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BioShock Infinite PC Performance Thread
- Thread starter JaseC
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It's great if you use it right for certain games.
http://www.guru3d.com/files_details/sweetfx_shader_suite_download.html
And it's useful in almost every game as an SMAA injector.
noomi
Member
Yeah I took a look, the only option I see is to disable sky hook control panel, which is nice too, but I'm talking about the text that says "space - dismount" or "space - attach" when getting on and off of the rails.
I used these SweetFX settings posted earlier in the thread. Looks fantastic. Darkened but s-curve settings bring out more detail in shadows. I have a few great looking shots but most are spoilerific 
Futurevoid
Member
Running the game here with the following:
i5 2500k @4.5ghz
GTX 680 2GB
8GB RAM
Runs at a butter smooth 60fps for me at 1080p, Ultra settings except for SSAO which I kicked down one notch. I expanded the memory pool to 1024 for both memory pool options and I see little to no stuttering at all. Runs beautifully and looks drop dead gorgeous.
i5 2500k @4.5ghz
GTX 680 2GB
8GB RAM
Runs at a butter smooth 60fps for me at 1080p, Ultra settings except for SSAO which I kicked down one notch. I expanded the memory pool to 1024 for both memory pool options and I see little to no stuttering at all. Runs beautifully and looks drop dead gorgeous.
AgentP
Thinks mods influence posters politics. Promoted to QAnon Editor.
Welp I can't play. I try to but it goes to an update window and nothing gets sent to me, the timer goes up and up. I've tried everything I can think of short of removing the game and re DLing it. I've never had this issue. Great job Steam!
neoism
Member
not sure why mine works with them in there, but I'm only using DX10 so... I also used the SweetFX Configurator.
Hasphat'sAnts
Member
Is there some trick to fighting the Handyman?
I can't seem to drop him without getting worked over at least once or twice.
Playing on Hard btw.
I can't seem to drop him without getting worked over at least once or twice.
Playing on Hard btw.
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A More Normal Bird
Unconfirmed Member
Well you've also got the DX10/11 files (dxgi) in there as well. You can remove the d3d9 ones.
Turn off the post-processing DoF, turn AO to Normal. Turn Shadows to High.
CambriaRising
Member
59? I don't know about that specifically, but I can confirm that on my machine Nvidia control panel TripleBuffered Vsync and Sweetfx will work together.
Coolbgdog12
Member
turn off?? or switch to normal?
Mr. Plankton
Neo Member
Does forcing AO through the NVCP work? I saw someone recommending it in place of the default AO as it's optimized for AMD.
Well, yeah. Normal.
Elements604
Member
Im getting really weird frame rate drops all over the place in this game. I have a gigabyte 7950, windows 8 and a i5 3570k 4.2 ghz. everything maxed it runs at 60fps but then it drops in certain spots to like 40fps. So i turned everything to low and aa off and it still drops to like 40fps and then shoots back up.
Its quite annoying anyone else having issues? This happens with both locked frame rate on and off .
Its quite annoying anyone else having issues? This happens with both locked frame rate on and off .
Sounds like a driver problem. Uninstall the drivers, then install the latest nvidia 314 drivers with the clean install option.
DeathGlobe
Member
I was getting weird frame stutters but for last 30min or so I haven't experienced any. I am on a 560ti and I did a benchmark which showed I got between 40 to 200 fps which is crazy
For what it's worth, the information in the link is NOT what was originally there. Someone must have edited the link to have different info.
What worked for me was the following:
I don't know how effective that smoothed framerate stuff actually is. I'm guessing most of the benefits come from the memory pools thing. But I changed it regardless and it's been easy sailing since.
Has anyone else been getting random GPU driver crashes since using the new nvidia beta driver? Actually both this one and the last beta one gave me problems with that too. I can't tell if it's just them or if my card is dying.
I had 2 crashes within the last few hours. One while playing this (first time it happened while I was actually playing this game) and one about 10 minutes after I quit playing.
gtx 470 is the card by the way.
I had 2 crashes within the last few hours. One while playing this (first time it happened while I was actually playing this game) and one about 10 minutes after I quit playing.
gtx 470 is the card by the way.
PepperJack
Banned
Question about SweetFX.
When I use any sort of anti-aliasing, I get weird pixelated lines on logos and things, but ingame it seems okay. Does anyone else get this? Is it normal?
When I use any sort of anti-aliasing, I get weird pixelated lines on logos and things, but ingame it seems okay. Does anyone else get this? Is it normal?
