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[Baron Doggystyle von Woof]

For the laptop people:

Dell XPS 15.

8GB RAM
GTX 960M
I7-6700

I am playing the game at 720p with graphics at medium and get 60+ fps. I can play at 1080p but then I have to play at around 30fps. With fast paced games like these I'd rather have more FPS then slightly better graphics.

Amazing game btw.

 

[CyanideFuse]

Right, a very rough report on the 670 (2GB) performance like I said I would post here last week (I had to sort out the PC that I have this card in hence the delay). Apologies to Kinggroin as I did say I would try to get it done quickly.

PC specs:

GTX 670 (2GB)
I5-4440 @ 3.10GHz
8GB DDR3 @ 1600MHz

Playing at 1080p and trying to get 60fps even on the lowest settings (across all the graphics settings) was beyond what I could manage so I dropped the resolution scaling down to 75% to keep as near a consistent 60fps as possible. I may be able to up this but I was working in quarter increments to see what performance I could obtain.

I tried the game before and after the latest drivers and it made no noticeable difference to the performance. I will probably play around a bit more at some point but there is no way I am getting 60fps at a true 1080p, seemingly, even at lowest settings.

I am not sure how hamstrung I am with the processor or whether the 670 simply cannot manage to run the game even at low for 60fps.

 

[void_if_removed]

The worst area for now was the beginning of level 3 after you walk through the door and look over the big lava room. There it drops to 50. Are there any area's worse then that?

I get an almost stable 1080p60fps on my setup, but the final room at the end of Level 5 caused it to chug along at around 24fps for about a minute. That's the only drop I've really been aware of.

 

[Backlogger]

i5 4690, 3.50ghz
GTX 970
16gb RAM

Getting frame rate drops frequently. I'm ven to the point where the game stops for a second and then judders into gameplay. It's weird, when I first started the game it was fine and it's pregressively got worse. I've bumped settings down to medium and even down to everything on low and it seems to make no difference.

I'm kinda new to PC stuffs, HELP ME GAF!

i had similar issues with my r9 290 and discovered my card was overheating. I cleaned my case and moved my card for better airflow. Now my temps are healthy and this issue went away

 

[Billy Big Bollocks]

I am playing with
i5 4690k
970 gtx
16gb ram

Game is running really smooth 60fps on 1080p after the first 4 levels and the game is absolutely brilliant.

When I got the game I didn't have much time so I just put it on ultra and went straight in without having a proper look at the settings. I am going to have a play around with them tonight.

How do you guys set these options up?

Motion blur: Off; Low; Medium; High
Chromatic aberration: Off/On
Depth of field: Off/On
HDR bloom: Off/On
Lens flare: Off/On
Lens dirt: Off/On
Rendering mode: Default; Gritty; Cinematic
Sharpening amount: 0.0 -> 4.0 in increments of 0.1
Film grain: 0.0 -> 4.0 in increments of 0.1
UI opacity: 0% -> 100% in increments of 1

I am not entirely sure whether having some of these settings on improves the visuals or actually makes them worse. Or does it just comes down to personal preference?

 

[Iced]

Just had my first crash. I was staring at a pop bottle trying to figure out what it says on it, and the game just closed right to the desktop without any sort of error message. Weird.

I also discovered that chromatic aberration makes the image very blurry. Disabling it makes everything nice & crisp (assuming you are not utilizing some form of anti-aliasing).

 

[XBIGYLDN]

i had similar issues with my r9 290 and discovered my card was overheating. I cleaned my case and moved my card for better airflow. Now my temps are healthy and this issue went away

Ah not sure where or how to move my card. I have one of those compact cases, where there's no room for manuever.

 

[rtcn63]

Just had my first crash. I was staring at a pop bottle trying to figure out what it says on it, and the game just closed right to the desktop without any sort of error message. Weird.

I also discovered that chromatic aberration makes the image very blurry. Disabling it makes everything nice & crisp (assuming you are not utilizing some form of anti-aliasing).

I've had 2-3 of those error-less CTD's in 10 hours of play.

 

[Backlogger]

Ah not sure where or how to move my card. I have one of those compact cases, where there's no room for manuever.

Hmm, that sucks. Maybe you need to look into adding some additional cooling to your graphics card then? I don't know much about compact builds and what is possible to add.

This is really the first game I found that pushed the limits enough for me to make these changes to my setup. Fallout 4 and RotTR had some performance issues too but were much less severe. I'm finding now that I made these changes to my case all of these games are running better. Doom is running a lot better.

I used http://openhardwaremonitor.org/ to check the temps on my card and CPU. You can activate a little widget that will sit above most games so you can see the temps while you play. I am not sure of the specs for your card but mine would start around 65-70 degrees on Doom and slowly creep up to 95-96 which is when I would have that big drop in frames.

