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[Caayn]

For anyone who "downloaded" the game early on PC, you may want to read this article about something that was included with the

Spoiler

SKIDROW

version of the game, and why you're likely getting fucking horrible performance.

http://www.eteknix.com/did-you-pirate-watch_dogs-you-may-be-mining-bitcoins-for-someone/

This is gold, pure gold.

 

[Loris146]

i5 3570
12GB RAM
HD Radeon 7950

Any idea if i'm good for Ultra people?

:O I'm not a junior anymore!

7950 has 2gb of Vram right? In this case you must set texture on high ( ultra needs 3gb of vram). Anyway i suggest a mix between ultra and high with temporal SMAA.

 

[prag16]

Just talked to a friend who has the game.

EDIT: Removed his impressions since I can't confirm he actually owns the game at this time.

 

[teokrazia]

People having concerns about PC games performances but not supporting this platform by playing pirate copies are the worst scum.

 

[Vuze]

Posted it in the screenshot thread, might go here as well.

I used a modified xml that I got from a buddy and it makes quite the difference. Performance is not what I prefer to play at for me (15~25fps on my 7870) but yeah. Really helps the IQ to turn those settings up and I don't think it's placebo eh?

--

That xml tweak helps a bit, yeah. Those wall textures tho

Not tweaked, but maxed out besides AA (SMAA):

Tweaked, SMAA:

E: Proof thingy for mods http://i.imgur.com/hBAs3UU.png

 

[kharma45]

7950 has 2gb of Vram right? In this case you must set texture on high ( ultra needs 3gb of vram). Anyway i suggest a mix between ultra and high with temporal SMAA.

It has 3GB.

 

[Gvaz]

Posted it in the screenshot thread, might go here as well.

I used a modified xml that I got from a buddy and it makes quite the difference. Performance is not what I prefer to play at for me (15~25fps on my 7870) but yeah. Really helps the IQ to turn those settings up and I don't think it's placebo eh?

--

That xml tweak helps a bit, yeah. Those wall textures tho

Not tweaked, but maxed out besides AA (SMAA):


Tweaked, SMAA:

it has more AO if anything. virtually those are the same though.

both of those that lack of AF ew

 

[SapientWolf]

Posted it in the screenshot thread, might go here as well.

I used a modified xml that I got from a buddy and it makes quite the difference. Performance is not what I prefer to play at for me (15~25fps on my 7870) but yeah. Really helps the IQ to turn those settings up and I don't think it's placebo eh?

--

That xml tweak helps a bit, yeah. Those wall textures tho

Not tweaked, but maxed out besides AA (SMAA):


Tweaked, SMAA:

Looks like some kind of sharpening.

 

[KingpinZero]

What is this Large_Page Util?

It's a windows tweak that helps a lot intensive games that needs or use a lot of ram.
It helps boosting the performance.
You can find the app and the discussion in guru3d forum here:
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=389072

Hope it helps. I know it does, it helped me a lot in lots of games.

 

[Saiyan-Rox]

7950 has 2gb of Vram right? In this case you must set texture on high ( ultra needs 3gb of vram). Anyway i suggest a mix between ultra and high with temporal SMAA.

Nah the 7950 has 3GB of Vram

 

[TJP]

What is this Large_Page Util?

Read this: http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=389072

 

[xBladeM6x]

Read this: http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=389072

Is it worth doing, and just leaving that way for good? Also, where it says YOUREXENAMEHERE.exe, I'm assuming you're meant to put whatever game EXE you want this to affect.

 

[KINGofCRA5H]

Messing with the page file? Whoa.

 

[thefunkyman]

I'm not sure where else to ask this, so I'll ask here.....

I got the game free when I bought a new GPU. I redeemed the code and on Ubisoft's site it said that it would appear under "Games" in Uplay, only that was 2 weeks ago and it hasn't shown up yet. Is that normal? Will it appear nearer the release date (or on release day)? I've never bought something via Uplay before, I don't know how it works.

Thanks!

 

[Xyber]

I'm not sure where else to ask this, so I'll ask here.....

