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[CHC]

I really wish there was a temporal AA option of some kind, though. The jaggies are near-inevitable given the options available. It's a minor blemish, but still a blemish.

 

[Spartancarver]

I have an Asus Z170-A mobo.

So I just put in decent time with the beta. i5-6600k @ 4.2ghz, GTX 1070 SC, 16gb DDR4 3000mhz, SSD.

I have everything at max on 1440p except DOF at High and SMAA anti aliasing.

I'm getting 80-90 fps pretty much constant. Game is gorgeous with Gsync. It feels like a different game than the console version.

I did not get any fps drops at the start of that strike, and I'm not seeing 100% core usage. Sorry, not sure why you are experiencing that.

Game is optimized really well and plays well, just a matter of whether the content is there.

Man this is so depressing. I wonder what's hogging all my CPU cycles.... Thanks for checking

Any PC gurus have any ideas why my 6600K is getting slammed with 100% load in this game?

 

[TheWeaponeer]

Acer Aspire ATC-710-UR53 Desktop Computer:
i7-6700 3.4 Ghz
16GBs Ram
7200 RPM HDD

Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 Mini 6GB GDDR5 running 4k all options maxed.

No issues. Game looks pretty nice running maxed. Constant frame rate and no noticeable drops that I can tell. I play with a XB1 controller and it runs smooth as butter.

So that's cool, I get to squeeze in a little more "FREE" Destiny 2 before waiting to see how the launch goes. See you guys in the social space tomorrow* for the big "SECRET DANCE PARTY" (unless they patched it out).

*(ICYMI: The Farm will be open tomorrow, August 30, from 5-7 PM PT / 8-11 PM ET.)

 

[franklyshankly]

Acer Aspire ATC-710-UR53 Desktop Computer:
i7-6700 3.4 Ghz
16GBs Ram
7200 RPM HDD

Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 Mini 6GB GDDR5 running 4k all options maxed.

No issues. Game looks pretty nice running maxed. Constant frame rate and no noticeable drops that I can tell. I play with a XB1 controller and it runs smooth as butter.

So that's cool, I get to squeeze in a little more "FREE" Destiny 2 before waiting to see how the launch goes. See you guys in the social space tomorrow* for the big "SECRET DANCE PARTY" (unless they patched it out).

*(ICYMI: The Farm will be open tomorrow, August 30, from 5-7 PM PT / 8-11 PM ET.)

You're running 4k max on a 1060? What's your framerate like?

Man this is so depressing. I wonder what's hogging all my CPU cycles.... Thanks for checking

Any PC gurus have any ideas why my 6600K is getting slammed with 100% load in this game?

Only thing I can think of is your GPU downclocking itself to 2D clocks or something so you become CPU limited.

 

[c0Zm1c]

i7-3930k
16GB RAM
GTX 690

From the little I played I'm really impressed with the performance. I can't remember exactly what settings I ended up with (I kept tweaking as I played) but most of it was on at least "high", at 2560x1080. It played smoothly pretty much throughout save for some chugging at that part where you need to stop and defend. It's also nice to see multi-GPU support, which doesn't seem to be all that common anymore.

This and the Prey demo makes my aging hardware feel kind of modern again.

 

[IcyRhythms]

Getting 100FPS most of the time. There is a part right after it begins raining that seems to drop the FPS to low 40s for a short time. Other than that, it seemed solid.

 

[void666]

I gave up trying to keep 120 fps. So i capped fps at 60. Set rendering to 200%, fxaa, shadows to medium, disabled dof.
Rock solid 60 fps during the strike. I am happy with this. No more tweaking.

 

[MrBenchmark]

You're running 4k max on a 1060? What's your framerate like?



Only thing I can think of is your GPU downclocking itself to 2D clocks or something so you become CPU limited.

Maybe at 30fps no way 60.

 

[Thoraxes]

Well, guess i'll update my drivers. Game was running at like, sub 30 FPS no matter if I used the highest settings, lowest settings, or set the internal res as high as it could go. Settings had zero impact on performance.

i7 5820k
GTX 970
16 GB DDR4

Yeah that fixed it. Now to see how hard I can push it with overclocks.

 

[TheWeaponeer]

You're running 4k max on a 1060? What's your framerate like?

Not as wonderful as you may think. My 4K TV is an older Seiki model, so 30 fps max. But the system should handle close to 60 with no issue for this game with another modern model TV. When I played Gears 4 on the PC on a friend's 55" UHD 60hz TV earlier this year that in-game benchmark ran at 59-60fps constant with everything maxed. And when we played it outright, it never dropped for us that we could tell.

