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Watch_Dogs PC Performance Thread
- Thread starter VisceralBowl
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here is the reason why this game runs so poorly on amd graphics cards
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonev...wittersf&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
in short it uses nvida gameworks which is why the game is so badly optimised for amd cards
As youre suspecting from the headline, Nvidias GameWorks is only good news for Nvidia, their development partners, and their GPU user
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonev...wittersf&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
in short it uses nvida gameworks which is why the game is so badly optimised for amd cards
As youre suspecting from the headline, Nvidias GameWorks is only good news for Nvidia, their development partners, and their GPU user
CaptainZombie
Member
I have a i5 2500K @ stock right now, 770 2GB, and 8gb 1600 Mhz ram. It seems like even if I OC the 2500K, this will probably struggle to run on high. Reading you guys with 780/780ti's are having some issues and I only have 2gb VRAM, the PS4 version even at 900p might be my better option? Any thoughts?
NVIDIA needs to really start releasing mid range card with 4gb+ Ram and 512 bus if games are gonna start to use this much power. Granted Ubisoft did a bad optimization job here reading around, but it looks like things could be changing on PC front.
If you OC your i5 2500k you can run everything at ultra except for shaders/textures, the 770 2GB performs very well on everything except ultra textures (something even 780's struggle with). Overall it's going to be a much better experience than the ps4 version.
ComputerMKII
Banned
My in-game framerate is limited to 30 fps (but the menus are 60 fps).
How do I change it to 60 fps or unlock it?
How do I change it to 60 fps or unlock it?
Set Vsync to frames 1 ahead. Make sure refresh rate setting is set to match your monitor also.
What is V-Sync set to in the game?
HamiltonianConstraint
Neo Member
So I hacked into
slightly after playing about couple of hours and right after I
Aiden became transparent, I would see floating textures all over the place, tried changing graphics settings to no avail, I could only resolve the issue by quitting to desktop and restarting, game was stuttering to single digit frame and unplayable. Seems like there are cases of memory leaks or performance degradation as time goes by, not sure if anyone noticed this.
GTX 780m here and i7 4700mq. 16gb RAM, everything ulra, 1080p, and TXAA 2x, solid 30+ fps with vsync off. Switching to TXAA 4x and I dip into single digit fps.
the ctOS building successfully
walked out of the building
GTX 780m here and i7 4700mq. 16gb RAM, everything ulra, 1080p, and TXAA 2x, solid 30+ fps with vsync off. Switching to TXAA 4x and I dip into single digit fps.
Dusktildawn48
Member
is anyones uplay not letting them go online, i can only play the game in offline mode?
batman2million
Member
Game has been a mess to deal with.
specs:
i7- 920 OC'd 3.4ghz
12 gb RAM
GTX 780 - stock
Kept getting dips with almost ever setting I possibly tired. I opted for Ultra, locked it to 30 fps with MSI, and vsync 1.
I dips here and they to 28-29 but for the most part it's fine.
specs:
i7- 920 OC'd 3.4ghz
12 gb RAM
GTX 780 - stock
Kept getting dips with almost ever setting I possibly tired. I opted for Ultra, locked it to 30 fps with MSI, and vsync 1.
I dips here and they to 28-29 but for the most part it's fine.
u play servers are getting pounded currently and its affecting all there games or atleast black flag and far cry 3
anyone having issues with sound? Hearing sound in the main menu, but as soon as the game starts, I don't hear anything at all. Disc based PC version here.
Seems like others are also experiencing the same issue.
http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/882236-Dolby-Digital-5-1-problem-no-sound
Seems like others are also experiencing the same issue.
http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/882236-Dolby-Digital-5-1-problem-no-sound
I'm pretty sure a 2500k and 770 will run it at 1080p 60 fps high settings. I don't think the PS4 version running at 900p 30 fps with high settings would be better.
ComputerMKII
Banned
FunkyLounge
Member
How do you guys get SweetFX to actually work? It just won't show up in my game. Not at all.
CaptainZombie
Member
Excellent, thanks guys for reassuring me on this one. After reading through some of the performance issues people were having it kind of made me worried trying to run this on my setup. I'll take a look at OC'ing my CPU since I haven't done that yet. I only play at 1080p with no intention at the moment to go 1440p yet.
MarshMellow96
Member
Gigabyte ATI 7950 3GB stock
Intel i5-3570K @ 3.4 stock
8GB Samsung RAM
Windows 7
Catalyst 14.6 beta drivers
1080p with medium textures and everything on low and it performs smoothly. Anything else and the framerate start dying a death. I'd like it to look real nice at a locked 30fps, but I can't run it on high without something in my computer making a clicking noise. I might try rolling back the drivers because I don't remember it being this bad this morning.
Intel i5-3570K @ 3.4 stock
8GB Samsung RAM
Windows 7
Catalyst 14.6 beta drivers
1080p with medium textures and everything on low and it performs smoothly. Anything else and the framerate start dying a death. I'd like it to look real nice at a locked 30fps, but I can't run it on high without something in my computer making a clicking noise. I might try rolling back the drivers because I don't remember it being this bad this morning.
It's possible that if you are running out of video memory, the engine isn't requesting the file from RAM in some instances and you end up with missing textures even missing 3D meshes. This would be a bug.
Are you getting any stuttering otherwise? I can't run Ultra textures AND MSAA without getting stuttering and the occasional missing texture.
A clicking noise? Make sure that all your fans are working properly, last time i had a clicking noise it was the GPU fan clicking on and off
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Well that's a shame.
