshop/settlement tutorial because the game does an awful job t explaining…well anything:
https://youtu.be/OEYty7x6BME
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Those graphics look good. A lot better than those screen shots that everyone was complaining about made them out to be.
 
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Rosur

Member
v0mitg0d said:
Yay! I can talk about Fallout 4!

So the short and sweet version: It’s fantastic, but there are a few things that bothered me.

I recorded a spoiler-free review video here:
https://youtu.be/rKPjJoAIJgU

I also made a 1080P/60 video of the PC version on Ultra settings:
https://youtu.be/h0CzFpWoZJY

Also, I made a workshop/settlement tutorial because the game does an awful job t explaining…well anything:
https://youtu.be/OEYty7x6BME
Click to expand...

What spec is your PC. Wonder If I can hit 60fps with my I5/ 970 combo
 
K

Kezen

Banned
v0mitg0d said:
Yay! I can talk about Fallout 4!

So the short and sweet version: It’s fantastic, but there are a few things that bothered me.

I recorded a spoiler-free review video here:
https://youtu.be/rKPjJoAIJgU

I also made a 1080P/60 video of the PC version on Ultra settings:
https://youtu.be/h0CzFpWoZJY

Also, I made a workshop/settlement tutorial because the game does an awful job t explaining…well anything:
https://youtu.be/OEYty7x6BME
Click to expand...

Lighting looks rather nice I have to say and even though the framerate does drop it's not nasty at all.

Thanks for the video.
 
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Watevaman

Member
Posting now hoping someone down the line has an old PC similar to mine (Phenom II X4 955 and GTX 570) that can chime in if I should even spend money or wait until an upgrade. Not planning on being able to max it but if I can get some medium settings at 1080 around 30 fps, I'll probably be happy.
 
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Fonds

Member
Angry Centaur Review

He states that even on a high end PC the performance is all over the place.
It's the first time I opted for a PC version of the game because it seems that console performance is even worse.
 
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fluffydelusions

Member
iNvid02

iNvid02

Member
http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/guides/fallout-4-graphics-performance-and-tweaking-guide

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andy's guide is up, might wanna add it to op op

edit: quicker than the source
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GavinUK86

GavinUK86

Member
v0mitg0d said:
Its in the description of the video. i7 3770K, 8GB RAM, 970.
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Only noticed one drop to 50fps near the end of the video, did you figure out why that is? Was it the explosions or the god rays? Didn't seem like it was because of the number of enemies.
 
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Par Score

Member
From Digital Foundry:

But what about Fallout 4 on PC? Games based on Bethesda's Creation Engine have historically fared better on the PC platform, and our initial tests suggest that this trend continues with Fallout 4. We've been playing the game on our budget gaming PC, pairing a Core i3 4130 with a GTX 750 Ti and 8GB of DDR3. We used the game's high preset as a base, then dropped shadow quality and distance down to medium, with lighting pared back to high - this gives us a visual experience on par or better with console. We have enough horsepower left over to put its object fade setting on par with actor fade (in excess of the high setting) and the end result is improved performance and marginally superior visuals, still at 1080p.

What we lack is a decent 30fps cap, which sees performance lurch - Nvidia's half-rate adaptive v-sync produces ungodly stutter here, and it's down to Riva Tuner Statistics Server's frame-rate cap to level performance, though frame-pacing is still an issue. Even so, this is a great experience overall on cheap hardware, boding well for those with quad-core processors and better GPUs. As an aside, we can say that even ultra level textures still fit comfortably within a 2GB framebuffer at 1080p. VRAM utilisation isn't a problem for Fallout 4.
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Looks like even my ageing PC will be able to push at least high at 1080p/60
 
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Tovarisc

Member
Soooo....

I have
  • i5 6600K @ 4,5GHz
  • 16GB DDR4
  • 980Ti

Moment I enter main menu of the game [actual in-game menu with power armor] game just shuts down. No errors, no freezing. Just closes itself. Not sure what to do >.>

Edit: Found issue. I had forgotten FRAPS on, and it was causing game to shut down.
 
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exmachina64

Banned
kraspkibble

kraspkibble

Permabanned.
hope i can get 1080p 60fps on my i5-4590/16GB/290 4GB. the only difference between mine and the recommended specs is the lack of hyperthreading and having a 290 vs a 290X. hyperthreading shouldn't matter unless they're actually using it and my 290 is overclocked so should be about on par with a 290X.

have amd released drivers yet?

Intheflorsh said:
How much space does the game take up?
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24GB download on steam.
 
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AndyBNV

Nvidia
High is achievable on a number of systems, but that last push to ultra/max costs quite a bit. Doesn't appear so at first, but once you progress through the main story there are bigger set pieces, and your settlements are filled with gadgets and stuff. That's when you start to see the true cost of the various settings.
 
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SolarMystic

Member
What kind of performance would my (now aging PC) provide?

i7 920
Gtx 285
8gb ddr3

Built this in 2009, can max skyrim barely at around 40-60fps.

How would it compare to the console versions? It's between Ps4 and PC for me now.
 
M

Mad Season

Banned
TBiddy said:
The good thing about using the same engine is that it's easier for the modding-guys to get to work. I assume.

edit:

Also, I'm really curious on how FO4 will run on my old i5-2500k / GTX 580 in 1440p... I'm guessing it's not Ultra @ 60 fps ;D
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2500k is a beast still especially if overclocked
 
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Unstable

Member
owasog said:
What I want to know is, loading times on HDD vs SSD. Worth installing on an SSD?
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I'm curious about this too. I usually make room on my SSD for open world games, but with modding on the horizon I'd rather install it on my storage drive if I can. Give it some room to grow.
 
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Felix Lighter

Member
Based on the number of loads, I'd imagine an SSD would be a much better experience in this case. Like the other games, the transition between interior and exterior require a load and based on the console load times, they can be lengthy, though I'm sure even on an HDD they will be shorter, generally, on PC.
 
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