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The Evil Within 2 PC performance thread
- Thread starter JaseC
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CrichtonKicks
Member
What specs?
Well, I'll certainly find out soon when the game unlocks. I'm really hoping it does as I picked this version because the promo stuff said it supported HDR on all platforms
TalkingAboutPractice
Neo Member
I have an i5 6600k and a 980ti.... game runs around 45fps with high settings at 1440p... I have been running at 1080p at high settings and it has been pretty stable, with only a few dips to 57-59. I havent tried ultra, but high settings seem to be good, and Im guessing settings like ultra volumetric lights and shadows will probably kill FPS for very little gain.
The fxaa + txaa does a fairly good job at 1080p, and thank god for the pc fov. Game is crazy cramped at the default fov
The fxaa + txaa does a fairly good job at 1080p, and thank god for the pc fov. Game is crazy cramped at the default fov
mullet2000
Member
I have the same set up as you. If you're able to, could you give 4K a shot and see if it at least maintains 30fps?
TalkingAboutPractice
Neo Member
Are you sure? I turned on hdr in the display settings and the game seemed washed out to me (unlike SoW or forza 7).is there an in game setting confirming hdr?
Rei dos Vermes
Member
I'm getting 60+ FPS with a GTX 1080 as expected, but the game stutters all the time. It feels like it's dropping frames, but the counter always shows 60 FPS 16.6 ms frametime. I'll try updating the drivers to see if it solves the problem.
TalkingAboutPractice
Neo Member
Sure, at 4K high settings it seems to hover around 31-32 for the section I am on, cant speak to the larger open world sections, but def seems to maintain. Game also has a 30fps vsync option, and the motion blur implementation is surprisingly good.
Sanctuary
Member
I expected to have to mess with those settings if the game had it in the first place, but it's still a clusterfuck that shouldn't have to be messed with in the first place. Especially if the end results aren't even better than the auto detect we had with the previous few games that had HDR...
Not only am I going to have to adjust those two settings, I'm also going to have to adjust two settings on my TV that I haven't had to bother with since setting everything up last year. Now each time I want to switch between games that support HDR and everything else, I have to fuck with four settings to activate it, then change them back when I'm finished for the day.
TalkingAboutPractice
Neo Member
Yeah its a pain, I have just made a start menu shortcut that goes directly to the hdr setting in display settings, which has made turning it off an on way simpler and less of a hassle. Obviously it was much better before the windows update when it would auto switch, but at least this can make it a bit easier...
Only in 3840x2160 it seems. All other resolutions are washed out.
TalkingAboutPractice
Neo Member
Really? That is ridiculously stupid imo... I wonder why that is the case. Either way, I guess Id rather play at 60 than have hdr, even though I imagine hdr looks great in this game...
CrichtonKicks
Member
I know with Dishonored 2 it had similar issues at any framerate other 60 fps. I don't think idTech and its forks like anything other than 60 fps.
Yeah, I'm not sure. No in game indicators, so I'm going to hold off to see what others are saying.
d00d3n
Member
Yes.
Please describe your hardware and setting. Are you using a gsync display? Ultrawide display? Changed FOV setting? What vsync setting do you use? GPU?
Battle300
Member
FlibbertiGibbet
Member
It doesn't support HDR. I tried enabling HDR in my Windows settings like with Shadow of War, but this game does not support it. It's a shame because it would look great with HDR.
d00d3n
Member
Yes, that is the same thing happening to me, but what hardware are you running and what settings?
Hellshingu
Member
Yes there is.
Weird. Even more weird that it seems to be happening to multiple people. I didn't run into any of these issues during this part of the game.
Nvidia geforce 1080 with newest drivers, 3440 x 1440 on a Acer x34 with gsync on, 32gb ram, 6700k and windows 10
I ran it with default settings and it was still out of sync... tried a bunch of different settings and nothing seemed to fix it
Battle300
Member
GTX 1080, i5 4960k, 16GB RAM, win10, all drivers up to date.
Running on Ultra settings 1440p 144Hz. Tried low setting no difference.
So you all have gsync displays, and the problem appears even when gsync isn't turned on?
Jawmuncher
Member
Now if you unpack the game and then go back to your regular online. Will the game pack everything back up so you have to unpack it all again or will it just prevent you from playing it.
d00d3n
Member
I just tried disabling gsync, but I got the same bug. I haven't experimented with all the in-game vsync settings though.
Sanctuary
Member
According to DF:
So what the hell? Was there a small update that the preview copies didn't have?
edit: LOL, nvm. Just saw your edits.
Battle300
Member
No G-sync on my monitor.
Is it possible to use any other video output ports?
Maybe just high refresh then?
EDIT: Apparently FF Type 0 had a similar issue. Does this thread help? https://steamcommunity.com/app/340170/discussions/0/537405286662184354/
Jawmuncher
Member
JaseC you couldve told me VPN reset any downloads you have. Was at 25GB on Shadow of War went to do this and now Im back to 0. That shit aint gonna be done until Monday at this rate.
d00d3n
Member
I get the same desync on my plasma tv, so it is not gsync I guess
mullet2000
Member
Cool thanks!
