Burgess_101
Member
Certainly. My 390 died just before DS3 came out, for some reason it can't cool itself properly and was getting to 90c and crashing (no matter what I played). Got an XFX 390x and now its solid at 83c max. No crashes yesterday.
Dark Souls 3 PC performance thread
- Thread starter JaseC
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Certainly. My 390 died just before DS3 came out, for some reason it can't cool itself properly and was getting to 90c and crashing (no matter what I played). Got an XFX 390x and now its solid at 83c max. No crashes yesterday.
Considering how widespread the performance and stuttering issues are and the fact that the potential solutions for either may only potentially work, I'd avoid making any changes.
roadrunn3r
Member
If you don't have any issues, leave it as is but yea you could set it on "system managed" which is safe in most cases or manually set it to a higher value than what you have. (12/16)
KingpinZero
Member
I'm in Lothric Castle right now, so a bit more further than first areas.
KingpinZero
Member
Its great, and nope you dont get banned from using it, as it doesnt modify anything game related. I also used ENB and SweetFX in the past with lots of steam games, DS2 included.
have some uncompressed MSI AB screenshots:
http://imgur.com/a/1F1Sz
Also is anyone having issues with online?
Duebrithil
Member
Are saves account locked somehow? It'd be interesting to try one of the more demanding zones instead of the starting area.
RickyRozay
Member
Well since everything is running fine now and the random drops aren't too frequent or last long enough to bother me I'll just leave my pagefile alone but hopefully a patch comes and cleans that up.
NaughtyCalibur
Member
Starting to regret my purchase. That first bonfire crash is dumb, and I don't trust playing a game like this if more crashing is what I can look forward to, hindering progress.
DS2 was but iirc there was a simple workaround. I never used it though, so you'll have to look it up.
Have there been any endeavours to unlock the framerate cap yet? Just curious.
Also it's so weird to hear about all these issues. I have put over 40 hours in the game over the past two weeks and never had a single crash (well except for that one time when I poked around in the app memory but that was obviously my fault) or other weird glitches.
dgrdsv
Member
Why not? Having pagefile on a fast disk makes OS work faster. So I would suggest putting it on the fastest drive you have in your PC.
Joe Spangle
Member
Thought id post my experience so far, ive played about 10 hours. Getting pretty much a solid 60fps with everything turned up to 11. there is every now and then a massive pause though, like the frame counter will go down to 20s. Not sure why but it can be very punishing if im in the middle of a swing. I have a 980ti and a 4790k.
Tarin02543
Member
glad I postponed my purchase, I'll play this after the summer with the god patch
Fried Food
Banned
I've yet to be able to get online with the PC version
Kudo
Member
Yup, and my friend doesn't have it at all. It's one really weird problem which probably makes it even harder to fix.
If changing your Lightning to Low works for you at the first bonfire, it'll most likely work through the entire game. I was getting crashes every 5 minutes until I changed it to Low and now I have 35 hours played with no crashes, only suffering from the save stutter.
Same here. Even with the light on low, I can't get past the first bonfire. Basically 80 euros thrown out the window.
What the hell, man. This shit needs to be fixed immediately!
Take a look at this, maybe this helps: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=663922936
It's mainly for aspect ratio fixes, but maybe it helps with performance as well?
Kudo
Member
Dualshock 4 with DS4Windows, wireless.
Ulysses 31
Member
In Windows 10 latest public build?
Kudo
Member
Yes.
Being paranoid. Lol. What do you suggest? Shrink my os one down by like five gb?
Impulsor
Member
Xbox one, wired.
Is there a fix and does this have anythign to do with the stutters?
Have you booted the game without the controller not plugged in i.e. played with m/kb?
Have you booted the game up in Big Picture mode?
Fallout-NL
Member
(crossposting from CRASH FIX thread)
Don't suppose anyone has figured out how to keep auto adjust setting from reverting back to 'on'?
Because the main issue this is causing is whenever I set some things to high (it defaults to medium) it gives me some bullshit about the framerate (which is actually fine) and refuses to go online until you restart the game -> which of course causes the auto adjust setting to come back on.
Don't suppose anyone has figured out how to keep auto adjust setting from reverting back to 'on'?
Because the main issue this is causing is whenever I set some things to high (it defaults to medium) it gives me some bullshit about the framerate (which is actually fine) and refuses to go online until you restart the game -> which of course causes the auto adjust setting to come back on.
So you almost get 60fps.. meaning you get 30fps easily with those specs + low settings?
Me neither,the game runs really smooth so far.
If i set everything to high i can even play at 50fps near 4k.
SneakyStephan
Banned
Another thing to try if you have stuttering.
I just started up the game while my browser was still open and noticed I was getting fps dips and some stutters, closed it and it went away.
