It's a driver that is ready for a game.......... in this case, the game is FC4.
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Far Cry 4 PC performance thread
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It's a driver that is ready for a game.......... in this case, the game is FC4.
icecold1983
Member
a driver with improved performance and/or bug fixes for this game and others. the patch enabling fur effects has no announced ETA that im aware of.
The Cowboy
Member
What's this about a patch enabling fur effects in a patch?, the fur option in game for me clearly adds and removes fur - is it a patch to improve how it looks?.
noomi
Member
This is what I am trying to figure out as well, some users a few pages back stated that nvidia fur will be added in a post launch patch.... not sure what to make of that. Maybe a different fur option for AMD users?
icecold1983
Member
thats the console quality fur. theres a pc version using nvidia gameworks coming in the future. it works on nvidia and amd gpus. txaa is the only nvidia exclusive effect in the game.
Possibly. At the moment, the Fur setting is an On/Off toggle. It's possible you'll get a NVIDIA option after the game is patched for Hairworks.
I know the Hairworks implementation uses isoline tessellation, which does not perform well on GCN GPUs. Perhaps Ubisoft implemented an alternative setting so AMD owners could enjoy some super furry animals without too much of a performance hit?
noomi
Member
Aha! That makes more sense, I didn't realize that hairworks was a separate graphics option that differs from fur. So confusing lol. I would assume nVidia Fur = nVidia Hairworks , and for now we have an option for fur on and off that both nvidia users and amd users can use.
Gormenghast
Member
Observations:
- very latest Nvidia drivers do nothing to the stuttering
- the stuttering seems at least related to NPCs being spawned. I left the game running on its own for a while and then noticed that every time there was a significant stutter, then a car would appear suddenly after. I thought it was a coincidence but it happened regularly.
Stutter -> a car appears.
Very easy to test: just leave completely the controller while you are near a road and you'll notice that stutters come just before a car appears.
- very latest Nvidia drivers do nothing to the stuttering
- the stuttering seems at least related to NPCs being spawned. I left the game running on its own for a while and then noticed that every time there was a significant stutter, then a car would appear suddenly after. I thought it was a coincidence but it happened regularly.
Stutter -> a car appears.
Very easy to test: just leave completely the controller while you are near a road and you'll notice that stutters come just before a car appears.
Smushroomed
Banned
does this include an sli profile?
wait... so if you turn Fur off right now, it's even worse looking than consoles??
NVIDIA HairWorks/NVIDIA Fur/Simulated/However it is referred to in the game will work on all GPUs as it is essentially DX11 tessellation.
Try playing with UPlay in Offline mode.
Yes.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft\Ubisoft Game Launcher\savegames\[account id string]\856.
I wonder if it's the highly fluctuating framerate that's causing the stuttering for me. When I check msi afterburner's hw monitor, the framerate very rarely seems to dip under 45 and usually hovers around 50 to 70. I wonder if dropping the monitor and game's refreshing to 60hz would lessen it a bit.
Hopefully the drivers improve the performance.
Hopefully the drivers improve the performance.
Well yeah, I guess that FOV Slider is broken. But apart from that it runs fine so far on my 4570/970
I had the same problem here but it hasn't happened again so I assume the fov slider works fine, it was just that scene that didn't
Lockjaw333
Member
This needs to be posted to demonstrate how great this game can look:
You could tell me this is a Skyrim shot with FXAA on and I wouldn't question it.
Looks amazing though.
Aha, that's good to know. Shouldn't happen anyway huh.
Skyfireblaze
Member
Now that makes me hopeful for my non-Ghz 7970 and my i5 3570k @ 4.0ghz even if I don't have the game yet!
Though would you know how much the GPUs memory clock would really add to the performance? I can hit 1150mhz quite easily on the core clock but I don't think my card will manage 1650mhz memory Hmm try the integrated framelock of MSI Afterburner, I don't have FC4 yet but it generally works best for me, I hope it helps.
dampflokfreund
Banned
This needs to be posted to demonstrate how great this game can look:
Needs Tesselation/Displacement Mapping on ground textures. Then it would look amazing.
Meaning since i don't have FC4, i shouldn't install them? Like, they won't improve anything else?
LabouredSubterfuge
Member
How's the SLI profile bros?
I have SLI GTX 780s and can't test until I get home.
I have SLI GTX 780s and can't test until I get home.
lordfuzzybutt
Member
Not necessarily, check changelog to see if there is any change that might be good then decide.
Since they just released a driver last Tuesday, I'm not sure how many other general improvements were made.......... but I always download new drivers (once I see there are no glaring issues reported by other gaffers)
There are no official release notes yet (or I can't find them). People have found the binary on NVIDIA's web servers and posted the link.
This is all I can find from Guru3D:
They always improve other stuff. Do you have DA:I or WoW? Or other games? Likely they'll do something for you, and if you have a 900 Series there's something new for you to play with.
