The public build hasn't been updated yet, anyway. You would have found yourself with the launch day version of the game.
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Dishonored 2 PC performance thread
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The public build hasn't been updated yet, anyway. You would have found yourself with the launch day version of the game.
Pop On Arrival
Banned
I'm just gonna think of this as a 2017 game from now on. I doubt the first patch(from the feedback im getting from the beta anyway) is gonna make the game satisfactory for me. Dishonored 1 spoiled me, even at the time of release on my old shit rig.
Even when the game was running at 60fps (in the no-problem areas) the game was unplayable due to the horrid stutter.
It's OK now though; since following that Reddit guide a few pages back; i.e. max pre-rendered frames to 1, use process hacker (though I don't need to do that anymore since the beta patch), in-game v-sync and 61.8fps cap in Inspector (not sure how that does anything if in-game v-sync is enabled).
So in the 60fps areas the game is smooth and the stutter is gone. The problem now is the general performance in areas where the frame-rate tanks. I'm playing on an i7-920, GTX 970 at 1080p and am using a mix of high and medium settings. You can be flying along with a smooth 60fps, but then look the 'wrong' way (primarily built up areas with a lot of detail) and the framerate dives to 40.
So it's playable for me now, due to the removal of the stutter problem. I can live with the frame rate dips. I've never had an top range GPU so traditionally (with other games in the past) I've had to compromise on frame rate. It's a bit jarring after coming from Dishonored (I've just played the DLC) but it's playable.
So yeah, I think this is playable for some and not so for others. It depends what your expectations are; and what you're used to. I'd be pretty bummed if I'd spent a small fortune on a 1080 not to be able to keep a locked 60fps. As it stands, I'm at least able to play the game now.
It's OK now though; since following that Reddit guide a few pages back; i.e. max pre-rendered frames to 1, use process hacker (though I don't need to do that anymore since the beta patch), in-game v-sync and 61.8fps cap in Inspector (not sure how that does anything if in-game v-sync is enabled).
So in the 60fps areas the game is smooth and the stutter is gone. The problem now is the general performance in areas where the frame-rate tanks. I'm playing on an i7-920, GTX 970 at 1080p and am using a mix of high and medium settings. You can be flying along with a smooth 60fps, but then look the 'wrong' way (primarily built up areas with a lot of detail) and the framerate dives to 40.
So it's playable for me now, due to the removal of the stutter problem. I can live with the frame rate dips. I've never had an top range GPU so traditionally (with other games in the past) I've had to compromise on frame rate. It's a bit jarring after coming from Dishonored (I've just played the DLC) but it's playable.
So yeah, I think this is playable for some and not so for others. It depends what your expectations are; and what you're used to. I'd be pretty bummed if I'd spent a small fortune on a 1080 not to be able to keep a locked 60fps. As it stands, I'm at least able to play the game now.
2600K @ 4.6, 1080GTX OC'ed as well. I dont drop below 80 fps pretty much anywhere on ultra yet it stutters like crazy. Turn everything down to lowest I gain about 10 fps and stutter is still there. Up to the institute I'd say the stuttering was bad but playable but now it's not playable anymore. The last of us on PS3 with it's 20fps felt smoother than this craap
Same. 6.5GB, which is the same size as the first patch was. Jumped in here to see if there was impressions but I guess its not long up.
Yeah, 4.3 GB for me.
same 6.6gb
EDIT :
There it is boys. The patch.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/403640/discussions/0/208684375429706215/
EDIT :
There it is boys. The patch.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/403640/discussions/0/208684375429706215/
Link for the new 1.2 beta: http://steamcommunity.com/games/403640/announcements/detail/650037138913276060
Snacks the sober sea lion
Member
Looks promising. If my 970 still struggles I'm going to be bummed out though.
Comrade Crunch
Member
Quick question, when the finalized patch comes out, does it replace this beta patch?
RadioactiveLobster
Member
Just as I start work too.
Will have to test it later tonight.
Will have to test it later tonight.
