I got the SLI bit working now. The game runs at 100 FPS when I'm just walking around but it drops close to 30FPS in combat.... Something must be wrong.
Edit: This is happening on high textures too.
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Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor PC Performance Thread
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I got the SLI bit working now. The game runs at 100 FPS when I'm just walking around but it drops close to 30FPS in combat.... Something must be wrong.
Edit: This is happening on high textures too.
NoMoChokeSJ
Banned
I5 - 2500k (overclocked around 4 Mhtz I think. Been a while since I did it.)
16 Gig RAM
GTX670 with 2 Gig
Running borderless with vsync on 1080P, hooked up to TV.
Running on very high presets, getting 60fps about 90% of the time. Lowest I've seen FRAPS go down to is 52fps. Nothing is turned off in advanced options and vegetation distance is set to ultra.
Benchmarking via the client showed me around a 60fps average for most settings. 70ish if I turned off tessellation. Game runs like a champ, no complaints so far.
I'll have to try the HD texture package a little later.
16 Gig RAM
GTX670 with 2 Gig
Running borderless with vsync on 1080P, hooked up to TV.
Running on very high presets, getting 60fps about 90% of the time. Lowest I've seen FRAPS go down to is 52fps. Nothing is turned off in advanced options and vegetation distance is set to ultra.
Benchmarking via the client showed me around a 60fps average for most settings. 70ish if I turned off tessellation. Game runs like a champ, no complaints so far.
I'll have to try the HD texture package a little later.
Just for a laugh I thought I'd give the HD texture pack a go on my 3GB 780s. Surprisingly it was playable, kept a high frame rate (70-90fps) 98% of the time but I had some quite severe frame time spikes,
I don't know if they were working properly, but to enable them I:
1) Downloaded the HD pack
2) Loaded the game, flicked the textures to 'Ultra'
3) Loaded the game itself
4) Restarted the game, not changing any settings to ensure things were properly reloaded with the 'Ultra' textures
Then to go back to High I:
1) Changed the setting back to 'high'
2) Quit to desktop
3) Reload into the game
Maybe it just refuses to load them if the you don't meet the memory requirements? But I couldn't explain why I was getting frame times spikes with them enabled but not on high (I made up a benchmark run to keep it consistent, going to a spot where the frame times spiked reliably, fighting the same group of enemies, running the same path, etc).
I don't know if they were working properly, but to enable them I:
1) Downloaded the HD pack
2) Loaded the game, flicked the textures to 'Ultra'
3) Loaded the game itself
4) Restarted the game, not changing any settings to ensure things were properly reloaded with the 'Ultra' textures
Then to go back to High I:
1) Changed the setting back to 'high'
2) Quit to desktop
3) Reload into the game
Maybe it just refuses to load them if the you don't meet the memory requirements? But I couldn't explain why I was getting frame times spikes with them enabled but not on high (I made up a benchmark run to keep it consistent, going to a spot where the frame times spiked reliably, fighting the same group of enemies, running the same path, etc).
Crimsonclaw111
Member
i5 3570k @ stock, GTX 770 4GB @ stock, 8GB RAM
Seems to be a mostly locked 60fps on max settings, minus AO set to high instead of Ultra. Lowering AO should guarantee a locked 60fps in borderless windowed.
Seems to be a mostly locked 60fps on max settings, minus AO set to high instead of Ultra. Lowering AO should guarantee a locked 60fps in borderless windowed.
Great to hear. That's almost exactly my setup.
Yeah and now I know why. Your settings aren't even maxed, I was wondering how you were getting 20fps higher than me @ 1440p with a gtx 980 compared to my titan, even though the 980 is ~5% better.
This could also equate to why you don't have any hitching when spinning your camera around.
Sorry if this sounds douchey, just sayin'.
Just installed the Ultra textures and I noticed absolutely no change in either my performance or VRAM usage. I also didn't use supersampling. Here are my specs:
i7-4770k @4.0ghz
16gb memory @2133mhz
2x GTX680's
2x256 SSD 830's Raid 0
Edit: It also seems like the game doesn't utilize SLI
i7-4770k @4.0ghz
16gb memory @2133mhz
2x GTX680's
2x256 SSD 830's Raid 0
Edit: It also seems like the game doesn't utilize SLI
stufte
Member
I don't think anyone has played the game. Just running the benchmark tool over and over again until we get 0.1 more fps out of our cards.
I am running a 6870 right now. I have everything on medium besides for textures which is on low. I get a solid 50-60 fps.
I said I had AO at high and alpha blending off as their is no visual difference that i could see. Also have my gpu at 1500+ core and GSYNC. No douchyness man no problem
Been playing for around 2 hours with this rig:
i7 3770 @ 3.6Ghz
gigabyte gtx 780 ti 3GB OC
8GB ram
ASUS P8Z77-V Pro
Runs like a dream @ 1080p, everything maxed apart from textures - around 70+fps, no frame spikes as far as I can tell so far which surprised me going by some of the feedback.
If I turn down shadows and AO to high, playing at 150% res scaling seems to be very playable 50+ fps. 200% (4K) looks insane and totally playable if you were to accept 25+ fps range.
Very happy with it so far!
i7 3770 @ 3.6Ghz
gigabyte gtx 780 ti 3GB OC
8GB ram
ASUS P8Z77-V Pro
Runs like a dream @ 1080p, everything maxed apart from textures - around 70+fps, no frame spikes as far as I can tell so far which surprised me going by some of the feedback.
