My favorite part of that article is where super sampling is now a "PC-exclusive graphical effect."
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Tomb Raider PC Performance Thread
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My favorite part of that article is where super sampling is now a "PC-exclusive graphical effect."
frontieruk
Member
What the fuck is wrong with this port ?
Seriously Nixxes what have you been doing ? Or is this Nvidia's fault ?
I tried resetting the shadow res setting to low and get it back to high but no, my shadows are still shitty and not "contact hardening" as AMD claims.
Is this what you're expecting to see?
You mad, what are you talking? After messing with crysis3 you should make sure that your desktop is no at 16-bit color.No banding in Tomb Raider.
For nvidia users with vsync problems, you have to disable the option "main display only" in the game launcher (to avoid the error) but then activate it from within the game. If you have only one gpu you have to use triplebuffer option but if you have sli, use double buffer.
Tessellation comparisson
Yeah you can definitely tell with Tessellation off. I noticed it right away, thanks for posting the pics to show specifically.
Speaking of the game launcher, I can't even access it. Whenever I try to - my game crashes. I've been making all my changes IN game.
Same story here actually. Just got to that area.
Mithos
Member
Same, not superbad, but FPS went down, and then after shantytown is done my first freezes shows up 5 so far reload/restart reload/restart.
elbourreau
Member
Here's my rig :
i5 3570k stock
8gb ram
MSi 660ti OC 3gb Vram
SSD samsung
Nvidia drivers : 310.90
Played 10/15 min, escaped the cave and no crash, just framerate drops ton 30/40 when entering a new zone.....
Here's my options :
Here's my bench :
Can't play more, just hope the 310.9 drivers will work!
i5 3570k stock
8gb ram
MSi 660ti OC 3gb Vram
SSD samsung
Nvidia drivers : 310.90
Played 10/15 min, escaped the cave and no crash, just framerate drops ton 30/40 when entering a new zone.....
Here's my options :
Here's my bench :
Can't play more, just hope the 310.9 drivers will work!
Mango Positive
Member
How does this trick work? I have Inspector, but when I tried to add the Tomb Raider application to the Inspector profile for Hitman, it says "App already tied to the Tomb Raider profile". How do I make another game's profile apply to Tomb Raider? Do I just copy the specific settings into the Tomb Raider profile?
I am detecting a loss in frames, but driver 310.90 has removed the crashing with tessellation turned on.
Pimpbaa
Slop Inspector
Same here.
I'm assuming they're applied differently. It could be that some shaders/effects are only rendered at 1080p with in-game SSAA.
Either delete the Tomb Raider (2013) profile or remove the exe tied to that profile.
toastyToast
Member
What did you use from Hitman? Just the SLI bits?
I didn't change anything. Just used what was already in the profile (Absolution's SLI). I'm getting the same performance as I was before - and MSI and Nvidia show both cards working.
I'm wondering this myself... I see no special flags that would really have an effect on anything. But if it works, who cares. I'm about to try it myself.
So the SLI bits work for TR as well, so don't change them?
Delete the Tomb Raider(2013) profile before linking the TR exe to the Hitman profile.
That's what I did. Basically, I deleted the Tomb Raider 2013 profile. Then I went to the Hitman Absolution profile and added the Tomb Raider EXE to it. That was it. Nothing more, nothing less. Didn't touch anything else. Booted up the game. Got the same performance I did before - but now I can run the game with tessellation on without any crashing.
SLI seems to be working fine. Getting same FPS as before. Someone could try adding the TR bits to the SLI portion of Absolution. Not sure what that would do. I just know that leaving everything alone, it's working fine.
tiny raptor
Member
When I'm getting a steady 60 FPS and the FPS drops below that even a little bit, I can feel it in the way the game feels. It just feels like it's slowing down. But when it hovers around 40 for example, it feels smooth.
I'm no expert with PC gaming. Is that normal for PC gaming in general, and is there any way to remedy that?
I'm no expert with PC gaming. Is that normal for PC gaming in general, and is there any way to remedy that?
Heh, fired up the game and tried to hit the options only to be greeted with a "not responding" error message. Great.
Fortunately, the game starts up just fine and runs beautifully. Unfortunately, my PC goes on a boat tomorrow and I won't see it for 6 weeks so I'll have to wait to play it.
Fortunately, the game starts up just fine and runs beautifully. Unfortunately, my PC goes on a boat tomorrow and I won't see it for 6 weeks so I'll have to wait to play it.