So best guess, I would run around 60 with no problems with my 1060 with a newer TV. The 6GB card version holds up pretty well and it was a blessing to find a model that would fit in that Acer case.

EDIT: reading the thread is interesting. I would like to think my system would hold up to the 60ish level I got with the other TV and Gears 4. But maybe I am not the best Test Case for "FPS enthusiasts"? As a console player, 30 is fine for me.

EDIT 2: Upon further tweaking and playing around, I now get some frame rate drops in certain areas. I did not originally have DOF set to "highest" (sorry, used to low/medium/high) among a couple of other things, and when I do set all of that, I fall into 21-23 FPS range. Nowhere near 60. Further reading in this thread mentions how DOF can easily can cause this. So I defaulted everything back to what it was before the tweaks and playing around. Not everything is set to "MAX" as I first thought, but I will take what I get here with the settings that worked for me. I will take my 30fps/4k resolution and be happy with it. Sorry for any confusion if there was any to be had.

It won't.

My sons i7 4770k 12gb ram 1060 6gb all SSD storage it won't do 4k 60 maxed not even close. 1080p maxed 60 locked easy. 4k 30 maxed sure 60 nope.

Yeah, my bad. You are completely correct. It won't hit near it at all when really, really maxed out on the system. Sorry for any confusion if there was any to be had.

 

[MrBenchmark]

Not as wonderful as you may think. My 4K TV is an older Seiki model, so 30 fps max. But the system should handle close to 60 with no issue for this game with another modern model TV. When I played Gears 4 on the PC on a friend's 55" UHD 60hz TV earlier this year that in-game benchmark ran at 59-60fps constant with everything maxed. And when we played it outright, it never dropped for us that we could tell.

So best guess, I would run around 60 with no problems with my 1060 with a newer TV. The 6GB card version holds up pretty well and it was a blessing to find a model that would fit in that Acer case.

It won't.

My sons i7 4770k 12gb ram 1060 6gb all SSD storage it won't do 4k 60 maxed not even close. 1080p maxed 60 locked easy. 4k 30 maxed sure 60 nope.

 

[JaseC]

I'm a PC noob. Can anyone explain to me why the Ryzen 3 which is only 110 bucks is performing better than the Ryzen 5? Didn't Bungie say the recommended specs were at least a Ryzen 5?

It's really just a margin of error difference. The game prefers per-clock performance over additional cores/threads (e.g. just 1fps separates the 4c/4t 2500K and 4c/8t 2600K), but the test scenario probably wasn't pushing CPU usage as much as it should for the 1600X's modest 200MHz advantage to have an impact.

 

[Thoraxes]

I can do like, 4k 30FPS with 120% scale on what i'm packing right now. Pretty good actually, and way better than I was expecting in terms of performance.

That said, i'll just do 1440p at a locked 60.

 

[CHC]

Overall it feels really polished in addition to simply running well at its best. Just small stuff like really consistent load times and clean alt-tabbing in and out - feels good.

 

[janoDX]

I love that even with the low specs I have, the game is optimized enough to run at 60fps and it drops to 30 only in busy parts, and with the Bungie magic it doesn't even feel that bad.

 

[Donald Bubbins]

Does anyone know what setting use more performance/power than others?

 

[JaseC]

Does anyone know what setting use more performance/power than others?

Gamers Nexus compared a few settings:

This chart shows the RX 580 8GB card at 1440p, using Highest – FXAA as a baseline and High Preset as our target number. We toggled a few settings between Highest and High, ultimately finding that the Depth of Field setting is responsible for about a 38% performance hit on its own, as switching to High boosts FPS from 38 to 62 AVG. 3DAO is responsible for about a 13% hit on its own, moving us to 44FPS from 38FPS AVG.

If you'd like to play on Highest settings without sacrificing too much performance, these are the two options immediately worth tweaking. They seem to presently impact AMD most noticeably.

 

[Dec]

edit: nevermind see above

 

[Donald Bubbins]

Gamers Nexus compared a few settings:

Ahh thank you, very helpful!

edit: nevermind see above

I saw your post before you removed it. Also very helpful!

 

[zedge]

Installed on an old pc we have for shits and giggles.

