Zomba13
Member
No issue with kicks, often coming out when I don't want them to (moreso than in previous games) but definitely having issues with the lunge/jump attacks compared to DS2 (which I played through with a DS4).
Dark Souls 3 PC performance thread
- Thread starter JaseC
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No issue with kicks, often coming out when I don't want them to (moreso than in previous games) but definitely having issues with the lunge/jump attacks compared to DS2 (which I played through with a DS4).
Shub-Niggurath
Member
I only get the stutters when the saving icon appears, I tried setting "prefer maximum performance" on nvidia control panel and installed the 364.91 beta drivers with no luck.
Specs
i7-3930K@4.5Ghz
16GB RAM DDR3 in Quad Channel @2133Mhz
980Ti G1 Gaming
Playing at 1440p with G-Sync
Game is installed on a 850 EVO 500GB
Apart from that annoying stutter the game runs amazing
lordfuzzybutt
Member
Indeed, I can't even hold 60fps locked with my 980ti.
6700k
32gb
980ti
950 evo pro 500gb
I dont only get the save stutter but also a stutter when loading new assets, doesnt matter what settings or res is set to.
Well, they can. But not at 1440p.I had hoped my i5 4460 and 970 would be able to get a constant 60 fps.
I'm running it at 1080 though. :/
Fallout-NL
Member
I have the exact same problem.
Though that's relatively harmless compared to the actual crashing some of you here are experiencing.
Yeah, I'm running a 970 @ 1440p and it's 60fps some of the time, 55 most of the time and the occasional dip to 45 and lower. Though gsync mitigates all that pretty nicely.
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Deleted member 125677
Unconfirmed Member
i5 2,8ghz
GTX 770 2GB
16GB RAM
Playing on an AOC 1080p gsync monitor, with low shadow, low lightning, high textures.
The game plays in the mid 50s FPS wise.
anything tweaks I could do to get 60? It's mostly fine because of gsync though, but it would be nice to lock it up
GTX 770 2GB
16GB RAM
Playing on an AOC 1080p gsync monitor, with low shadow, low lightning, high textures.
The game plays in the mid 50s FPS wise.
anything tweaks I could do to get 60? It's mostly fine because of gsync though, but it would be nice to lock it up
DealWithIt
Member
curiouscharles
Member
thank gosh for g-sync then - downloading this baby now!
on a 4770k @ 4.5 & 980ti (evga classified)
will be testing @ 1440p w/ g-sync
lordfuzzybutt
Member
What's your CPU and how do you define "locked"?
For me, "locked" means no drops whatsoever. The game dips to 57-58 once in awhile so that's not locked for me, not counting stutters during saving.
What's your i5? If it's a 760 then you can try overclocking it. This game can be quite CPU bound. I am not very sure about the VRAM consumption on that settings so you might be VRAM limited, in that case nothing you can do.
Shub-Niggurath
Member
I will pay attention and see if it happens also while loading new assets as you said
roadrunn3r
Member
The simple solution would be to lower the resolution as it's the most effective way to increase performance in this game. If you are ok at playing this at 900p I guess you can even set most settings at High.
Burgess_101
Member
My 390 gets to 85-90 regularly. Apart from now its broken and anytime it gets to that temperature it crashes. My room has its own climate and I don't understand how, Its impossible for that room to be cold.
Kudo
Member
When you open inventory, check messages, pick up items or kill enemies I think.
It doesn't happen every time though or when killing enemies even though it saves, but definitely a lot - not enough to make me not want to play it, game is goddamn gold.
Toothless Spoon
Member
How are the new Nvidia drivers? Holding up? Hows the Sli scaling? I haven't installed them yet.
GwyndolinCinder
Member
Alll the time, you pick up an item? save etc
I had the same issue. I had to unplug my controller, Restart my computer, plug controller back in and then play the game. It cleared up my low fps issues.
daninthemix
Member
The people saying it worked fine before but is now stuttery - are you sure it's not an online issue? Tried playing offline just to see if that smooths it over?
