Karak
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Weirdness. It absolutely smoothed out our occasional drops.
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XCOM 2 PC performance thread
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Weirdness. It absolutely smoothed out our occasional drops.
SirJackDaniels
Member
Any idea how this would run on a GTX 570m? Not tech savvy so any help would be appreciated. Tried googling but no results.
Yep, that's got it. Knocked MSAA down to 2x, AO down to "Tile AO" and Bokeh to "Simple" and it runs smooth. Thanks!
Though, it makes me wonder about what kind of setup you'd need to be able to turn those things on
think its time to turn off afterburner now. I tend to just obcess over every little drop off the corner of my eye with it on, im happy for now, ill check again if we get a patch and I change some settings then
also, the game drops in the weirdest places. drops to 40 for me in the promote screen of all places, its just a fucking model and a stat menu lol
also, the game drops in the weirdest places. drops to 40 for me in the promote screen of all places, its just a fucking model and a stat menu lol
I can just about run this on a GT 555M at a playable fps (~20) on minimal settings at 768p, so your 570m will be able to run this with 2x as much performance.
Karak
Member
480p baby. Just do it!
Snapshot King
Member
It's absurd how much SSAO and Bokeh tank the framerate. Ah well. Just turn em off.
Novum_Veritas
Member
I hope Fireaxis are working on a patch for those issues, especially they are known, even TB was mentioning them.
Define "wonderfully" because no way in hell is a 980 holding a solid 60 across the board at those settings
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
So what's all this about the game running like shit? Started up this game worried after reading through this thread.
Runs great aside from a few minor hitches here and there, but even the first game had those.
Overall it runs fine.
1440p Max Settinngs aside from AA set to off.
3770k
970 SLI
16Gb Ram
W10
Also. The game looks a generational leap over the first. Looks fantastic, the new lighting, models, Bokeh, etc. very pleasing looking game.
And of course, I failed the second mission spectacularly. Classic XCOM.
Steam Controller working rather well as well.
Runs great aside from a few minor hitches here and there, but even the first game had those.
Overall it runs fine.
1440p Max Settinngs aside from AA set to off.
3770k
970 SLI
16Gb Ram
W10
Also. The game looks a generational leap over the first. Looks fantastic, the new lighting, models, Bokeh, etc. very pleasing looking game.
And of course, I failed the second mission spectacularly. Classic XCOM.
Steam Controller working rather well as well.
Don't tempt me
the important thing is the mouse cursor is always 60fps
I would guess that much of the loading time is spent generating the maps, which is where CPU would be the bottleneck as opposed to storage.
Kudo
Member
So SSD doesn't help with the 2 second pauses after you end turn? Sigh. Here I am contemplating whether I should wait for patches or not.
Still a great game though, enjoying it very much but these performance problems are not really my cup of tea.
BigTnaples, what fps are you getting? The game does run like shit if you want it to look like modern game with more modest GPU, which lots of people (myself included) expected.
I don't know if it's their engine or if it's unoptimized or something, so I won't judge but currently it seems to barely hit stable 60fps with even monster rigs on higher resolutions.
I'm just slightly sad that with i7-6700k and GTX 780 you can't get playable 1440p even if you turn everything to Minimal so I have to play with Max-Med on 1080p.
Still a great game though, enjoying it very much but these performance problems are not really my cup of tea.
BigTnaples, what fps are you getting? The game does run like shit if you want it to look like modern game with more modest GPU, which lots of people (myself included) expected.
I don't know if it's their engine or if it's unoptimized or something, so I won't judge but currently it seems to barely hit stable 60fps with even monster rigs on higher resolutions.
I'm just slightly sad that with i7-6700k and GTX 780 you can't get playable 1440p even if you turn everything to Minimal so I have to play with Max-Med on 1080p.
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
As I said, all in game settings maxed, aside from AA which is off. 1440p.
Just tried switching to 4K and dropping down Bokeh to Simple and SSAO to Title AO.
I'll report back on how that runs but so far so good.
Also, I always have my fans cranked. My PC is in an entirely seperate room from my TV. So the noise is never an issue.
Have you even gotten to the extraction mission in the city with the rain? Because that's where I first started to see my performance tank.
TheThunder
Member
I'm gonna post my full specs/settings/performance later but so far I've only played the tutorial mission and the first mission with the converter.
I found it really funny how FXAA costs 10-15 FPS (a 2GB 670). Tested on both the main menu and the first mission after the tutorial. Anyone else noticed this or has the same experience ?
I found it really funny how FXAA costs 10-15 FPS (a 2GB 670). Tested on both the main menu and the first mission after the tutorial. Anyone else noticed this or has the same experience ?
So, what you're saying is: do whatever it takes to get 60, ramp up fan speed, pc in other room.
Should have that on recommended pc specs.
I'll have to check what my settings are on the 970. I'm hitting 50-60, but that is definitely with toned down settings. I don't remember what I switched off hand though.
Should have that on recommended pc specs.
I'll have to check what my settings are on the 970. I'm hitting 50-60, but that is definitely with toned down settings. I don't remember what I switched off hand though.
Damn sounds like an unoptimized mess
I'm screwed because I a have 7970m.. I have yet to boot the game (will do so in a half hour)
But this doesn't sound good at all.
XCOM 2 - PC Performance Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cI4GgGtkeU
I'm screwed because I a have 7970m.. I have yet to boot the game (will do so in a half hour)
But this doesn't sound good at all.
XCOM 2 - PC Performance Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cI4GgGtkeU
cripterion
Member
I understand why they're here but they suck ass and really need to go.
