Relaxed Muscle
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Is that the 4GB or the 2GB version of the 960?
Even with the 2GB version you should easily better performance with better than PS4 settings except maybe textures.
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Dark Souls III - PC Performance article
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Is that the 4GB or the 2GB version of the 960?
Even with the 2GB version you should easily better performance with better than PS4 settings except maybe textures.
Most likely an outdated build and no driver optimizations.
980 not holding 60 at 1080p would be more to do with From/Nvidia dropping the ball at release than a lack of power.
The long loading times are only with dual core CPUs.
I am Error
Member
Thanks a lot. I will wait for some impressions when the game launched.
2 GB.
It's not an outdated build.
hmm... so I only have 8 gigs of vram? damn :/
Kenzodielocke
Banned
It is build 1.01
Did you seriously learn that just now ? Yes you only have 8gb of VRAM which should be enough anyway.
Where are people seeing the 980 bench? Can't find it on the article.
Was really hoping that 60FPS maxed out at 1440p would be a non-issue with this game.
Or should I chalk it up to pre-release shenanigans and hope for the optimisation that'll happen on the Nvidia driver/game side closer to release?
DealWithIt
Member
Edit: read more thread.
Anyway, the video settings didn't seem to add much, but I'm looking forward to max settings 1440p
Black Soma
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mere_immortal
Member
Anyone know if there is a 30/60fps toggle/lock?
I'm still running a 670 which is clinging on surprisingly well, so imagine it would look better than PS4 as long as I can lock to 30.
I'm still running a 670 which is clinging on surprisingly well, so imagine it would look better than PS4 as long as I can lock to 30.
Gotta be honest, I really can discern almost no difference between low and max.
The only visible thing seems like a lack of ambient occlusion when on Low, but just eyeballing via YouTube, the textures look almost the same to me.
Fujinn
Member
You can always use nvidia inspector or rivatuner to lock it. And gedosato (maybe?)
NaDannMaGoGo
Member
I'd like to have my first go at these kinds of games finally. However, I want the PC version I get to be well enough optimized and even more importantly to control well. Sounds like I should get 60fps with my gtx960 which is good however, iffy mouse&keyboard controls? I think I'll wait for more impressions.
The performance is historically great for the Souls games on PC, a 960 should be able to give you a better experience than on PS4, certainly. Mouse and keyboard is pretty much out for these games though. They're straight ports, and if you don't have a gamepad it's really going to be rough going, especially if you haven't played the games before.
NaDannMaGoGo
Member
I wouldn't even consider m/kb as an option for these games.
Bloodborne is a Sony IP though.
FF Seraphim
Member
Is it me, are my eyes just bad but I could hardly see any big differences... or hell any differences at all other than the lighting.
DealWithIt
Member
Agreed. Controller is really the only way to play these IMO. The controls are generally very tight and well designed (except jumping in some peoples' eyes. I like the jump controls, most of the time.) but they are optimized around controllers. People have managed M/Kb but it's not pretty.
I did not find the differences to be notable. Sometimes they weren't even discernible which makes me wonder if some of the features were missing from the build.
Dream_Journey
Member
Wow, this may be best low graphics i have ever seen.
lowhighkang_LHK
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I can't see any difference to be honest.
malboroking
Banned
Thats me, I'm sorry, I didn't notice it =(. I hardly ever notice CA, I don't know why. I thought Bloodborne looked great, other than the aliasing. Won't have that problem with DS3 as I'm getting it on PC.
Apparently this Wednesday popular streamers will be given access to the PC version; so all arguments will be settled then.
https://www.reddit.com/r/darksouls3/comments/4be7mh/steamers_to_get_access_to_pc_version_this/
https://www.reddit.com/r/darksouls3/comments/4be7mh/steamers_to_get_access_to_pc_version_this/
roadrunn3r
Member
That first scene is not that indicative as there is no water. Low reflections settings is quite bad to be honest.
If by that you mean DaS2, then yes it runs really well on PC. DaS1, on the other hand, requires a lot more power to run properly than it should considering it's a last gen game. My old HD5850 couldn't even run that game at a fixed 30fps regardless of what settings I used, whereas DaS2 ran at an almost flawless 60fps on the same setup. Now that I have a gtx970 DaS1 runs great but that graphics card is way more recent than the game.
But yeah if DaS3 follows DaS2 it'll run better on a half decent PC than on PS4.
UnrealEck
Member
I've seen the PC version load. It takes literally about 1 second to load when you teleport from one area to another.
HDD or SSD?
Oh wow, I am slightly ticked off by this.
Anyway, we finally got footage running at 60fps, yay!
Weltall Zero
Member
So beautiful. Loved (and played) the shit out of Bloodborne but damn if I wouldn't pay full price again for a 60 FPS, 1080p PC version with decent antialiasing.
Interestingly, many of the options besides shadow quality, antialias and water reflection don't seem to look drastically different, even comparing low to high.
Interestingly, many of the options besides shadow quality, antialias and water reflection don't seem to look drastically different, even comparing low to high.
roadrunn3r
Member
I'm with you, no matter how many people will insist Souls games are supposed to be played with a pad, I still prefer m&k if just only for the camera control and arrows. They sadly insist with those Shift + Left click bullshit combinations that are unintuitive and unusable. It's not even a case of laziness cause it's clear they have spent time on that. They just don't know how to properly make use of m&k from a logical point of view.
It's ridiculous how there's input lag on mouse clicks in DS2, let's not even go into how bad DS1 is :lol. Not that I would play without a controller myself, but for those who want to it's ass.
nice! like DS2 on my pc.
Yeah. I don't think FROM would be willing to let people stream if it will be nothing but bad press on the PC version.
Get a cheap 360 or at least a DS3, they work fine on pc.
I mean I just recently got a 360 wireless with the wireless adapter for 25€ from ebay here in germany for my little brother.
Also you guys underestimate your pc performance, if you have anything like a 750ti or above and not a total trashy cpu you should get it on pc.
DS2 was a bit better in terms of controls but not perfect...I always have to do a lot remapping of controls...and From Software limits your options because you can't rebind all keys and a lot of keyboard buttons cannot be used
roadrunn3r
Member
Yea I remember using AutoHotkey scripts to customize everything and get rid of the input lag, still not ideal, very far from it. On the other hand you have console ports like Dragon's Dogma which are beautiful on m&k, didn't have a single issue with that game.
Kyleripman
Member
Hoping my modest laptop can run it well, DS2 ran great but newer games like the Witcher give me some trouble.
Luckily the Low setting looks pretty nice!
Luckily the Low setting looks pretty nice!