Dark Souls 3 PC performance thread
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If you're running Windows 10 and are experiencing crashes every 10 to 15 minutes try this fix that I've been using for a while now.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/349040/discussions/0/405690850607153526/#p3
It's an issue with Windows 10's touch screen service. It fixed Street Fighter V, Naruto 4, DARIUSBURST, and other games for me.
I'm sure the majority of Windows 10 users experiencing crashes is from this.
I don't know why companies neglect to test this common issue and why Microsoft has neglected to patch this bullshit.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/349040/discussions/0/405690850607153526/#p3
It's an issue with Windows 10's touch screen service. It fixed Street Fighter V, Naruto 4, DARIUSBURST, and other games for me.
I'm sure the majority of Windows 10 users experiencing crashes is from this.
I don't know why companies neglect to test this common issue and why Microsoft has neglected to patch this bullshit.
Iorv3th
Member
I wonder if this is somehow linked to the stuttering when saving etc. If it's saving and writing a large chunk of data to memory at that time or something.
People with Nvidia GPU's tried this? Allegedly helps with performance/stutters.
- Open nVidia Control Panel. You can click the little nVidia icon in your taskbar to open it.
- Go to 3D Settings, and then "Manage 3D Settings."
- Switch to the Program Settings tab, and then select Dark Souls III (darksoulsiii.exe) from the drop-down list. It may take a few minutes to populate.
- Navigate to the settings you'd like to change, and select the option you want from the drop-down tab. In this case, we want "Virtual Reality pre-rendered frames", we want to set it to "Use the 3D Application setting", and you'll probably find it at the very bottom of the list.
- Once you've made your changes, make sure to hit the Apply button that will appear!
HungOverOnATues
Member
That's exactly it. For whatever reason they haven't implemented the fps counter into big picture mode.
Duebrithil
Member
Quoting myself:
With the drivers recommended in the subreddit I got my FPS up into the 45-55 range with some settings on medium at 1080p (I didn't try more combinations because I didn't want to go over the 2h refund period), enough of a boost to lock it to 30.
Of course, that's just in the starting area so the FPS might go down the drain further into the game.
i5 4570
GTX 660
8GB RAM
It's running well for me, 40-60 FPS at 1680x1050. It crashed upon reaching the first bonfire, but turning the lighting to low seems to have fixed it. Also, for some reason the only settings it wants to keep are the ones I originally set. I had most things on low but it doesn't make a great deal of difference to the performance, so I have to turn the settings up every time I start the game.
Shadows, DOF and lightning are on low, SSAO medium, with everything else on high.
I do get some stuttering when saving, but it only seems to happen periodically - most of the time when I see the save icon it doesn't stutter at all.
GTX 660
8GB RAM
It's running well for me, 40-60 FPS at 1680x1050. It crashed upon reaching the first bonfire, but turning the lighting to low seems to have fixed it. Also, for some reason the only settings it wants to keep are the ones I originally set. I had most things on low but it doesn't make a great deal of difference to the performance, so I have to turn the settings up every time I start the game.
Shadows, DOF and lightning are on low, SSAO medium, with everything else on high.
I do get some stuttering when saving, but it only seems to happen periodically - most of the time when I see the save icon it doesn't stutter at all.
Cannon Goose
Member
I've tried a few "solutions" but nothing worked, my game somehow got corrupted, so I'm downloading it ATM.
Still no fix for the bonfire crash, do we still have to play with lighting on Low?
Get a G-Sync monitor. It helps with all sorts of minor stutters like that. Worth every penny.
edit: Unless you're talking about the stutter as the game autosaves. G-Sync can't do anything about that. Lots of us are stuck with it
Yep, also running the game on an ssd and getting the sutters. Seems to be a general widespread issue at this point. Hopefully it can be patched out.
SeeNoWeevil
Member
Enabling Adaptive V-Sync causes tearing which is what usually happens when V-Sync is locked in-game. So I'm guessing there's no way to run adaptive v-sync unless they patch in the option to turn off v-sync?
I don't get any save hitching whatsoever. I can be rotating the camera, come out of the inventory, save icon flashes and the pan remains perfectly smooth.
aDanByTheRiver
Member
i cant find it in this thread, where is the file to edit to keep low lighting?
it goes back to high every time i start my game up
do you have the setting "auto-detect" on in the menu?
Fallout-NL
Member
Yeah, that stutter that happens (occasionaly) with saving and (always) after opening the menu sucks ass.
Get a G-Sync monitor. It helps with all sorts of minor stutters like that. Worth every penny.
edit: Unless you're talking about the stutter as the game autosaves. G-Sync can't do anything about that. Lots of us are stuck with it
Trust me I would if I were on a desk. My PC is consolized. Windows has to account for so much shit other than gaming which is why I brought it up. Kind of wish we had an open box open OS platform for PC gaming to thrive on
johancruijff
Banned
c:\users\(your windows username)\appdata\Roaming\dark souls III\GraphicsConfig.xml
appdata is a hidden folder, you need to unlock hidden files and folder in Win
wrong quote?
KiefbladeMaster
Member
Gettin' around 35-40 FPS on High settings at 1080 with my Alpha. (i3, basically a GTX 750 TI and 8GB of RAM.) I have OC'd my CPU and GPU though. No random crashes or anything within the first few hours. Haven't updated to the latest drivers either. Is that what is causing the issues for some people? Been holding off because of that.
Skyfireblaze
Member
That sounds a bit like my room and my 7970 (280x) :/ I might not have paid too much attention when I bought it but I have the feeling that it got louder and hotter than it used to be too, to the point I even dropped my overclock from 1100/1500 to 1000/1400 and while it still creeps near 80°C in DS III, the noise-levels are more bearable like that.