Kudo
Member
I have drivers from January and it doesn't seem to perform any better than what other people have.
plagiarize
Banned
yeah, force it to 60 hz and see if that helps. I had some weirdness on the original if I didn't do that.
d00d3n
Member
I still got the issue running the game on a 60hz plasma tv (without gsync)
No clue sadly. Maybe do a clean install of the nvidia drivers, particularly the HD audio driver?
Also try resetting any GPU overclocks.
EDIT: Maybe try messing with the frames? Go to Program Settings -> TEW2 in the NV control panel and set the maximium pre-rendered frames to 1 or something.
Wow, the game is a lot more demanding than I was expecting. At least the in-game 30fps lock seems to be quite good, judging by the in-game frametime measurement. I'll see if I can downsample while keeping 30fps, and I'll probably just keep it that way.
EDIT: The game isn't letting me select higher resolutions for some reason.
Weird.
EDIT: The game isn't letting me select higher resolutions for some reason.
Weird.
AndyMoogle
Member
I've played the first two chapters, and it runs pretty good for me. 55-60 fps most of the time. Rarely any stuttering. I have a GSYNC monitor.
GTX 1080
6700k @ 4 GHz
16 GB RAM
850 EVO SSD
3440x1440
Turned off camera motion blur, DOF, CA.
Everything else on High, except SSR which is on Medium.
FOV 80
LOD Disabled
GTX 1080
6700k @ 4 GHz
16 GB RAM
850 EVO SSD
3440x1440
Turned off camera motion blur, DOF, CA.
Everything else on High, except SSR which is on Medium.
FOV 80
LOD Disabled
That's... weird. Maybe it's because you started downloading an encrypted version while off the VPN. Once you switched to a region where the game was already unlocked it restarted the download with the unlocked version? I didn't think Steam worked like that though.
I unlocked the game early by fully pre-loading with no VPN (I'm in America) and then I performed JaseC's steps before launching the game. The decryption process took a while but it didn't download much, if anything.
Same performance issues as everyone else here. R7-1700X at 3.9GHz, GTX 1070 Strix OC, 32GB DDR4-2666.
It behaves like a CPU bottleneck, with the GPU usage never going above 80% or so - often much lower - and I'm only seeing three threads doing serious work. The highest per-core CPU usage is around 50%, and total CPU usage is only about 20% on the R7-1700X.
As I drop the resolution the framerate improves, but GPU utilization drops even further. It's all very reminiscent of the original game before it was patched.
At lower resolutions like 1080p, I didn't notice any microstutter issues as long as the framerate stayed above 60 - but that is with G-Sync.
At 3440x1440 the framerate drops to about 45-50 FPS which looks really bad. I'm glad the game at least natively supports ultrawide displays this time around.
I tried a couple of different sound devices: Built-in Realtek audio (with/without Dolby Atmos VSS), an X-Fi sound card, and it's working here. Unlocked framerate with G-Sync on an ultrawide monitor too.
It behaves like a CPU bottleneck, with the GPU usage never going above 80% or so - often much lower - and I'm only seeing three threads doing serious work. The highest per-core CPU usage is around 50%, and total CPU usage is only about 20% on the R7-1700X.
As I drop the resolution the framerate improves, but GPU utilization drops even further. It's all very reminiscent of the original game before it was patched.
At lower resolutions like 1080p, I didn't notice any microstutter issues as long as the framerate stayed above 60 - but that is with G-Sync.
At 3440x1440 the framerate drops to about 45-50 FPS which looks really bad. I'm glad the game at least natively supports ultrawide displays this time around.
Are you using virtual surround software or something? It may be related to this bug, but all the audio sounds really echoey.
I tried a couple of different sound devices: Built-in Realtek audio (with/without Dolby Atmos VSS), an X-Fi sound card, and it's working here. Unlocked framerate with G-Sync on an ultrawide monitor too.
FaintDeftone
Junior Member
I just used a VPN to unlock early.
My build:
GTX 970
16GB Ram
i7 4790k
7200 RPM WD Black drive (OS on an SSD)
1080p monitor
The game fluctuates between 45-60fps almost constantly on Ultra. On both Medium and High settings it hovers in the 50-60 range. I ended up just capping it at 30 FPS and setting it on Ultra. Not ideal, but better than a constantly changing framerate and it doesn't dip below 30. I did notice some random but uncommon frame pacing, though.
The game doesn't seem to be pushing GPU too heavily. It's either a very CPU intensive game or it isn't very well optimized. I'm enjoying it but I hope they work on getting the performance improved. The game doesn't look super impressive to be getting this sort of performance.
My build:
GTX 970
16GB Ram
i7 4790k
7200 RPM WD Black drive (OS on an SSD)
1080p monitor
The game fluctuates between 45-60fps almost constantly on Ultra. On both Medium and High settings it hovers in the 50-60 range. I ended up just capping it at 30 FPS and setting it on Ultra. Not ideal, but better than a constantly changing framerate and it doesn't dip below 30. I did notice some random but uncommon frame pacing, though.
The game doesn't seem to be pushing GPU too heavily. It's either a very CPU intensive game or it isn't very well optimized. I'm enjoying it but I hope they work on getting the performance improved. The game doesn't look super impressive to be getting this sort of performance.