I got the game free when I bought a new GPU. I redeemed the code and on Ubisoft's site it said that it would appear under "Games" in Uplay, only that was 2 weeks ago and it hasn't shown up yet. Is that normal? Will it appear nearer the release date (or on release day)? I've never bought something via Uplay before, I don't know how it works.

Thanks!

You should get it on release.

 

[realcZk]

Just an update:

• 1080p
• i5 4770k
• gtx 780 3gb vram

Was getting stuttering while driving, so set textures to high, everything else on ultra, AA is FXAA, and its pretty smooth for me now.

Settings Screenshots:
http://i.imgur.com/XL1T4EB.png
http://i.imgur.com/BO6vNHT.png

VRAM Usage when idle:
http://i.imgur.com/mK8y6tL.png

Game is super vram-hungry, still averages 2.8gb vram and sometimes still manages to hit 3 which causes a brief stutter

 

[chickdigger802]

I'm not sure where else to ask this, so I'll ask here.....

I got the game free when I bought a new GPU. I redeemed the code and on Ubisoft's site it said that it would appear under "Games" in Uplay, only that was 2 weeks ago and it hasn't shown up yet. Is that normal? Will it appear nearer the release date (or on release day)? I've never bought something via Uplay before, I don't know how it works.

Thanks!

You will get the code emailed to you on tuesday.

 

[nomis]

Maxed out (higher than the ultra preset) with some AA. 50+ FPS.

What changes does this entail?

 

[maneil99]

Just an update:

• 1080p
• i5 4770k
• gtx 780 3gb vram

Was getting stuttering while driving, so set textures to high, everything else on ultra, AA is FXAA, and its pretty smooth for me now.

Settings Screenshots:
http://i.imgur.com/XL1T4EB.png
http://i.imgur.com/BO6vNHT.png

VRAM Usage when idle:
http://i.imgur.com/mK8y6tL.png

Game is super vram-hungry, still averages 2.8gb vram and sometimes still manages to hit 3 which causes a brief stutter

Jesus Christ, ubisoft really fucked this up.

 

[Chakan]

I have this rig:
Phenom II X6 1055T @ 3.2ghz
8GB Ram
GTX 770 2GB
Windows 7

The game isn't running very nice. I'm getting like 20-30fps on 1080P@high. Perhaps my cpu is bottlenecking my gpu? Saying this because even if I run the game on the lowest possible settings (800x600@low) I get 30-40 fps on open areas.

 

[IcyBlueStrawberry]

Just an update:

• 1080p
• i5 4770k
• gtx 780 3gb vram

Was getting stuttering while driving, so set textures to high, everything else on ultra, AA is FXAA, and its pretty smooth for me now.

Settings Screenshots:
http://i.imgur.com/XL1T4EB.png
http://i.imgur.com/BO6vNHT.png

VRAM Usage when idle:
http://i.imgur.com/mK8y6tL.png

Game is super vram-hungry, still averages 2.8gb vram and sometimes still manages to hit 3 which causes a brief stutter

Yeah, I noticed the same thing too last night.

The game definitely needs more than 3GB of VRAM for ultra textures.

 

[thefunkyman]

You will get the code emailed to you on tuesday.

You should get it on release.

Thanks gents.

 

[-Deimos]

Stutters on my rig. Mainly notice it when driving and especially when hes talking on the phone. Not sure if its frame skipping or frame drops.

2600K at 4.5Ghz , 8gb ram and a Titan.

Regardless of whether I disable DOF, Motion Blur , set textures to medium and rest on high from Ultra, makes no odds.

Throws the VRAM theory out the window, ive 6GBs of the stuff and it dont help.

PS4 version next week it is.

What's your average framerate? Does it ever go under 30 at ultra?

 

[Windom Earle]

Any detailed comparisons between high and ultra textures? (I have only seen the brick wall pic so far...)

 

[Dictator93]

Yeah, I noticed the same thing too last night.

The game definitely needs more than 3GB of VRAM for ultra textures.

That is insane. But, I guess this is how the future shall be.

