Dark Souls III - PC Performance article

GTX 770 enough for 60fps in highest settings
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Wow, here I was worried that my GTX 960 wouldn't be able to run it at 60fps. Guess I'm good to go.

edit: or not? TIL that a 770 is better than a 960
 
Captain Pants said:
This and No Man's Sky are the only new releases I'm looking forwards to where I'm worried about how my 660m is going to perform. I'm hoping to build a beefier computer later this year, but for now I'm just hoping my ASUS Rog hangs in there. It hasn't really let me down so far.
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Well, perhaps you can shoot for 30fps at 720p with low settings, save for Textures at medium since you have 2GB VRAM. 60fps is almost entirely out of the question.
 
Can't say I'm surprised. The game is not pushing any boundaries in the tech department.
In fact it looks a bit last-gen.
 
I was very consistently impressed with Bloodbornes visuals, in a way that those DSIII video's aren't really doing for me. Maybe I'm a bit spoilt because of my time with DSII on PC with mods, but I'm finding the visuals here to be very similar.

I wish some publication would just put out straight screenshots. It's really hard to actually compare the visual settings with the videos because of the bitrate. It looks like the graphics settings do basically nothing for a lot of them.
 
My processor clocks in at 3.1GHz and I have a 2Gb 960. I reckon after driver optimisation and dropping settings down to medium/low I'll be able to hit the relatively stable 60fps mark.
 
Bl@de said:
R280X shouldn't even be a question when comparing it to the PS4 version. As they mentioned in the video. A GTX 760 is enough for 40-45fps in max. settings. The R280X is above the 760X so with a little bit of tweaking it is 1080p/60fps on PC. Not talking about other benefits here (free multiplayer with a big playerbase, mods, etc.)
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Thanks! This is exactly the reassurance I was fishing for.
 
DPB said:
It was when the 960 was released, but in new games the 960 is usually as fast or slightly faster.
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That's true, but not in every title. Examples: The Division, Far Cry Primal. The GTX 770 is around 7% faster in both titles.
 
I was considering this game on PC as I have a GTX-680 unfortunately I think my processor would be a bottleneck. My i5 750 is a 2.81Ghz quad core.. I wish I could afford to get an pc upgrade but I'm stuck doing everything on PS4 for now..
 
Hmm the 770 is pretty close to a 680, right?
Seems promising!
 
Just watched the Youtube video, gotta say that is some very lackluster SSAO.

Ambient occlusion is one of my favorite devices in terms of overall presentation so I really hope that the game is compatible with HBAO+ flags in NVIDIA Inspector.
 
MegaMelon said:
My processor clocks in at 3.1GHz and I have a 2Gb 960. I reckon after driver optimisation and dropping settings down to medium/low I'll be able to hit the relatively stable 60fps mark.
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Low/Medium sound like a very low standard. I'm sure you should be able to go higher.
 
So my 680 should still hold up for this? Nice! Gonna buy on PS4 and PC regardless but PC with elite controller should be fun :D

Edit: I've been on a blackout since it was revealed, but just watched the YT video. Fuck the graphics, listen to that music :o
 

Sort of curious, are you planning for any release for Dark Souls III like DSFix or GeDo profile that will implement similar style improvements as you did with DSII? Stuff like the improved AO, high quality bloom, improved DoF, etc.
 
PSA for Brazil-GAF, the price of DS3 on steam just went from R$100 to R$250.


Boy i'm glad i pre-ordered this last week.
 
I wonder if my 970 will be able to run this maxed out at 1080p. I'm hoping it will considering how well it performed for TW3!
 
High Fry Frow said:
Well, perhaps you can shoot for 30fps at 720p with low settings, save for Textures at medium since you have 2GB VRAM. 60fps is almost entirely out of the question.
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I haven't had to run any recent games at 720p, so I'd be surprised if I have to compromise that much for a Souls game. Usually I can do 1080p, high textures and no anti-aliasing or FXAA and get decent results.
 
Alo81 said:
Sort of curious, are you planning for any release for Dark Souls III like DSFix or GeDo profile that will implement similar style improvements as you did with DSII? Stuff like the improved AO, high quality bloom, improved DoF, etc.
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Reshade will do all since this is a DX11 game.
 
I really wish they'd gone into more detail as to how much impact the settings have on performance. 40-45 FPS on a 760/270X on max isn't very useful without knowing whether turning settings down is enough for 60 FPS.
 
r9 390 is in the mail right now. hoooo boy, bloodborne engine at 60fps. judging by the op, looks like ill get to delve into downsampling a little bit.
 
Gitaroo said:
Reshade will do all since this is a DX11 game.
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Yes, but Durante's tools are usually integrated more specifically into the game, which allows for working around shortcomings of typical injectors. You can choose when in the rendering pipeline effects are applied so stuff like HUD and fog don't have effects applied to them.
 
Here's hoping the game runs well with my 7870, I'm kinda hoping for 1080p/60fps at any settings, but will settle for 1600x900/60fps or just a 30fps lock.
 
Vuze said:
You could always pre-order on Steam and refund it if it doesn't match your expectations.
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I would get it from Games Planet since it's much cheaper there, so no refund for me.

Cisce said:
Here's hoping the game runs well with my 7870, I'm kinda hoping for 1080p/60fps at any settings, but will settle for 1600x900/60fps or just a 30fps lock.
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I'm hoping to be able to run it at 30fps with most settings on high or maxed. That would be good enough for me.
 
M_A_C said:
Really it's not? Damn I'm not sure 60 fps is worth the wait... But it probably is.
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Unless you live in Japan/are importing, you have to wait regardless. The game comes out on all platforms on April 12.

Dimmle said:
Are there any good guides for downsampling and when/if you should do it?
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DSR is pretty easy to set up. You just go into the Nvidia control panel and check off by what multiples of your resolution you want to have access to when you set up your video settings in a game.

And when/if you should do it is: Does the game run below 60fps when running at a higher resolution? Turn it back down to a lower one.
 
Anything about supporting 21:9 on release? Gonna pick it up on PC regardless but if it's not coming on launch going to buy it on PS4 and wait for a fix.
 
I'm grabbing this on PS4 and honestly might grab on PC aswell just for "teh grafix" to test it out on my 980, i7 and shiny new gsync pg279q.

Looks stunning!
 
Wow, so I'll probably be able to get 60fps turning down two or three settings from Max.

Awesome! Really can't wait for this!

Just a bit longer.
 
I have no clue about specs, so I just have to ask:

i5 4460 @ 3,2 ghz
8 gb RAM
GTX 960 oc

should have a better performance than a PS4, right?
 
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