Now the hottest it gets after the changes is around 74 degrees.

 

[Schnozberry]

I've had 2-3 of those error-less CTD's in 10 hours of play.

Double check to make sure driver verifier is turned off in Windows. It was robbing me of performance and I had frequent CTD's when it was enabled unbeknownst to me. I have Win10 x64 btw.

 

[jonaa]

I have an issue with sound. For whatever reason Doom switches sound over to the S/PDIF channel which is not connected leaving me without any sound be it game or otherwise.

Switching over to another audio device does nothing. So sound basically doesn't work. Any ideas?

Edit: I should add that this is a Doom only thing. All other games/programs work fine.

 

[brain_stew]

Right, a very rough report on the 670 (2GB) performance like I said I would post here last week (I had to sort out the PC that I have this card in hence the delay). Apologies to Kinggroin as I did say I would try to get it done quickly.

PC specs:

GTX 670 (2GB)
I5-4440 @ 3.10GHz
8GB DDR3 @ 1600MHz

Playing at 1080p and trying to get 60fps even on the lowest settings (across all the graphics settings) was beyond what I could manage so I dropped the resolution scaling down to 75% to keep as near a consistent 60fps as possible. I may be able to up this but I was working in quarter increments to see what performance I could obtain.

I tried the game before and after the latest drivers and it made no noticeable difference to the performance. I will probably play around a bit more at some point but there is no way I am getting 60fps at a true 1080p, seemingly, even at lowest settings.

I am not sure how hamstrung I am with the processor or whether the 670 simply cannot manage to run the game even at low for 60fps.

In the GameGPU.com benchmarks even a i3 2100 managed more than a 60fps minimum frame rate. You're GPU limited.

 

[XBIGYLDN]

Now the hottest it gets after the changes is around 74 degrees.

I feel so stupid. I formatted my hard rive, cleaned my case and all sorts. Then realised my pc was only reading one stick of ram...

Popped the other stick in properly (it must have come loose when I moved house) and bingo, silky smooth.

Thanks everyone for your help, I learned quite a bit on the way!

 

[dgrdsv]

In the GameGPU.com benchmarks even a i3 2100 managed more than a 60fps minimum frame rate. You're GPU limited.

All 2GB cards are VRAM limited in Doom even in 1080p.

 

[Takeaways]

For the laptop people:

Dell XPS 15.

8GB RAM
GTX 960M
I7-6700

I am playing the game at 720p with graphics at medium and get 60+ fps. I can play at 1080p but then I have to play at around 30fps. With fast paced games like these I'd rather have more FPS then slightly better graphics.

Amazing game btw.

Great, thanks for the info! I think this might push me to purchase the game.

 

[emptyroom]

I have a 960, i5 6600k and 8gb of ram. Playing at 1080 on high with shadows at low. Goes to 40 fps in certain situations but mostly around 50-60. Fine with me

 

[byropoint]

I have a strange problem with this game, first time I run it it takes some time to start the game and play the intro videos which then stutter a bit, when I start playing I get frequent fps drops to 40s.

Then if I exit the game and run it again it starts up much faster and in game fps doesn't go below 60 and everything is smooth. No idea what to make of it.

Running the latest AMD hotfix driver with ultra preset on a 390, 6700k and 16gb ram.

 

[Backlogger]

I feel so stupid. I formatted my hard rive, cleaned my case and all sorts. Then realised my pc was only reading one stick of ram...

Popped the other stick in properly (it must have come loose when I moved house) and bingo, silky smooth.

Thanks everyone for your help, I learned quite a bit on the way!

Nice!! Glad it's working. I know how frustrating it is when something seems like it should be working a certain way and it's not

 

[Guy LeDouche]

i5-2500 @ 3.3Ghz (non-k, stock cooling)
16gb ddr3
970
850 evo
Win7

Runs rock solid 1080p/60fps (SMAA/all else on Ultra). Amazingly smooth. id rules

 

[StalkerUKCG]

Any ETA on Vulkan drivers?

 

[Billy Big Bollocks]

Turning the rendering to gritty makes quite a big difference and I like how the menus go dark when you adjust gamma so you can get it right.

 

[Slackbladder]

Just for a laugh I tried the game at 4k with my 980, 4770@4.2ghz and 16GB@2133. I was getting around 30 - 40fps although there wasn't a lot going on when I tried. Looked pretty though.
So 1440p@Ultra and 60fps all the way. Plus very good and reliable frame timing too. Also found that Adaptive v-sync is very useful.

 

[w0s]

These crashes to desktop suck.

