Ok whew...thanks!
Borderlands 2 - PC Performance Thread
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Ok whew...thanks!
Sutton Dagger
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Scratch that previous post, I'm now playing at 2560x1440 and still getting 60FPS at max settings. So so good.
I would have settled for some real anti-aliasing and compute shader optimizations, but I guess a console port will always be a port no matter how much you gussy it up.
Come on now. We have seen low consoles ports can go fairly recently. This is a fantastic port.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
PHYSX ON HIGH HAS NO BEARING ON PERFORMANCE (AMD 6970 here)
Cross posting this for AMD users. I see the swaying flags and extra effects and fps stays solid 60.
CPU is a 2500k@4.8ghz
Cross posting this for AMD users. I see the swaying flags and extra effects and fps stays solid 60.
CPU is a 2500k@4.8ghz
I think PhysX above Low requires an nVidia card to work.
LiquidMetal14
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I just tried it. Hang on I will show you. 5 minutes.
Competent? Yes. Better than the majority of other console ports this generation? Most likely so. Fantastic? Not by any stretch of the imagination.
Still leagues better than BL1.
It does work, I'm getting the particles, liquids, cloth, etc, and I have a 7970, I might get some drops here and there because I haven't oc'd my 2500k though.
LiquidMetal14
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Indeed it is. I'm not saying that this BL2 is unacceptable or unplayable on the PC, I'm just tired of people praising ports that lack basic IQ options and performance optimizations as a result of being built on a nearly 10-year-old API. I thought we'd get something a bit more robust out of an Nvidia sponsorship.
Felix Lighter
Member
2560 x 1600 downsampled to 1920 x 1200 and forced 8x MSAA and so far my machine has been able to maintain 60 fps locked. I haven't taken the time to see if the MSAA is actually making a difference. There are still some minor jaggies on the black outlines in the distance. I'll mess around with it tomorrow, time to go to bed tonight.
This.
Thanks.
No PHYSX/LOW SETTING
PHYSX ON/HIGH SETTING
6970
2500k@4.8GHZ
Just a tip for those with AMD cards wanting this: Make sure you google 'PhysX installer' and grab it from Nvidias site. Changing the game settings doesn't seem to work for everyone alone.
Felix Lighter
Member
Go into your bl2 folder and rename the redist folder.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
Wait, AMD cards can run PhysX on Borderlands 2? Does it murder the framerate?
It's not your gpu that runs physx. It's the cpu when running amd cards.
What resolution are you playing at? I had Fraps running and it never dropped below 60 for me and I'm on a 690 as well. I do have it slightly overclocked though.
ashbash159
Member
I am having a bad time aiming at enemies in this game. I've been playing lots of Black Mesa recently, and the reticule in this game is obviously suited for consoles. Maybe it should just play it with a controller and BPM.
Edit: Not really PC performance question, so I asked this on the OT.
Edit: Not really PC performance question, so I asked this on the OT.
1080p actually. I had mine on stock. I'll try my OC profile.
It shouldn't dip below 60 I wouldn't think. Before I capped my fps I was around 130fps and I'm at 2560x1600..i wouldn't think it would be an issue at 1920x1080.
It's this god awful GPU boost thing. GPUs are sitting at 950mhz when the frames drop. Don't think my CPU is a bottleneck... i5-2500k @ 4.7GHZ.
How on earth did Nvidia think it was a good idea to drop clocks while playing games? It's good for desktop browsing... but the thing should never downclock mid-game.
ashbash159
Member
I haven't had any trouble.
You will have to keep the VPN on and restart Steam to get it to work until Friday, though. Achievements still show up in Steam even when you don't have VPN on, but you won't be able to play it.
iNvid02
Member
i've been playing for the past 2 hours
run steam then close it
start a vpn app up (i used spotflux)
launch steam and it should go to the US store, a download should start and it will slowly unpack borderlands 2
once its done click play and close the vpn app so you can play online lag free - if you close steam or the game and come back it will just say pre-load again, so gonna have to leave it running or do the whole thing over again
Spazznid
Member
Controller is great with BL2 so far.
Tried both and chose controller because I never cared for BL with mouse.
The aiming is pretty spot on and, yeah, Black Mesa's movement and control kind of spoil you. Amazing but not all games have that great sense of control.
Back on topic, I play 1080p with in-game FXAA (pretty good, even though I usually dislike FXAA in favor of SMAA) and physx on high. Everything else maxed as well and so far non-stop 60 fps with my GTX 580. only about 40 minutes in, though, so considering what others have said it should get lower.
Hopefully, if Gearbox doesn't, someone will mod or workaround som Local multiplayer. I like playing with pals online, but playing with pals next to you is better. Can't LAN cross-state.
. Will do it!Yeah it's pretty annoying. I have the power target on my 690 set at 135% and it seems to hold the boosts longer, although the card gets hotter. I also ran FRAPS for 20-25 minutes during playtime and it shows that I was averaging 90fps. Although my the GPU usage was weird...GPU1 was at like 70% and GPU2 was around 90% or so..
That 90% is probably because of physx. Unless your using gpu1 as your physx, then that is weird.
Sounds good, I have a 6970 and a 2600k @ 4.4 so I'm happy with this. Are you running at 1080p and which drivers are you using?