Run at 90%+ on my SLI 980 system, but you might need the Day 1 patch: http://steamcommunity.com/games/298110/announcements/detail/172588989236852911
Once the drivers are on our site's server I'll post up all the details.
GhostTrick
Banned
Rwinterhalter
Neo Member
Still stuttering with the new drivers on my 970. It'd be really awesome to know how to fix it.
I'm getting a serious case of crushed blacks with the new drivers:
I'm also seeing a weird image retention-like issue when moving the camera, but if memory serves it's because temporal SMAA doesn't play nicely with SLI (Watch Dogs behaves the same but at least regular SMAA is an in-game option).
2x 2GB 670s, for what it's worth.
I'm also seeing a weird image retention-like issue when moving the camera, but if memory serves it's because temporal SMAA doesn't play nicely with SLI (Watch Dogs behaves the same but at least regular SMAA is an in-game option).
2x 2GB 670s, for what it's worth.
LabouredSubterfuge
Member
Ah! So that's what was causing that in Watch Dogs. Fack.
So after I installed the driver the game is stable at 60 FPS with everything maxed out (Ultra), except for AA shich is at SMAA.
Other settings are enabled and Goodrays is at enhanced (don't know what this). Triple Buffering is disabled, VSYNC is normal and FOV is maxed out.
So, whoever optimized the game so far have done good job.
If I however activate AA to TXAA4 it gives me 40-60 FPS.
Other settings are enabled and Goodrays is at enhanced (don't know what this). Triple Buffering is disabled, VSYNC is normal and FOV is maxed out.
So, whoever optimized the game so far have done good job.
If I however activate AA to TXAA4 it gives me 40-60 FPS.
BloodMoney
Banned
Similar experience with my 670. The only graphical faults ive had are the into cinematic running poorly (lots of tearing) and while driving I get hitching, which I assume is buffering. Other than that, the game is playing very well with setting higher than yours.
I'm having the exact same issues with 2x 2GB 670s =\
The game appears to jump between full-screen and windowed when it is launching, not sure if that is causing some issues.
Nah, the game's been doing that since launch. Glad to see I'm not alone, though.
Dat image pop doe.
Acupunctur3
Member
Does the Day 1 patch auto download via steam? Can't find a link.
The Steam version launched at v1.3, but, yes, Steam versions of Uplay games are updated through Steam.
At this time we're using a whitelist, though ACU is already on it.
DarkArterialGore
Member
AMD Catalyst 14.11.2 Beta Driver
http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMDCatalyst14-11-2-BetaWINReleaseNotes.aspx
Highlights of AMD Catalyst 14.11.2 Windows® Beta Driver Performance Improvements
Dragon Age: Inquisition performance optimizations
- Up to 5% performance increase over Catalyst 14.11.1 beta in single GPU scenarios with Anti-Aliasing enabled.
- Optimized AMD CrossFire profile
Far Cry 4 performance optimizations
- Up to 50% performance increase over Catalyst 14.11.1 beta in single GPU scenarios with Anti-Aliasing enabled.
Important Notes
◾The AMD CrossFire profile for Far Cry 4 is currently disabled in this driver while AMD works with Ubisoft to investigate an issue where AMD CrossFire configurations are not performing as intended. An update is expected on this issue in the near future through an updated game patch or an AMD driver posting.
http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMDCatalyst14-11-2-BetaWINReleaseNotes.aspx
Highlights of AMD Catalyst 14.11.2 Windows® Beta Driver Performance Improvements
Dragon Age: Inquisition performance optimizations
- Up to 5% performance increase over Catalyst 14.11.1 beta in single GPU scenarios with Anti-Aliasing enabled.
- Optimized AMD CrossFire profile
Far Cry 4 performance optimizations
- Up to 50% performance increase over Catalyst 14.11.1 beta in single GPU scenarios with Anti-Aliasing enabled.
Important Notes
◾The AMD CrossFire profile for Far Cry 4 is currently disabled in this driver while AMD works with Ubisoft to investigate an issue where AMD CrossFire configurations are not performing as intended. An update is expected on this issue in the near future through an updated game patch or an AMD driver posting.
Ah yeah, so I'm not alone with this. Pity for ShadowPlay.
Ooooh
So yeah, after 90min of gameplay the game now got stuck with a blackscreen and sound-only and after I restarted it it crashed with stopped working-error when loading the save... will give it a shot later today, quite positive so far tho.
Btw, can we backup our uPlay saves manually? Don't trust them and disabled their cloud service anyway.
Smushroomed
Banned
latest nvidia drivers broke far cry 4 and fixed ac: unity on my sli 970s
lordfuzzybutt
Member
Why is it the moment i switched to nvidia amd suddenly steps up their driver game?
Feels good man.