CrichtonKicks
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I did exactly that over lunch and it worked fine for me.
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Dishonored 2 PC performance thread
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I did exactly that over lunch and it worked fine for me.
I made the mistake of changing to borderless windowed to try if that changed anything and now I'm stuck on it. Can't change back to fullscreen.
Man, fuck this game.
CyberPunked
Member
It's built on idTech 5 (the void engine, that is).
You may need to VPN again, BUT go to C:\Users\<Insert_Username>\Saved Games\Arkane Studios\dishonored2\base and delete dishonored2Config.cfg. That should reset all settings and make game run on default ones.
Trust me, all that aliasing and weirdly short rendering distance doesn't make it that pleasant to look at
Might as well add that the game runs capped at 20 fps if I play with borderless windowed or windowed.
Seriously how can they fuck up the port this bad. Unbelievable.
I'll try that, thanks.
Edit: that worked perfectly so if anyone's having troubles with being unable to change settings, try the above.
Seriously how can they fuck up the port this bad. Unbelievable.
I'll try that, thanks.
Edit: that worked perfectly so if anyone's having troubles with being unable to change settings, try the above.
There's no accounting for taste, but have you guys actually play the first Dishonoured? They didn't go for photo-realistic art style. I reckon they really expand it further in this game, with definitely more geometry. It's a shame you didn't see that.
pretty done
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Yes I have, on PS3 and PC. A game's visuals can be criticized regardless of whatever the art style is. I didn't even say anything bad about the graphics unless you consider "it doesn't look good enough to be giving performance problems to strong hardware" to be a negative statement. Especially in a world where Battlefield 1 looks better than every game and doesn't have performance issues (on PC)
NeoRaider
Member
I feel like they lost what made D1 look kinda special with this one. I just don't see anything that can wow me here. I can't say that the game is ugly but artistically it's FAR from D1.
icecold1983
Member
not a fan of how the screens on page 1 look
Robobandit
Member
Probably isn't one. The reviewers just got their copies yesterday, though.. so you may be waiting for a while for reviews.
Not liking the impressions here so far. The PS4 Pro version for 60% off is looking pretty good right now, but that one will probably be gimped to 30fps even in Pro mode.
Wonder if it's worth the hassle on PC even on a 1070, the graphics don't even look that great to begin with.
Wonder if it's worth the hassle on PC even on a 1070, the graphics don't even look that great to begin with.
i7 4790k @ 4.8Ghz
16GB Mem
980ti
1440p
Even if I put the game down to minimum settings, it feels like I'm getting 30fps in certain areas when it reports 80+, I don't know how to explain it. Also the mouse movement is the worst I've experience in on a PC FPS in a long time, it's almost like acceleration or tied to fps, it's fucking horrible. In some directions it moves faster/slow than others, it's not linear.
I've spent 20minutes faffing about trying all sorts of settings so I'll read and see if there's a fix and keep it under 2 hours or I'll steam refund it.
16GB Mem
980ti
1440p
Even if I put the game down to minimum settings, it feels like I'm getting 30fps in certain areas when it reports 80+, I don't know how to explain it. Also the mouse movement is the worst I've experience in on a PC FPS in a long time, it's almost like acceleration or tied to fps, it's fucking horrible. In some directions it moves faster/slow than others, it's not linear.
I've spent 20minutes faffing about trying all sorts of settings so I'll read and see if there's a fix and keep it under 2 hours or I'll steam refund it.
4790k /1060 @ 1080p / SSD / rtss framelimit @ 60
The auto-configuration put me at very high with all optional effects enabled. During the first big scene with a large room and many NPCs present I dropped from 60 down to low 40s, but dropping the preset from very high to high had no effect on FPS. After the scene plays out and you are given control of MC I went back to 60 and have been maintaining it through the first real gameplay area (haven't gotten to throne yet).
The TXAA implementation is very blurry; I hesitate to call it "bad" because I haven't done enough research on TXAA to know how much blurriness is expected, but it's very reminiscent of the blurriness in Mafia 3. Bumping back to FXAA sharpens up the image but seems to expose minor artifacting around some edges. I attempted to capture some images of the artifacting but it's not visible in still shots. It does seem like the problem with TXAA is also linked to some render distance issue, as though the aliasing is too strong within too short a radius of the player but looks okay further out at the same strength.
As someone who is very picky about input, mouse control seems fine to me with vsync both enabled and disabled. I haven't had control of input during a big frame drop area so that may change if vsync is enabled at the time. I have smoothing at 0 and friction off, and the mouse movement feels linear to me, but I'm a relatively low sensitivity FPSer so maybe I'm not seeing problems in acceleration etc.
Based on the fact that changing the preset didn't modify my framerate at all in the large area with many NPCs (and my GPU was pegged at 100% with vsync on in both presets) I suspect there might be problems with engine scaling in areas of complex/open geometry and/or when many entities are on-screen simultaneously. Subjectively, it's performing like more of a PC "port" than the original Dishonored did, in that it feels like some areas of the game may just not scale properly to 60fps on 970/1060 GPUs due to being designed against a 30fps target. I haven't played with the settings one by one though so it's entirely possible that there might be one or two that are causing issues rather than it being systemic.
The auto-configuration put me at very high with all optional effects enabled. During the first big scene with a large room and many NPCs present I dropped from 60 down to low 40s, but dropping the preset from very high to high had no effect on FPS. After the scene plays out and you are given control of MC I went back to 60 and have been maintaining it through the first real gameplay area (haven't gotten to throne yet).