980ti
16gb ram
I5 6600k

Tried aetting page file to low and it still happens. Just changed the virtual page in win 10 8192 or whatever I read online but I'm too frustrated to try it again.hopefully that fixes it.

 

[professor_t]

Right, a very rough report on the 670 (2GB) performance like I said I would post here last week (I had to sort out the PC that I have this card in hence the delay). Apologies to Kinggroin as I did say I would try to get it done quickly.

PC specs:

GTX 670 (2GB)
I5-4440 @ 3.10GHz
8GB DDR3 @ 1600MHz

Playing at 1080p and trying to get 60fps even on the lowest settings (across all the graphics settings) was beyond what I could manage so I dropped the resolution scaling down to 75% to keep as near a consistent 60fps as possible. I may be able to up this but I was working in quarter increments to see what performance I could obtain.

I tried the game before and after the latest drivers and it made no noticeable difference to the performance. I will probably play around a bit more at some point but there is no way I am getting 60fps at a true 1080p, seemingly, even at lowest settings.

I am not sure how hamstrung I am with the processor or whether the 670 simply cannot manage to run the game even at low for 60fps.

With the resolution scaling at 75%, does that mean the game is rendering at 75% of 1080p and then upscaling to fit the native resolution of the monitor? I also have a 670 and I'm trying to smooth out the performance as much as possible.

 

[K' Dash]

wrong thread, sorry

 

[dragonfart28]

Any ETA on Vulkan drivers?

Nothing official, but I've read some people guessing May 27th to coincide with the 1080 release.

 

[DirtyLarry]

So just out of curiosity are the CTD primarily happening with 980Ti owners or is it all Nvidia cards? I did not experience them the first 5 days or so of playing and now they happen at least 2 to 3 times a session. I could not help but notice the most recent person to say they had it in this thread also owns a 980Ti as do I.

 

[jackpottest]

So just out of curiosity are the CTD primarily happening with 980Ti owners or is it all Nvidia cards? I did not experience them the first 5 days or so of playing and now they happen at least 2 to 3 times a session. I could not help but notice the most recent person to say they had it in this thread also owns a 980Ti as do I.

I had three CTD with my 560ti during my first playthrough of the game. Had one with a 970 after that.

 

[kinggroin]

Right, a very rough report on the 670 (2GB) performance like I said I would post here last week (I had to sort out the PC that I have this card in hence the delay). Apologies to Kinggroin as I did say I would try to get it done quickly.

PC specs:

GTX 670 (2GB)
I5-4440 @ 3.10GHz
8GB DDR3 @ 1600MHz

Playing at 1080p and trying to get 60fps even on the lowest settings (across all the graphics settings) was beyond what I could manage so I dropped the resolution scaling down to 75% to keep as near a consistent 60fps as possible. I may be able to up this but I was working in quarter increments to see what performance I could obtain.

I tried the game before and after the latest drivers and it made no noticeable difference to the performance. I will probably play around a bit more at some point but there is no way I am getting 60fps at a true 1080p, seemingly, even at lowest settings.

I am not sure how hamstrung I am with the processor or whether the 670 simply cannot manage to run the game even at low for 60fps.

Thanks for these impressions. Seems odd you can't lock in 60fps at medium settings with this card..perhaps VRAM limited? Otherwise...I'm just not sure what's going on considering what the consoles are doing in this game.

 

[icecold1983]

With the resolution scaling at 75%, does that mean the game is rendering at 75% of 1080p and then upscaling to fit the native resolution of the monitor? I also have a 670 and I'm trying to smooth out the performance as much as possible.

Yeah

 

[rtcn63]

I have a 2GB 670, and I too had to drop the resolution scale to 75% to maintain 60fps... most of the time. Later missions when there's more enemies and effects on-screen, the framerate can nosedive for a bit.

 

[RevenWolf]

Any 4k impressions?

Looking at online benchmarks they seem pretty good, but was hoping to get some confirmation from actual people here as well.

 

[icecold1983]

Any 4k impressions?

Looking at online benchmarks they seem pretty good, but was hoping to get some confirmation from actual people here as well.

A highly overclocked 980ti/titan x can get fairly close to a locked 60 if you drop some settings down from ultra to medium or high. An overclocked 1080 that can sustain 2.1 ghz clocks without throttling woud do it at ultra id imagine

 

[RevenWolf]

A highly overclocked 980ti/titan x can get fairly close to a locked 60 if you drop some settings down from ultra to medium or high. An overclocked 1080 that can sustain 2.1 ghz clocks without throttling woud do it at ultra id imagine

Ok, thanks! Now I just need to learn how to overclock... That kinda scares the shit outta me lol.