Comrade Crunch
Member
Coolio, gonna download this as soon as I get home then
GavinUK86
Member
Downloading now, looking forward to trying it. On paper, it sounds like most of the issues are ironed out.
Saaaaaame! So bummed lol.
OmarTheHippo
Member
Definitely not the magic patch people are hoping for =/
The FPS limiter is good, adaptive resolution seems to be functioning (although what it's actually doing I have no idea), and additional settings are nice
Except the settings STILL seem to have almost 0 impact on FPS. The difference between "Very Low" and "Ultra" still impacts both FPS and visuals marginally. Nowhere near what you see in most every other game. I don't understand it
Hopefully we start seeing a bunch more benchmarks trying to pinpoint exactly what is so funky about this game...
The FPS limiter is good, adaptive resolution seems to be functioning (although what it's actually doing I have no idea), and additional settings are nice
Except the settings STILL seem to have almost 0 impact on FPS. The difference between "Very Low" and "Ultra" still impacts both FPS and visuals marginally. Nowhere near what you see in most every other game. I don't understand it
Hopefully we start seeing a bunch more benchmarks trying to pinpoint exactly what is so funky about this game...
Did some testing. The game definitively runs smoother now. I used to get drops to 50 in the big hall area in the asylum, but now it's locked to 60 like the rest of the game.
The default TAA sharpness (5) seems sharper than what it used to be, I suspect the old setting was at 0.
The default TAA sharpness (5) seems sharper than what it used to be, I suspect the old setting was at 0.
I have this one place in Karnaca that gives me 40ish on ultra and 56 on very high, there is a difference.
Snacks the sober sea lion
Member
Should I update to the 375.95 drivers?
The Dear Leader
Banned
It says in the patch notes that it's highly recommended, as something in the previous NVIDIA drivers impacts performance.
Regginator
Member
Too bad it had to come to this. But I still trust Arkane to patch the shit out of it in order for Dishonored 2 to become the game it should have been at launch.
They should've just delayed it a month or two, and then release it either during the Christmas holidays or early January.
They should've just delayed it a month or two, and then release it either during the Christmas holidays or early January.
Well, G-Sync works now without an alt+tab, and the new options are appreciated.
However, I'm still getting the frame pacing/micro stutter issue. I think I know why now too. I'm not sure if it was the case with previous versions of id Tech engines, but the game doesn't seem to fully support anything above a 60 Hz refresh rate.
The frame pacing/micro stutter issue occurs at 144 Hz, 120 Hz and 72 Hz. At 60 Hz it disappears.
I don't really mind, as I can't run it much above 60 fps at ultra on average anyway, but it is definitely one of those games that doesn't play nice above 60 Hz. Probably something to do with the game logic. Unlikely it can be fixed either.
However, I'm still getting the frame pacing/micro stutter issue. I think I know why now too. I'm not sure if it was the case with previous versions of id Tech engines, but the game doesn't seem to fully support anything above a 60 Hz refresh rate.
The frame pacing/micro stutter issue occurs at 144 Hz, 120 Hz and 72 Hz. At 60 Hz it disappears.
I don't really mind, as I can't run it much above 60 fps at ultra on average anyway, but it is definitely one of those games that doesn't play nice above 60 Hz. Probably something to do with the game logic. Unlikely it can be fixed either.
They capped it at 120, the notes suggest going above it has issues (not that I imagine many are running this at 144 fps beyond a loading screen).
CyberPunked
Member
Who's sam?
Having a 120HZ Montior too, and the pacing/micro stutter is appearing for me after the patch aswell. What did you do? You changed your HZ to 60?
Because they are in Beta? They want it tested and they know only the most desperate and active customers are likely to bother with it, and thus are more likely to report results.
So basically they want their customers to do the QA patch testing for them? Nice.
Yup. at 1440p on a i7-4770k/980 Ti, I'm averaging in the high 60's, low 70's. I've seen about 110 fps max indoors.
I have a G-Sync monitor, so setting the in-game fps cap to 60 automatically limits my display to 60 Hz. You can use RTSS to cap the framerate as well.
