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Dishonored 2 PC performance thread
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Fahzgoolin
Banned
I was one of the posters saying I noticed it working at some points of my playthrough. However, I'm pretty sure that I was playing around 30 to 50FPS, but it scaled the resolution down when it dipped under 30 during more demanding scenes.
So yes, it still worked for me, but just not at all times it should have. I never claimed it worked perfectly or that the game performed well for me at all times.
Snacks the sober sea lion
Member
Me too. Not as good as I want it to be but it's finally playable. No more awful stuttering.
CrichtonKicks
Member
Holy crap this patch made a huge difference. Frame pacing still feels every so slightly off still but I'm getting locked 60 in Karnaca and it feels soooo much better playing it now.
This is on a 1070.
Actually plays how I would have expected it to at release.
This is on a 1070.
Actually plays how I would have expected it to at release.
Snacks the sober sea lion
Member
I know what the developer says, I need to know if the driver doesn't have ridiculous issues like nvidia drivers have been causing for a while now. No problems so far.
Frame limiter: cinematic
electroflame
Member
Performance is definitely better, but still kind of stuttery. Overall a nice boost compared to where it was last week.
However, now I have really annoying crash problems. Certain saves now fail to load (crash right before they finish loading) and certain areas of Mission 6 are making me crash immediately (but randomly).
So...yeah. Performance is better, but there may be increased instability.
However, now I have really annoying crash problems. Certain saves now fail to load (crash right before they finish loading) and certain areas of Mission 6 are making me crash immediately (but randomly).
So...yeah. Performance is better, but there may be increased instability.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
you tellin me this game might be playable now for 970 owners
GavinUK86
Member
Yup, it is. It's not perfect yet but it's playable now.
Robobandit
Member
definite improvement for me.
I can now play at 1080p w/ all settings on ultra and maintain 60 fps in spots that used to give me 40-47
I can also play @ 4k if I use the auto preset for my card (everything on ultra except water quality, view distance, decal quality and shadow quality). and get 50-60 fps.
Not sure which I prefer atm.. stable 60 is nice.. but the increase in resolution is noticeable.. and running at 1080p produces this weird flickering on some elements in the distance that isn't present when I run @ native 4k
rig -
6700k @ 4.6Ghz
16GB DDR4
Titan X Pascal
I can now play at 1080p w/ all settings on ultra and maintain 60 fps in spots that used to give me 40-47
I can also play @ 4k if I use the auto preset for my card (everything on ultra except water quality, view distance, decal quality and shadow quality). and get 50-60 fps.
Not sure which I prefer atm.. stable 60 is nice.. but the increase in resolution is noticeable.. and running at 1080p produces this weird flickering on some elements in the distance that isn't present when I run @ native 4k
rig -
6700k @ 4.6Ghz
16GB DDR4
Titan X Pascal
G-Sync can't do anything about the issue if the framerate is directly tied to the game logic. It's more than likely a fixed tick rate issue caused by the engine itself.
Not sure if they can fully address it at this point.
BarelyLegalAlien
Member
I leave for 3 hours, 3 HOURS and I miss this shit. I was really expecting it to come out thursday or something. Anyway, Imma try it.
Regginator
Member
I feel like Skinner.
Am I so out of touch with my 280X? ... No, it's Arkane who are wrong.
The Dear Leader
Banned
Still not where it should be, it's better for sure, but it's still really inconsistent for me.
Alright, I just switched between Dishonored 2, where I was getting a solid 60 FPS and Titanfall 2 where the framerate was hovering around 65 FPS (G-Sync). Titanfall feels FAR better than Dishonored, even after the patch.
Dishonored 2 is better now but it's still a bit fucked. And yes, I was locking the framerate to 60.
Dishonored 2 is better now but it's still a bit fucked. And yes, I was locking the framerate to 60.
Coriolanus
Banned
while ive no doubt that dish2 remains all sorts of fucked, isn't comparing a game to a gsync experience kinda unfair?
Err, they both should be gsync experiences.
flipswitch
Member
Updated.
New patch made a even bigger improvement over the previous one, Tripple buffering, adaptation resolution, frame rate limiter options on, almost all stuttering gone. I was fiddling with the settings and now I'm very pleased with the results.
Here are my settings:
System:
i7 3770k stock
16GB ram
980Ti.
1080p resolution, all ultra with Xbone controller. TXAA 1x
FOV: 90
Vsync on ( through nvidia control panel)
Adaptive resolution manual
Adapting resolution FPS threshold 60fps.
Adaptive resolution quality Balanced
FPS limiter 60fps.
Triple buffering Yes.
New patch made a even bigger improvement over the previous one, Tripple buffering, adaptation resolution, frame rate limiter options on, almost all stuttering gone. I was fiddling with the settings and now I'm very pleased with the results.
Here are my settings:
System:
i7 3770k stock
16GB ram
980Ti.
1080p resolution, all ultra with Xbone controller. TXAA 1x
FOV: 90
Vsync on ( through nvidia control panel)
Adaptive resolution manual
Adapting resolution FPS threshold 60fps.
Adaptive resolution quality Balanced
FPS limiter 60fps.
Triple buffering Yes.
Pop On Arrival
Banned
Everytime I see this thread get bumped I get excited for a nano second thinking theres a patch.
aaaaaaahhhhhhhh. fook off arkane
aaaaaaahhhhhhhh. fook off arkane
ViewtifulJC
Banned
The Dear Leader
Banned
There was one today lol.
GavinUK86
Member
45+ in some areas but mostly 30-35. You can lock it to 30 if you need to now.
U WOT M8?
Intheflorsh
Banned
It runs much better but it's still not where it should be. This is encouraging though.