I wondered, since I game mostly at 1080p anyway, does overclocking the VRAM actually net me much?
And could anyone recommend a good, non-intrusive borderless window program for DS III? I normally use GeDoSaTo but I obviously can't in this case.
Otherwise my performance is completely playable, I run between 45-60fps at 1080p with everything maxed. I would like to drop things down a notch to get closer to a locked 60fps but no matter what I change in the settings my fps hardly changes unless I set everything to low.
System:
- i5 3570k @ 4.2ghz
- Club3D 7970 Royal Queen overclocked to either 1100/1500 or 1000/1400
- 8gb 2133mhz RAM (in single-channel mode as my B channel doesn't work and it was too much of a pain to RMA it at the point I noticed
)- Windows 7 64bit
SeeNoWeevil
Member
Whoops, yeah.
This is really weird, yesterday I lowered the Lighting graphical setting down to avoid the bonfire glitch. Today I've been getting the bonfire glitch again. Worried that the problem was getting worse I checked the graphics settings and lo and behold the Lighting had been switched back up to High (I had auto-detect disabled and it remained so when I checked today. Something else interfering? FROM just being really proud of their lighting for this game? Either way, there is clearly something wrong with the way the engine is rendering fire. Steady 60fps during the 2nd and 3rd boss battles with all of their effects but walk past a few lit torches and whomp 20fps!
My MSI R9 390 has reached 80 degrees playing this on most max settings at 1440p. I have motion blur off, AA off, shadows down to high, and DOF to high. Usually in the 75-77 range.
I get a little freaked out seeing that temp and wonder whether I should use one of those custom fan profiles I read about for the MSI 390?? I've read that the fans on this card don't kick it unless it goes over 60 degrees. This is a new PC from January so I was a bit out of the loop for a few years in terms of PC parts.
I get a little freaked out seeing that temp and wonder whether I should use one of those custom fan profiles I read about for the MSI 390?? I've read that the fans on this card don't kick it unless it goes over 60 degrees. This is a new PC from January so I was a bit out of the loop for a few years in terms of PC parts.
Have you tried playing in 1080p?
You could try a custom fan profile as you say, but personally I would just turn it down a notch.
Unfortunately, editing the xml doesn't seem to work...
Krusenstern
Banned
Can't be. Pick up items, do gestures, wildly open and close the inventory and message screen. It doesn't hitch every single time but it can still happen often, even in your game. Everyone has to be experiencing it.
I just tried and nothing changed. I have the same problem as that guy, except with a i5 4690k. Still getting the same performance with Vita version. I really don't know what's wrong.
Haven't tried yet. I might play around with the other settings first and seeing how much of a difference certain ones make for visual quality.
JRW
Member
My reference cooled 290X is hitting 92C fairly quickly with DS 3 but these temps are common for a reference 290x, so far no crashing and 60fps/1080p other than the auto save hitching issue.
I have it set to low and that xml in the roaming directory is read only - it also says low.. I exit the game, xml still says low, load up ds3 - it says high. Auto Detect is also off.
guhhh.
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Deleted member 125677
Unconfirmed Member
It's a 760. I have never tried overclocking before, so I'm a bit uncertain about that. I don't think my cpu fan cooler is state of the art or anything lol
This I'll definitely try though!
Burgess_101
Member
Orthogonal
Member
Has Namco or From acknowledged any of the technical issues? I'm sure they are aware, but some communication would be nice.
lordfuzzybutt
Member
Overclocking is not that complicated. Easy even. Especially if you only do some basic and not hardcore overclocking.
You can take a look at these guides here and here.
Generally, there are 3 things to look at, the base clock, the multiplier, and the vcore. It should be as easy as setting the base clock to 200mhz, multiplier to 20, and VCORE at around 1.3 or sth. Test for stability, if stable, lower VCORE by 0.05v and test again. Until not stable then go back up 0.05v. You can go up or down with smaller step like 0.025 for example, but it will take more time and effort to test.
Study your bios and you should be able to know which setting is which and set them correctly. Those links I linked seem to be enough for you to understand everything.
For cooler, which one do you have? If it sucks then even a cheap 212 evo is fine.
In my opinion, overclocking is really worth it as it can extend the capability of the CPU by quite a large margin in the case of the 760.
DieNgamers
Member
It's possible! I played 15 hours and didn't experience a single stutter. Smooth sailing so far (getting my ass handed to me by the game, though, haha!)
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Deleted member 125677
Unconfirmed Member
I just have a stock intel cooler, that came with the CPU
You definitely should consider aftermarket cooler, from cheaper models mentioned Hyper 212 EVO is good choice. Noctua has some more expensive and more hardcore options. Even if you don't OC your CPU even then aftermarket cooler would be good to get, those default Intel ones are so sucky.
Freshmaker
I am Korean.
So far so good. Game mostly runs smooth. Stutters a bit after I walk past the fat dude in the courtyard though.
i7 4790 (whichever one you can't OC)
GTX 970
16MB Ram
Solid while streaming 1080p to YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2TO11I8Ll4
i7 4790 (whichever one you can't OC)
GTX 970
16MB Ram
Solid while streaming 1080p to YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2TO11I8Ll4
Dr. Benton Quest
Banned
I'm running at High settings and getting 30fps on my little media machine in the living room.
3rd Gen i3
7770 2gigs
8gigs RAM
SSD
I could stream it from my rig in the office, but I don't trust the input lag. I'm happy with it on the 50inch though.
3rd Gen i3
7770 2gigs
8gigs RAM
SSD
I could stream it from my rig in the office, but I don't trust the input lag. I'm happy with it on the 50inch though.
