I'm playing at 50hz/50 fps and is as perfect as 50 fps can be. Doesn't goes under 50 driving or shooting. Obviously settings are not maxed, but this game is not night and day between max and medium.
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Mafia 3 PC performance thread
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I'm playing at 50hz/50 fps and is as perfect as 50 fps can be. Doesn't goes under 50 driving or shooting. Obviously settings are not maxed, but this game is not night and day between max and medium.
abracadaver
Member
The patch did absolutely nothing for me. Still 45fps when driving around
1.01 vs 1.04 comparison on a GTX 1080
https://youtu.be/3W7O0g2ro2I
https://youtu.be/3W7O0g2ro2I
Goes to show how rushed out and broken it was at launch. 20 fps gain for a patch is insane.
NeoRaider
Member
cdkeys. Also there is -7% voucher for M3 i think.
dgrdsv
Member
I wonder if this is for NV h/w only or if AMD's GPUs get the same boost.
I can't with 980ti and i7 6700k@4.5, at least not consistently. No problems on foot or in combat but fps shits the bed when driving fast in the city.
Business
Member
Thanks. Such a shame this game is so poorly optimized.
YES! $22
This product can only be activated in the following regions: Europe (inc UK), Middle East, Africa
<^- Is in the US....oh.....nm :*(
icecold1983
Member
dgrdsv
Member
Yeah, I saw that one, although it seems that NV get a bigger boost but it's hard to say without proper benchmarks.
For what it's worth, it's just an activation-level restriction, so you can use a VPN to activate the key and then play the game with your normal IP. Valve has thus far only cared about VPN usage when it's to aid in cross-region purchasing on the store or the activation of region-locked gifts specifically.
SliChillax
Member
Put AA in medium or lower. High makes it blurry as hell
camequipped
Member
Anyone getting frequent crashes after the recent patch? Never had this issue before. Crashed twice within 30 mins.
IcyRhythms
Member
Did patch 1.04 also improve performance when driving at high speeds, or is that still a mess?
Are you using any overlays, like RTSS or Fraps? I got plenty of crashes with RTSS turned on, not a single one yet after I turned it off.
You people with 970s. What setting are you playing on?
I tried 60fps @ medium presets with long wierd stutters while driving and drops to about 45fps. Then tried 30fps @ high presets but even that felt stuttery with drops slightly below 30 while asset streaming.
I guess i just have to pick my god damn poison?
I tried 60fps @ medium presets with long wierd stutters while driving and drops to about 45fps. Then tried 30fps @ high presets but even that felt stuttery with drops slightly below 30 while asset streaming.
I guess i just have to pick my god damn poison?
NeoRaider
Member
I feel like they abandoned the PC version. It works so bad for me, there is literally no performance difference on Low compared to High setting.
They just don't care.
NeoRaider
Member
Is this game forgotten or what??
Does anyone have any kind of info are they working on and planning to release more patches for the PC version?
I can't believe that ppl played and finished this game in this state because it works so, so bad for me. Why aren't they talking about it or giving any updates about the PC versions?
Does anyone have any kind of info are they working on and planning to release more patches for the PC version?
I can't believe that ppl played and finished this game in this state because it works so, so bad for me. Why aren't they talking about it or giving any updates about the PC versions?
No season pass content has been released yet, so i'm sure there will be some kind of update coming. I have little faith that it'lll ever be fixed though.
I had to give up on it as the constant stutter (even at 30fps) gives me a headache about about 15 minutes. Never found a way to smooth it out.
I had to give up on it as the constant stutter (even at 30fps) gives me a headache about about 15 minutes. Never found a way to smooth it out.
NeoRaider
Member
High: http://i.imgur.com/eqqx1NB.jpg
Medium: http://i.imgur.com/EIzUcUx.jpg
Low: http://i.imgur.com/YnIlDFL.jpg
How is this even possible??
Medium: http://i.imgur.com/EIzUcUx.jpg
Low: http://i.imgur.com/YnIlDFL.jpg
How is this even possible??
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
lordfuzzybutt
Member
NeoRaider
Member
I wrote the settings. There are only few options in the graphics menu. First is everything on High, middle is everything on Medium, and last screenshot is everything on Low.
