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Tomb Raider PC Performance Thread
- Thread starter JaseC
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Wow, yeah, that Nvidia driver update is needed.
ambientmystic
Member
What I found interesting in that article was that the 5870 2GB edition is still quite a beastly card 4 years after it's introduction. It can still hold out its own against 6870, 7770 and the 650 ti.
Also, holy shit at that 580 GTX beating out the 7950 in the 1680x1050 high benchmark. And that's before the optimized drivers have been released.
JRW
Member
a shame they didn't bench with the current version of TR but I'm guessing it took awhile to get all that data.
neoexidous
Member
Why don't review sites and sites that analyze hardware performance break down the settings into FPS levels. I do like how this particular review breaks down the fps cost from High-Ultra.
http://www.techspot.com/review/645-tomb-raider-performance/page6.html
If we could get this in the settings, that would be perfect!
There is the solution leave DOF to Normal! I'll have to try that when i get home.
http://www.techspot.com/review/645-tomb-raider-performance/page6.html
If we could get this in the settings, that would be perfect!
There is the solution leave DOF to Normal! I'll have to try that when i get home.
JRW
Member
Ya DOF on Normal has a minimal change in visuals (its just a blur effect) but offers a pretty decent performance boost, at least on my GTX 480.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
It annoys me every time I see benchmarks that don't do 1920 x 1080p. Am I wrong in thinking it's the most common resolution people use?
It's the most popular LCD monitor resolution (unfortunately, it's difficult to buy 16x10 monitors these days) and it's the only option for comfy couch PC gamers.
neoexidous
Member
Agreed, that is the resolution I use the most. Although sometimes I do triple monitor, but that should be the de facto.
LOL! srsly nvidia, get that new driver ASAP
Something is wrong with my shadows....I can't notice contact hardening shadows and I have the shadow setting set accordingly.
Contact hardening shadows aren't in the game, that's why
ambientmystic
Member
Contact hardening shadows aren't in the game, that's why
Did they take it out of the final release, Andy? What else do you know that you're not telling us lol.
neoexidous
Member
Using ultimate settings with Normal DoF I'm getting 60 FPS using gtx 670 sli.
It's obvious just by looking at them - their density, depth, and intensity is uniform.
neoexidous
Member
Andy ETA on that driver?
Contact hardening shadows aren't in the game, that's why
Then why are they advertising this ? Why would they have cut them ?
No ETA that I can share. We have internal targets, obviously, but if I post that target and we miss it you can imagine the comments. Rest assured, the team is working on it.
Probably pulled shortly before launch. Have seen that a lot over the years (was a PC games journalist for 10+ years before I joined NVIDIA), but you rarely hear(d) about it because most tech features aren't detailed in advance.
Thank you for the update !
That's a shame, the effect seems well done, I don't understand why they would cut it from the final release.
Because the effect didn't look good enough? It was too resource hungry? Buggy code? Driver issues?
j0hnny_385
Member
Hi folks!
What chance to I have of pulling 60fps on "as high as possible" settings on this rig:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4 overclocked to 3.2GHz
8GB DDR2 RAM
XFX Radeon 7850 2GB Black Edition (Factory OCed to 975MHz).
Resolution: 1920x1200
I wish this game had a demo so I could try it...
What chance to I have of pulling 60fps on "as high as possible" settings on this rig:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4 overclocked to 3.2GHz
8GB DDR2 RAM
XFX Radeon 7850 2GB Black Edition (Factory OCed to 975MHz).
Resolution: 1920x1200
I wish this game had a demo so I could try it...
Yet TressFX remains?
ambientmystic
Member
We can only speculate. As is it now even without that effect, the game is taking the piss on NVIDIA's cards.
Dat AMD Gaming Evolved™ Partnership. No cookies for you, NVIDIA underclass.
Your Core 2 will drag you down later in the game. Expect to have pull down the LOD setting to Medium or Low during the more open ended areas of the game. The Core 2 is bottlenecking that card tremendously mate.
j0hnny_385
Member
I know. I plan to wait until Haswell comes out. Then I'll decide if I'll go with Haswell or Ivy Bridge. I'll do a MBO, CPU, cooler and MEM upgrade. Until then, I get on with this current rig (which eats most games, btw, just not the latest power-hungry ones like Crysis 3, etc.).