AMD A8
8 gb DDR3
2 gb Radeon 7850

Med settings and it plays pretty smooth, 40 to 50 fps I would guess. Turned off HBAO, film grain, CA, and motion blur.

Impressive.

 

[RyudBoy]

The game runs buttery smooth for me but it keeps crashing. I can't finish the campaign mission (5th attempt now).

Things I've done already:

- installed 385.41 driver

- set frame rate to 120 instead of 144

- set in-game settings to desired settings and then restarted the game

- tried fullscreen, windowed fullscreen, etc

- turned off background apps like obs and discord

Not sure what else can be done. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

My specs:

i7-4790K
GTX 1070
16gb DDR3 RAM
500gb SSD
Windows 10 64-bit

 

[iHaunter]

Question:

I originally bought the Destiny bundle with the White PS4 and was heavily disappointed.

How much different is Destiny 2? I saw some Twitch FPS players play it, it seemed like a sup'd up version of the same game. Is it really that much different and worth buying?

 

[SpiceMelange]

Question:

I originally bought the Destiny bundle with the White PS4 and was heavily disappointed.

How much different is Destiny 2? I saw some Twitch FPS players play it, it seemed like a sup'd up version of the same game. Is it really that much different and worth buying?

It's more of the same, if you didn't like D1 chances are you won't like 2.

 

[Seth Enosh]

Question:

I originally bought the Destiny bundle with the White PS4 and was heavily disappointed.

How much different is Destiny 2? I saw some Twitch FPS players play it, it seemed like a sup'd up version of the same game. Is it really that much different and worth buying?

Why were you disappointed?

Destiny did improve quite a bit with the expansion pass and the subsequent expansions. I didn't play much of the base game but came back after the first expansion and then put in about 500 hours.

It's still the same ideas though, hopefully the story is better this time, and all the areas will be new. This game didn't go through a development hell like the first destiny, as far as we know.

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

i5 3570k @ 4.3ghz
EVGA 1070 stock
8gb RAM

Window mode: Windowed Fullscreen
Resolution: 2560x1440
Vsync: off (gsync)
Field of view: 105
Screen bounds: Self-explanatory
Brightness: Self-explanatory
Anti-aliasing: SMAA
Screen-space ambient occlusion: HDAO
Texture anisotropy: 16x
Texture quality: Highest
Shadow quality: Highest
Depth of field: High
Environmental detail distance: High
Character detail distance: High
Foliage detail distance: High
Foliage shadows distance: Highest
Light shafts: High
Motion blur: On
Wind impulse: On
Render resolution: 100%
HDR: Off
Chromatic aberration: Off
Film grain: Off

Running at about 90fps average here

 

[shotgunbob04]

i5-6600K @ 4.5GHz
GTX 1080 Ti (stock clocks, didn't pay attention to what my boost clocks were)
16GB DDR4 2400MHz
SSD

Unlocked framerate at 2560 x 1440 with all settings maxed out except AA, which was set to SMAA. This is because the very first instance of gameplay was 60fps with MSAA on, so I dropped it to SMAA and it immediately jumped to 90fps. Crazy. FoV was maxed. Motion blur, film grain, and chromatic aberration were all turned off because ew.

My highly non-scientific framerate analysis: In the opening level, highs were around 140fps and low end was around 80. I noticed one dip down to 40fps for literally a second when

Spoiler

you first arrive at the tower/hub from the first game

. Honestly didn't pay attention to the frame counter in PvP, but it was buttery-smooth. I'd say an average of 115-120. I'll need to actually pay attention and edit this when I play more tomorrow.

 

[hikarutilmitt]

i5-6600
GTX 1060 6GB
16GB DDR4
Samsung 850 EVO (I try to avoid using my NVMe drive)

1080p
vsync set to 60 fullscreen
using the highest settings preset

It ran 60 almost all the time for me. The only time I ever saw any dips whatsoever is when loading new assets in through a door with some particles effects coming int, too. Then I realized they said MSAA was bugged or something, so I swapped to FXAA (ugh, but the original uses it anyway) and it was 60fps all the time. I turned off chromatic aberration and the film grain filter and the game just looks so weird since I've been so used to it since the early days of D1 on both consoles.

I also used my Xbox One Elite controller because eff you I'm using a controller.

I like this a ton. It's very nice. It makes me wish the rest of my Destiny buddies were getting PC because it would be pretty damned nice to play this way.

 

[j-wood]

DOH, just read the OP. Yeah, MSAA murders my rig. Turned it off and i'm getting upwards of 100fps.

