Dark Souls 3 PC performance thread
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Elite controller w/ wireless dongle. Don't think that would be affecting it would it? :/
He had unlimited HP and just got a VAC ban. It was probably lag!
Seems to be working for me so far. Thanks!
Tried the latest hotfix drivers, but still crashed. Tried the drivers you suggested and I'm crash free so far with the Bonfires which was an easily reproducible crash, just played for about 30 mins and was crash free. Lost a few FPS but no biggie.
I7-930 @ 4ghz
12 GB Ram
GTX 770 2GB
Game installed on an SSD.
Time to finally play the game!
Anyone have an issue with other players not animating? Whenever invaders or summons enter my game, their character model doesn't animate at all. Same thing if I am summoned except it applies to some of the enemies as well, like Crystal Sage just doesn't cast so I can basically solo that fight for whoever summons me.
Iorv3th
Member
I have had it a few times. Not very many though in the 50+ times i invaded or was summoned. It is really frustrating though and I think I lost both times because I couldn't tell if the person was blocking/attacking or changing equipment or anything.
hokagespit
Member
ive seen it sparsely on ps4 and pc versions, had someone over playing on each since friday saw it twice on pc once on ps4 so far
MekaDragon
Member
I have:
i5 4670k
16GB RAM.
GTX 970 ASUS Strix.
And I play from day one at 1080p, everything maxed, permanent and rock solid 60 frames per second. Try reinstalling drivers with Display Driver Uninstaller.
Sword Of Doom
Member
Worked for me but then introduced this weird screen tear type thing on my tv. Thought locking vsync throw nvidia control panel would help but it didn't.
Will just go back to the low light level bug. Sucks running on lower settings when my PC can handle it but it seems like the best solution right now
GTX 780 6gb
4670k
Does it matter which download version?
anyone know the cause of the Skating Animation in Multiplayer? It is unplayable for me and I guess it has to do with bad internet connection to the server or the players? I have good internet speed (50mbps) but not sure how to troubleshoot DS3. Wasn't an issue before, i think..
Cant play like this at all since you dont even know if people are attacking you or helping you or where they are moving.
Cant play like this at all since you dont even know if people are attacking you or helping you or where they are moving.
no idea - i even tried making the file read only. The auto-detect option stays off anyway, but the lighting setting will change regardless of if the settings file already had "low" set in it, or if it was set to readonly with "low" saved as the lighting setting.
I have to remember each time I load up to change it to low.
the multiplayer connection / skating animation is my biggest problem though
Horsemama1956
Member
People with 400 series and 500 series card can try 358.91(windows 7 x64 500 series). Running a temp setup until new cards(sold old setup) and have tried a bunch of drivers with my 570. These have the same benefit for me as the other drivers, but the GPU is used better so the fps is more stable.
Other drivers same settings(mix of low, medium and high 1600x900) GPU usage was about 40-50% and CPU usage 90-100% cpu usage(stock i3 550) and now 90-100% GPU usage and 50-70% cpu usage. 30-50 FPS.
Other drivers same settings(mix of low, medium and high 1600x900) GPU usage was about 40-50% and CPU usage 90-100% cpu usage(stock i3 550) and now 90-100% GPU usage and 50-70% cpu usage. 30-50 FPS.
kinaesthete
Member
Where are save files stored? I'm getting basically flawless performance except for a very noticeable hitch every time it saves. It seems to have gotten worse as I've gotten deeper in the game (bigger save file?). The game itself is installed to my Windows drive (SSD) but My Documents are on a slower one. I assume it's a hard drive write time thing but if it's saving to C:\ I have no idea...
Is it confirmed that the 364.72 driver ruins performance?
Also, OT, but is that Richard Feynman in your avy?
Kenzodielocke
Banned
There is nothing you can do, basically everyone has these hitches. I guess you could lock it to 30 and you wouldn't notice them anymore, but that is insane when you have 60fps most of the time.
SRTtoZ
Member
Ok has anyone ever heard of an issue like this with Win10?
Sometimes I start a game for the first time in a day and they run like shit, like half the FPS they should, but if I minimize the game and then maximize it runs how it should, until I load into a new area. This isn't a Dark Souls 3 issue, this is a system issue for me because the same thing happened with EVE Online. If I restart my PC it fixes the issue but its still weird. What could it be?
Sometimes I start a game for the first time in a day and they run like shit, like half the FPS they should, but if I minimize the game and then maximize it runs how it should, until I load into a new area. This isn't a Dark Souls 3 issue, this is a system issue for me because the same thing happened with EVE Online. If I restart my PC it fixes the issue but its still weird. What could it be?
CertifiedFP
Member
Cleaned out my PC of dust, set my target CPU temperature to 45C in BIOS and made it so all my fans go to maximum RPM if they ever go above that.
I've LITERALLY gained ten, sometimes TWENTY frames in places that used to tank my framerate - And places that used to kick me for a framerate error just don't anymore. And this is without disabling CoolNQuiet yet.
AMD CPU users, get better thermal management - The CPU heat throttling is REAL.
I'm definitely going to buy myself a better cooling system after this bit of experimentation.
Any suggestions? Thinking of going with the Hyper 212 EVO.
I've LITERALLY gained ten, sometimes TWENTY frames in places that used to tank my framerate - And places that used to kick me for a framerate error just don't anymore. And this is without disabling CoolNQuiet yet.
AMD CPU users, get better thermal management - The CPU heat throttling is REAL.
I'm definitely going to buy myself a better cooling system after this bit of experimentation.
Any suggestions? Thinking of going with the Hyper 212 EVO.
I was under the impression that the bonfire glitches were linked to the game ready driver.
If that's Sagan in yours.
