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Durante's Dark Souls II verdict - PC Gamer
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teh_J0kerer
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So does this actually run better than DS1 for similar settings?
My computer is not amazing, but it can run e.g. crysis 2 at 720p, 30fps on high settings.
For DS1 I was a bit sad that I couldnt actually run the DSfix mod and go above the default res without going well below 30fps.
Is DS2 actually better optimized?
My computer is not amazing, but it can run e.g. crysis 2 at 720p, 30fps on high settings.
For DS1 I was a bit sad that I couldnt actually run the DSfix mod and go above the default res without going well below 30fps.
Is DS2 actually better optimized?
Schweinehund
Member
I believe so. I have a HD 7950 (slighty worst than GTX 770 in greenspeak), I would still get drops in some areas, particularly ceaseless discharge and the centipede, and some other areas were nothing taxing was even going on. He mentions in the performance section his gpu only had 60% load.
I'm curious if you have a rig with an AMD card laying around to try this on, just to see if there aren't any major problems with Team Red.
edit: More info, I run DaS at 1920x1080, my card is at stock settings and so is my CPU which is an i5-4670k. I get dropped frames in dark souls. Durante ran it at a higher resolution with a lesser cpu and still didn't drop frames.
Fimbulvetr
Member
Are the controller mappings customizable this time? Having sprint on a face button has always been really unfortunate, since it makes you unable to use the camera. I used a profile to switch B and RB for the first game, but that made menus awkward. I hope I don't have to do that again.
Can I put 4 Titans on my laptop?
Haunted
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I mean, physically you can put them on top of the laptop, absolutely.
Piercedveil
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killertofu
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Can I run in 1440p with a GTX 670 and an i5 3450k?
1000 Branches
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I see, thank you.
I have a pretty low end system, it runs high end games, but on crap settings. It flat out refused to run Dark Souls, so I was wondering if I would have better luck with DS2.
Thanks for all your work
CountAntonius
Member
Youe news make me very happy for waiting. Thanks Durante and PCGamer for the hardwork.
Felix Lighter
Member
Excellent! I've been desperately looking forward to playing the game. Avoiding DS2 as much as possible over the last month and a half has been a pain in the ass.
Their rig has a GTX 670 for those curious.
Brad also mentioned something about his "crappy home PC" being able to handle it just fine.
Felix Lighter
Member
Dark Souls has motion blur and it looked very similar to those shots. I always thought it did a decent job.
It looks extremely good. Dark Souls 1 had an okay-ish implementation, but this is leaps and bounds ahead of it.
Objectively Bad Opinion
Member
Sounds like my 7950 could downsample it. If my 7950 could downsample
AMD needs to get on the ball with that, seriously.
luckygodzilla
Member
Only if you believe in Christmas cheer.
Also if you don't mind me asking, what laptop are you currently using?
Felix Lighter
Member
Sounds like my 7950 could downsample it. If my 7950 could downsample
Now I miss DSFix.
Durante, first of all,congratulations for the article.
Second, you play with a 770 on a 2K resolution, i have that GPU...but on a 4K resolution downsampled the game continues with 60fps?
I doubt it a lot but if it's possible that would be awesome XD
Well, at least now i know i can play this game on a 2K resolution with 60fps...if i knew how to downsample T_T
Second, you play with a 770 on a 2K resolution, i have that GPU...but on a 4K resolution downsampled the game continues with 60fps?
I doubt it a lot but if it's possible that would be awesome XD
Well, at least now i know i can play this game on a 2K resolution with 60fps...if i knew how to downsample T_T
Sounds like my 7950 could downsample it. If my 7950 could downsample
My 7950 down samples. It is a pretty convoluted process though that I assume will break the next time I upgrade drivers.
lucebuce12
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Of course.
Thank you very much!
But i have some questions...if i read it correctly, i have to do all that work every time i want to play the game?
I mean, when i make the downsample to 2K for example on the Nvidia cp, can i change then to a higher resolution in-game? that was previously blocked to 1080p obviously.
And when i do that, if i change the resolution from 2K to 1080p on Nvidia cp, the game continues with the 2K resolution?
UnrealEck
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When you make a custom resolution in nVidia's CP, it basically reports that resolution to any game you load up. So if you make a resolution for 4K, then fire up Crysis, you'll be able to set the resolution in Crysis to 4K regardless of what resolution you use for your desktop (out of games, in Windows). Your game's resolution will stay whatever you've set it as long as you don't delete the custom resolution from nVidia's CP.
lucebuce12
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When you have a resolution in the cp that's higher than your desktop, then any games that support higher than 1080p resolutions will automatically show it. You can select any resolution in game then the game will "shorten" that image down to 1080p for your screen. Your screen will look much larger in the desktop but in game it helps a lot with Anti Aliasing and texture quality. (It can be tough to play games like RTSs while downsampling but FPS, controller based games, etc work fine )
It's the resolution in game that matters, make sure though that you don't go too high with your resolution like 4k or something, because most monitors have problems showing such a massive image.
El Phenicks
Neo Member
For the record
Of course not.
My title was "Dark Souls 2 Technical Report".
Probably not something you would expect a publication for the general gaming public to run unmodified
Such a well written analysis, kudos to you good sir !!
Pre-ordered btw
Orthogonal
Member
Even though the game is never going to look like From originally presented it, this still looks very good and it appears From has at least proven they can build a competent PC port. Good for them and it bodes well for the next Souls game when the last-gen machines can be left behind. Too bad we have a long wait for that, but in the mean-time I am going to enjoy the hell out of DS2.
Yabbadabado
Neo Member
Great, even more so excited for PC release! I wonder if there will be mod support from launch hmm...
SargerusBR
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He was actually referring to computer he has at his house, which was built in 2009/2010.
One minute late already, step up your game Nito
Lol I was late cause I made a post on another thread. SHHHH
I believe he has a similar card in his rig at home as he bought Jeff's old card when Jeff upgraded along with his new 1440p monitor.
lol
I can't believe they would consider a 670 a mid-range card, but then again I'm constantly surprised by journalism ignorance with the platform.
killertofu
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What do you consider a 670?
This is great! Fantastic work Durante, and good on PC Gamer for the coverage (I take it they went to him?)
Couple of Qs (very nitpicky):
1. Skippable intro logos are mentioned. These are skippable on consoles. Does this mean you can turn them off completely on PC?
2. The article also says you can turn off the UI, which again you can do (permanently off or "hide when inactive") on consoles.
3. Cloth physics are also in the console version. Are they enhanced in some way on PC?
I'm just glad that PC gamers can breath a sigh of relief and finally enjoy this great game.
From has some work to do in order to meet make the real generation jump, and Bandai Namco has some work to do on their marketing technique, but hopefully this won't distort peoples' perceptions any further.
Couple of Qs (very nitpicky):
1. Skippable intro logos are mentioned. These are skippable on consoles. Does this mean you can turn them off completely on PC?
2. The article also says you can turn off the UI, which again you can do (permanently off or "hide when inactive") on consoles.
3. Cloth physics are also in the console version. Are they enhanced in some way on PC?
I'm just glad that PC gamers can breath a sigh of relief and finally enjoy this great game.
From has some work to do in order to meet make the real generation jump, and Bandai Namco has some work to do on their marketing technique, but hopefully this won't distort peoples' perceptions any further.
It was a $400 card that is one generation old.
Surely we'll see this jump with Demon's Souls 2.
or Dark Souls III