Turn off Motion Blur and Depth of Field, should help.
Krusenstern
Banned
Hey Durante, are you getting the autosave stutters too?
TheNamelessOne
Member
Locked might have been the wrong word to use. It hovers between 56-60 fps in all areas I've been in so far. But to be honest, it might have dropped a bit lower without me noticing it even though I play with the Steam fps counter always on.
Anyone able to verify if what's argued on Reddit is correct regarding older card support?
Because if so, then I guess I can get the game. I can handle 30fps. I have a GTX 580.
Because if so, then I guess I can get the game. I can handle 30fps. I have a GTX 580.
SneakyStephan
Banned
I rebooted multiple times and it didn't do anything, also unplugged controller
So I fixed my performance issues, I'll post what I did, anyone else with poor performance (slowdowns, big fps drops, stuttering) can try this too to see if it fixes it for you:
I turned off intel turboboost in my bios (since the random slowdowns and wobbly performance seemed to be due to constant high cpu useage )
I made a profile in nvidia control panel for dark souls 3 to use the maximum performance preset (most likely this wasn't the issue for me as msi afterburner showed that my gpu never strayed from 1300mhz gpu clock ingame)
My cpu useage went down from 94-99 percent on ALL 4 cores to 65-75 on core1 and 40-50 on the others and now it's smooth as glass again with not a single stutter (not even when autosaving), fps has not budged from 60 a single time and frame pacing feels flawless.
So maybe the game is causing problems with turboboost or the intel speedstep causing it to automatically downclock thinking it's idle. It used to be a very common problem with my phenom II with amd cool n quiet (similar to the intel speed step function) but never happened on my current pc with the i5 4690k , until now I guess.
So if you have poor performance on an i5 and gtx 970 try disabling turbo boost (and speed step if that doesn't help)
Tacklemacain
Member
i5 4670k
R9 290
@1440p
Most of the time between 55 and 60 fps. I played 17 hours now and i think it never dipped bellow 53.
R9 290
@1440p
Most of the time between 55 and 60 fps. I played 17 hours now and i think it never dipped bellow 53.
Iorv3th
Member
Anyone using steam overlay for framerate? I can not get the framerate to show up on this game.
It worked the first time I launched it and after that it's not working at all. The steam overlay works, but not the framerate counter.
Could it be because i'm using the steam controller and it's using big picture mode when I launch it?
It worked the first time I launched it and after that it's not working at all. The steam overlay works, but not the framerate counter.
Could it be because i'm using the steam controller and it's using big picture mode when I launch it?
Mine has a really strange stuttering pattern that seems to be related to light sources, despite changing the lighting quality to low. It runs at 60FPS in dim areas with multiple enemies but as soon as there's a light source on screen it starts stuttering like crazy.
I'll post my specs tonight.
I'll post my specs tonight.
High Fry Frow
Member
Maxwell cards can handle long sojourns to temps of up to 83-87 degrees. Just make sure it doesn't go over 87 and you'll be fine. That's the point where many nvidia 3rd party manufacturers program thermal throttling to kick in.
High Fry Frow
Member
TheThunder
Member
i5 3570K @4.4GHz
GTX 670 2GB (OC'ed, +78MHz core/+600MHz memory)
16GB 1600MHz DDR3 RAM
Game installed on an SSD Samsung 840 evo
Game is mostly 60fps but would drop to ~55 every now and then especially when you look at a large landscape from above like the first time you arrive in
or when fighting
. Lowest I've seen it drop is 50fps at
, so far that's the most demanding area I've come across to.
In terms of stability and crashes, I've been lucky to only encounter 2 and both were my doing since I guess my GPU OC was too aggressive (even though it's stable in other games) so once I toned it down to what it's at now its been smooth sailing. I also do have the same save stutter that most people are having, annoying, but at least its not happening during combat I guess.
These are my settings (1080p) btw:
Edit: Forgot to add, this is with the Geforce 350.12 driver (the GTA 5 driver). I will try the old 314.22 driver and see if it helps, especially in that demanding area.
