GwyndolinCinder
Member
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Dark Souls 3 PC performance thread
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texhnolyze
Banned
Yeah, the list is clearly not for everyone. Some may encounter none, others may encounter 3 of them.
Anyway, found another popular issues, white screen at startup.
this happens to me but if you jsut wait a bit it finishes launching the game. I think it's just blocking on the main thread with the initial load so windows thinks it's crashed.
i should see how this runs on my laptop (i7 & GTX765m)
4690k 4.5
6950 cfx 890 1300
16 GB RAM
Win 10
15.11.1 drivers
High preset 1080p
Everything is running 60 fps with a few stutters here and there. I only played through the very beginning. I fought the first boss. I was able to light the first bonfire no problem. I'm get 99% on both gpus. Randomly I am getting flickering on just the character. I saw that AFR works on a different forum but I still need to test. I am surprised how well it is running. Not sure if it will change the further I go. I couldn't get my ds4 to work but my wired x360 controller worked just fine.
6950 cfx 890 1300
16 GB RAM
Win 10
15.11.1 drivers
High preset 1080p
Everything is running 60 fps with a few stutters here and there. I only played through the very beginning. I fought the first boss. I was able to light the first bonfire no problem. I'm get 99% on both gpus. Randomly I am getting flickering on just the character. I saw that AFR works on a different forum but I still need to test. I am surprised how well it is running. Not sure if it will change the further I go. I couldn't get my ds4 to work but my wired x360 controller worked just fine.
Set details to medium and lock to 30fps.
TerryLee81
Member
Strange, the game starts fine and I can play for about 5 minutes, then the framerate goes to around 10 fps and it says "game has to quit due to framerate issues".
What's up with that? Anyone have similar problems?
What's up with that? Anyone have similar problems?
I made a test, including GPU temps.
Warning: at minute 4:30 I'm hopping to a couple of different locations. They are relatively early in the game, but someone could consider them a spoiler.
The last one, BTW, pre-1.03 was a disaster. Now I just have some slight frame pacing issues.
https://youtu.be/srwLB0wMvOs
Warning: at minute 4:30 I'm hopping to a couple of different locations. They are relatively early in the game, but someone could consider them a spoiler.
The last one, BTW, pre-1.03 was a disaster. Now I just have some slight frame pacing issues.
https://youtu.be/srwLB0wMvOs
kitchenmotors
Banned
Played the game last night, running at 1440p with 60fps without any drops. Performance has been super smooth and glad I decided on the PC version.
i5-3570k
GeForce Titan Black
16gb ram
Xbox Elite Controller
i5-3570k
GeForce Titan Black
16gb ram
Xbox Elite Controller
Shub-Niggurath
Member
Thanks for reporting, I will try this as soon as I get home
Krusenstern
Banned
I noticed these little hiccups too, whenever the game autosaves. Can others confirm this fix too? I'm currently away from home and can't try it out.
Join the club! This thread is full of rather expensive, well-above recommended PCs that are all running the game near perfectly, as they expectedly ought to.
I'm a 2500k, 8gb RAM and a 6970 and the game runs like shit, so I'm running it at 720p and everything low in order to get those 60fps as often as possible.
Would never had thought a Souls game would be the one to make me upgrade, but here we are. Going to order a GPU-less 6600k Skylake build tonight, and await the new GPUs to release.
Pardon my ignorance, but why buying Skylake without a dedicated GPU? Surely it won't get more expensive as time goes by, if anything it'll get cheaper.
Kudo
Member
Tried this and it didn't work, still stuttered and game even crashed.
i7-4790K
GTX 970
16 GB RAM
I am getting a buttery smooth, rock solid 60 fps on 1080p (I am going to try and bump it up to 1440p and see what happens) with max settings. No crashes or issues whatsoever. I played through my first time on Xbox One and the performance was not good at several points. I have a couple friends that are playing on PS4 and I was going pick up another copy to play with them. There is no way I can go back to 30 fps (or less) now...
