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Call of Duty: Ghosts PC performance thread

kuYuri

Member
Patch notes up:

http://community.callofduty.com/thread/200795177#.Uou5wcR68SF

So this hasn't really been helpful for anyone so far?

Title Update: PC

New Features
#CODeSports option added, providing further MLG support; Contains a Broadcast mode and the ability to enable the latest MLG ruleset in both online Private Matches and System Link.

Performance
Nvidia SLI performance improvements.
AMD performance improvements, reducing in-game hitching on cards with 1Gb RAM.
CPU performance optimization for PC’s with less than 4 cores.
Changed the less than 6Gb RAM minimum spec. fence from a blocking error to a warning screen.
4k display option added.
Stability
Fixed a rare crash when quitting out of an MP match while calling in a squad mate with a riot shield equipped.
Fixed a crash which occurred when renaming a loadout as the match was starting.
Fixed a crash when the host of a Wargame match could crash if they are pulled out of the match while in a 5 player party.
Fixed an MP Siege rare crash on load.
Numerous other MP in-game stability fixes.

Key Changes
Further spawn logic improvements.
Fixed a spawn exploit where players would always respawn at their team spawn within the first 15 seconds of a game, even if an enemy was nearby.
Increased XP rewards slightly for Operations and early tier weapon challenges.
Added leaderboard for Search and Destroy game mode.
Numerous map exploit fixes in MP and Extinction.
Numerous Anti-Cheat fixes.
Fixed collision bugs on multiple maps.
Infected now has its maximum players increased to 18 players.
Care package stacking exploit fix.
Increased Search and Destroy XP to give 10x XP instead of 5x XP.
Search and Destroy, now has its own online playlist.

Additional Fixes
Fixed a very rare bug where player couldn't get their first squad member.
Fulllscreen, Alt+Tab and Minimizing bug fixes.
Improved character models rendering, when viewing players with the Gryphon.
Accuracy fix for Steam cloud-storage space check.
Spectator movement improvements.
Further support for the COD App.
Clan tags no longer missing a bracket when viewed in-game.
Dedicated server bug fixes.
Moving the game over to a second monitor is now saved.
Fix for seeing empty player name when joining a game in progress.
Reduced upwards velocity when performing a melee charge.
ADS while moving in a remote turret is now allowed.
Dog no longer twitch when player is too close.
Blur effect from being underwater persisted in killcam when player was killed with trinity rocket.
Ping for bots now returns a more accurate 0ms.
Fixing mouse scroll not working on the final scoreboard.
Fixed a very rare issue where the left pistol could shoot two bullets instead of one.
Preferred weapon stat in the player stats lobby page, is now accurate.
Vehicle explosions sometimes did not appear in killcams; fixed.
Fixed a bug in the Single player space mission; minimum specification PC’s sometimes failed the start of the mission due to being thrown into space at high velocity.
Fixed a rare issue with corpses flickering after prolonged play.
Disable the create clan button when the service is unavailable.
Added error popup to the Call of Duty Account button when the service is down.
Added an error message on the Clan section of the Friends List when the service is down.
When losing internet connection, then attempting to modify a loadout's perks, the game now returns you to the main menu.
Updated video graphics option to query for TXAA support.
Balanced the Focus Perk's view-kick scale.
Fixed bug where clan tag colors were not showing up on Clan Details page.
Fixed an issue where mantling while going through a blitz portal would sometimes not teleport the players.
Adding patch & background reward for Call of Duty Account Registration.
In Extinction, fixed a rare issue where the alien wouldn’t retreat.
On exit from the graphics options, the “Apply Settings” prompt was appearing when nothing had been changed; fixed.
Fixed an issue in Extinction when the hive chopper wouldn’t show up if an attack chopper was bought during a very specific window of time.
Fix for sometimes spawning from last stand without a weapon in hand in Extinction.
Fix for a few last stand revive weapon bugs in Extinction.
Added new MP spawn music.
Fixed an issue with the ammo counter sometimes not showing up properly in safeguard.
Fixed a rare issue where the Score/XP popup (i.e., +100) didn’t appear when killing a player in Squads Mode.
Changing the leaderboard filter then scrolling would sometimes cause the user to be sent back to a previous menu screen, fixed.
Fixed performance issues when quickly mouse scrolling with the wheel through leaderboards.
We now show dog tags to spectators in Search and Rescue.
Ensured the ratchet sound only plays when first entering the summary after a game.
Replace generic unlock icon (head/helmet/uniform) with text description of item.
Fixed a bug with shooting down a heli sniper with a gryphon.
Riot shield assists challenge balancing.
Fixed bug where if you moved the mouse over the member list you couldn’t go left with a gamepad.
Fixed operation completion bonus to account for multi-tier operations rolling over.
Improved UI messages to explain rewards.
Added a "Track Operation" button helper text in the operation selection menu.
Make it so the CoD Anywhere confirm button does not disappear when you back out of a field edit popup.
Fix for mismatched player cards in extinction mode.
Added thermal hybrid scope hint in extinction HUD.
Fixed an issue where backing out of a certain error popup would cause the player to sit in a lobby that wouldn't fill up in Squad Assault.
Fixed unlocalized text in the Extinction unlock screen for Extinction abilities.
 

antitrop

Member
Well, I see pretty much every major issue I had with the game addressed in some form in those patch notes, I'll try it out later this afternoon and keep my fingers crossed.
 