1440p everything maxed but shadows on high
Tried it on my PC and my brothers PC. (980Ti and 1080)
Well, definetively it runs much better, no stutter at all, clockwork mansion still has dips to 40s while it transforms if shadows are on ultra settings, on high settings we have some dips to +50s.
So, meh...it's something, at least it's playable now, and the new visual options are welcome, but it needs at least 3 more patches to get a good experience in terms of performance.
Tried it on my PC and my brothers PC. (980Ti and 1080)
Well, definetively it runs much better, no stutter at all, clockwork mansion still has dips to 40s while it transforms if shadows are on ultra settings, on high settings we have some dips to +50s.
So, meh...it's something, at least it's playable now, and the new visual options are welcome, but it needs at least 3 more patches to get a good experience in terms of performance.
Ultra seems overly taxing given what seems to be little visual improvement for me as well, perhaps they focused on optimizing high/very high. I noticed for my 1070 it auto detects everything as high/very high, no ultra
Pop On Arrival
Banned
you guys talking about the beta patch? Theres a 2nd one? My dishonored 2 hasn't updated
Is there any possibilty to get 60fps on very high settings in Karnaka? (With a 980ti/1070)
And seems like the game is still broken on AMD gpus...c'mon Arkane
The Dear Leader
Banned
Yeah it's a second beta update (1.2).
It's another beta patch, you have to enable it in the Steam options
Is that ultra?
Pop On Arrival
Banned
yeah, I didn't realize there was a second one, my bad. The initial impressions of the first one didn't even make me bother updating, but but the "fix list" for this 2nd one is much more interesting.
downloading now. Hopefully its finally playable without requiring any bandaids
flipswitch
Member
From my previous post, my current location is ' mission 3 The Good Doctor in Addermire.
Also, pre-rendered frames sets to 1 in nvidia control panel.
Also, pre-rendered frames sets to 1 in nvidia control panel.
Drops below 60fps w/ that setup? It's similar to mine.
BarelyLegalAlien
Member
So I tested it. Got me a 10 FPS boost. Karnaca docks at 36-40 FPS which is pretty annoying, but that's just a specific location. I didn't enable adaptive resolution. I just can't handle resolution changes. Overall gameplay is smoother. I might play it now, installing some AMD drivers to see if I get a boost. Oddly the Karnaca docks are still stuck at 44 FPS at 600x800.
I have an i7-3770 @ 3.4 GHz, R9 290 4 GB, 16 GB RAM. Playing on 1080p with High to Ultra settings.
I have an i7-3770 @ 3.4 GHz, R9 290 4 GB, 16 GB RAM. Playing on 1080p with High to Ultra settings.
GavinUK86
Member
Yeah and HBAO on.
My screen flashes black every 1-2 seconds and it runs way worse now. Even menus are tripping out.
Also hitches constantly, stuttering then playing at high speed for a second, then stuttering again.
Update: I... played a youtube video and now everything runs really well?
Also: is the initial load time (around 30secs to 1min on a samsung ssd) when you start the game something I can fix/make better, or is that there to stay?
BRocknRolla
Member
The beta patch is a definite improvement, but it's still rough.
The stuttering seems greatly improved, but it's still now particularly smooth feeling because of the drops. Just turning quickly can see a 10-20fps drop in some areas, and stuff like going into the kill animations feels very stilted and stuttery.
Mind you, this is all at very high, and 1080p. On my 1070! It's very frustrating to see this game continue to chug along so poorly. Shocking to think that this is a big step up.
Edit: Also, 1440p is not an option since it's bugged to lock at 30fps. Not an issue at 4k, but the performance is generally so bad there that it's very much not an option either.
The stuttering seems greatly improved, but it's still now particularly smooth feeling because of the drops. Just turning quickly can see a 10-20fps drop in some areas, and stuff like going into the kill animations feels very stilted and stuttery.
Mind you, this is all at very high, and 1080p. On my 1070! It's very frustrating to see this game continue to chug along so poorly. Shocking to think that this is a big step up.
Edit: Also, 1440p is not an option since it's bugged to lock at 30fps. Not an issue at 4k, but the performance is generally so bad there that it's very much not an option either.
Regginator
Member
What are your specs?
CrichtonKicks
Member
Is there any possibilty to get 60fps on very high settings in Karnaka? (With a 980ti/1070)
And seems like the game is still broken on AMD gpus...c'mon Arkane
I'm getting 60 fps on Auto-Detect settings (mainly Very High) in Karnaka with a 1070.
Don't know if it matters but the patch notes say they adjusted pre-rendered frames in-game so they recommend setting it back to default in the CP.
Toothless Spoon
Member
Are the patches still in beta? I haven't seen update my game yet.
FairXchange
Member
Patch helped things for me on a R9 390, still have lots of room for improvement but it's much better overall.
flipswitch
Member
Well I'm not in karnataka anymore, so I can't compare this patch with the old one.
I'm at mission 3 The Good Doctor in Addermire and the stuttering has improved or reduced greatly.
It's not completely gone though.
Edit: Got fraps running now so I can monitor the FPS. I'll update my impressions later.
Image came a bit dark. Getting mostly 60fps, with some frame drops at specific spots, but nothing major.. Addermire Institute.
jim2point0
Banned
When motion blur kicks in, my FPS drops.
Normally I'm sitting here at 60, but if I pan the camera, FPS drops. When I take a screenshot, you can see that motion blur is active. Thing is, my GPU usage doesn't seem to increase.
That's 2 overclocked 980TIs dropping below 60 FPS here. Just crazy. Is there a way to force motion blur off?
Normally I'm sitting here at 60, but if I pan the camera, FPS drops. When I take a screenshot, you can see that motion blur is active. Thing is, my GPU usage doesn't seem to increase.
That's 2 overclocked 980TIs dropping below 60 FPS here. Just crazy. Is there a way to force motion blur off?