Borderlands 2 - PC Performance Thread
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Very good point. I've only played offline.
Perhaps jumping online with result in hitches.
Dreams-Visions
Member
Also,
Turn of FXAA and go with SMAA injection with something like SweetFX. Better look and virtually no framerate cost.
Turn of FXAA and go with SMAA injection with something like SweetFX. Better look and virtually no framerate cost.
I have a 560ti and it works fine with physics set to high. I haven't turned on fraps to really tell but I have had no issues playing online or off.
iNvid02
Member
what are your other settings though quality wise, and resolution. i'd say its better to try and get everything else as high as possible while managing 60fps with medium physx
i havent played much so no, but i guess anything will a lot of enemies coupled with a rocket launcher would be pretty insane
I did a Fraps run for a few hours last night, everything max and Physx set to high. With an oc'd 560ti and 2500K @1080, it was a constant 60 aside from scenes that had very heavy Physx such as the
fight, where it dropped as low as 42fps.
I'll try SMAA instead of FXAA this evening. Are there any FXAA vs SMAA shots?
Boom Bewm
I'll try SMAA instead of FXAA this evening. Are there any FXAA vs SMAA shots?
Felix Lighter
Member
I started using Fullscreen windowed mode, so no more supersampling for me unless I decided to up my desktop res before launching the game, which I'll end up forgetting pretty much every time. I started using SMAA last night it looks nice but I didn't take the time to compare it to the built in FXAA.
SuicideUZI
Member
A couple tweaks:
find WillowEngine.ini in Documents\My Games\Borderlands 2\WillowGame\Config
to turn off startup movies find:
and set it to false, this will also disable the intro movie if you make a new character
to turn off the black outline find:
and change it to:
this also improves performance some but Depth of Field is broken with it and possibly some other post processing effects
find WillowEngine.ini in Documents\My Games\Borderlands 2\WillowGame\Config
to turn off startup movies find:
Code:
bForceNoMovies=TRUEto turn off the black outline find:
Code:
DefaultPostProcessName=WillowEngineMaterials.WillowScenePostProcess
Code:
DefaultPostProcessName=WillowEngineMaterials.RyanScenePostProcess
RadioactiveLobster
Member
What is a good minimum card for dedicated Physx? Something in the sub $100 range.
I played up til the first time you meet Sir Hammerlock last night and had no issues with my HD 7950. I didn't measure my framerate but it never dipped below 40fps I can tell you that.
All graphics maxed and Physx off (not even going to try).
I have Catalyst 12.8 installed and no versions of CAP installed.
I guess I'm just reporting this because of others having issues with the 7XXX cards.
For reference my card has a small OC from default of 1050/1500.
I did have one hiccup when I first started playing. I paused the game and walked away to do something, came back 5 minutes later with a dull blue screen with verticles bars. I think this was due to an over aggressive OC I initially had (ran fine on all other games but Borderlands triggered a crash, oh well).
All graphics maxed and Physx off (not even going to try).
I have Catalyst 12.8 installed and no versions of CAP installed.
I guess I'm just reporting this because of others having issues with the 7XXX cards.
For reference my card has a small OC from default of 1050/1500.
I did have one hiccup when I first started playing. I paused the game and walked away to do something, came back 5 minutes later with a dull blue screen with verticles bars. I think this was due to an over aggressive OC I initially had (ran fine on all other games but Borderlands triggered a crash, oh well).
Terbinator
Member
GTS 450 or similar.
Would like to see some comparison pics.
1080P, everything is set to high. I turned off FXAA but aside from that yea, I just hit sanctuary and haven't noticed drops at all. I'm sure it's hitting 40-50, but I really don't notice any difference in control response or anything.
Conciliator
Banned
Just to contribute my experience, I also has near flawless FPS except it seems like when facing certain directions, especially some vast open areas(but others are fine). In those cases, it drops to what I'd guess might be as low as 20. Everything maxed, doing stuff like turing AO off or physx to low didn't make a diff.
God damn does it look great though. Especially the AO.
One of the most impressive things is how much distant detail it renders, which might be the cause of the framerate drops...it almost seems like it's rendering every single speck on outposts a mile away. It looks great, but that's a lot to render.
Intel i5 2500K @ 3.30 GHz
GTX 570
8 GB Ram
God damn does it look great though. Especially the AO.
One of the most impressive things is how much distant detail it renders, which might be the cause of the framerate drops...it almost seems like it's rendering every single speck on outposts a mile away. It looks great, but that's a lot to render.
Intel i5 2500K @ 3.30 GHz
GTX 570
8 GB Ram
SuicideUZI
Member
Download a program called FRAPS. The name sounds funny but it actually works.
I have a GTX 570 and I can play on high. I'm not sure if that is considered old. Though I had to turn off SMAA because my fps was dropping into the 40's when things get crazy.
I mean the old Ageia physx cards, the relics from a bygone era.
Normally I'd agree with you. But this game makes a huge case for it. It really adds a lot. It's absolutely unnecessary, but it helps with immersion immensely.
