Baloonatic
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Oh my, quick load as well. FC2 had them so I thought it would be strange for FC3 not to.
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Far Cry 3 PC performance thread
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Oh my, quick load as well. FC2 had them so I thought it would be strange for FC3 not to.
legacyzero
Banned
More than most of us can handle lol
2560x1600 down to x1050 so, downsampling hell
Need some way to hide the lack of AA.
The original is pretty horrid.
http://i.minus.com/iXlCF59De3qgy.png
Portugeezer
Member
Where is the config file?
AppleSmack
Banned
I want to know this as well. Getting concerned my GTX 460 1GB getting a bit old. Can we at least run it on medium?
Maastricht
Member
Thanks for all the tips everyone, the framerate was horrible for me - Optimal settings the game decided on had a framerate of like 15fps tops. But bringing down the shadows alone makes a huge difference. My humble 550Ti can keep up with most stuff quite well at 1920x1080p now (I have a recent i7 in there so CPU isn't likely to be a bottleneck)
Will try with 3D later, but getting the impression that with Medium Shadow I may still get a half decent picture (passive 3D)
Certamente
Try to read carefully every instruction, there's nothing impossible to do here.
I don't know how your 460 compares to my 560Ti, but I can run the game very comfortably on primarily "High" settings, DX11, 1080p at 50-60 fps. So I'm guessing you won't have any problems as long as you can accept lowering some settings and maybe sacrificing 60 fps.
Portugeezer
Member
What resolution? Because that benchmark test says I should get 18fps average at 1080p on my 5850, but I am playing on 1600x900 on my 5850 maxed out I get about 30fps. Playing on medium I get about 40fps (only high textures and ultra FXAA).
Some screens, I used SweetFX for contrast and Sepia toned it. Mostly medium settings.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
I think KyleN's mix of downsampling + SMAA on DX9, DOF removed, no AO, no motionblur has lead to the best results. His screenshots look gorgeous.
Yeah but... dat HDAO...
Yeah it looks very flat.
LemonGremlin
Member
Has anyone tried disabling some of the icons on the minimap (diamonds, flora)? The config file on the previous page seems to indicate this is possible. I think just doing that would heighten immersion a lot.
Loot markers in an open world game is a horrific idea, I have no idea what they were thinking. Yes Red Dead Redemption did it with herbs, but the icon on the UI was generic to all herbs, not colour coded!
Loot markers in an open world game is a horrific idea, I have no idea what they were thinking. Yes Red Dead Redemption did it with herbs, but the icon on the UI was generic to all herbs, not colour coded!
indigo-cyclops
Member
OK so he is able to use Smaa injector and/or SweetFX? I tried Sweet last night with DX9 and was still getting crashes or black screen. I'd love to Smaa as I haven't found any working inspector bits for AA yet.
The English Conquistador
Member
Absolutely, it looks terrible.
legacyzero
Banned
Yeah, Im keeping with the HDAO
Yup
IF you have 460 I have super oced one and this does it fine if you don't use 1080p. While I like 1080p this monitor does things fine at one or two notches below. The cpu is 3570 at 4.2GHz. OC your 460 if you can there is a bit of juice if your core isn't 800mhz plus or the shader is below 1750mhz.
when I get back next month will try to post pics.
when I get back next month will try to post pics.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Thank you
Ahh, which form do you use for that latest batch of screens?
SSAO Level 4 in the Config.
Yeah, the default SSAO and HBAO to some extend are just poured on with a bucket of black paint. It's odd they have some much better ones available on DX9 through config changes that aren't available in-game.
If you do direct comparisons you'll easily spot the accuracy difference, however for the naked eye and in same cases for the untrained eye in comparisons, they may look similar, which is a good thing.
So for DX9 users, setting 4 is definitely the way to go.
However if you're running DX11 and got the headroom, HDAO is the superior option. However the majority of people probably won't really notice.
Felix Lighter
Member
From what I've seen, there are some notable differences, some more subtle than others but there is an enormous difference between max settings dx9 at 1920x1080 or higher and what you would see on either console at 720p.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Even HDAO isn't perfect. It gets the the weird halo effect on random things too, such as the base of the bed and the table next to it.
DX9 vs DX11 is the new "I cant tell the difference between 30 and 60 fps!"
Tyrone_Biggums
Banned
I'm currently running the same card. Running settings at max on DX9 at 1080P. Game is completely playable with hardly any slow down, and looks great to boot. I'm not counting FPS because that's never been a thing for me, but it's stable and doesn't feel sluggish to me at all.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Sorry, not even close. Some DX11 implementations are subtle. 60 fps is always blatant.
Use Print Screen. Takes a PNG image without HUD and puts in the Far Cry 3 folder in your Documents library.