Hip Hop

Member
Apparently they released another patch today around 10am pacific time after dropping the other patch last night.

Can anyone confirm this? It's supposed to fix some perfomance issues but I just started up my Steam. Is there a way to check if a game received patches?
 

legacyzero

Banned
i can turn nearly everything to max now with around 70 fps - too bad its a stuttering mess -.-

You may still have to go to the Task Manager and change the IW file's priority to NORMAL instead of HIGH. Always fixes it for me. You have to do it every time you launch the game, though.
 

Nabs

Member
I had great performance pre-patch, but now it definitely feels like I lost quite a bit.

I will say this: the netcode feels much better. It's not fixed by any stretch, but I feel like I actually have a chance now. I'm also noticing less spawn bullshit than normal.

This could all be bullshit luck on my end.
 

antitrop

Member
Okay, so I just played a game and I was able to hit locked 60fps at nearly max settings (without DoF, because that setting is fucked). So that's pretty cool.

There is still some minor flickering on the sight with SLI enabled (I also have the new Nvidia drivers released today, but haven't tried the patch with the previous ones), but it's not as bad as it used to be (is it really that hard to fix?).

But now it seems like I have Mouse Acceleration turned on, even if I turn it off in the menus. It's impossible for me to aim at any sensitivity.

EDIT: Fixed the accel magically somehow, only problem I have now is flickering sight with SLI turned on. Games runs pretty much perfectly, or at least as I would expect it to. (comparable with BO2)
 

MEATER

Member
Patch didn't change anything for me. Textures in SP are still messed up. MP is still stuttering.

Also Activision's support page is a joke! Chat is not available there is no number to call and I somehow doubt that posting in the forum will help... I'll try but I'll be very surprised if it actually helps..
 

Randam

Member
A little bit off-topic: is there a general thread for COD on PC?
Like to know how many people still are playing the older games like cod 4 and world at war.
 

legacyzero

Banned
I'm still unable to downsample with this game. Every time I do, the game switches the textures to LOW, even though the settings show maximum.

Anybody else having this issue?
 

Dawg

Member
Just installed this.

Started the campaign, instantly began to notice stuttering and small freezes when running... like all the time. Is this normal? Is this because it's a quick and dirty port? It just runs awful. It's like something is always stuttering of freezing every few seconds. The freezes are small, but noticeable.
 

antitrop

Member
Just installed this.

Started the campaign, instantly began to notice stuttering and small freezes when running... like all the time. Is this normal? Is this because it's a quick and dirty port? It just runs awful. It's like something is always stuttering of freezing every few seconds. The freezes are small, but noticeable.

Completely normal, unfortunately.
 

legacyzero

Banned
Just installed this.

Started the campaign, instantly began to notice stuttering and small freezes when running... like all the time. Is this normal? Is this because it's a quick and dirty port? It just runs awful. It's like something is always stuttering of freezing every few seconds. The freezes are small, but noticeable.

Changing the game's priority in the Task Manager from High to Normal fixed it for me.
 
I could be mental and completely seeing something that isn't there, but I swear every time at the start of the round, the mouse aim is great, for about 5 seconds, until I start moving around the map and it goes to shit again. Maybe its just the frame drops affecting it.

Has anyone stood in the corner of the map with the downed satellite (Stonehaven ?)faced the rest of the map ? FPS nose dives :S
 

scitek

Member
Hey guys, you can get this right now on Greenman Gaming for $41, and I doubt it'll be that cheap anywhere again for a while going by past CoD titles, so I'll ask now:

i5 2500k @ 4.5GHz
8GB DDR3 RAM
GTX 670 FTW

Can I hit 60fps consistently with this game, and is it worth buying at that price?
 
Hey guys, you can get this right now on Greenman Gaming for $41, and I doubt it'll be that cheap anywhere again for a while going by past CoD titles, so I'll ask now:

i5 2500k @ 4.5GHz
8GB DDR3 RAM
GTX 670 FTW

Can I hit 60fps consistently with this game, and is it worth buying at that price?

My system -

i5 3570k Stock
8GB DDR3
GTX 760 2GB

Frame rate is all over the place, rarely stays anywhere near 60, and has frustrating stuttering too. It just runs like utter shit for me. Its a nice price for it, and if it played as well as previous CoD's I would say go for it, but from my experiance, I would stay far far away.
 
This is what i mean, on an empty map -

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scitek

Member
Man, that's a real shame. I guess I'll hold out for $30 BF4 or $20 Arkham Origins on Amazon next week. Thanks for the help.
 

Dawg

Member
Something that is REALLY annoying me.