It doesn't matter - they're no longer supported by anyone. So you're basically stuck using some kind of GeForce.
i have a gtx280 lying here but i dont think my power supply could handle this (althoug it would be for physx only)
How old? My single GTX465 is doing just fine on High
What are you running for a PSU? You'd be surprised. Although the GTX 280 is a power pig. I'd say if you had a quality 600W or better PSU you could run your Radeon 69xx and GTX 280.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
I don't know about immersion, but the gunplay looks awful without the particle effects.
Same. Something looks off without them.
I just really like all of the wind whipped flags and such. Brings life to the areas you go in as it's something realistic looking other than the enemies.
razgriz417
Member
I have no idea why but my game crashes on startup after putting the smaa stuff in the win32 folder, guess I'll have to live with FXAA :/
I agree. Even on Medium it adds a lot more.
GTX 580, i7-2600k @ 4.5GHz, oodles of RAM. PhysX on high, 8xMSAA, 8xTSS.
Getting around 90fps at almost all times, never drops below 60fps even in the biggest battles in 4 player co-op.
Btw, PhysX+Phaselock = omg.
Getting around 90fps at almost all times, never drops below 60fps even in the biggest battles in 4 player co-op.
Btw, PhysX+Phaselock = omg.
Or just force MSAA.
Nice! Your 580 is better than 680!
450W PSU with an q9450@ 3,8ghz ;(
MmmSkyscraper
Unconfirmed Member
You can do it in game. Just need to enable the console first, instructions here:
http://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=148783
bigboss370
Member
anyone got link(s) for the SMAA injector?
undercoverb0ss
Member
From a post a few pages back:
1. Download 1.2 from here: http://mrhaandi.blogspot.com/p/injectsmaa.html
2. Extract.
3. Go to the d3d9 folder.
4. Drag all files to your 'steamapps/common/Borderlands 2/Binaries/Win32' folder.
5. Go back to playing an awesome game!
Anyone think the physx stuff makes the game incredibly awesome? It adds so much and feels like you aren't just moving around on flat surfaces. I'm not sure how to explain it but it feels more like you are interacting with a real world rather than floating on top of it.
I don't know if anyone asked this. But I'm experiencing two issues I can't seem to figure out.
1. I'm hosting, locally or online. The other players in my game are running around and look jittery as they go. However they don't experience this issue. Is this because I'm the host, or is this something else? if so is it possible to fix it?
2. If i move the mouse it jitters as i move. so if i move in a straight line from left to right, or right to left. instead of being ------------------ its --_---__----___------_----_-__--- (or something). Just kinda jumps up and down. If i turn vSync on it seems to help, however murders my framerate.
I'm using a gtx 570, and it's odd because I can run everything at max settings and get a solid framerate as high as I want it. If i set it to the 72fps option, it stays there at all times, unless vSync is on, then it drops a lot.
If I turn off SSAO, or lower any other settings the framerate issues with vSync still continue. I get the same performance with max settings, or lowered to medium.
So what I'm asking is, is there a way to fix this mouse jitter without using vSync?
1. I'm hosting, locally or online. The other players in my game are running around and look jittery as they go. However they don't experience this issue. Is this because I'm the host, or is this something else? if so is it possible to fix it?
2. If i move the mouse it jitters as i move. so if i move in a straight line from left to right, or right to left. instead of being ------------------ its --_---__----___------_----_-__--- (or something). Just kinda jumps up and down. If i turn vSync on it seems to help, however murders my framerate.
I'm using a gtx 570, and it's odd because I can run everything at max settings and get a solid framerate as high as I want it. If i set it to the 72fps option, it stays there at all times, unless vSync is on, then it drops a lot.
If I turn off SSAO, or lower any other settings the framerate issues with vSync still continue. I get the same performance with max settings, or lowered to medium.
So what I'm asking is, is there a way to fix this mouse jitter without using vSync?
I was able to fix the .NET install loop on my PC.
Besides the .NET 4 client I also had the .NET 4 "Extended" client. I uninstalled that. Then I uninstalled the client. Then I rebooted. Then I verified the BL2 cache files in Steam. Then the .NET 4 client was reinstalled when I re-launched Borderlands and now everything works.
It was a pain, it took about an hour of what limited time I have to play games. But at least it seems to be fixed.
Besides the .NET 4 client I also had the .NET 4 "Extended" client. I uninstalled that. Then I uninstalled the client. Then I rebooted. Then I verified the BL2 cache files in Steam. Then the .NET 4 client was reinstalled when I re-launched Borderlands and now everything works.
It was a pain, it took about an hour of what limited time I have to play games. But at least it seems to be fixed.
Felix Lighter
Member
I'm an outline fan. For the most part it's done well. The biggest issue, I believe, is that it basically forces you to use post processing AA or supersampling.
Surprisingly though, because of the nature of the big black outline, SMAA gets an easy job at cleaning up aliasing and does very well in this game by itself. I haven't noticed any jaggies with it on. Just far level shimmering because of 1080p being limited.