oh wow did not know that
I just assumed they went like EA did with Frostbite, that seems more efficient
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Far Cry 4 PC performance thread
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oh wow did not know that
I just assumed they went like EA did with Frostbite, that seems more efficient
deeptech
Member
download more grafix?
Um, weird. Have you tried changing the draw distance settings , geometry , textures? What's your GPU?
Their different engines share common grounds though.
Watch Dogs uses Disrupt, not Anvil.
The English Conquistador
Member
Just started playing this and I gotta say, it looks fucking gorgeous. It runs very well for me too. I play at 1440p and even at max settings it runs in 40-mid/late 50s with some deeps to mid/early 30s. Very impressed.
Aztechnology
Member
Check the Buy/Sell/Trade thread here on GAF. A few people got a game voucher with their new GPU's and are selling your choice of AC3/Unity/FC4 for 30-35
Cannon Goose
Member
After playing this for three hours and getting away from that starting village I've found that this actually runs decently (above 30fps) like 95% of the time. There's some micro-stuttering but not a whole lot, even while driving. When I had only completed the prologue I thought this would be a hot mess but I'm actually enjoying it quite a lot now.
Has it been released and pulled multiple times? I am currently at 1.4 with my uPlay copy. It's not any different than 1.3 though, all the same problems remain. Getting rid of the vast majority of the stuttering means living with shitty textures. Have they made an official statement detailing how they knew of this "bug" from the start of development and never felt the need to deal with it?
Probably. Still no 1.4 here, just checked Uplay once again.
Aztechnology
Member
I have the same setup, with 2 4gb 770's. I either have to deal with unbelievably dark shadows/nights or flickering textures. Other than that, there's a bit of stuttering, but the game runs well enough (Over 60 fps, just with aforementioned issues, stuttering makes it feel sub 60).
Basically after my disappointment with my 770 compatibility and issues for a lot of games both new and old. I decided to sell off my 770's and buy a 970 until the 980TI or new AMD cards come out.
Works is such an absolute term. =)
The Far Cry 4 SLI profile has 80-90% scaling, but it has bugs. Shadows are too black, making the game hard to enjoy. A fix is being worked on, no ETA.
I'm playing with the Far Cry 3 profile which doesn't scale as well, but doesn't have the bugs, as far as I can tell. I've not played very long though, so others might be able to tell you more.
The game does have problems with stutter, but it can be mostly worked around.
Yes all the villages perform terribly. I think it's a CPU thing.
Yeah, it looks amazing depending on the time of day. I'll post some of mine later.Just started playing this and I gotta say, it looks fucking gorgeous. It runs very well for me too. I play at 1440p and even at max settings it runs in 40-mid/late 50s with some deeps to mid/early 30s. Very impressed.
As I unlock more of the map...my RAM usage is going up...used to play at around 6GB total ram usage (looked at my old recordings with the stats), now it goes up to 9/10 GB from a fresh reboot.
Is it possible the RAM stuff has an effect on smoothness? Sometimes I feel like there is a link in this.
Is it possible the RAM stuff has an effect on smoothness? Sometimes I feel like there is a link in this.
I have the 4gb edition as well, SLI support was so bad this year, I'm really considering ditching it and go solo if it doesn't get proper support next year (my third sli setup).
Thanks. Wierd considering the gun fight before that performed ok..
JRW
Member
Nice, replying to my own comment.. anyhow just wanted to clarify the issue isn't 100% GTX 480, because even if I lock the framerate to 30fps and never see the fps drop below 30, it just doesnt *feel* like a proper 30fps, its more like 25fps.
I noticed others in this thread mentioning the same thing so guess the game needs optimization on PC. I can tell you PS4 FC4's 30fps runs proper which made me notice the issue even more when coming home to my PC (Been playing it at a friends last few days).
With Batman Arkham Origins SLI bits there are no visual defects but it doesn't run as fast as with Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon bits (which can sometimes cause a flickering environment or can work fine, I don't know what causes this). That said, even a single 770 is enough to play this at 2560x1440 at around 30 fps.
For me aside from Nvidia not providing a SLI profile at launch for some recent games, SLI has worked fine for me and even then 2 GB VRAM on my cards hasn't become an issue at all.
FunkyLounge
Member
Yep, WD/Disrupt reuses some AC/Anvil code, but it is a separate engine.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Did the most recent patch fuck up the shadows/lighting or something? They are flashing like crazy and clearly broken every time I go to the Himalayas/indoor areas and now in the North it's overly bright and the shadows are all fucked up.
I tried messing with the shadow settings/post-process/godrays and everything else that seemed like it might affect it and none of them did anything to help. I have a 970/5820k both performing perfectly and I'm on 344.75/vers 1.4.0 of the game (it autoupdated). It's honestly bad enough I'm stopping playing the game until another patch hits.I had none of these issues in the first zone on release.
I tried messing with the shadow settings/post-process/godrays and everything else that seemed like it might affect it and none of them did anything to help. I have a 970/5820k both performing perfectly and I'm on 344.75/vers 1.4.0 of the game (it autoupdated). It's honestly bad enough I'm stopping playing the game until another patch hits.I had none of these issues in the first zone on release.
opticalmace
Member
Any idea if I should get this for PC or PS4? Little worried about performance.
