I have the same problem and disabling in-game vsync and enabling vsync through the nvidia driver didn't solve it.
Just Cause 3 PC performance thread
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I have the same problem and disabling in-game vsync and enabling vsync through the nvidia driver didn't solve it.
ussjtrunks
Member
I suppose i could just drop it to 1080p to stay above 60 not ideal but better than screen tearing tbh
opticalmace
Member
Weird. Supposedly a driver update is coming tomorrow though? Maybe that'll help.
What if you try something like borderless gaming?
i5 4570
GTX 980
20gb RAM
Win10
SSD
Everything set to highest expect LOD which I left on High(what it defaulted to) and AA, which is just SMAA.
Getting an average of about 50-80. Seen it dip into the 40s during explosions/the intro on top of the plane.
Hopefully the Nvidia drivers tomorrow smooth out performance, otherwise I'll probably see if cranking anything down keeps me consistently above 60.
GTX 980
20gb RAM
Win10
SSD
Everything set to highest expect LOD which I left on High(what it defaulted to) and AA, which is just SMAA.
Getting an average of about 50-80. Seen it dip into the 40s during explosions/the intro on top of the plane.
Hopefully the Nvidia drivers tomorrow smooth out performance, otherwise I'll probably see if cranking anything down keeps me consistently above 60.
roadrunn3r
Member
Really curious to see some CPU benchmarks for this game and compare the drops during explosions.
apparently the version out right now is unpatched. something is coming tomorrow.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/225540/discussions/0/485623406959769211/#p4
http://steamcommunity.com/app/225540/discussions/0/485623406959769211/#p4
I was using ingame vsync. Not sure why it's different for me. Hmm.
OverturePT
Member
Yep, i5 4690K @ 4.4Ghz + GTX 770, it's a fucking mess. Stuttering, massive fps drops, not pretty at all...
Theres a glitch somewhere. People with 950s getting good framerates. Wonder if its driver related.
That update is from the 27th.
ussjtrunks
Member
When I dropped to 1080p I can hold 60fps with ease so I think I'll stick with that for awile
, noticed some flashing shadows though which was abit oddi7 4790k
GTX 760
16 GB RAM
Game is a complete slideshow at 1080p. Bumpin all details down to medium and running at 720p or 900p gives me performances at 40-60fps whenever there's no action going on and 25-40ish when a lot of things are going down.
I'm having fun with it but this feels like playing a 360/PS3 game.
GTX 760
16 GB RAM
Game is a complete slideshow at 1080p. Bumpin all details down to medium and running at 720p or 900p gives me performances at 40-60fps whenever there's no action going on and 25-40ish when a lot of things are going down.
I'm having fun with it but this feels like playing a 360/PS3 game.
TheFNEffecT
Member
Ok...sooo maybe it's not crossfire doing this.
What's going on!??!
Edit: Just realized that AMD had released drivers to fix this yesterday, nm!
What's going on!??!
Edit: Just realized that AMD had released drivers to fix this yesterday, nm!
Emperor_Uriel
Member
On a 970, i7, etc. Game ran great... until I alt-tabbed out for a moment. It's a slideshow now.
If you are getting crashes on changing resolution like I was:
Think I solved it. Go into My Documents, Square Enix, Just Cause 3, Saves, 0 (this seems to be a global profile). There's a settings.json file. Manually editing the Resolution there works for me. However the game does not like to be alt tabbed and crashed while I was writing this.
Think I solved it. Go into My Documents, Square Enix, Just Cause 3, Saves, 0 (this seems to be a global profile). There's a settings.json file. Manually editing the Resolution there works for me. However the game does not like to be alt tabbed and crashed while I was writing this.
on a 760
i7 4790
16 gigs of ram
and the game runs like completeeee ass
I know my rig is getting a bit old. But holy crap. the frame rate is all over the place
Also, i had all the water in the game disappear. Saw through all of it
i had a similar thing to this, but with water
i7 4790
16 gigs of ram
and the game runs like completeeee ass
I know my rig is getting a bit old. But holy crap. the frame rate is all over the place
Also, i had all the water in the game disappear. Saw through all of it
i had a similar thing to this, but with water
No crashes so far. Running 720p now with everything on low. It's 60 FPS a bit more frequently now but I still get some drops.
