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Assassin's Creed Unity - PC Performance thread
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I have the same issue. Going offline might have helped a bit, but it still happens. I suspect it's caused when some background application demands some CPU and the game freaks out when it doesn't get the power it expects. Had a similar problem with Wolfenstein TNO and there I solved it by killing Skype, but still got a few freezes every hour.
I kind of noticed the hair thing too. It might just be placebo because of the new patch, but textures during actual gameplay look better to me now. It's probably just me though.
Anyways, glitches and bugs aside, I'm actually really enjoying this game.
I would not doubt it if they tweaked a variety of things to look worse to get some performance. I swear distant buildings looked better before the patch, or at least the distance at which they were rendered was further out. But nobody else seems to be saying anything so it might just be that I started noticing it more.
Felix Lighter
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I can't imagine what it must be like to be a dev working on AC Unity right now. I'm sure they've been crunching for months and the devs themselves would have probably begged to delay the release to deal with the issues. I'm sure they are on full on crunch mode again but now they have to deal with all the extra headaches of patching a released title instead of just creating new builds.
Oh sorry that are just my texture Settings on high, not Ultra. I was focusing on the hair, not the other Details. And yes, i think that is for all the hairstyles.
Me from the OT:
Even with 3 other assassins (co-op) in a crowded Paris with everyone dropping smokes, perfectly smooth.
Even with 3 other assassins (co-op) in a crowded Paris with everyone dropping smokes, perfectly smooth.
Interesting, the patch did not change the hair quality for me. Are all your detail settings at ultra high?
d00d3n
Member
Dsr isn't supported in Unity, right? Tried to mess around in Geforce Experience, but didn't find the option.
I tried to run the game with FXAA considering all the positive impressions saying that it is the best option right now, some even saying that is looks better than TXAA. I disagree with this opinion. The finer details in the facades of buildings flicker a lot with FXAA, but look stable with TXAA. The game is obviously set mostly in Paris, so it seems like a kind of big deal to have constant flicker on all the walls that surround you throughout the game.
I tried to run the game with FXAA considering all the positive impressions saying that it is the best option right now, some even saying that is looks better than TXAA. I disagree with this opinion. The finer details in the facades of buildings flicker a lot with FXAA, but look stable with TXAA. The game is obviously set mostly in Paris, so it seems like a kind of big deal to have constant flicker on all the walls that surround you throughout the game.
Probably for the best, that way the "SLIDERS TO MAAAAAAAAX" crowd won't have their feelings hurt and everyone else will probably find a command line or ini work around in a month or so.
Gormenghast
Member
When I saw that in a friend's PC it was due to some weird behavior.
If you then exit and reload the game this kind of stutter goes away.
But that was with patch 1.1, instead 1.2 seems to have made everything worse for everyone. It only runs better in cutscenes, but only because they pushed quality down a notch and they don't load anymore that higher LOD for the hair.
What 1.2 patch does:
- run worse
- lower quality, so it compensates the actual worse performance
(on another forum I read they add another layer of protection to the .exe because of rampant piracy, and so this might cause slightly lower performance)
Thanks for the idea. My fault. Now one of the Options effects the hair Quality. But even on the highest settings there is still a little bit less detail.
Gormenghast
Member
This has still lower textures than the one you posted as "old".
So Gaf , after viewing some of your replys , you say the game is unplayable on minor hardwares but i see things like this in youtube :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2hUwfqvgTg
So my question is, are these people tricking us or is the game really playable on those hardware configs? Because if that's true, it's possible to play the game on minor hardwares unlike the minimum requeriments.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2hUwfqvgTg
So my question is, are these people tricking us or is the game really playable on those hardware configs? Because if that's true, it's possible to play the game on minor hardwares unlike the minimum requeriments.
Are you getting CPU temp spikes? I have a very similar setup and am seeing very high CPU temps.
Depends on your idea of playable. That person is at 900p. I'd say the mins seem aimed at basic 1080p 30ish performance.
Gormenghast
Member
28-30 fps on less complex locations and lowest graphic settings (textures to low, no AO) seem plausible for a 750 TI.
It's still a good card, probably it keeps PS4 levels once you get into a crowd. The problem is that the PS4 runs at much better settings than PC on low.
Well, 900p is console style right?
On which quality runs the cosole versions? Medium, High?
For example
1080p - High Settings (shadows set to Low) - i5 760 - AMD 7870
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UZb_REPylA
I mean, is horrible, but if this is true is not a PC optimization problem, the problem is the game itself that is horrible.
Rwinterhalter
Neo Member
That's been the case since launch.
