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[Durante]

Explain then.

In order to evaluate GPU performance, you try to eliminate CPU limitations as a factor. That means running at high resolutions and with the fastest CPU you can possibly get. This will (hopefully) cause the game to be almost or entirely GPU limited, and therefore give you the maximum possible amount of information about the relative performance of various GPUs.

Conversely, when evaluating CPU performance, you will chose the fastest possible GPU setup you can get and use a modest rendering resolution. This allows you to accurately compare CPU performance in a CPU-limited scenario.

 

[CyberPunked]

Good thing that performance analysis was done with practicle CPU performance.

Dude, they use the best CPU to eliminate any chance of the CPU bottlenecking the system.

 

[The Goat]

Dat 680.

Yep, 680 still rocking it. Holding off for next round of Nvidia tech to upgrade.

 

[FtsH]

Didn't AMD just release an Omega drive which was supposed to optimize everything once and for all?

 

[BPoole]

At 1080p, performances are fine.
But at 1440p (I tried to downsample) I get 30-40FPS.

How about if you disable screen filtering? I thought it looked like shit in the pre release shots and was going to turn it off

 

[KillaKalz347]

Didn't AMD just release an Omega drive which was supposed to optimize everything once and for all?

It doesn't work that way, you have to have access to game source code to optimize drivers effectively, AMD doesn't have access to those when a game is Nvidia sponsored.

 

[Embearded]

My specs:

AMD 8350
MSI R7870 OC 1050MHz
8GB RAM DDR3 1866MHz

I run it on 1080p with everything high and had 60fps most of the time. Plenty of dips to mid 30s when screen was populated and there was action.

 

[GhostTrick]

How about if you disable screen filtering? I thought it looked like shit in the pre release shots and was going to turn it off

I have yet to try though.
Although, I think it gets better performance, by at least 10FPS.

 

[Coconut]

In order to evaluate GPU performance, you try to eliminate CPU limitations as a factor. That means running at high resolutions and with the fastest CPU you can possibly get. This will (hopefully) cause the game to be almost or entirely GPU limited, and therefore give you the maximum possible amount of information about the relative performance of various GPUs.

Conversely, when evaluating CPU performance, you will chose the fastest possible GPU setup you can get and use a modest rendering resolution. This allows you to accurately compare CPU performance in a CPU-limited scenario.

Thank you that is helpful info.

 

[Kezen]

It doesn't work that way, you have to have access to game source code to optimize drivers effectively, AMD doesn't have access to those when a game is Nvidia sponsored.

That's not true.

Nvidia’s Cebenoyan responded directly to this during our conversation: “I’ve heard that before from AMD and it’s a little mysterious to me. We don’t and we never have restricted anyone from getting access as part of our agreements

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2014/05/28/nvidia-fires-back-the-truth-about-gameworks-amd-optimization-and-watch-dogs/

We don’t have anything in there restricting anyone from accessing source code or binaries. Developers are free to give builds out to whoever they want. It’s their product.”

Source code access isn't necessary in order to optimize as well :

Cebenoyan says that a game’s source code isn’t necessary to perform driver optimization. “Thousands of games get released, but we don’t need to look at that source code,”

AMD trying to cover their asses because of underwhelming performance in some games, shifting the blame to Nvidia while the latter does not match AMD in some recent games (Ryse) yet we don't hear them whinning about a fabled "sabotage".
Grow up AMD.

 

[FtsH]

It doesn't work that way, you have to have access to game source code to optimize drivers effectively, AMD doesn't have access to those when a game is Nvidia sponsored.

Well....but this is ported from consoles which are AMD GPU based to begin with...
or that doesn't help either?

 

[ThatsMytrunks]

i7 4770k with a 770GTX and 12 gigs of ram.

Model Detail - Extra High
Texture Detail - High
Texture Filtering - Extra High
Shadows - Extra High
Lighting - Extra High
Screen Filtering - Extra High
SSAO - Extra High
Effects - Extra High

Close to a solid 60fps. I may not need to upgrade my GFX card like I thought I would.

 

[revolverjgw]

What kind of anti-aliasing does this have and how do I change it? I don't know what to choose in the options.

 

[PHOTOSHOP]

surprised im getting decent FPS with my old ass 660 gtx.
Just happy i can play MGSV on PC now.

 

[Ray Wonder]

Looks good to me! Probably grab it next week.

And the banner is incredible.

 

[Spazznid]

Need to remove that fps cap...

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

i7 4770k with a 770GTX and 12 gigs of ram.

Model Detail - Extra High
Texture Detail - High
Texture Filtering - Extra High
Shadows - Extra High
Lighting - Extra High
Screen Filtering - Extra High
SSAO - Extra High
Effects - Extra High

Close to a solid 60fps. I may not need to upgrade my GFX card like I thought I would.

might wanna lower SSAO as it's a performance killer

 

[Muskieratboi]

Interesting. so my 780m Equipped Alienware 17 should handle it fine with a nice, solid locked 60fps, huh? Kinda Wish I could try for 120, but eh. lol

 

[Lovely Salsa]

so how big of a difference from the ps4 version?

 

[Durante]

so how big of a difference from the ps4 version?

Massive. LoD distance above all else.