Thanks for info. When Tomb Raider dips in price, I'll get it and try it.
elbourreau
Member
Can definitely live without...
Am cry ;_;
Obviously you can. Same with tesselation. Same with ultra SSAO. But every effect counts. While normal DOF is a on/off blur situation, ultra DOF is progressive and "similar" to ultra DOF in Metro 2033. Is subtle but very demanding.
ambientmystic
Member
You're the same MaLDo who did that Crysis 2 MaLDo HD mod right? Love your work, even though I can't personally enjoy it at the moment.
Thank you, I hope you can enjoy the mod in all glory (recommended settings + ultra AA + downsampling) some day.
neoexidous
Member
Any news on Crysis 3 mod?
In cutscenes yes. It's not exactly the same kind of bokeh seen in Crysis 2/3, Samaritan demo or Watch Dogs though.
i cant play this shit. crashes to desktop are annoying but i get this weird full screen artifacting quite often. none of the menus are affected, i just came off crysis 3 with no problems and i double checked temps and they're fine so wtf. seems like it happens in select places pretty consistently. is there a work around?
looks like this kind of.
i have a feeling we wont see new nvidia drivers until bioshock and by then i wont have no interest in this game anymore....
looks like this kind of.
i have a feeling we wont see new nvidia drivers until bioshock and by then i wont have no interest in this game anymore....
i cant play this shit. crashes to desktop are annoying but i get this weird full screen artifacting quite often. none of the menus are affected, i just came off crysis 3 with no problems and i double checked temps and they're fine so wtf. seems like it happens in select places pretty consistently. is there a work around?
looks like this kind of.
i have a feeling we wont see new nvidia drivers until bioshock and by then i wont have no interest in this game anymore....
Give this a try (as linked in the OP) if you haven't already:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=49068705&postcount=979
OT
I'm a bit annoyed with crysis 3 performance bugs at the moment. They must fix it asap. Moreover, no mod sdk, no party.
yeah i just noticed turning off tessellations stopped it from happening. i'll try that fix later today thanks.
Eidos is collecting data from Nvidia gamers on their forum:
http://forums.eidosgames.com/showthread.php?t=135247
It's probably a good idea to report there if your game crashes or you're having driver related problems.
http://forums.eidosgames.com/showthread.php?t=135247
It's probably a good idea to report there if your game crashes or you're having driver related problems.
alysonwheel
Member
My PC is quite similar to yours: a Core 2 Duo e7200, clocked at 3.8ghz, 4gb DDR2 and a 1gb GTX560.
Playing at 1080p I get 40-60fps in most areas, and 25-30fps in the most intensive parts. LOD at medium is fine for the most part, and while I've been prepared to drop it down to low I've never really felt the need.
My settings:
ambientmystic
Member
alyson, with that 1gb GTX560 you should be able jack up the texture quality to high or even ultra most of the time with zero FPS loss. VRAM usage never exceeded 1 GB for me, and I use a much more inferior card (HD 4670 1GB) with a much lower clocked Core 2 t9550 @ 2.8 GHz. Of course, I've to aim for a much lower performance target of 30-35 FPS @ 1600x900
Here're my settings:-
alysonwheel
Member
Oh super, thanks. I forgot to check how much vram it was using, I was just so pleased to get it running at playable framerates.
I keep intending to upgrade my CPU but new games keep running pretty okay on it so I keep delaying...
I keep intending to upgrade my CPU but new games keep running pretty okay on it so I keep delaying...
j0hnny_385
Member
Thanks for this! Hope is high then.
so i tried the hitman fix and it still fucks up. tried without the patch, tried older drivers and it does that corruption effect every time. guess tessellation just isnt going to happen unless someone else has an idea.
i dont understand how this game made it through QA. it's not like the some specific setups might have issues, the game is flat out broken.
The Tomb Raider patch didn't fix my TressFX issues with it glowing repeatedly
Hopefully the next nVidia drivers will work this out so I can actually play with TressFX enabled (GTX Titan @ 5720x1200).
TressFX runs fine on my Titan@1440p. Don't use 2X/4XSSAA. Run with no AA or FXAA.