Maybe it's just my i5 or only having 8GB ram and the cpu time or ram the browser takes is needed by the game, idk.
I just started up the game while my browser was still open and noticed I was getting fps dips and some stutters, closed it and it went away.
Maybe it's just my i5 or only having 8GB ram and the cpu time or ram the browser takes is needed by the game, idk.
borborygmus
Member
FYI I have similar specs (i7-2600, 8GB RAM, Radeon HD 6970) and I can maintain a consistent 30fps with most settings on high at 1080p.
Impulsor
Member
Nope, will try and let you know the results.
dgrdsv
Member
Unless your OS is on a 64GB SSD you should be able to fit the pagefile on it without any issues. I have a 256GB SSD for OS and my pagefile is set to the same drive with a custom size of 16-8192MB. It usually hangs on 16MB size though as I have 32GB of VRAM and paging isn't happening too often. I figure that 16MBs isn't something you can't fit onto a 256GB drive =)
Games running pretty flawless for me. My details are:
Asus 670 2gb
8gb RAM
i5 3570k @ 3.8
Win 10 Pro 64 bit
Using latest nvidia drivers, playing at 1080p, nearly everything set to high except lighting which is low (as I was getting the bonfire crash), textures set to max and SSAO off.
The game is running very smooth with only the odd stutter from auto save.
I turned off 'auto detect settings' as well as there are some reports this changes graphics on the fly.
My game is installed on a Samsung 840 Pro 256gb SSD too.
I'm 14 hours in so far.
Asus 670 2gb
8gb RAM
i5 3570k @ 3.8
Win 10 Pro 64 bit
Using latest nvidia drivers, playing at 1080p, nearly everything set to high except lighting which is low (as I was getting the bonfire crash), textures set to max and SSAO off.
The game is running very smooth with only the odd stutter from auto save.
I turned off 'auto detect settings' as well as there are some reports this changes graphics on the fly.
My game is installed on a Samsung 840 Pro 256gb SSD too.
I'm 14 hours in so far.
Thank you very much for the info.
borborygmus
Member
From your previous post, I see you've got a 560 with 1GB, which is a concern. My 6970 has 2GB of vram. Honestly, I have doubts over whether a 1GB card could run the game well at 1080p. I tried setting textures on low but the game still used 1.5 to 2GB of vram, although this isn't necessarily a solid indication of how much vram the game really requires.
It's hard to say how it'll run for you. My 'real' fps tends to be around 45, but I locked it to 30, so I can't rule out the possibility for a weaker card (say, a 560) to consistently hit 30.
If I were you, I'd try the game out and if you can't get it to run well, refund it via Steam refunds (as long as you play < 2 hours and you bought the game < 2 weeks ago, the refund process is automated).
RockTurtle
Member
I was crashing at lothric bonfire. the game saved my spot there and it kept crashing everytime i loaded.
i finally went into the options to try to put everything in lowest settings to try to get away from that specific bonfire and noticed the game had RESET the lighting to medium even though i TURNED OFF the game automatically setting graphic options.
weird.
i finally went into the options to try to put everything in lowest settings to try to get away from that specific bonfire and noticed the game had RESET the lighting to medium even though i TURNED OFF the game automatically setting graphic options.
weird.
TheLostBigBoss
Banned
Yea, I played 3 hours before I got a steam message and noticed that chat box was horribly stretched out.
Oh the whoas of begin a 16:10 bro
just deal with black bars
Duebrithil
Member
For what it's worth, I've got a 580 with 1.5GB of VRAM. At 1080p, with textures on low, the game pretty much is always using 1500MB. I suspect this leads to 0.1-0.5 drops with the corresponding frame time peaks (even if I lock the framerate to 30), which, while not super evident, are noticeable enough.
With 1GB of VRAM I'd say 1080p at 30 would be a hard target to hit.
Thanks for the confirmation. I didn't notice until I used a bow for the first time and saw the reticle was stretched out.
Yeah the ram amount (memory bandwidth too I suspect) might be the limiting factor.
But if I can play windowed I don't mind going down to 900|720p.
I had to enable V Sync in Nvidia Control Panel to get G Sync to work.
It has a habit of restoring default settings. You'll need to check each time you boot the game. Appears to be caused by the auto-detect setting turning on with each boot.
Did you shrink and add a drive or just left it as one drive and tacked it on?
Aww OK that's what I figured. Doesn't it kill the purpose of Gsync tho? Having Vsync on and all input lags it brings.
Performance has been good for me so far. I'm about 10 hours in and I haven't experienced any crashes yet. Framerate is a solid 60 fps too, minus the occasional stutter when picking up an item/exiting menu.
However there is one enemy that seems to tank my framerate:
Does anyone else get that?
However there is one enemy that seems to tank my framerate:
the undead that transform into that hideous black monster.