GTX 970
16 GB RAM
I am getting a buttery smooth, rock solid 60 fps on 1080p (I am going to try and bump it up to 1440p and see what happens) with max settings. No crashes or issues whatsoever. I played through my first time on Xbox One and the performance was not good at several points. I have a couple friends that are playing on PS4 and I was going pick up another copy to play with them. There is no way I can go back to 30 fps (or less) now...
Sanctuary
Member
Game is running completely smooth at 1440p with a 980 Ti, aside from a really strange exception. Every time I pick up an item, the game seems to skip a bunch of frames.
Hmm, I'll try that. Every time I pick up an item, I do get the little flame in the upper right corner.
Hmm, I'll try that. Every time I pick up an item, I do get the little flame in the upper right corner.
Game hit 40-50 dipping to 38 on Max on my FX 8350 + R9 290X combo, i locked to 30 and aside from some areas and transitions its a smooth 30
in other related notes, when locked to 30, when i talk to NPCs at Firelink my Character keeps attempting to heavy swing, is there a fix to this?
in other related notes, when locked to 30, when i talk to NPCs at Firelink my Character keeps attempting to heavy swing, is there a fix to this?
I'm getting really inconsistent performance. Going to a subcategory in the equip screen (e.g. within the left hand weapon selection) and then backing out will cause my game to freeze or hitch for a visible 1/4 of a second. Only happens for the first 20 or so times that I do it.
Framerates during multiplayer cuts down to ~30fps regardless of resolution (1080p or 720p) or graphical settings.
I'm running a i7 67000k @ 4.0GHz, 980 GTX w/ 4GB, 32GB RAM, on an SSD.
Rest of the time the game runs fine.
Edit: Also, despite the game appearing to run in non-exclusive fullscreen (as I can move my mouse cursor to other windows) changing the focus away from DSIII causes a full on black screen + renderer reset that you would expect from an exclusive fullscreen game. May have to use GeDoSaTo to force an actual non-exclusive fullscreen/borderless windowed mode on.
Framerates during multiplayer cuts down to ~30fps regardless of resolution (1080p or 720p) or graphical settings.
I'm running a i7 67000k @ 4.0GHz, 980 GTX w/ 4GB, 32GB RAM, on an SSD.
Rest of the time the game runs fine.
Edit: Also, despite the game appearing to run in non-exclusive fullscreen (as I can move my mouse cursor to other windows) changing the focus away from DSIII causes a full on black screen + renderer reset that you would expect from an exclusive fullscreen game. May have to use GeDoSaTo to force an actual non-exclusive fullscreen/borderless windowed mode on.
There's a decent deal on right now ($80 off a mobo+RAM+cpu bundle) that I can get my mitts on. If I lived in the US where deals like that come around every other Tuesday, I'd wait. But here in Australia they're few and far between, so I think I'll bite. A new case, PSU etc. are all in order, too.
I'll just throw the 6970 in there for the time being and wait for the new stuff (or for the existing overpriced stuff to drop)
ebullientprism
Member
That's amazing. Load times were the main thing I was worried about having seen the console versions.
Thanks.
LaptopGAF reporting. Runs fine (60 with a few framedrops to ~50 in specific environments) for me at 1920x1080. Settings at high except for shadows (low) and SSAO (off).
i7-6700HQ 3.5 GHz
8GB RAM
Nvidia 960M
Load times at around 4 seconds on laptop SSD which is fantastic.
I do have many sound issues though, mainly ambience dissapearing (resetting) when flicking through menus.
i7-6700HQ 3.5 GHz
8GB RAM
Nvidia 960M
Load times at around 4 seconds on laptop SSD which is fantastic.
I do have many sound issues though, mainly ambience dissapearing (resetting) when flicking through menus.
daninthemix
Member
That seriously sounds like Prefer Maximum Performance would fix it.