GTX 670 2GB (OC'ed, +78MHz core/+600MHz memory)
16GB 1600MHz DDR3 RAM
Game installed on an SSD Samsung 840 evo
Game is mostly 60fps but would drop to ~55 every now and then especially when you look at a large landscape from above like the first time you arrive in
the Undead Settlement
the fat knight with the halberd in High Lothric Wall
the burning tree in the Undead Settlement where you encounter the fat lady priest for the first time
In terms of stability and crashes, I've been lucky to only encounter 2 and both were my doing since I guess my GPU OC was too aggressive (even though it's stable in other games) so once I toned it down to what it's at now its been smooth sailing. I also do have the same save stutter that most people are having, annoying, but at least its not happening during combat I guess.
These are my settings (1080p) btw:
Edit: Forgot to add, this is with the Geforce 350.12 driver (the GTA 5 driver). I will try the old 314.22 driver and see if it helps, especially in that demanding area.
redflamingolingo
Banned
I think everyone has to be getting at least minor stutters. There's no way anyone is holding a locked 60 fps without 2-3 fps drops here and there. I think some people just aren't noticing it.
I'm stuttering on a Titan X even at 1080p.
Iorv3th
Member
Do you have any other USB devices plugged in beside mouse/keyboard? I know some people where saying they had other devices that were conflicting with it just in this game.
DanWensing
Banned
Do you have any other divice that could be recognized as a controller? Like driving wheel (g27, etc...)?
If you have, unplug it!!!
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Deleted member 325805
Unconfirmed Member
Dipping to 53fps minimum now that I've reached
Been 60fps almost locked until this point.
Irithyll, the first bridge especially.
Digital Foundry comparison video: GTX 970 vs R9 390 / GTX 960 vs R9 380
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bskn6L8cBi4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bskn6L8cBi4
jim2point0
Banned
Is my game bugged?
Whenever I try to talk to the lady at the firelink shrine, my guy attacks her instead. Same thing happens if i choose "level up."
Whenever I try to talk to the lady at the firelink shrine, my guy attacks her instead. Same thing happens if i choose "level up."
Exploding8
Member
It's probably not a setting, there seems to be something weird going on with the memory usage regardless of what your settings are. So far several of us have fixed the crashes by increasing the amount of virtual memory we allow windows to allocate. I've gotten by with 2 - 4GB of virtual memory (up from 1GB) but some people on reddit are recommending 10GB+, which seems excessive. But that combined with setting lighting to low seems to have fixed all my crashing for the time being.
If you need help with increasing your virtual memory check the first post for a link to my post about it (I'm on mobile otherwise I'd link it haha)
Edit: I also mentioned bordered windowed mode in that post. One theory I saw as to why this helped me is that Windows Defender is using up more resources when DK3 is running maximized for some reason. No idea why that would be but it could explain why I needed to use windowed mode along with the virtual memory increase to stop my crashing.
johancruijff
Banned
formatted everything, downloaded the game again
set the lightning to low and auto detect off in the xml, marked it read only
restarted the game no crash so far, i'm at the High Wall of Lothric
set the lightning to low and auto detect off in the xml, marked it read only
restarted the game no crash so far, i'm at the High Wall of Lothric
Krusenstern
Banned
I reckon that this autosave hitching affects everyone, right? No exceptions I figure. Happens often whenever I quit the menu, pick up an item, or do a gesture.
This needs to be patched otherwhise I can't play like this. Will wait until an update takes care of it.
Uhhhhhhhh, I just want a game to NOT have these kind of issues on release day. Frustrating as hell.
This needs to be patched otherwhise I can't play like this. Will wait until an update takes care of it.
Uhhhhhhhh, I just want a game to NOT have these kind of issues on release day. Frustrating as hell.
I'm not sure is my CPU bottlenecking performance. It might, but there are people with a lot weaker cpu than mine and they are getting 60fps.
I don't remember what is this area called
where flying demons take you off to a new place
And this is on 720p low settings.