 

[SargerusBR]

i5 760, GTX 650ti BOOST 1GB, 8GB RAM

Good results, 60fps playable with most settings on high, some frame drops but nothing too serious.

 

[fluffydelusions]

i7 4790k & 970 runs great at max settings!

 

[VisceralBowl]

Massive. LoD distance above all else.

I'm big a fan of the new DoF and AO as well.

 

[Heavy's Sandvich]

Still on 5870 and it runs really really well, everything on high.

 

[Vash63]

Double dip for me. Hope turning off screen space reflections will get me a locked 60FPS at 2560x1440 on my 780 ti.

 

[Anteater]

Screen filtering and SSAO seem to be the most costy

 

[Chakan]

i5 4670
970 GTX
8GB RAM
Win 7

Runs like butter. Solid 60fps at 1080P with everything maxed.

 

[Mr Swine]

i5 4670
970 GTX
8GB RAM
Win 7

Runs like butter. Solid 60fps at 1080P with everything maxed.

Needs more buttah!*


*Dead Rising 2 Chef

Man I wish my money could come quicker so I can buy this :/

 

[Grief.exe]

i5 4670
970 GTX
8GB RAM
Win 7

Runs like butter. Solid 60fps at 1080P with everything maxed.

1080p on a 970?

Step your game up.

 

[Chakan]

1080p on a 970?

Step your game up.

Need new monitor first xD

 

[TronLight]

Need new monitor first xD

Downsample bro.

 

[Chakan]

Downsample bro.

Yeah I'll use that in the meantime.

 

[Dave_6]

Anyone with a single 970 tried DSR 4K performance yet?

 

[Dr Dogg]

So much for '4K compatible'

Sadly 21:9 aspect ratio resolutions are not FOV adjusted and crops the lower third of the screen. Still might be worth keeping an eye out over at WSGF for a Flawless Widescreen or WideScreen Fixer workaround.

 

[Soyongdori]

I'm guessing 660 is out of the question?

 

[Grief.exe]

I'm guessing 660 is out of the question?

What?

If you are looking to max the game at 60 FPS, sure. Some of the new graphical features are obviously expensive, but adjusting the settings down should be no problem.

 

[Durante]

I'm guessing 660 is out of the question?

Have you looked at the OP? It gets 43 FPS average / 35 min at maximum settings at 1080p. Why would it be out of the question?

 

[PHOTOSHOP]

the DOF effect looks pretty bad...so unnatural

 

[DSN2K]

game hates AMD, CPU performance is crap even more so then expected.

 

[Galucha]

I'm guessing 660 is out of the question?

Allow me to provide a very useful infographic that answers your question.

 

[Soyongdori]

I missed the 660 in the graph. Have to pay a better attention.

 

[bozzie]

Anyone with a single 970 tried DSR 4K performance yet?

Initial impressions of 2x DSR from 1080p on max: you can feel it's less than 60 at times, but otherwise it's running great. Haven't gotten too far into gameplay to see if it affects it.

 

[Chakan]

Anyone with a single 970 tried DSR 4K performance yet?

Just did.

28-32 fps with everything maxed.

 

[Caffeine]

it runs 55-60 for me on extra high /high settings i3 4360 3.7Ghz gtx 760 1080p

but i cant aim at all my mouse wont aim and my 360 controller wont aim

 

[Vitor711]

Massive. LoD distance above all else.

I was shocked at how bad the LOD was in the PS4 version that I played. It was a huge blight on what otherwise could occasionally be a fantastic looking game (although mainly at night, the daytime lighting wasn't so hot).

Now I have to see whether or not I can justify double-dipping on a game I didn't enjoy all that much to begin with....

 

[Saiyan-Rox]

Ugh, only 30-40fps on 7950?

And this is why I regret buying the 7950. really need to replace it.

 

[Caffeine]

i fixed the control issues by starting the game with controller unplugged and plugging it in after launch
here are the settings i have set.

 

[Joey Ravn]

Core i5 2500K @ 4.2 GHz
GTX 680 2GB SLI
8GB DDR3 RAM
Windows 8.1 x64

This runs flawlessly at locked 60 FPS with everything set to as high as it can go. Based Kojima.

... now I need to finally play MGS 1, 2, 3 and Revengeance, and watch a playthrough of 4 to catch up with the story!

 

[rc6886]

I was shocked at how bad the LOD was in the PS4 version that I played. It was a huge blight on what otherwise could occasionally be a fantastic looking game (although mainly at night, the daytime lighting wasn't so hot).

Now I have to see whether or not I can justify double-dipping on a game I didn't enjoy all that much to begin with....

If you didn't enjoy the game on PS4, then it stands to reason you probably won't enjoy it on PC either. I mean, nice graphics are nice, but it's only one piece of the puzzle, and nice graphics aren't going to make a non-enjoyable game more enjoyable, unless they were hindering gameplay in some fashion to begin with.

Kind of sounds like you answered your own question.

 

[Dave_6]

Initial impressions of 2x DSR from 1080p on max: you can feel it's less than 60 at times, but otherwise it's running great. Haven't gotten too far into gameplay to see if it affects it.

Just did.

28-32 fps with everything maxed.

Thanks. I guess I'll run it at 1080p as I'd rather have 60 fps.