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The Evil Within PC Performance Thread
- Thread starter fluffydelusions
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Some issues:
- Steam overlay isn't working
- Intro videos don't play (only the bethesda one, had to disable via console)
Has anybody experienced crashes yet
EDIT:
I'd say stop the bitching about frames.
Game rarely fluctuates below 60 with decent builds, I'd say it's a problem on your end.
- Steam overlay isn't working
- Intro videos don't play (only the bethesda one, had to disable via console)
Has anybody experienced crashes yet
EDIT:
I'd say stop the bitching about frames.
Game rarely fluctuates below 60 with decent builds, I'd say it's a problem on your end.
Conkerkid11
Member
To black bar?
Or not to black bar?
Still undecided...
I'm also horrible at these "move the slider to the left or right until the image on the left is barely visible." The image on the left is quite visible on my screen, but the game still feels way too dark.
Or not to black bar?
Still undecided...
I'm also horrible at these "move the slider to the left or right until the image on the left is barely visible." The image on the left is quite visible on my screen, but the game still feels way too dark.
In my experience, framerate has been very smooth unless staring right into a bonfire. Other games have issues with trying to apply AA techniques to transparency frames like that. Maybe the issue here?
Just texture streaming optimization issues, the VRAM requirements are just unfounded especially for the, almost, negligible gain between High and Ultra. I have 4GB of VRAM and would still get frequent stuttering due to the need for more.
Other than that, solid port.
970
Chance Hale
Member
Some people don't seem to notice those dips, very lucky!
60 FPS just doesn't work for me. On my 780Ti/i53570K it swings from 40-60 FPS seemingly at random. When I lock it though I can go to 4K without ever dropping below 30, even when explosions and the like are going off. Have gone down to 3200x1620 though because of flickering issues.
Mordor seemed fine definitely.
But to be fair, games like Alien Isolation and Borderlands are PC-led games, so not exactly 'ports' at all. That term gets thrown around quite loosely these days.
Its also worth remembering this is a port by a Japanese dev who likely aren't that familiar with PC development. I think its in a half decent state, considering we can get better than console quality and performance with fairly modest rigs.
2.0 is at least much better than the default.
UnrealEck
Member
Fair enough with the differences between the texture qualities.
What makes it a port?
Yea Alien is pretty great. DA I haven't seen.
It's sad. Just noticed TEW is 40GB... welp. Looks like a PS3 game.
Mordor was an okay PC port. With a 280X, I was unable to sustain 60fps in the first area, and in the second one it seemed like I was barely getting above 30fps.
Not bothering with the 60 unlock until I know it's going to work as well as it ever will, seems a bit dodgy reading this thread.
Two hours in and I was getting some stutter (very rare, and only for half a second) after I'd tabbed out for the first time and gone back in. Will see if its gone when I next play. But performance wise it holds the 30@1080 (all settings on highest, plus SMAA) no problems on my 970, 2500k... which you'd expect, really. Game is fairly ugly, sometimes it can look really nice but that's not often. One of the early cutscenes has absurd texture pop in (it was quick but it shouldn't have that problem in a fucking cutscene) and sometimes when you look outside a room you will notice textures popping in if you swing the camera around quickly back into the room. Brief but ugh, nasty.
As for the game itself: this is what Resi 5 should have been. It's great so far.
Two hours in and I was getting some stutter (very rare, and only for half a second) after I'd tabbed out for the first time and gone back in. Will see if its gone when I next play. But performance wise it holds the 30@1080 (all settings on highest, plus SMAA) no problems on my 970, 2500k... which you'd expect, really. Game is fairly ugly, sometimes it can look really nice but that's not often. One of the early cutscenes has absurd texture pop in (it was quick but it shouldn't have that problem in a fucking cutscene) and sometimes when you look outside a room you will notice textures popping in if you swing the camera around quickly back into the room. Brief but ugh, nasty.
As for the game itself: this is what Resi 5 should have been. It's great so far.
with an i7 2600k at 4.5 GHz and a gtx 780 ti and max settings fps are between 23 and 38
but great gameplay tihs is not the kind of game that requires 60fps in order to be playable.