I'm hoping we get some more optimization patches cause the game is incredibly stunning and picturesque, and I hate having to lose some of that quality for the sake of performance. The explosions still look marvelous though.
Maybe it's about time I upgrade my GPU after all... though JC3 seems to be a bit of an exception since it's running a bit poorly on even more modern end cards.
I'm hoping we get some more optimization patches cause the game is incredibly stunning and picturesque, and I hate having to lose some of that quality for the sake of performance. The explosions still look marvelous though.
Maybe it's about time I upgrade my GPU after all... though JC3 seems to be a bit of an exception since it's running a bit poorly on even more modern end cards.
Adding to this - can anyone else check if the game is downclocking their memory while playing? I have a MSI 970, and it drops me to 3005 Mhz.
Secondly, AF doesn't seem to be working particularly well - 16x through the ingame options looks like about 2x ingame, perhaps even none at all. Forcing through the NV control panel sorted it out though.
Cannon Goose
Member
GTX 970
i5-4690K 3.5GHz
16GB RAM
1440p G-sync
The game doesn't seem to drop below 30 for me on maxed settings, except for a couple of spots here and there. I am pretty tempted to overclock my CPU a bit though.
i5-4690K 3.5GHz
16GB RAM
1440p G-sync
The game doesn't seem to drop below 30 for me on maxed settings, except for a couple of spots here and there. I am pretty tempted to overclock my CPU a bit though.
7DollarHagane
Banned
there's no hope for my 670/2700k, is there.
littlegrasshopper
Member
I need this game! My PC is ready (i5 3570k/GTX980)! Whats the best place to get a digital PC copy?
Krappadizzle
Member
980tI
4770K @3.5gHZ
16GB Ram
1440p Gsync
Game seems to hover around 75 fps more or less. I had a few drops down to the high 50's during high explosive times, and the m/kb controls are pretty good. Still trying to get the wingsuit down, it's strange the way it works, but I'm digging in. The game is awesome. Holy hell is the destruction awesome.
I picked up a copy from GMG for $41.00
Apparently cdkeys has a cheaper copy, but I'm always wary of them.
4770K @3.5gHZ
16GB Ram
1440p Gsync
Game seems to hover around 75 fps more or less. I had a few drops down to the high 50's during high explosive times, and the m/kb controls are pretty good. Still trying to get the wingsuit down, it's strange the way it works, but I'm digging in. The game is awesome. Holy hell is the destruction awesome.
I picked up a copy from GMG for $41.00
Apparently cdkeys has a cheaper copy, but I'm always wary of them.
Well, I've got the same specs as you(my cpu is overclocked tho) and it was running fine at 1440p.
Unless you're wanting to multi task quite a bit, I still think 8gb is fine for the moment.
ClaptoVaughn
Member
I just bought it from GMG but I haven't received my code.
When I look up my account game list on their website, it says "no keys available for this game." Did they run out?
My bank account has been charged.
Sounds like we're on the same setup. I have my CPU at 4.2 (I think) currently.
Thanks for the info!
therealminime
Member
980ti
i7-2600k @4.5
16GB RAM
Win 10
I have everything turned all the way up except for AA which I have left at SMAA. 1440p and it is running at a very solid 60fps with one or two dips into the 50's when it gets chaotic, but I need to test more chaos to see just how much that hurts performance.
Only complaint is that there is some really weird light flickering that happens on some parts of the geometry when I have Global Illumination turned on.
i7-2600k @4.5
16GB RAM
Win 10
I have everything turned all the way up except for AA which I have left at SMAA. 1440p and it is running at a very solid 60fps with one or two dips into the 50's when it gets chaotic, but I need to test more chaos to see just how much that hurts performance.
Only complaint is that there is some really weird light flickering that happens on some parts of the geometry when I have Global Illumination turned on.
I bought from them about 11pm, still no key. There's a thread on their forum, a bunch of people are waiting. Don't hold your breath, I'm guessing they oversold and are waiting on new stock.
Yikes, performance issues with a 770? My 770 2GB was working great with Fallout 4, so this might be my first ever Steam refund if it seems too awful. Just Cause 2 was such a great PC port and ran really smoothly while looking pretty nice, so I had high hopes this would be similar.
texhnolyze
Banned
It seems that the game is protected by Denuvo.