Betta Lines
Member
Surely that simply means your PC isn't able to maintain 60, so v-sync is making it drop to 30? You can verify this by disabling v-sync and watching your framerate during the game - any time it's less than 60 will be 30 with v-sync.It was already set to 1 frame
CyberPunked
Member
How have you locked the game to 30?
Robobandit
Member
The v-sync in game was playing funny buggers with me, I ended up using adaptive v-sync on the drivers, try enforcing your drivers with V-sync and disabling it in game.
Fried Food
Banned
played a little this morning before leaving for work
specs:
i5 4670k OC'd to 4.3 (I got one of the bad chips)
GTX 760 OC'd to ~1103
8 gig ram
My graphics setup:
-High textures
-1080p
-60hz refresh (playing on my tv)
-1 frame vsync
-All other settings set to ON / Ultra
- ambient occlusion set to HBAO+ low (something like that)
- AA set to TXAA x4 (I think)
In EVGA precision thing I've locked the frame rate to 30.
I haven't enabled the frame rate counter in game. However, in the opinion mission in the locker room it seemed to lock to 30, did seem to dip a little when I walked in a particular corner. So I'm not sure I'll be able to stay at 30fps once I get out doors. I'll probably knock down the ambient occlusion first and then the shaders to High if necessary.
specs:
i5 4670k OC'd to 4.3 (I got one of the bad chips)
GTX 760 OC'd to ~1103
8 gig ram
My graphics setup:
-High textures
-1080p
-60hz refresh (playing on my tv)
-1 frame vsync
-All other settings set to ON / Ultra
- ambient occlusion set to HBAO+ low (something like that)
- AA set to TXAA x4 (I think)
In EVGA precision thing I've locked the frame rate to 30.
I haven't enabled the frame rate counter in game. However, in the opinion mission in the locker room it seemed to lock to 30, did seem to dip a little when I walked in a particular corner. So I'm not sure I'll be able to stay at 30fps once I get out doors. I'll probably knock down the ambient occlusion first and then the shaders to High if necessary.
stufte
Member
v-sync option set to '2 frame'
I specifically bought a 2gig version of my 760gtx to save like 20 bucks or something, feels bad.
4GB Master Race reporting!
MarshMellow96
Member
A clicking noise? Make sure that all your fans are working properly, last time i had a clicking noise it was the GPU fan clicking on and off
Only seems to happen on high settings, which is strange.
Reading about performance here and there I think there is a problem somewhere afffecting people that is not vram size. Surely ultra textures are insane but there is people with 6GB gpus suffering stutters and people using medium textures with stutters too.
We have an Nvidia guy saying that a 4GB 770 can handle Ultra textures.
No mention of a 4GB 760, though. There's a good chance a 670/760 wasn't mentioned, because of them not benefitting from 4GB.
CaptainZombie
Member
Does anyone know if the retail PC version that comes with the discs also have a code to just d/l via uplay? With my 20% at BBY gamers club, it would be cheaper than just buying online at the moment. I don't have a DVD drive on my PC anymore either.
The article from nvidia lists ultra textures for the 4GB version of the 760/670 and high for 2GB.
http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/guides/watch-dogs-graphics-performance-and-tweaking-guide
I have a strange problem with borderless window. Fraps shows the game is running with 40-50fps but it feels more like 5fps. Very choppy and unplayable. Normal fullscreen works fine.
Has anyone the same problem/knows a solution?
Borderless window is still window and not fullscreen.
I know, but I don't understand why the game is so choppy. That doesn't seem normal.
Skel1ingt0n
I can't *believe* these lazy developers keep making file sizes so damn large. Btw, how does technology work?
HamiltonianConstraint
Neo Member
Occasional stuttering but very rarely even when driving full speed, I still manage to be around 30 fps all along with all ultra and TXAA 2x. The mesh/texture issue could be video memory constraint issues like you said, the weird thing was that I could totally see Aiden's mesh, and everything else, they were just transparent with other artifact floating around the screen. Like I would be driving and see weird crap floating below the map and the road totally transparent. I have seen some reports of performance degradation over time as well (on ps4 I think it was).
OrangeYouGlad
Banned
I have an i5 2500, GTX570 and 8GB of ram. Trying to figure out if I should bother buying the PC version or go with PS4. Anyone with similar specs and performance feedback?
Called it.People are going to gloss over this if there is no image, so here it is:
I don't know what section it was (and I'm not familiar with the website), but this is the test that should be done.
Basically all WD wants is 4 fast cores, and it does utilize extra on top of that.
No way that game was going to tax a modern hyperthreaded CPU like some sort of encoding software.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
In my experience with double buffering, I've had ridiculous input lag. Is that the same here?
Sword Of Doom
Member
Yeah I think the point isn't that the game is too demanding. It's more that nvidia going with 3gb of VRAM was a mistake and a lot of people were concerned about this. The 780ti specifically. A card made for high resolution gaming.
i5 3570K, very modestly overclocked to 4.2 GHz. Haven't had a need to OC it before and I can't get higher than 4.2 without reaching 95 degrees on stock cooler, guess I'll have to get a custom. And yeah, running 337.88 drivers.
Something's off about the GPU load. If I pause the game while looking at a wall, which gives me 120 fps + for some reason, GPU load goes up to 90 % +. Otherwise it's between 50 and 70 most of the time wit the load actually going down along with the fps. To be honest I haven't bothered looking into diagnostics to this degree before so I'm not sure if this is common behavior. It just feels counter-intuitive. I don't have any screens that support 1440p either so I can't check if that has to do with it.
I suspect your i7 is giving you an edge in any case, there's probably some reason they insisted on including 8 core/hyperthreading in the recommended specs. It's just a bit hard to swallow when the CPU load doesn't even go above 80 %.