Burgess_101
Member
I got a rather weird bug where the grass was really elongated, made it seem everywhere there were tripwires. Hopefully when I boot it up again later it isn't still like that.
Also I must say, this texture pop in is horrendous.
Also I must say, this texture pop in is horrendous.
Fallout-NL
Member
Yeah, it set me on the right path at least. I noticed there was a number behind the resolution. That number apparently corresponds to a specific monitor.
Also, like SoM, this game does not like an overclocked GPU
Well 280X isn't the cutting edge "60fps or your game sucks" GPU it used to be.
(I have a 7970)
A wild theory, I wonder if the higher fps puts more strain on texture streaming.
Hey guys I was looking through this thread for tweaks to make this feel more like a pc game before I get started. Thinking about mouse accell, camera smoothing, things like that..
Few tweaks can go a long way with console ports, see: bulletstorm
People are obsessed with fps and black bars though.. God damn
Few tweaks can go a long way with console ports, see: bulletstorm
People are obsessed with fps and black bars though.. God damn
plagiarize
Banned
R_swapinterval -1 tells the game to vsync normally. R_swapinterval -2 tells the game to vsync at *half* the refresh rate of your monitor. If like some of us you have a monitor that runs at a higher refresh rate than 60hz, and you want to lock the game at 60 fps, you'll want to set the desktop refresh to 60hz before playing the game.
R_swapinterval 0 turns off vsync completely.
UnrealEck
Member
Why's it a port?
Yea, weird how people are worried about playability and having 40% of the screen blacked out.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
how's this running on 2GB cards?
plagiarize
Banned
Resolution and framerate are always going to be the focus in a PC performance thread.
alexandros
Banned
Smooth sailing.
People are reporting between 1.5 and 1.7GB vRAM usage at 1080p, so you're fine on that end.
drotahorror
Member
Just loaded up a save and the game is choppy as hell. Fraps says it's 30fps but it feels like 20. Did the -1 command to get 60fps and then -2 to lock to 30 and it fixed it though.
mario_O
Member
It happened the same to me yesterday, R_swapinterval <-1> was not locking the framerate to 60fps, it was just unlocking it. Quiting the game and going back in a couple of times changed this. It now vsyncs 60fps. I just type R_swapinterval -1 (no < >)
xrayregime
Member
I am going to try an FOV around 2 or 2.1 tonight. 1.8 was far too cropped to sucessfully play. Allowing the black bars this morning before work allowed me to get through Ch. 3 much faster after restarting than my attempt last night. It's just too hard to see what you need to see.
But again with a Radeon HD7950 3GB and i5 3570k at 1080p I was getting ~40fps in chapter 2, and in chapter 3 it dropped down to 30fps solidly. I'll probably just let the whole game stay locked at 30fps going forward.
But again with a Radeon HD7950 3GB and i5 3570k at 1080p I was getting ~40fps in chapter 2, and in chapter 3 it dropped down to 30fps solidly. I'll probably just let the whole game stay locked at 30fps going forward.
Burgess_101
Member
I am using 2.2 (I think) and I think it is the best compromise. The FOV is too narrow no matter what though.
770 4GB / i7 3770 / 8gb ram
In the starting outdoor area. FPS in the 40-60 range.
Can't stand variable frame rates so I guess I'm playing this at a locked 30fps/1440p.
I realize I can get 60fps indoors for the majority of the time but I just can't do variable frame rates.
Gonna' actually play the game and have fun now.
In the starting outdoor area. FPS in the 40-60 range.
Can't stand variable frame rates so I guess I'm playing this at a locked 30fps/1440p.
I realize I can get 60fps indoors for the majority of the time but I just can't do variable frame rates.
Gonna' actually play the game and have fun now.