This is definitely not a high refresh rate friendly game.
The Dear Leader
Banned
If it means faster turn around on official patches then I'm all for it.
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Member
Game runs better than before for me but still kinda slow. The menus still animate and function like they're running at 20FPS.
GavinUK86
Member
Well if you don't mind the drop in image clarity, the adaptive resolution option seems to be working as it should now.
I have a 970 and I'm getting 50-60fps at 1080p with everything on High. Loaded the same area pre-patch and was getting around 35-40.
I have vsync on at 60hz, adaptive resolution set to vsync based, threshold set to 60, quality set to balanced and triple buffering on.
Also tried the built in 30fps lock and load times seem pretty normal.
edit - okay so if you use rtss to cap to 30 too the load times are still screwed up. the built in lock does not have steady frame pacing either.
I have a 970 and I'm getting 50-60fps at 1080p with everything on High. Loaded the same area pre-patch and was getting around 35-40.
I have vsync on at 60hz, adaptive resolution set to vsync based, threshold set to 60, quality set to balanced and triple buffering on.
Also tried the built in 30fps lock and load times seem pretty normal.
edit - okay so if you use rtss to cap to 30 too the load times are still screwed up. the built in lock does not have steady frame pacing either.
Comrade Crunch
Member
After installing the Beta patch, all of get is a black screen after the initial load, anyone else experiencing this?
Hedonism Bot
Member
Right, I'm running a GTX 1080 overclocked on a 3440x1440 GSync monitor and was initially still disappointed that past the wall of light in karnaca, it was dipping down to the 40s still, even when the adaptive resolution threshold was set to start at 60 fps. The one setting breaking the really big views is texture detail, which my card with its 8GB of Vram is struggling with. So, rather than auto settings which had most things on very high and textures on ultra, it now runs better with everything at ultra and textures on very high.
I also set the adaptive resolution to 65 with the quality setting on whatever the nicest quality one is called, and now I've got a massively smoother game than before. Actually feels as tight as Dishonored 1 now. Very happy. Can't wait to dive in properly tomorrow after work.
I also set the adaptive resolution to 65 with the quality setting on whatever the nicest quality one is called, and now I've got a massively smoother game than before. Actually feels as tight as Dishonored 1 now. Very happy. Can't wait to dive in properly tomorrow after work.
Hm, you might be right. Locking to 60 FPS in the tutorial has smoother camera movement than leaving it unlocked at 72 FPS. G-Sync means it shouldn't happen but at least there's a way to fix the problem now!
sertopico
Member
I can definitely say the game runs much much better after this patch, everything finally feels silky smooth (I am in the Royal Conservatory level) and the input works flawlessly. From what I understood the game can't go past 120 FpS, so I just set the ingame frame limiter to 120 and I forced the VSync from NVCP as before, keeping GSync active as well. The game set the TAA sharpness to 10 and I can say it looks pretty good this way, I disabled the dynamic resolution scale and I set everything on Ultra.
I am satisfied for now, but I have to load some old savegames in order to see if it's still slowing down on the areas I visited. Unfortunately I overwrote a savegame from the first level by mistake, thinking I was loading it. :/
Oh, just for the records, my hard drive makes a lot more noise after this patch, the game did not stutter but maybe the 980Ti has not enough memory for the Ultra textures, think I need to test further.
EDIT: I did a test in the Addermire Institute, now in the main hall -where performance went down significantly- frames are way higher, but the FpS drop is still there.
I am satisfied for now, but I have to load some old savegames in order to see if it's still slowing down on the areas I visited. Unfortunately I overwrote a savegame from the first level by mistake, thinking I was loading it. :/
Oh, just for the records, my hard drive makes a lot more noise after this patch, the game did not stutter but maybe the 980Ti has not enough memory for the Ultra textures, think I need to test further.
EDIT: I did a test in the Addermire Institute, now in the main hall -where performance went down significantly- frames are way higher, but the FpS drop is still there.
The wall of light area is just the worse framerate wise, much better than any benchmark.
Whoops. Same*