DarkLegion
Member
I dont know if this helps but on my 560 bf3 and HotS kept crashing on me on the newest drivers. I uninstalled them in safe mode and reinstalled the newest drivers and it fixed my HotS problem. Haven't played bf3 or this since then.
JRW
Member
This game has some strange stuttering issues, sometimes when it stutters I can strafe side to side in the area and the stuttering continues to occur, even if I change the graphic preset to Very Low and disable Vsync the symptom is exactly the same.
GTX 480 (314.22 driver) / i7 920 @ 3.36ghz
GTX 480 (314.22 driver) / i7 920 @ 3.36ghz
plumpblumpkin
Member
STUTTER STUTTER STUTTER.
Jesus christ, I have gtx 680 and 3570k and the game stutters way too much. Seems like it's just continuously loading every time I enter a new place.
Also, I'm hitting my VRAM limit with this game. Seems like that's a problem too..
Really annoying..
Jesus christ, I have gtx 680 and 3570k and the game stutters way too much. Seems like it's just continuously loading every time I enter a new place.
Also, I'm hitting my VRAM limit with this game. Seems like that's a problem too..
Really annoying..
MacGurcules
Member
Man, I spent like half an hour digging around in my settings trying to find something to do that. Thank you.
Feels like it helped. At very least, it seems to fill in the ambient noise better. Full side-on sound sources are still completely absent in the opposite channel, but at least they seem to pan from side to side better.
Or maybe it's just all psychological. Either way, I'm going with it.
Got above 60 fps average on the benchmark at highest settings, even though low fps was just above 30...
Only thing to fix now is the tearing I saw during the benchmark
I found the game to tear like WHOA if you didn't use the fps lock in the game's settings.
BoosterDuck
Banned
PC Gaming Wiki should team up with game devs to help iron out fixes in game patches.
paperspace
Member
Are you seeing iehighutil.exe in the Task Manager?
Well just to clarify it's not just the games that crash for me, it's the actual drivers apparently. My screen goes black and then it recovers after a few seconds and I get a pop up on the bottom right saying driver (insert number here) crashed and recovered.
ctw0e said:
Nope. I remember reading about that on here though, isn't that caused by a java exploit? I don't have that on my PC at all anymore thankfully but that being said I run a full malwarebytes scan like every other day and nothing comes up.
DeathGlobe
Member
Man I suffered driver crashes for like 5 months and about a month ago I went back to the ones right after dishonored came out and my stuff has been running good and stable with everything since I am on a 560ti here
JRW
Member
Check for a C:\Temporary directory, if you have this then you're most likely infected with a bitcoin mining virus, clear that up and the GPU crashes will stop, If you need help let me know.
Well I have a folder called temp but not Temporary. All it has is an empty Nvidia folder that was modified on the 25th (the date I got these new beta drivers). Although on the main C page it says it was last modified 9/13/12.
edit: I went back to that thread we had about that malware to double check and it does say you get it via Java which I haven't had on my PC in many months now. I don't think it's that malware, probably just bad drivers or a failing gpu.
OC'd 680 and 3820@4.1 here. I've tried changing to the pool sizes mentioned in this thread, but nothing fixes the framedrops when getting to these 'loading' areas. And, yep, its really annoying. I almost can't handle it, because the game runs super smooth otherwise.
Edit: I'm wondering if this is something that can be corrected with a new driver...
legacyzero
Banned
Since Inspector was nice enough to change how it words things.. FUCK.. How do I use this thing now? What's everybody using to force good AA and IQ
nooooo, don't tell me poolsize is causing the game to fuck up. I set it to 800 and all my stuttering went. Though I did have 1 moment where there seemed to be an invisible wall in an incidental room, I thought nothing of it and kept playing. What's the verdict boys and girls? Is everyone setting it back to 400 now?
jacksepticeye
Member
Some shots with and without my SweetFX as a comparison. Didn't go near vibrance as the game doesn't need it. Just sharpen and contrast, I think it's needed because without it there is a sort of bleachy whiteness to the image. But I understand if people think it's a little too dark and crushing blacks. I think it makes some textures pop more like cracks on walls
I played yesterday with no major issues apart from some framerate dips. I updated my drivers after playing and then tried again today. My screen starts flashing blue right when I load up the game and stops when I close it. I tried reinstalling the drivers and did a clean install and it's still doing it. Anyone know what's going on?