Gtx980
I5 haswell oc
32 gb of ram
Ssd
Loads quick and no crashes on max at 1440p. I don't have a frame counter on but I had no noticeable frame drops aside from the mention auto save stutter people have mentioned.
I also had a glitch when creating my character. The portrait would lock up when selecting eyebrows.
It looks fantastic and I can't wait to get further into this game on the weekend. So happy steam out it on sale if you pre ordered.
I5 haswell oc
32 gb of ram
Ssd
Loads quick and no crashes on max at 1440p. I don't have a frame counter on but I had no noticeable frame drops aside from the mention auto save stutter people have mentioned.
I also had a glitch when creating my character. The portrait would lock up when selecting eyebrows.
It looks fantastic and I can't wait to get further into this game on the weekend. So happy steam out it on sale if you pre ordered.
You really should try to disable/lower some settings other than AO IMHO, high AO is one of the best bang/buck settings in the game in terms of its overall effect on the image.
Didn't help on my PC.
Sanctuary
Member
For some reason, DS4windows is shitting the bed again. I had this same problem with Dark Souls 2. The game would RANDOMLY have problems with the dualshock vibration. It would cause the controller to massively vibrate and then disconnect itself for a few seconds, before reconnecting. Sometimes the game wouldn't do this at all, and then on any give load it would do it every time.
I played the game last night for eight hours without any problems. Load it up today, and I can't play with vibration on at all, or my controller disconnects 100% of the time.
What the fuck?
I played the game last night for eight hours without any problems. Load it up today, and I can't play with vibration on at all, or my controller disconnects 100% of the time.
What the fuck?
Yeah, I'll give that a shot later today.
dgrdsv
Member
That's definitely an exaggeration.
Judging from whatever I've bought for PC this year:
- Quantum Break - crap port
- Hitman - no issues
- The Division - no issues
- Gears of War: Ultimate Edition - no issues on NV, patched on AMD in a month, ok now
- Far Cry Primal - no issues
- Unravel - no issues
- Firewatch - no issues
- Rise of the Tomb Raider - no issues
- The Witness - no issues
So the only two games this year with some serious issues I have are the MS UWP "PC gaming focus" games.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
Other than the really annoying hitch when you loot stuff, it's been pretty good to me. But those hitches seem like a bug, right?
Felix Lighter
Member
Interesting, I'll try that. I guess that could make sense. With a 60 fps cap, some cards will be under utilized which could result in downclocks due to power management.
Have you tried co-op or PvP multiplayer?
Yoshichan
And they made him a Lord of Cinder. Not for virtue, but for might. Such is a lord, I suppose. But here I ask. Do we have a sodding chance?
Resolution and average framerate? I have the same gig as you
dmix90
Member
1440p, Maxed
6700k@4.5ghz\970SLI@1506mhz\16GB and game installed on RAID0. "Prefer maximum performance" is always enabled for me. Haven't noticed any stutters and its solid 60 in first area.
Would like to enable "Smooth" Vsync in NVCP to reduce input lag, but if game will drop just by a few frames later in other areas, experience will be horrible since it will lock itself to 30 fps for a few seconds. So, are there significantly more expensive areas in the game compared to the first one?
6700k@4.5ghz\970SLI@1506mhz\16GB and game installed on RAID0. "Prefer maximum performance" is always enabled for me. Haven't noticed any stutters and its solid 60 in first area.
Would like to enable "Smooth" Vsync in NVCP to reduce input lag, but if game will drop just by a few frames later in other areas, experience will be horrible since it will lock itself to 30 fps for a few seconds. So, are there significantly more expensive areas in the game compared to the first one?
I should be able to run the game with similar if not better results.
PS4 version is on the way. But if a 960m can pull off 60fps, a 7970m should more than hold it's own. Might go pc after all, get the PS4 version if they ever release a PS4K edition.
I get the same from the opening area and Firelink with max settings. Hoping it stays like this later on.