Vustadumas
Banned
i7 2600K @ 4.6ghz
16 gig 2133 ram
512g Samsung 840 SSD
GTX 680 (EVGA Percision OC)
Been running on ultimate settings, except for the things that seem to crash and or cause the game to not start.
Framerate is fairly steady (45-60), but does dip in places, like transitioning zones. Using the TressFX hair too. Not quite as awesome as I had hoped, but a step in the right direction.
Hopefully new Nvidia drivers will clear up the framerate issues. Digging the game so far.
16 gig 2133 ram
512g Samsung 840 SSD
GTX 680 (EVGA Percision OC)
Been running on ultimate settings, except for the things that seem to crash and or cause the game to not start.
Framerate is fairly steady (45-60), but does dip in places, like transitioning zones. Using the TressFX hair too. Not quite as awesome as I had hoped, but a step in the right direction.
Hopefully new Nvidia drivers will clear up the framerate issues. Digging the game so far.
What do your benchmark results look like?
You might just be sensitive to FPS drops. You could try locking it to the 40s area so you don't notice the drops anymore.
I'm the same way. Soon as I lose a frame I feel it. Even during cutscenes it bugs me.
Sounds like you could be using Double Buffering?
Could have sworn someone else posted about that in this thread. I don't think there was an answer to what caused it. But I don't think you are alone. Most with higher cards have not reported that issue though.
tiny raptor
Member
That's probably it. I am sensitive to framerate drops. When I've got that FPS counter from RadeonPro in the top left corner especially, it feels like I'm simply paying for the privilege to watch an FPS counter dip and swell like the waves of the ocean, rather than playing a videogame.
Doesn't matter what setting I have it on, I feel the difference instantly.
Coolbgdog12
Member
Yea I also get that flickering. It's sporadic so I forgot to mention it a while back.
Cheers, added to the OP.
fizzelopeguss
Banned
Nixxes are massively overrated.
or maybe it's Nvidia's crappy drivers >_>
OverHeat
« generous god »
Well I managed to get the game working by finding a registry entries on the nvidia forum....that was fun.:S
http://pastebin.com/M2XXcjts
http://pastebin.com/M2XXcjts
DJ_Lae
Member
3570K, 7970, stock, nets about 52fps average in the benchmark with everything max. I may disable some stuff as the framerate definitely dips in game and the tressfx often chugs in cutscenes.
I have experienced some graphical jank, mostly a magic river near the start that superimposed itself on everything.
Game looks great otherwise, though.
I have experienced some graphical jank, mostly a magic river near the start that superimposed itself on everything.
Game looks great otherwise, though.
Not really, no.
Alright just making sure my gpu isn't dying or anything. This game really makes my card scream and it makes a whirring sound I'm not too used to hearing.
Yes, that is completely normal for an Nvidia card. I have a GTX 590, which is comparable to a 680 and I get about the same (locked 60, or ~45 with TressFX).
Played about 30 minutes so far with this rig:
i5 2500k (stock)
GTX 670 4gb Factory OC newest beta drivers
16gb RAM
Crashes like a mofo. Maybe I'll try the Inspector trick. Everything pumped up to max except TressFX and no AA, running at a fairly steady 60 with some dips down into the 50s when things get crazy. Using EVGA Precision X noticed two things: The first is that my card seems to be underclocked the whole time, staying around 706 mhz despite turning off adaptive power management. Secondly, it's telling me that the game is maxing out the card's RAM, which I've rarely seen (though Hitman did use most of it as well). Going to keep plugging away but hopefully Nvidia and Nixxes can work fast on fixing this.
Edit: Benchmark gave me an average of 53.8 fps.
i5 2500k (stock)
GTX 670 4gb Factory OC newest beta drivers
16gb RAM
Crashes like a mofo. Maybe I'll try the Inspector trick. Everything pumped up to max except TressFX and no AA, running at a fairly steady 60 with some dips down into the 50s when things get crazy. Using EVGA Precision X noticed two things: The first is that my card seems to be underclocked the whole time, staying around 706 mhz despite turning off adaptive power management. Secondly, it's telling me that the game is maxing out the card's RAM, which I've rarely seen (though Hitman did use most of it as well). Going to keep plugging away but hopefully Nvidia and Nixxes can work fast on fixing this.
Edit: Benchmark gave me an average of 53.8 fps.
No, it will just show whatever offsets you have from whatever app you used.