Felix Lighter
Member
The console version would most likely be using a mix high here, medium there, maybe even ultra textures. 900p and running seeming mostly in the mid 20s fps range. The performance on PC seems to be inline with what they're seeing. You're right that it does not seem to necessarily appear to be a porting problem but it's more fundamental to just the game itself. However, it is actually more brute forcible than a lot of other problem games. What ends up being unfixable with brute force is the LOD, pop in and general bugginess.
Cuban Legend
Member
WOW what a douche move, Ubisoft. Really?
IcyBlueStrawberry
Member
Should I update or just play offline until they fix things a little more? Everything was running well last time I played and cutscenes ran smoothly.
JuanmaWL
Member
I only played a few minutes with Fraps, Tomorrow i will test CPU load and temps with MSI Afterburner.
IcyBlueStrawberry
Member
So the game updated and things are now worse. Fuck.
Allnamestakenlol
Member
Performance in this game is hard to predict. I'm running 2880x1620, all max except fxaa, and I'm getting a solid 60 atm. I'm sure I'll round a corner here and it'll tank (still not to Paris).
Felix Lighter
Member
My performance was pretty great until
From 60-80s, plummeted into the 30s. Even GSync can't compensate for that.
I went through the portal to later Paris.
IcyBlueStrawberry
Member
I don't know what happened, but after the patch I'm getting the same weird LOD issues that others have reported.
It was fine beforehand, but now buildings tend not to load details until I'm within 10 or so metres, if they load at all. There's an increased amount of pop-in, too.
It was fine beforehand, but now buildings tend not to load details until I'm within 10 or so metres, if they load at all. There's an increased amount of pop-in, too.
Recorded this after the patch, switch to 1080p. Settings and specs in description:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWZ5jLLM8cw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWZ5jLLM8cw
Felix Lighter
Member
I still haven't downloaded the latest patch. I don't want to mess with what's working.
MaximusPrimus
Member
I do believe that a 680 is the minimum spec?
Rwinterhalter
Neo Member
The patch raised my minimum frame rate but did fuck all for the maximum. I think it did most of this through messing with the LOD settings. Crowds and buildings don't look nearly as nice from a distance. Still playing max settings, FXAA, 1440p@30 locked with adaptive v-sync on an FX-8350 and 970.
Minimum specs were greatly exaggerated from what I've observed. A single HD7970 (one of the listed minimum spec cards) can pretty much run the game at ulta settings. Ultra environment, ultra textures, high shadows and FXAA at 1080p and get 30fps more or less.
There's videos of people running high settings at 1080p with a GTX 660, and it still looks and plays very nicely.
I have no idea why the game runs like total sh*t for me then.... What a disappointment, as I really wanted to play it on PC.
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Deleted member 17706
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Seems like it really shouldn't...　A 670 is more or less on part with a 7970, I believe. Then again, 670s start at 2GB VRAM, right? I think all 7970 models have at least 3GB, so that might be an advantage.
Drivers up to date and all that?
Well, the 670 is actually just below the 7970's and 680's, but it's not that far off. A good OC will get one on par with them. He shouldn't be experiencing such poor performance.
@CaLe, are you on the latest drivers? Do a clean install and see if that helps.
Holy Hell. So, I decided to buy the physical PC Copy because I cannot afford the 41gb download on my 120gb a month limit (thanks Optus). After waiting for an hour in store whilst the Jb HiFi clerk tried to sell me a Ps4 Collectors and then a PC collectors edition, claiming they couldn't find it, I eventually pleaded the games guy to go out back and look before they eventually sold it to me. Ridiculous.
Am now 15 minutes into the installl. Disc 1 of 5. Fucking kill me. Will report back on how it runs on my new rig with 2x970s. Will be testing on 4k TV first, if it's unplayable will try 1440p monitor.
Am now 15 minutes into the installl. Disc 1 of 5. Fucking kill me. Will report back on how it runs on my new rig with 2x970s. Will be testing on 4k TV first, if it's unplayable will try 1440p monitor.
Spacejaws
Member
Well as to low end performance I'm running off a laptop i5 3320m, GT650m 2gb which is quite a bit lower than your card. On average I'm hitting 20fps and well it's playable. I can see my cpu load hitting 70 - 90% and GPU running at 99% all at most 70 degrees so it's handling it alright.
What gets me though is the fps spikes. If I stay in the one area just moving the camera it can leap up to 30fps for 10 secs or down to 10-15fps seemingly without reason. Picked a secluded garden with no crowds trying to determine which processes might be slowing things down(although I suspect GPU) and disabling anti-virus protection etc but couldn't get anything conclusive, the fps feels literally random.
Hoping it gets 'fixed' somehow. The latest patch changed my cutscenes from 5 fps to +20fps so I'm actually kinda hopefull.
Is it happening even when you're standing still and just watching people pass by? If so, that's what I've been seeing. Locking frame rate in inspector to 59 has so far fixed it for me.
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