Sword Of Doom
Member
Guys please spoiler tag your shit. I come here for help on performance and immediately regret it
MekaDragon
Member
Just download the more recent one.
Well, tried it, still averaging 40-45fps in high wall of lothric...
This is insane.
I've tried even playing on low and 900p, still 40-45.
MekaDragon
Member
Well, tried it, still averaging 40-45fps in high wall of lothric...
This is insane.
I've tried even playing on low and 900p, still 40-45.
Something is wrong with your setup, but it's hard to know why without more data. I mean, my brother is using an i5 4690k + GTX 660 and he plays at 50-60 fps in that place.
Go to NVIDIA control panel and set in Dark Souls III options "Maximum performance", and check it again.
PD: I'm on latest NVIDIA drivers, by the way, 364.72.
Well, this is in the OP for a reason, and bookends the very section you read:
When posting your own tip/trick or something else you'd like to see here in the OP, be sure to mention my username as this way the post will appear among the results when I search for my username after an absence. I may miss your suggestion otherwise.
I can't be expected to be aware of everything, so if the OP is missing something that should be noted, then tell me. Not the thread. Me specifically.
The 364.96s are the latest and include a fix for the power management bug. People with a 500-series or 600-series card seem to have better performance with the relatively ancient 314.22s, though.
Yeah...
it seems to be getting worse.
gtx 970 ssc 4gb
i7 4790
even on all low settings I'm starting to get averages in the high 30's.
Power management set to max perf., 3d application settings adjusted.
WTF is going on
What does your performance statistics overlay of choice say? What is the GPU load, CPU load? VRAM, RAM usage, temperatures, etc.
Iorv3th
Member
Yeah...
it seems to be getting worse.
gtx 970 ssc 4gb
i7 4790
even on all low settings I'm starting to get averages in the high 30's.
Power management set to max perf., 3d application settings adjusted.
WTF is going on
What other applications do you have running?
Also you said you were using an xbox one controller. You should check that steam overlay log and see how big it is. Think it's posted on the first page, if it's not I'll find it and edit this.
edit: there are a lot of games with this problem https://www.reddit.com/r/darksouls/comments/2bjgb3/psa_new_steam_update_makes_dark_souls_crash_on/ this one is for dark souls 1. See what that log file size is. If it's rather large and you haven't been using steam long try moving those files.
Cannon Goose
Member
Easily the scariest thing in Dark Souls 3
https://giant.gfycat.com/ScarceFatalIndianspinyloach.webm
https://giant.gfycat.com/ScarceFatalIndianspinyloach.webm
lol, that's great. I've had it plenty of times in coop, to the point sometimes that it seems like the AI doesn't engage. You can run around with relative impunity, even against bosses. Odd but not game breaking necessarily.
I've tried almost everything posted, and I'm still getting constant slowdown when walking around the world.
If I lock to 30 fps through RTSS, it's constantly dropping to between 27-29 as I walk through the world. If I stop moving and rotate the camera, it can usually maintain a solid 30.
If I lock to 60, it's constantly dropping to between 54-58 as I walk through the world. Not moving and rotating the camera can usually maintain a solid 60.
What the hell is going on?
970 latest hot fix driver
Win10
12 gig RAM
i5 @ 3 ghz
If I lock to 30 fps through RTSS, it's constantly dropping to between 27-29 as I walk through the world. If I stop moving and rotate the camera, it can usually maintain a solid 30.
If I lock to 60, it's constantly dropping to between 54-58 as I walk through the world. Not moving and rotating the camera can usually maintain a solid 60.
What the hell is going on?
970 latest hot fix driver
Win10
12 gig RAM
i5 @ 3 ghz
bltn
Member
Doesn't solve it for me.
i5 running at 3 ghz
Everything looks normal. Temperates at a good range, GPU load is at 99%, cpu is fine, RAM isn't having any issues.
I'm literally running Dark Souls 3 at a fluctuating 33-51 FPS (consistently at 33--40) on:
GTX 970 4gb
I7 4790 3.6ghz
Windows 10
8GB ram.
Like, what? I tried old drivers, tried clean uninstall of old drivers, tried new drivers, tried no Xbox One Elite controller, tried windowed mode, 900p, 720p, all low, still cant run a lock 60.
WHAT WOULD POSSIBLY be making my computer unable to run this game at 720p on all low settings at under 50FPS consistently.
I'm losing it.
Iorv3th
Member
The GPU load shouldn't be that high. What is the core clock and memory clock at on it?
Ivan Amiibo
Banned
does nvidia control panel stuff apply at all? i tried forcing AA through it, didn't seem to work.
Default, haven't touched it at all. I don't really want to OC it, I know I could, but it's SSC already and I don't want to take the risk.
Must be more to it than that. I've not worn a face covering helm once and had zero crashes.
Somewhere along the line, helms, drivers, other video settings and series of video card are all interacting in a weird way that I've not encountered with my old gear.
Dictator93
Member
Yes
Iorv3th
Member
SSC? Which 970 do you have. I got an MSI that comes by default overclock from reference design. And can overclock it a lot more, very easily. Not saying you should need to, but more information the better.
3570k 4.2ghz
GTX 690
16GB RAM
Nvidia hot fix driver
I have different specs but I'm getting this as well.
There are some moments where the game is at a solid 60 but there are also moments where the framerate just drops down to 52-55.
GPU & CPU usage aren't even close to maxing out in those situations.
RickyRozay
Member
same exact thing here.
970 oced 364.51 drivers
win10
8gb ram
i7 2600 4.2ghz
happens regardless of what settings or resolution used.
frames drop down in the 40's when I go into the graphic settings with full screen enabled also.
http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=04G-P4-3975-KR
Had ANOTHER buddy tell me he can run this w/ the same exact specs WHILE streaming at a locked 60. WTF am I doing wrong? :/