Early report.
Nearly everything maxed out, LOD on high, shadows on medium, no AA, 1080p.
970; i5 2500k stock; 8GB ram; installed on an HDD; w7.
Games runs pretty alright, clear frame drops, especially in heated moments, but it's playable.
If i were to lock it at 30 i'd probably notice none of them yet (i'm sure things will get worse later on).
Load times are also perfectly normal, for an open world.
Hope everything holds up like this.
Also, the game doesn't have a 30fps cap option, so i guess if i want to, i'll have to do it from the nvidia control panel.
I'll keep it unlocked for now, since the drops aren't super bad yet.
I should say, this is a generation apart from JC2, looks significantly better (Global illumination is so good looking).
Going by the nvidia configuration guide, it seems like many effects like that may kill performance.
Nearly everything maxed out, LOD on high, shadows on medium, no AA, 1080p.
970; i5 2500k stock; 8GB ram; installed on an HDD; w7.
Games runs pretty alright, clear frame drops, especially in heated moments, but it's playable.
If i were to lock it at 30 i'd probably notice none of them yet (i'm sure things will get worse later on).
Load times are also perfectly normal, for an open world.
Hope everything holds up like this.
Also, the game doesn't have a 30fps cap option, so i guess if i want to, i'll have to do it from the nvidia control panel.
I'll keep it unlocked for now, since the drops aren't super bad yet.
I should say, this is a generation apart from JC2, looks significantly better (Global illumination is so good looking).
Going by the nvidia configuration guide, it seems like many effects like that may kill performance.
littlegrasshopper
Member
Thank you for the tip!
I've just run the intro at 1080p + max settings, and I'm sad to say my system chocked and stuttered pretty badly throughout. Steam's own FPS counter reported dips down to the high 20's during some of the explosions. I'm thinking I'm going to wait to play tomorrow with the official drivers.
5820K @ 4.5Ghz
Titan X @ 1356Mhz
32GB
SSD
Win 10 64-bit
By the way, I can't really monitor performance in real-time because Afterburner's overlay doesn't seem to work with JC3.
EDIT: Ran it again with shadows set to high instead of very high, and never saw the frame rate drop below 60fps. Massive difference.
5820K @ 4.5Ghz
Titan X @ 1356Mhz
32GB
SSD
Win 10 64-bit
By the way, I can't really monitor performance in real-time because Afterburner's overlay doesn't seem to work with JC3.
EDIT: Ran it again with shadows set to high instead of very high, and never saw the frame rate drop below 60fps. Massive difference.
Ricky Ricardo
Member
Hmmm, some interesting reports here. I just got my paycheck and am tempted to jump in, but it's finals week, so I'll let ya'll do the science and watch carefully ...
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
i7 3770k
16 gig ram
installed to SSD
gtx 970
windows 10
nothing overclocked
everything on very high except shadows at high. running @ 1080p
didn't drop a single frame as far as i could tell with the steam overlay fps counter until I got to the power plant and started setting off huge explosions. couple dips into the low 50s there but I'm satisfied with the port.
16 gig ram
installed to SSD
gtx 970
windows 10
nothing overclocked
everything on very high except shadows at high. running @ 1080p
didn't drop a single frame as far as i could tell with the steam overlay fps counter until I got to the power plant and started setting off huge explosions. couple dips into the low 50s there but I'm satisfied with the port.
OverturePT
Member
Seems like it. I've been running everything with little to no problems with the 770 (some tweaking here and there) but this one is unplayable at times.
So I heard, though I at least read that it doesn't do hard disk reads/writes as some people claim so it shouldn't kill SSDs.
It's a double disappointment since I thought Just Cause 2 was a good port that ran well AND didn't use Denuvo as far as I know. I also thought Just Cause 3 was a singleplayer game without the social integration focus...but I've since learned it has 3rd-party DRM on top of Steam, has social integration with a server connection, and has performance issues.
This is like a tiny version of how I'll feel if Mirror's Edge Catalyst turns out awful. ;_;
It might be decrypting. I suggest letting it sit.