My specs are:
R9 280x
i5-4460
8GB
SSD
lordfuzzybutt
Member
Yeah, what I meant to ask is specifically the v-sync setting. It looks like you got double buffer v-sync on so that it locks the frame to 30 whenever it's below 60fps and to 20 whenever it's below 30fps. Do you have v-sync enable in game? In driver setting?
Also what's your GPU and CPU utilisation in game when it's dropped to 20?
NeoRaider
Member
It works the same, with or without v-sync. There is no difference. FPS is NOT locked.
It's just around 20-25 most of the time. And i just realized that it drops to 15-16 in some areas while driving. Also it stutters... a lot.
This is after 3-4 minutes of driving on High settings:
lordfuzzybutt
Member
It works the same, with or without v-sync. There is no difference. FPS is NOT locked.
It's just around 20-25 most of the time. And i just realized that it drops to 15-16 in some areas while driving. Also it stutters... a lot.
This is after 3-4 minutes of driving on High settings:
Hmm, the graphs seem fine. Looks like your CPU is holding you back.
The 280x does about 25-28 fps at launch when not CPU bound and the game definitely runs better now than at launch so I guess you can either upgrade your CPU or hope that they spend time optimising it further. Highly doubt it will improve much on that front though, considering they are working on new contents.
xpsycho87x
Neo Member
Is there a fix for frame pacing issues at 60fps? I can get 60fps with a GTX 970 with a mix of low-high settings, but the game seems to become jerky sometimes, I think it's related to frame pacing...
I like the look of this game but holy shit driving through the city is just ruining my framerate. GPU (980ti) doesn't seem to be too busy but CPU (3570k) is in the 90s all the time.
Haven't messed with all the graphics options because it's one of those annoying cases where you can't chage settings ingame but is there a specific setting that's super demanding?
Edit: It's nowhere near as bad as some of the posts above me indicate, it seemed to go to like 45ish fps during the day while driving. The drive after the initial Haitian mission seemed to go a little lower framerate wise.
Haven't messed with all the graphics options because it's one of those annoying cases where you can't chage settings ingame but is there a specific setting that's super demanding?
Edit: It's nowhere near as bad as some of the posts above me indicate, it seemed to go to like 45ish fps during the day while driving. The drive after the initial Haitian mission seemed to go a little lower framerate wise.
Framerate cap aside, there are no settings that have a notable impact on CPU usage. I'd imagine the game's appetite for CPU resources is at least partly why it was originally capped to 30fps.
Yeah I played around with the settings a bit and boy CPU usage doesn't give a shit lol.
RamaTheVoice
Member
Wonder if that'll eventually be "brute-forceable". I'd like to see how the game performs on an OC'd Ryzen for example.
Does the game benefit from i7s over i5s right now?
Somewhat. In GameGPU's benchmarks, the i7s (2600K, 4770K, 6700) performed around 30% and 20% faster than their i5 counterparts with regard to the minimum and average framerates, respectively, though the 6700 pulled ahead of the 5960X for the top spot.
Guess I'll try a 30fps cap for now and go down the annoying route of figuring out the best combination of driver, ingame and RTSS settings that works best for this game to not make it a stuttering mess. My initial try didn't seem too promising frametiming wise though.
dgrdsv
Member
Pre-DLC patch released a couple of hours ago seems to have switched game's SSAO solution to NV's HBAO+. At least it says "Ambient Occlusion (HBAO)" in the options now and there's the DLL in the game folder (wasn't there prior to patch).
Can't say that performance or image quality changed much but then again I just did a quick drive during the rain and night so may have easily missed any changes.
Can't say that performance or image quality changed much but then again I just did a quick drive during the rain and night so may have easily missed any changes.
dgrdsv
Member
Having just finished the game yesterday I honestly don't understand what's wrong with its performance. Image quality, sure, it's pretty bad and there are lots of bugs. But as for performance - I've been playing at 45-60 through the whole game and I'd say that it's running pretty good performance wise.
dgrdsv
Member
Procesor
Core i7-6700K @ 4,7 GHz
Possible? Yes. Will it look good? Probably no.
6600K may also be a bottleneck here.
RamaTheVoice
Member
It will be. Couldn't get a locked 60 with a 6600k and a 1080 (at 1440p, admittedly, but resolution being more GPU-dependent I wouldn't be surprised if it's the same story at 1080p).
I need to try again now that I have a 6700k.
I need to try again now that I have a 6700k.