Often looks worse than regular gameplay if you have a powerful rig, the difference is jarring (Ryse, Witcher 3, Xcom 2 and others).
Kudo
Member
The FMV's are recorded at 1080p I think, they were blurry mess to me on 1440p.
But that's the least of this games problems currently.
roadrunn3r
Member
So that double buffered v-sync seems like a big no no, has anyone found an external solution yet?
hooijdonk17
Member
Would the game run at all on Radeon 7770/R7 250X?
Damn sounds like an unoptimized mess
GAF, please stop with the "unoptimized" thing. That's a very tough call for an enduser to make. Seems to me that the framerate troubles are mostly from high-end post-processing effects but dismissing this as "unoptimized" will only prevent developers from including future-proof graphics settings in other games.
PeterVenkman
Member
I7 4690k, 980ti. Turning AA to FXAA and Depth of Field to Simple allows me to hold a steady 60 fps at 1080p in the Avenger and during tutorial missions. It's ok with Bokeh turned on but it does noticeably fluctuate.
Trading SSAO to Tile isn't an exact even trade if I turn Bokeh back on, so it's definitely the big hitter (aside from AA). Not sure if I will keep it like this or not.
Trading SSAO to Tile isn't an exact even trade if I turn Bokeh back on, so it's definitely the big hitter (aside from AA). Not sure if I will keep it like this or not.
Dick Justice
Banned
I get random framedrops when there's not much happening and GPU/CPU utilization isn't even maxed out. I might get 45fps while in the armory, then 60fps another time with the same scenario. It's unoptimized, deal with it.
Kudo
Member
I was on the edge whether or not I should use "unoptimized" but looking at the video anddo0 linked, yeah it's definitely unoptimized in its purest and clearest form. No way around it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cI4GgGtkeU
Now just I'd like to hear either from devs and/or from Nvidia/Ati that they're working on this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cI4GgGtkeU
Now just I'd like to hear either from devs and/or from Nvidia/Ati that they're working on this.
Durrzerker
Banned
Guys, I'm getting this bug constantly and it's driving me nuts, anyone know a fix?
I know console UI wasn't their first priority but man this feels really irritating to try and play on my living room PC (not that I have any other kind). Hope controller support comes soon, I haven't seen anything that would absolutely inhibit it so far. Then again, only just finished the tutorial.
The zoom-in/zoom-out on the Avenger is laggy as balls. Any tips besides take down the AA?
The zoom-in/zoom-out on the Avenger is laggy as balls. Any tips besides take down the AA?
That's laggy in general even on reduced settings for me. That and the armory are the two main sources of lag.
PeterVenkman
Member
Issues also with the steam overlay in BPM which is crucial for full controller support. I've had two sessions now where the overlay was inaccessible and I had to restart steam (and XCOM) entirely.
EDIT: now on a full system reboot. The startup splash screen isn't plying nice with BPM.
. . . Now I iust can't get into the game with the overlay working in big picture at all. Fantastic.
EDIT2: looks like disabling RTSS got it back up and running. Unfortunate as that stabilized my frame rates quite a bit
EDIT: now on a full system reboot. The startup splash screen isn't plying nice with BPM.
. . . Now I iust can't get into the game with the overlay working in big picture at all. Fantastic.
EDIT2: looks like disabling RTSS got it back up and running. Unfortunate as that stabilized my frame rates quite a bit
Guys, I'm getting this bug constantly and it's driving me nuts, anyone know a fix?
Had a bunch of these. Dialed back my GPU OC and it seems to have fixed the problem. My OC has previously been solid, not even crashing in the renown killer of stable OC's, Witcher 3.
Durrzerker
Banned
AndyMoogle
Member
You won't even get 30 fps with a 970.
Also, you guys really need to stop with the unoptimized talk if you don't even know what the different graphical effects mean and what kind of performance cost they have. Some of you are surprised that bokeh is expensive. I'm sorry but you really need to educate yourselves before speaking about performance issues. Yes, some effects are subtle, but that doesn't mean they don't require a lot.
Primethius
Banned
The game is definitely unoptimized though and needs a patch.
And I still can't select resolutions above 1080p.
And a mission with fire and rain gave me a whooping 36 average FPS on my 980ti.
hobblygobbly
Member
Every time I perform an action I get these freezes/stutters since it hits my CPU to 100%. Even when choosing to move to a new position, it seems like when it calculates the pathfinding (seems like A*) that it's either an incredibly unoptimised calculation or some very weird bug resulting in that performance hit. Happens with other gameplay/AI driven things too. I'm on a 4790k OC'd to 4.6 GHz (I dialed it down to stock, same issue) and MSI 970 4G.
cripterion
Member
You mean the first mission with the squad of 4? I lost 3 soldiers on that one cause I got too greedy and tried to get an item and put my operatives near a soon to be exploding truck lol.
By the way disabling Bokeh nets me 10 fps on my 980ti/4790K. All max settings with FXAA @1440p and I hover around 73fps during the missions, 60-104fps depending on the action camera cuts, 59-60fps on the avenger screen but 48fps in the squad loadout menu.
Psychoward
Banned
I've got a 930m, 8gb of RAM, Windows 10 64-bit and an i7 5500 cpu at 2.4GHZ. I held off on pre-ordering because I was skeptical on how it would run.
Anyone with similar specs? How are you faring?
Anyone with similar specs? How are you faring?
AndyMoogle
Member
I'm sorry to tell you this, but a 930m is really bad. A GTX460, which is the minimum requirement, is way more powerful.
Psychoward
Banned
I'm aware, just wondering. I bought the fucker last fall and it seems I won't even be able to run a Firaxis game :/
supermetfreud
Member
How about a 940m?