If I turn down shadows and AO to high, playing at 150% res scaling seems to be very playable 50+ fps. 200% (4K) looks insane and totally playable if you were to accept 25+ fps range.
Very happy with it so far!
b0uncyfr0
Member
K-Putt has uploaded his sweetfx preset and it has support for the game. His settings have smaa and fxaa but I cannot tell which is better. Perhaps someone with a keener eye :
http://sfx.thelazy.net/games/preset/2179/
Any word about a new driver from Nv?
http://sfx.thelazy.net/games/preset/2179/
Any word about a new driver from Nv?
tycoonheart
Member
Anyone else getting menu flickers? Think it might be AMD cards only that is doing this.
Windom Earle
Member
Single GTX970@1080p, maxed out:
SLI GTX970@1080p, maxed out:
SLI GTX970@1440p, maxed out:
SLI GTX970@1080p, maxed out:
SLI GTX970@1440p, maxed out:
jim2point0
Banned
I can change FOV
Kinda stupidly wide there.
Also, custom aspect ratios work if you use bordless fullscreen.
Ultra textures weren't applied to those last 3
Kinda stupidly wide there.
Also, custom aspect ratios work if you use bordless fullscreen.
Ultra textures weren't applied to those last 3
stanleyc415
Member
Anyone else getting FPS locked at 72 with vsync on? Im running a 144hz monitor but I know the game also locks it self at 100 fps without vsync but that doesn't explain why its locked to 72 with vsync on.
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
I'm thinking my 4670 (non K) is holding me back if people are reporting such high framerates on 970s. I was getting 50-60 in benches with 150% resolution (from 1080p baseline), and without ultra textures.
FrozenXcalibur
Neo Member
I fixed that by switching to borderless.
I think it's because it's double buffered, so if you don't reach 144FPS it limits it to half the refresh rate.
Well, I've got maxed settings at 1440p on my 970 and the only time I get stuttering is when I spin the camera after the following - loaded into a mission/game, exited the pause menu, or fast traveled. All of which you kind of expect a tiny bit of stuttering.
Performance is pretty good for me, get around 40-80 fps with everything maxed except AO and Shadows on high.
But V-sync destroys playability. Game keeps switching between 30 and 60 fps and makes doing things like aiming a real pain. (vsynbc in nvidia panel works same as in-game.)
i7 4770, 16gb ram and 770 2gb oc.
But V-sync destroys playability. Game keeps switching between 30 and 60 fps and makes doing things like aiming a real pain. (vsynbc in nvidia panel works same as in-game.)
i7 4770, 16gb ram and 770 2gb oc.
I said I had AO at high and alpha blending off as their is no visual difference that i could see. Also have my gpu at 1500+ core and GSYNC. No douchyness man no problem
Ah, okay, got it. Yeah I was like damn 20fps+, that's higher than any other benchmarks I've seen. Makes sense. Good stuff, thanks for the details!
Hopefully future drivers will improve our FPS and potentially stuttering for those without 6GB of VRAM.
d00d3n
Member
I decided to skip 150% resolution downsampling in the end. There are stretches when the game is 60 fps locked and it looks amazing, but the fps during open world traversal is too variable imo. The sweetfx preset above is better than no anti-aliasing at all and the performance hit is minimal.
Edit: Does anyone get consistent good performance in-game with the 150% resolution downsampling setting? No hitches at all during open world traversal? No issues during combat? What hardware are you running?
Windom Earle
Member
Anybody else getting crazy dips on the bridge/rain tutorial fight? Lame...
stanleyc415
Member
Ah I see, So if I don't enable vsync and I hit 100 fps [cause for some reason the game doesn't go past 100 fps] I will still be seeing those full 100 frames cause the game refresh rate is still 144hz right?
UnrealEck
Member
You could try turning vsync off and capping the framerate to 60 using rivatuner (included with afterburner). Try overclocking your monitor a little too. Mines is at 63Hz and I cap games at 60 FPS and leave vsync off. That way I get smooth responsive gameplay and I don't get tearing.
Ha-ha!
Well, that's exactly what I've done [and I'm still doing] for an indecent amount of times.
d00d3n
Member
Are you using vsync? Try running borderless full-screen. Try experimenting with lowering shadows to high, ambient occlusion to high, disabling motion blur and disabling dof. Lower resolution to native if you are downsampling.
Windom Earle
Member
I'll try borderless fullscreen I guess. Look at my benchmark results above, not really willing to turn down the rest. Seems to be another case of a benchmark not representing the game properly.
Not for me. R290X here..
d00d3n
Member
But are you running 1080p or 1440p? I would stick with 1080p to get consistent performance.
tycoonheart
Member
Same card here. Maybe a crossfire issue.
Running borderless fixes the issue but it seems to only use one GPU.
Windom Earle
Member
I am at 1080p at the moment. Guess this rain scene is especially performance heavy and I'll ignore it for now to see how it looks in game. Just didn't really expect to go below 60 here after people said it runs well.
I got a couple but they lasted a second at most each and after the tutorial they were gone.
Acupunctur3
Member
Any word on SLI support?
Did you try running on borderless windowed mode? It's vsynced and tripple buffered.
Acupunctur3
Member
Has anyone tried this? Supposedly fixed SLI.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/241930/discussions/0/613937306865008026/#p5
http://steamcommunity.com/app/241930/discussions/0/613937306865008026/#p5