dmix90
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I don't think they are working in PC version. Process explorer shows that game uses "new" Windows.Gaming.Input DLL so its probably yet another missing feature from PC version.
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Gears of War: UE PC performance thread
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icecold1983
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS2DLNRaBbw
amd takes quite a large perf lead after patches and drivers fix performance
amd takes quite a large perf lead after patches and drivers fix performance
dr_rus
Member
Seems pretty equal to me. 970 is leading in some places, 390 is leading in other places.
DF should start posting the actual framerates of their tests instead of describing how something works with words.
icecold1983
Member
did you watch to the 1440p test? its not even close to being equal. 1080p is hitting some odd bottleneck. an overclocked titan x shows only slightly less drops than a 970 and 390 @ 1080p
dr_rus
Member
1440p is likely to be VRAM limited on 970.
Again, these are not benchmarks. Give me numbers and frametimes.
I'm happy the dev patches and drivers together seemed to have brought parity. In the live frametime comparisons at 1080p, early on the 970 has more frametime spikes and later on the 390 has more. Although at 1440p it is more AMD favored in this comparison.
I would have liked them to test GCN 1.2 Fiji or Tonga though, as that's the architecture that showed the biggest problems at launch.
icecold1983
Member
the 1080p results are useless in this particular title.
Do you have multiple screens active?
That's it. I'm refunding the game. Damn it looks bad. 4GB VRAM and so called 'Ultra' textures. No way in hell the textures require that much. Multiplayer is deader than Elvis.
Battlefront or Vermintide?
EDIT: Say what you want about the game or the store, but the online support went extremely smooth.
A quick chat with their support and the game has already been refunded.
Battlefront or Vermintide?
EDIT: Say what you want about the game or the store, but the online support went extremely smooth.
A quick chat with their support and the game has already been refunded.
dr_rus
Member
8-Bit Sunset
Banned
That's at least good to know.
Shame it came to that though!
I only wanted greatness for this game on PC!
Battlefront is dead on PC but Vermintide is pretty dope
GroinShooter
Member
Title Update 3 available for Ultimate Edition on Win10 3/30/2016
Still stuttering on a 980 Ti...
Still stuttering on a 980 Ti...
frontieruk
Member
Title Update 4 available for Ultimate Edition on Win10 4/11/2016
Smooth as butter on a Windforce R9 290 OCi...
dmix90
Member
Mine is 1.9.0.0 so I'm good. Weird that it stealth updated without me noticing.
SliChillax
Member
Just got an update. Checking out if it works properly with gsync now.
Update: Haven't played the game since launch but it feels smoother now, less stuttering overall. There is still slightly some slowdowns when moving the camera fast but not as bad as before. I don't know if it was there before but I can select 4k textures and unlimited framerate. I can also turn vsync on or off.
Update: Haven't played the game since launch but it feels smoother now, less stuttering overall. There is still slightly some slowdowns when moving the camera fast but not as bad as before. I don't know if it was there before but I can select 4k textures and unlimited framerate. I can also turn vsync on or off.
SliChillax
Member
Check post above
frontieruk
Member
Not tested it yet .
Nice, thanks!
Whoa, feels like there's much less stutter in single player after the patch (aside from loading new areas where I get crazy drops). Not sure if it's placebo - need to do more tests. edit: yeah, seems to be much less stutter. Not gone, but less.
This is w/ in-game v-sync off and g-sync on.
One weird thing though. When I set the in-game frame rate limit to 60fps, it hovers around 65fps. If I set it to 30fps, it hovers around 35fps. This is using the new fps counter.
I'm using the 60 frame rate limit even w/ G-sync because the fps seems pretty erratic above 60.
980 Ti / i7 3770 / 16GB / G-sync
This is w/ in-game v-sync off and g-sync on.
One weird thing though. When I set the in-game frame rate limit to 60fps, it hovers around 65fps. If I set it to 30fps, it hovers around 35fps. This is using the new fps counter.
I'm using the 60 frame rate limit even w/ G-sync because the fps seems pretty erratic above 60.
980 Ti / i7 3770 / 16GB / G-sync
SliChillax
Member
So I should keep the limiter 60 instead of unlimited? Didn't notice anything weird with it set to unlimited. Same specs as you but with an i7 5820k
Up to you. If unlocked feels fine then go for it.
icecold1983
Member
The vsync patch is 1.8GB.
And it's working:
hows performance? any improvement at all since launch?