PC:
2500k @ 4.3GHz
AMD 6950 2GB (oc'd to ~6970 specs)
enough ram
Thanks.
PC:
2500k @ 4.3GHz
AMD 6950 2GB (oc'd to ~6970 specs)
enough ram
Thanks.
PS4.
"enough ram", yet you don't know if your specs are good enough to run the game? How do you know it's enough? If it is, why not just state the amount you have?
opticalmace
Member
16GB. I don't know, didn't seem super relevant.
I know I can run the game, I just don't know if it'll be worse than playing it on PS4.
Aztechnology
Member
You're more patient than I. I sold off my 770's on amazon. Picked up a reference model 970 from bestbuy
(got them to price match a $350 different model from newegg
) easily clocked it up to almost 1500 mhz running really cool still and I'm not looking back. I made out like a bandit, so I may sell my 970 when the 980ti comes out and grab that. Regardless it's performing well on farcry 4 now, but Ubi-Soft games are just a nightmare right now in general.
JRW
Member
Unless they patch it on PC to address current performance / stutter issues as of right now I'd go with PS4 version.
Yeah, the game isn't well multithreaded at all.
Same for me. I'm also getting some stuttering in Dragon Age Inquisition. It's strange that ACU got most of the hate, but in my experience all of these games are similarly demanding but ACU runs the best of all of them. I'm not able to achieve a stable 60fps at max settings on my GTX 970 in any of them, but at least when I cap ACU at 50fps or 30fps the frame pacing is even and smooth.
LordOfChaos
Member
Has there been any word on an OSX release for FC4? There's one for 3, but I can't find any mention of it for 4.
I don't see any haze. Just more realistic lighting. I guess if you want it to look flat and videogamey that's your prerogative, but the god rays are absolutely vital to the look of this game. I would turn down most other settings before I would turn those off.
Yeah, a lot better.
ACU is multi-threaded quite well, while FC4 definitely isn't.
b0uncyfr0
Member
So any news on the how to fix the pitch black shadows yet? Its really messing with me.
EDIT: Turns out its SSBC that's causing the pitch black shadows everywhere on single GPU systems at least. If you're on SLI, it could be another matter though. You can check by forcing these bits in NV inspector - SLI Compatibility bits (DX1x) - 0x080020F5.
EDIT: Turns out its SSBC that's causing the pitch black shadows everywhere on single GPU systems at least. If you're on SLI, it could be another matter though. You can check by forcing these bits in NV inspector - SLI Compatibility bits (DX1x) - 0x080020F5.
BrassDragon
Member
After much get tinkering, I still get extreme stuttering and frame locks in the arena while most of the open world runs smoothly... any ideas what's causing this?
It just confuses me that the game can perform perfectly when showing a vista for miles around, including traffic and wildlife, but becomes a creaky mess when rendering a contained room with 15 enemies.
It just confuses me that the game can perform perfectly when showing a vista for miles around, including traffic and wildlife, but becomes a creaky mess when rendering a contained room with 15 enemies.
PuppetSlave
Member
I had them but after I used geforce experience optimize they disappeared. I don't have SLI either. Other then that check the OP and the net for crushed blacks for some other possible solutions.
Manac0r
Member
Anyone else experiencing the game pad issue? If I try boots g the game with a pad plugged in I get a black screen. As soon as I disconnect the pad it loads up fine. When I get in game and try reconnecting the pad, areas fail to load or button prompts don't show and checkpoint won't load. Disconnect the pad and it works fine.
I know I could just use k/b + mouse, but seems like a great game for couch play. I have tried using different USB ports but still get the same behaviour. I surely can't be the only one?
I know I could just use k/b + mouse, but seems like a great game for couch play. I have tried using different USB ports but still get the same behaviour. I surely can't be the only one?
It's really got to be CPU core utilization issues. Try logging your core usage in both scenarios to see what the difference is. It could also be the proposed memory leak.
I really hope they fix the stuttering, because the game looks breathtaking on the highest settings.
I have to restart my PC each time I play the game otherwise I lose like 6GB of RAM lol. Really feel that it's tied to the save file as well.
I'm not experiencing this but I read that Ubisoft were working on a patch for that as others have.
I'm not experiencing this but I read that Ubisoft were working on a patch for that as others have.
I can't get that to work on mine now. Any ideas? I have 16x Aniso forced in both Global and the FC4 profile, yet I'm clearly not getting 16x. Maybe I'll try backing up my gamerprofile.xml.. deleting the orginal and let FC4 rebuilt it. There's something fishy going on.
I can't do the DisableMip thing. Too many textures look like 'Low' settings for me. The performance is wonderful with that setting however.
Oh, anymore opinions on having GPUMaxBufferedFrames on 3 vs. 1? I've yet to try it, but I think I'll give it a whirl when I get home from work.
Make sure you didn't choose any AF mode, there's one which lists Far Cry 3 as an example which actually turned it off for me. But yeah, try getting a new gameprofile.xml as well.
MaxBufferedFrames did improve the stuttering for me, but not much. That was before I tried disablemip, which was the only thing that actually solved it.
My AF test was the AJM 9 pistol. Without it, the texture looks blurry as hell and not a beautiful gun. If you manage to force AF, you'll notice the difference right away.