 

[IcyRhythms]

MSAA does seem pretty crazy in this game. I run it x4 in GTA V, and I would assume that game is far more demanding. Someone that knows more about the engines and game development may be able to give more input.

 

[SpiceMelange]

Man, MSAA absolutely MURDERS my rig. I've used MSAA in other games and it wasn't this bad.

With it enabled, i'm hoving around 40fps. Turning it off I bounce up into 100s.

My rig is an i7 6700k, 1070, 16GB DDR4, and a gsync monitor.

I was using high settings, borderless windowed, 1440p res. Have vsync turned on in nvidia control panel, and off in the game.

Is that normal?

Yes, MSAA kill any game using deferred rendering which I'm assuming is the case with D2

 

[Thoraxes]

DOH, just read the OP. Yeah, MSAA murders my rig. Turned it off and i'm getting upwards of 100fps.

MSAA also tanks my performance. Turning the AA a notch down enabled me to get a solid 1440p @ 60.

Question:

I originally bought the Destiny bundle with the White PS4 and was heavily disappointed.

How much different is Destiny 2? I saw some Twitch FPS players play it, it seemed like a sup'd up version of the same game. Is it really that much different and worth buying?

It's basically the same Destiny, but with the added benefit of a higher framerate (which means more responsive shooting) and better precision controls thanks to it being on PC. And for me, that's pretty good. I also have more friends that game on PC.

 

[Sheytan]

Man, MSAA absolutely MURDERS my rig. I've used MSAA in other games and it wasn't this bad.

With it enabled, i'm hoving around 40fps. Turning it off I bounce up into 100s.

My rig is an i7 6700k, 1070, 16GB DDR4, and a gsync monitor.

I was using high settings, borderless windowed, 1440p res. Have vsync turned on in nvidia control panel, and off in the game.

Is that normal?

• MSAA in the Destiny 2 PC Beta is still a work in progress. Compatibility with this feature will continue to be optimized leading up to the full Destiny 2 launch on PC on October 24.

 

[Pachinko]

I let the game decide it's settings and according to my monitors game mode here's what I was getting -

Cutscenes must be locked to 30 fps because they were not running well at all, choppy and frame pacy 25-30 no matter the settings.

Gameplay was locked to 60 fps indoors but outside when alpha effects were cranked right up It would drop to 55 or so.

I should mention I'm playing it at 4K with 1070X2 SLI. Outside of the jittery cutscenes it looked damn good. The settings didn't default to max but they worked quite well. I briefly bumped it up to highest and it seemed to cost me a bit of performance but that may have also been the MSAA bug because I tried it at the same time.

 

[Taggen86]

Just put the resolution to 2160p in windows and adjust the resolution slider in game for 1404p to get it working in HDR.

Wait, sorry to be dense, but can you explain that a bit more? Do I need to change my Windows resolution and/or nVidia settings to get HDR and 1440p to work together (on a 4K set)? Right now, as you said, HDR only works with 1080p and 2160p. It doesn't go fullscreen with HDR and 1440p.

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

i7 6700K and GTX 1070 here. Factory clocks.

I'm getting between 45 to 75 FPS on 2560x1440 with everything maxed, MSAA turned off.

Any other extraneous settings I should turn off/down to get to smooth 60?

DOH, just read the OP. Yeah, MSAA murders my rig. Turned it off and i'm getting upwards of 100fps.

Are you overclocking by chance? I've got similar parts and I'm nowhere near 100fps even with MSAA turned off.

 

[NormandyVII]

Destiny is silky smooth on my PC. Capped at 60fps throughout.

Running the latest Nvidia drivers for destiny 2 beta.

Rig is a
GTX 1060 3GB
I5-7600
16GB DDR4

Pieced together a small gameplay video.
https://youtu.be/iXdGSDrlTG0

 

[Dec]

i7 6700K and GTX 1070 here. Factory clocks.

I'm getting between 45 to 75 FPS on 2560x1440 with everything maxed, MSAA turned off.

Any other extraneous settings I should turn off/down to get to smooth 60?



Are you overclocking by chance? I've got similar parts and I'm nowhere near 100fps even with MSAA turned off.

No 3D SSAO and DoF not highest. Those are the two stand outs.

 

[Evo X]

Playing on LG C7 OLED. Can't choose higher than 2560x1440 Resolution. What's up with that? Don't have a secondary monitor or Vive hooked up, but it is being routed through a Denon X4300H reciever so I can use my Dolby Atmos setup.