Those cutscenes while you load a level. When the progress bar is filled, the audio starts to disappear every few seconds.You get two seconds of sound, two seconds nothing, two seconds of sound, two seconds of nothing etc...
 

legacyzero

Banned
This is what i mean, on an empty map -

iw6mp64_ship2013-11-2kaaaw.png

Man, that's a real shame. I guess I'll hold out for $30 BF4 or $20 Arkham Origins on Amazon next week. Thanks for the help.

But that's just on THAT map though. For some reason that map sinks below 60 for me as well.

scitek, I have pretty much the same setup as you do, and it runs just fine as long as you change the priority to NORMAL in the Task Manager.
 

MEATER

Member
So I friend says all his troubles with the game went away once he reinstalled it on Win7 instead of Win8...

Maybe that's the source of all trouble?

Anyone having issues with Win7?
 

Frostburn

Member
With the latest Nvidia driver and the newest client patch my game is finally running in a playable state (The stuttering is very minimized) and I'm able to run it on the correct settings with a more stable frame rate. Still issues here and there but for the first time I can actually enjoy the game a bit.
 

kuYuri

Member
There was an update earlier today for PC, did this do anything for anyone else?

http://community.callofduty.com/message/414869527#414869527

Title Update: PC

Performance
Improved framerate performance when traversing moving platforms.
Improved latency for AMD graphics cards.
Improved performance issues caused by spamming.
Improved shader warming and level load performance.

Stability
Fixed crash in CODeSports play.
Fixed spawn crash for specific maps/modes.
Improved usability of broadcaster HUD.
Additional animations added for broadcaster mode.
Improved steam friends functionality.
Fixed smoke flickering and graphical corruption within blurred area of dual render scope.
Re-enabled fur and smoke DLLs from nVidia.

Additional Fixes
Fixed a variety of map specific spawn issues .
Fixed lobby migration closing the create a class screen.
Fixed not showing attachments and weapon camo for players while in private match lobby.
Fixed dog's extended kill not showing properly in final killcam.
Fixed loadouts appearing restricted if a restricted perk was selected in specialist strike package even though specialist wasn't equipped.
Fixed split screen UI issue that could potentially leave player in a bad state.
Fixed issue when selecting store from squads.
Fix to remember spectator team when switching to freecam in broadcaster mode.
Fixed issue with loading into specific maps with ghost mask equipped.
 
Got to admit, the performance seems a lot better since this patch, i need to play around a bit more to confirm it ...

Still doesn't run right though, but these patches seem to be doing something .... here's hoping they keep at it.

Anyone else notice "Terrain Detail" setting can go 1 higher now (To Extra) ? Not sure what it does.
 

Demigod Mac

Member
How is this running after all the patches? I briefly tested it on my 780 and didn't notice any massive performance issues, but I have yet to sit down and play this for more than an hour.
 

Infinity

Member
How is this running after all the patches? I briefly tested it on my 780 and didn't notice any massive performance issues, but I have yet to sit down and play this for more than an hour.

Multiplayer runs like shit. I just finished the SP campaign, and it was okay performance wise.

Rig: 4700K, 16GB RAM, EVGA GTX 780 Classified

Tears through the SP without any problem, but MP combat is janky as hell. I've dialed down the settings to make it run better, but the textures look like something from 7 years ago.

I really wish IW would pull this together for the PC, but as a poster said above, it may be time to write this one off, at least as far as MP is concerned.

Oh and that reminds me, the PC hacking community is alive and well in Ghosts.

Very much alive ...
unfortunately
 

JB1981

Member
Just bought this for $29.99 on Steam. The game is quite fun but doesn't run well at all! Set-up is GTX 660, i7. Blops2 runs so much better but also didn't feature some of the graphical enhancements this has.
 

Damian.

Banned
Just picked this up from eBay and wondering how it runs SP/MP wise. Looking at the previous pages it seems like a nightmare of performance problems. Can you max out the graphics and get 60+fps in MP?

i72600k@4.5ghz
16GB RAM
GTX 780 ACX 6GB
 
Just picked this up from eBay and wondering how it runs SP/MP wise. Looking at the previous pages it seems like a nightmare of performance problems. Can you max out the graphics and get 60+fps in MP?

i72600k@4.5ghz
16GB RAM
GTX 780 ACX 6GB

You should be okay, although I don't think anything can guarantee locked 60fps in this game.

At max settings I get 60 besides on Stonehaven and/or when I aim down a sniper (any sights that make the game render twice), and I'm on:

i5 3570 3.4GHz
4GB DDR3 (and that's single channel, my other stick is on loan)
ZOTAC GTX780 3GB

Since your system is slightly better in each regard you should be okay.
 

Dubz

Member
i74770K @ 4.0GHZ
660ti 2GB VRAM
8GB RAM


MP runs like absolute trash. I can't believe I bought this carp on PC. Shame on me for not reading up a little more.
 

Kezen

Banned
Just bumping this thread to say that HBAO+ is broken on Windows 10. Enabling it actually disables any AO.

Weird.

The game still runs terribly of course, like it did on my 770 around launch.
 
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