The TXAA implementation is very blurry; I hesitate to call it "bad" because I haven't done enough research on TXAA to know how much blurriness is expected, but it's very reminiscent of the blurriness in Mafia 3. Bumping back to FXAA sharpens up the image but seems to expose minor artifacting around some edges. I attempted to capture some images of the artifacting but it's not visible in still shots. It does seem like the problem with TXAA is also linked to some render distance issue, as though the aliasing is too strong within too short a radius of the player but looks okay further out at the same strength.
As someone who is very picky about input, mouse control seems fine to me with vsync both enabled and disabled. I haven't had control of input during a big frame drop area so that may change if vsync is enabled at the time. I have smoothing at 0 and friction off, and the mouse movement feels linear to me, but I'm a relatively low sensitivity FPSer so maybe I'm not seeing problems in acceleration etc.
Based on the fact that changing the preset didn't modify my framerate at all in the large area with many NPCs (and my GPU was pegged at 100% with vsync on in both presets) I suspect there might be problems with engine scaling in areas of complex/open geometry and/or when many entities are on-screen simultaneously. Subjectively, it's performing like more of a PC "port" than the original Dishonored did, in that it feels like some areas of the game may just not scale properly to 60fps on 970/1060 GPUs due to being designed against a 30fps target. I haven't played with the settings one by one though so it's entirely possible that there might be one or two that are causing issues rather than it being systemic.
I'm going to say no, it's not worth it until they fix all the issues. Or at the very least the godawful stuttering.
Yeah and also if you enter certain rooms in the first level your mouse sens gets overridden to some incredibly low value for no reason whatsoever. This port, man.
Efren is G.O.A.T.
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what should I expect with 3570k@4.2, 8gb ram, asus strix 980ti at 1440p?
Possumowner
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I'm glad I held off a bit,some of these impressions aren't great so far...I shall evaluate as more come in and patches hit
pretty done
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SunBroDave
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Have you tried smoothing out your frame times via RTSS?
GwyndolinCinder
Member
someone suggested trying a controller, i was having same situation , hoping it feels better better when i try it.
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
I've got the game running at about 70+ Fps with the GTX1080 at 1440p. Game looks kind of aged but that's ok. Any ideas on how to fix the blurriness? I see frame-smoothing mentioned above, I'll give that a shot
EDIT: er, wait, that's talking about framerate limiting, huh? I already do that.
EDIT: er, wait, that's talking about framerate limiting, huh? I already do that.
Moff
Member
I have never used rtss before, but I guess I have the same mouse issue as the others
GavinUK86
Member
Looks fantastic!
Excited to see it for myself. I have a 970 so I don't mind dropping the settings to get 60. If that's too hard then I'll lock it to 30 and max out everything. Anyone tried it at 1080p with a 970 yet?
I have to wait until tomorrow for my collector's edition.
I still think it's a shame they switched engines. The original could run 60fps on a toaster.
texhnolyze
Banned
So, does that early PC performance report thread redeemed? Or should we keep laughing at AMD?
Hey people!
New AMD drivers (16.11.3) with "Support for Dishonored 2"
Probably want to check it!
http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows+10+-+64#
New AMD drivers (16.11.3) with "Support for Dishonored 2"
Probably want to check it!
http://support.amd.com/en-us/download/desktop?os=Windows+10+-+64#
alexanderftw
Banned
Doesnt seem that way, based on the steam forums, which is typical with PC performance threads but Im seeing way more complaints than appraisals. Seems if you're on high end you're good to go, but if you're on mid-high end with 970/1060 i52500k+ and whatnot, you're pretty much screwed. I'd be fine with a 30 fps lock maxed if it wasnt a first person game. Damn it 970...
GavinUK86
Member
I very much doubt that. Early reports are usually just knee jerk reactions.
alexanderftw
Banned
I pray you're right.
Hooks
Member
GTX 780
i5 4690k
16gb ram
40-80 fps, So jarring when it dips down. Hopefully the day one patch and nvidia drivers can fix the inconsistency. I'll play it tomorrow when the updates are out I guess. I feel some areas dropped to 30. I mostly averaged 55-60 fps, But some areas it just hates it
i5 4690k
16gb ram
40-80 fps, So jarring when it dips down. Hopefully the day one patch and nvidia drivers can fix the inconsistency. I'll play it tomorrow when the updates are out I guess. I feel some areas dropped to 30. I mostly averaged 55-60 fps, But some areas it just hates it
Thanks for testing this Tovarisc, you getting performance makes sense given your specs compared to mine, but it's a shame to see the same issues that I was experiencing, and in the same areas too it seems.
Looking forward to hearing AMD users report back with the new drivers.
Moff
Member
agree, tried it as well, it seems a bit better because the movement is slower
they definitely need to fix this, I can't enjoy it like that so I will stop playing until some smart dudes found a tweak or the developers fix it
game seems to be pretty cool, though. started as emily.
luckily tyranny is out tomorrow so I don't mind (although that probably needs patches as well, haha)
Modest Mauser
Member
Port seems pretty borked. I know people get overzealous with calling PC ports bad but the performance is pretty random on all settings for no reason I can tell whether it be visuals or underlying systems. Plus settings that don't work/change themselves.
Moff
Member
at the moment I consider it unplayable, but I think it can be easily fixed, probably even by amateurs
LaunchpadMcQ
Banned
Has anyone been able to test the game out with the day 1 patch to see if it helps with the stuttering?