 

[Robert7lee]

Just an update:

• 1080p
• i5 4770k
• gtx 780 3gb vram

Was getting stuttering while driving, so set textures to high, everything else on ultra, AA is FXAA, and its pretty smooth for me now.

Settings Screenshots:
http://i.imgur.com/XL1T4EB.png
http://i.imgur.com/BO6vNHT.png

VRAM Usage when idle:
http://i.imgur.com/mK8y6tL.png

Game is super vram-hungry, still averages 2.8gb vram and sometimes still manages to hit 3 which causes a brief stutter

1080
Gtx titan 6gb
I7 4770k @ 4.2 ghz
32 GB ram

I can't get the frame rate at a steady 60 whilst driving, it jjumps around even on medium sometimes. Even on foot on high setting I get slight fps dips, it rarely goes below 55 but still annoying at times, with ultra settings on foot it can drag down to 40 fps in crowded areas.

I know the 780 is better performance wise but I cant be that far from your rig.

Textures high
AA off
Ao off
Gpu buffer 3
Reflection high
Shadow high
Level of detail high

Using beta driver

 

[kharma45]

That is insane. But, I guess this is how the future shall be.

I wouldn't take Ubisoft's PC titles as a marker for the future.

 

[russian box]

Last one!

CASH RUN - Dock & Roll


Don't want to watch it on youtube? check this webm, its a 1080p capture, resized to 720p with sharpening. but compression is compression.

http://a.pomf.se/vpcrka.webm


will be playing some tomorrow with lisa (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1GFGaFSpVU)

Now sure how much we'll film tho, if people want it then we will. I'd love to do a whole play through.

 

[HRose]

I know the 780 is better performance wise

...what?

A 780 better than a Titan? In what world?

 

[IcyBlueStrawberry]

That is insane. But, I guess this is how the future shall be.

In all fairness it is an open world game that looks pretty good.

The lighting may be flat at times, but everything else is top notch.

 

[RoyaleDuke]

Anybody with a core i5 2500k @ 4.5ghz, 4gbs of ram, and a GTX580?

Should I just play this on PS4 or can I play this reasonably at 1080P?

I'll probably get this on sale since I'm not terribly interested in it.

 

[SapientWolf]

...what?

A 780 better than a Titan? In what world?

If you OC it enough it is. I know my 780 outperforms a stock Titan.

 

[Robert7lee]

...what?

A 780 better than a Titan? In what world?

Or is it the 780ti that's better?

Bottom line, my rig isn't good enough to play watch dogs at 60fps at all times with ultra or high settings.

Tried vsync to 30fos with everything maxed out, it works but just doesn't look as good.

 

[maneil99]

Anybody with a core i5 2500k @ 4.5ghz, 4gbs of ram, and a GTX580?

Should I just play this on PS4 or can I play this reasonably at 1080P?

I'll probably get this on sale since I'm not terribly interested in it.

I wouldnt try it with 4gb of ram, you might get medium settings

 

[TheD]

Messing with the page file? Whoa.

Not the page file.
Virtual Memory in modern modes (Protected mode or Long Mode) of the x86 and x86-64 CPU instruction set architectures (and others) is broken up into pages.
The MMU maps between the virtual addresses of the pages and their real addresses in RAM, to speed that up it keeps a small cache of mappings in what is called the Translation Lookaside Buffer.
Using large or huge pages mean that each mapping in the TLB represents more memory and thus it is more likely that when looking for a mapping of some data you will get a hit in the TLB.

 

[chickdigger802]

yeah still experimenting to get rid of stuttering. (3570k to 4.2 ghz, 16gb ram, 780 classy).

I think turning down textures to High helped a bit. It's still averaging about 45fps on the road but at least there aren't big hitches like before that affected gameplay

 

[knitoe]

If you OC it enough it is. I know my 780 outperforms a stock Titan.

Going by that logic, you can also OC a titan.

 

[SapientWolf]

Going by that logic, you can also OC a titan.

The original Titan didn't OC that well, so the 780 would still probably beat it. But the Titan Black OCs like a beast.