Seems like any card is not going to hold 60 at all times, though some cards are able to hold thirty at extremely high resolutions such as 4k.
sixpackrules
Member
So the game seems fine, but i think i´m gonna wait a little more till the FOV and the black bars are more ironed out, low FOV gives me headaches and i have migraines from time to time so i´m gonna wait a little more
I have it set to 2880x1620 and locked to 30fps with the half-refresh rate option in Inspector and an Afterburner profile. Plays really well that way. I decided to just keep the black bars as they are. The only question I have is, is it rendering the entire image in 1080p and then covering up the top and bottom, or is it really rendering at 1920x818 (or thereabouts)? I don't like the thought of it wasting pixels if it's the former.
Too bad. If it fluctuates a lot I'm going to let it capped at 30 and be done with it. Or try to cap it a 40 (I have a 120Hz monitor).
6 more hours until I get home and try it by myself.
paperspace
Member
It's not safe to assume that at all. I have two 970s and it doesn't matter if I disable one GPU - 30fps is a struggle.
And I fell for their bullshit. >____>
Will definitely double dip. Not for full price though. I can wait until I bulid a new PC, it'd be nice to experience this at higher resolutions.
Felix Lighter
Member
I think this almost universally going to be the case for games that are intentionally locked at 30 and never tested at 60. I'm sure if they tested at the higher framerate, they could have dealt with some of the poor performing sections but since they test at 30 fps, they simply have little need to optimize those sections.
Dark Souls is another example of a game that can maintain 60 fps in almost all situations except when very specific trivial effects are on screen.
mario_O
Member
My PC just freezed completely while playing. Had to turn it off manually. When I turned it back on all the amd drivers were gone and messed up. :/ what the hell..
I'm sure it wont be this bad on console, and I paid 60 euros for the game. Its always the same with PC.
Edit- I think it was AMD's 14.9 drivers, apparently they're pretty shitty. There's a 14.9.1 fix.
I'm sure it wont be this bad on console, and I paid 60 euros for the game. Its always the same with PC.
Edit- I think it was AMD's 14.9 drivers, apparently they're pretty shitty. There's a 14.9.1 fix.
Phanatic8390
Member
Now that I know it runs well enough I'm probably going to table it for a bit until a black bar and FOV fix are figured out. From the 30 minutes I played it was a bit disorienting.
GavinUK86
Member
People who are saying this is a bad port with frame rates all over the place, without actually trying the game for themselves, are misunderstanding. If you're happy with 30fps then this game will run on any mid-range system. My rig is years old now yet it's running this at a flawless 1080/30. On the other hand, if you need 60fps and can't stand anything else then unless you've recently purchased the 980 or something similar you're probably out of luck but that doesn't mean it's a bad port. The only issue I have with it is the lack of options but considering it runs smooth as it is, I'm not that bothered.
Yea, though they said they would be working on any issues with the 60fps unlock. So hopefully, more consistent performance is something they fix.
Bjoern the Smexy
Member
I'm really interested in how my laptop would run this game, can anyone help me out with this?
Intel Core i5 @2.4 GHz
6GB RAM
nVidia GeForce GTX 450M, 1.5GB dedicated VRAM
I was able to run Dead Rising 3 with 20-30 fps at medium graphics settings and Alien Isolation runs at 30-60 fps with everything set to Ultra.
Is this a good PC port? Would it run on my laptop?
Would really appreciate some answers to this
Intel Core i5 @2.4 GHz
6GB RAM
nVidia GeForce GTX 450M, 1.5GB dedicated VRAM
I was able to run Dead Rising 3 with 20-30 fps at medium graphics settings and Alien Isolation runs at 30-60 fps with everything set to Ultra.
Is this a good PC port? Would it run on my laptop?
Would really appreciate some answers to this
paperspace
Member
Yes, your personal standards are always relevant of course.
I'm used to 144fps so 15fps - 30fps literally feels like a slideshow and is not enjoyable at all. And that's with an i7 4790K and 2x GTX970.
If it was Crysis 4 I'd at least understand why, but this is an ugly corridor shooter with relatively small areas. Worst port in a very long time for sure, but that's only my experience.
Based on how they're doing fullscreen I imagine it's rendering at 1920x810.
Yeesh, that's unfortunate. Hope this doesn't cause issues with my 120hz monitor whenever I get the game.
Mine unlocks in an hour. Will let ya know