Well with DirectX <12 it could "work" in so far as other GPUs would show utilisation, but scaling was almost always awful and latency would go up. Who knows what's been done in this instance though. Sounds like proper implementation.
dmix90
Member
Do you see any artifacts in game when SLI is enabled? Getting crazy flickering on my 970s
dr_rus
Member
Well, I was running at locked 60 mostly on launch so performance was fine for me. Haven't tested the new version though.
Jin
Member
Do you see any artifacts in game when SLI is enabled? Getting crazy flickering on my 970s
I notice a little flicker on some objects like a plant or something minor off in the distance, but nowhere near like that though.
I do notice the stutter is still present especially when it's loading a new area or when I blast someone up close with a shotgun. It's certainly better compare to launch but still need to get rid of this annoying hitching/stuttering.
sorry for the bump, but just ran my spec through game-debate and it said I'd only be able to run on medium settings or thereabouts.
Wondering if anyone has experience of using a 280x with this?
(my specs just fyi)
Motherboard Gigabyte Z87-D3H
Processor Intel i5 4670K
Video Card 3GB Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X OC WINDFORCE
RAM Corsair Vengeance Jet Black 2x4GB
Wondering if anyone has experience of using a 280x with this?
(my specs just fyi)
Motherboard Gigabyte Z87-D3H
Processor Intel i5 4670K
Video Card 3GB Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X OC WINDFORCE
RAM Corsair Vengeance Jet Black 2x4GB
dr_rus
Member
You will, it's runs fine on a 6GB 980Ti, the stuttering which remains seems to be loading related as it happens on whatever texture resolution you choose.
frontieruk
Member
Can't say I do, but I don't think they'd be a lot lost by playing at medium.
I didn't notice any stutters on my play through after I want to say the 2nd patch, using an r290x for disclosure.
dr_rus
Member
Well, the game certainly isn't smooth in my view thanks to UWP being limited to borderless window. But stutters are somewhat subjective. What is stuttering to someone can be undetectable to another.
Mufausa The 3rd
Member
Is this worth buying for $20 right now?
frontieruk
Member
Oh no there was what felt like goddamned pauses on release, and I bitched and moaned about microstutter in skyrim to the point I couldn't play it so subjective yes but there is nadda like that here.
frontieruk
Member
If you enjoyed gears or haven't played it before then yes
digitalrelic
Banned
Performance is great. If you're interested in the remaster it's definitely worth $20.
abracadaver
Member
Bought this at launch originally, but refunded since it ran like shit. That was with a GTX 970 and a 2500K I believe. Now I have a 6700K and a GTX 1070. Installed on a good mechanical drive to my surprise the game still stutters far too often with textures on Ultra (much less) or 4K (don't do it) even during critical parts like combat, scripted events or just while looking around in the same area you've been in for a while. There really is no excuse for the streaming issues here. For reference Gears 4 on the same drive is flawless.
So just for the sake of it I freed up space on my fastest SSD (Intel 600p m2 drive) and moved the game there. Now it has a lot less streaming stutter going on even with 4K textures. It still happens sometimes, but now it really is mostly when going to a place where a new area has to be streamed in. 90% good I'd say. Been bothered during combat slightly a couple of times, but it's so much better. This at 1440p and a framerate of 60-100+ maxed out and I'm ok with the performance. Still below what should have been, but with the discount currently offered I bought it again for the campaign and thought this might shed some light on how it runs today with patch 1.10 on my rig. Might convince someone else to buy it.
On Fall Creators Update btw.
In short I'd say that if you're going to play from a mechanical drive Ultra textures is probably the highest you can go w/o wanting to punch the screen. From an SSD depending on your GPU you're probably ok with 4K.
So just for the sake of it I freed up space on my fastest SSD (Intel 600p m2 drive) and moved the game there. Now it has a lot less streaming stutter going on even with 4K textures. It still happens sometimes, but now it really is mostly when going to a place where a new area has to be streamed in. 90% good I'd say. Been bothered during combat slightly a couple of times, but it's so much better. This at 1440p and a framerate of 60-100+ maxed out and I'm ok with the performance. Still below what should have been, but with the discount currently offered I bought it again for the campaign and thought this might shed some light on how it runs today with patch 1.10 on my rig. Might convince someone else to buy it.
On Fall Creators Update btw.
In short I'd say that if you're going to play from a mechanical drive Ultra textures is probably the highest you can go w/o wanting to punch the screen. From an SSD depending on your GPU you're probably ok with 4K.