 

[xBladeM6x]

Not the page file.
Virtual Memory in modern modes (Protected mode or Long Mode) of the x86 and x86-64 CPU instruction set architectures (and others) is broken up into pages.
The MMU maps between the virtual addresses of the pages and their real addresses in RAM, to speed that up it keeps a small cache of mappings in what is called the Translation Lookaside Buffer.
Using large or huge pages mean that each mapping in the TLB represents more memory and thus it is more likely that when looking for a mapping of some data you will get a hit in the TLB.

I'm pretty tech savvy, but reading that made my head spin. Lol

 

[Objectively Bad Opinion]

Going by that logic, you can also OC a titan.

OG Titan and early 780s were a different revision, they don't OC as well as recent 780s and all 780Tis do. Ran hotter and used more power too.

 

[knitoe]

The original Titan didn't OC that well, so the 780 would still probably beat it. But the Titan Black OCs like a beast.

http://www.overclock.net/t/1396877/titan-vs-gtx-780-both-overclocked-and-tested-1440p

 

[HRose]

The only thing this memory page tells me is that by the time we finally start using 64bits features, we discover they are completely broken.

Let's start waiting for Windows 10 fixing memory addressing

 

[HRose]

Btw, please let's also not continuing on this silly 780 vs Titan debate.

By OC logic even my 770 beats the Titan since it's clocked higher (1200/3500). It does not, obviously.

 

[dark_chris]

I was wondering. What's the max fps for the game? 30? 60?

 

[TSM]

Nevermind. TheD covered it better, but it's worth keeping this in mind if you use the memory performance boost linked:

There is an unfortunate side effect of large pages. Each page (whether large or small) must be mapped with a single protection that applies to the entire page (because hardware memory protection is on a per-page basis). If a large page contains, for example, both read-only code and read/write data, the page must be marked as read/write, which means that the code will be writable. This means that device drivers or other kernel-mode code could, as a result of a bug, modify what is supposed to be read-only operating system or driver code without causing a memory access violation. If small pages are used to map the operating system’s kernel-mode code, the read-only portions of Ntoskrnl.exe and Hal.dll can be mapped as read-only pages. Using small pages does reduce efficiency of address translation, but if a device driver (or other kernel-mode code) attempts to modify a readonly part of the operating system, the system will crash immediately with the exception information pointing at the offending instruction in the driver. If the write was allowed to occur, the system would likely crash later (in a harder-to-diagnose way) when some other component tried to use the corrupted data.

Basically if a program happens to write to a memory address that should be "read only" but is set to read/write there is the potential for the program or your computer to crash.

 

[HRose]

Actually what that adjusts is the granularity of the chunks of memory stored in RAM. Instead of using 512 4KB chunks of memory with all the overhead involved, it will use a single 2MB chunk of memory. The downside of this is that anything that doesn't fit within the 2MB chunks of ram will get put into a new 2MB chuck even if it's only 1KB of data. This is similar to sector size on a hard drive.

This leads to memory fragmentation VERY QUICKLY (and so massive slowdowns), and it is why good engines have also their own memory managers.

I don't know how this works, but it makes no sense that it's affecting this game like that. And it makes even less sense if it actually makes it better, since as I said memory fragmentation is very bad.

 

[sunnz]

Think this might be a game I will have to lock to 30 fps.

 

[ACE 1991]

So is this the death of i5 2500K's like people are saying it is?

 

[Messofanego]

Not the page file.
Virtual Memory in modern modes (Protected mode or Long Mode) of the x86 and x86-64 CPU instruction set architectures (and others) is broken up into pages.
The MMU maps between the virtual addresses of the pages and their real addresses in RAM, to speed that up it keeps a small cache of mappings in what is called the Translation Lookaside Buffer.
Using large or huge pages mean that each mapping in the TLB represents more memory and thus it is more likely that when looking for a mapping of some data you will get a hit in the TLB.

 

[Timu]

The VRAM this game takes, man...

Max settings
1440p
Temp SMAA

Max settings
1440p
2xMSAA

Max settings
1440p
4xMSAA

It takes up almost all my VRAM on my 4GB 670s...what?=O