HDR works if I lower resolution to 1080P, otherwise it's a washed out mess. Hope they can sort this out or else I'm going to be wary to pre order. Anyone have a solution?

Using Nvidia Titan XP with latest drivers and Windows 10 update.

 

[leng jai]

i7 6700K and GTX 1070 here. Factory clocks.

I'm getting between 45 to 75 FPS on 2560x1440 with everything maxed, MSAA turned off.

Any other extraneous settings I should turn off/down to get to smooth 60?



Are you overclocking by chance? I've got similar parts and I'm nowhere near 100fps even with MSAA turned off.

DoF for starters.

 

[InPlosion]

Let me say that I am stunned. This game has no business in running this well on my old rig.
I have an intel q9550 core duo quad (10 years old cpu) 8 gb of ram and an amd 6850 (2011, midrange). And the game runs, albeit at minimum details with a 720p resolution at variable framerates between 30 and 60.

 

[Eduardboon]

No 3D SSAO and DoF not highest. Those are the two stand outs.

3D costs me 5 fps. Putting shadows from medium to highest costs me 10 with no real difference. I'd suggest putting shadows down first.

 

[fersnake]

OSD not working for me.

AB Beta 16
Rivatuner Beta 28

it's a shame not seeing a proper fps counter ingame at least.

 

[Wallach]

Man this is so depressing. I wonder what's hogging all my CPU cycles.... Thanks for checking

Any PC gurus have any ideas why my 6600K is getting slammed with 100% load in this game?

There is actually quite a bit of variance where you spawn in at with that strike. It is possible to spawn in where Cabal and Fallen are having a significant battle with constant dropship spawns instead of it being mostly empty, which creates much more CPU work. I have seen as low as 68 FPS there when that was happening when usually I will be around 80-85 in that same spot.

 

[Tecnniqe]

OSD not working for me.

AB Beta 16
Rivatuner Beta 28

it's a shame not seeing a proper fps counter ingame at least.

There is a counter option under gameplay in settings iirc

 

[Paertan]

Let me say that I am stunned. This game has no business in running this well on my old rig.
I have an intel q9550 core duo quad (10 years old cpu) 8 gb of ram and an amd 6850 (2011, midrange). And the game runs, albeit at minimum details with a 720p resolution at variable framerates between 30 and 60.

Good to hear =) Gonna test it on my aging laptop and see if I can run it. My main PC ran it smoothly but may want to play on the go sometimes.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

So what's the general consensus on top-shelf performance? Can you max the settings in 4K on a 1080 Ti and expect locked 60 fps?

 

[jaosobno]

Wow, I had a revelation last night. First time I set everything on highest, framerate sucked. After reading that MSAA is broken yesterday, I tried using high preset again (instead of highest) and simply changed AA to FXAA, DOF to low. Shadows were already set to medium. Everything else is on high.

Using 1080p, I can hold 50-60 FPS almost everywhere. There is only single area where framerate dips and it's during the most intense firefight in "Homecoming" mission (the part with Zavala). In that part, framerate hovers around 40 FPS (this is merely my perception since I can't find software that can record framerate that actually works - everything seems to be blocked by Bungie). Since I prefer framerate over candy, I simply lowered resolution to 900p - game still looks amazing and framerate is almost constant 60 FPS.

I should note that all this is happening on a laptop with Core i5 7300HQ, 8 GB RAM and nVidia 1050 4 GB.

Bungie really did an amazing job with this port.

 

[jrcbandit]

So what's the general consensus on top-shelf performance? Can you max the settings in 4K on a 1080 Ti and expect locked 60 fps?

Nope, you need to turn DOF down to high to have locked 60 fps. Everything else maxed.


HDR seems a washed out mess in menus.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Nope, you need to turn DOF down to high to have locked 60 fps. Everything else maxed.


HDR seems a washed out mess in menus.

Okay. That's not bad, I'm not a fan of DoF anyways. In many games I turn DoF completely off so I can see the scenery instead of a blur.

 

[Tecnniqe]

So what's the general consensus on top-shelf performance? Can you max the settings in 4K on a 1080 Ti and expect locked 60 fps?

I'm ran 6880x2880 at 190% reso maxed with SMAAx16 since MSAA is broken and without DoF since it's trash along with Motion Blur and CA. 4k is not an issue on high end rig maxed out with these settings anyway.