 

[icecold1983]

Ok, thanks! Now I just need to learn how to overclock... That kinda scares the shit outta me lol.

On current nvidia gpus Its almost impossible to damage your card if you dont fuck with voltage and go easy on the memory

 

[jett]

After playing for two hours my kind computer kind of fucked itself, the game wouldn't stop stuttering, had to exit. Was enough gaming anyway.

It runs OKAY on a 280X with the latest AMD drivers. Mostly 60fps but it definitely drops into the 50's often.

 

[RevenWolf]

On current nvidia gpus Its almost impossible to damage your card if you dont fuck with voltage and go easy on the memory

Thanks for the info! I will definitely avoid messing with the voltage then! Is there a particular amount I should be easy on the memory?

Or could I get a 10% improvement without actually touching the memory? (I want to minimize messing anything up so the less stuff I need to tinker with the better haha)

 

[spannicus]

Running the game at 4k with DSR and all settings maxed even the few nightmare options. How in the world did they get this game to run like this? Its amazing.
980ti stock
4790k
16gb ram

 

[icecold1983]

Thanks for the info! I will definitely avoid messing with the voltage then! Is there a particular amount I should be easy on the memory?

Or could I get a 10% improvement without actually touching the memory? (I want to minimize messing anything up so the less stuff I need to tinker with the better haha)

Youll definitely get more out of core than memory in the majority of games. The situations where memory oc helps as much as core are cryengine games and anything that supports msaa in a deferred renderer. For memory id probably start at +250 and after several hours of solid play with no crashes try adding another 50. For core if your card isnt already factory oced you can start at +150 and see how temps go. Id add 15 after you determine its stable through several hours of gameplay. You just repeat that process until you reach instability which will usually be in the form of driver crashes.

This is for 970/980/980ti/titan x

 

[RevenWolf]

Running the game at 4k with DSR and all settings maxed even the few nightmare options. How in the world did they get this game to run like this? Its amazing.
980ti stock
4790k
16gb ram

What's the framerate like? Are you keeping it above 50 for the most part?

Youll definitely get more out of core than memory in the majority of games. The situations where memory oc helps as much as core are cryengine games and anything that supports msaa in a deferred renderer. For memory id probably start at +250 and after several hours of solid play with no crashes try adding another 50. For core if your card isnt already factory oced you can start at +150 and see how temps go. Id add 15 after you determine its stable through several hours pf gameplay. You just repeat that process until you reach instability which will usually be in the form of driver crashes.

This is for 970/980/980ti/titan x

Thank you so much for all this information! If I understand correctly in terms of temperature, I want to keep it as close to or lower than stock temperature right? So I should increase fan speed to ensure it's at most 84c (which is the highest stock temp I've had?)

And yeah running the titan x, so thanks again so much for the advice, it really really helps

 

[Schnozberry]

These crashes to desktop suck.

980ti
16gb ram
I5 6600k

Tried aetting page file to low and it still happens. Just changed the virtual page in win 10 8192 or whatever I read online but I'm too frustrated to try it again.hopefully that fixes it.

Check if driver verifier is on. It got turned on for me by some software or driver installation and it was causing all kinds of problems. Once I turned it off my crashes to the desktop went away. I played through half the game afterwards without a hitch. Framerate went up as well.

 

[icecold1983]

What's the framerate like? Are you keeping it above 50 for the most part?



Thank you so much for all this information! If I understand correctly in terms of temperature, I want to keep it as close to or lower than stock temperature right? So I should increase fan speed to ensure it's at most 84c (which is the highest stock temp I've had?)

And yeah running the titan x, so thanks again so much for the advice, it really really helps

If you are on a reference cooler id just try to keep it under 85. Trying to keep it lower than 80 is going to be noisy as hell. On the better custom cooled versions you can keep it under 75 without much noise. Also max out your power slider otherwise it will throttle

 

[RevenWolf]

If you are on a reference cooler id just try to keep it under 85. Trying to keep it lower than 80 is going to be noisy as hell. On the better custom cooled versions you can keep it under 75 without much noise. Also max out your power slider otherwise it will throttle

Ok good to know about the temps!

Also that last line, assuming I use afterburner (haven't opened it yet) this power slider is in relation to what? Been looking up guides etc but I'm not sure what this in particular refers to sorry

 

[holygeesus]

Might be worth waiting for Vulkan and seeing if it helps with 4K.

 

[icecold1983]

Ok good to know about the temps!

Also that last line, assuming I use afterburner (haven't opened it yet) this power slider is in relation to what? Been looking up guides etc but I'm not sure what this in particular refers to sorry

The power slider determines the max amt of power your card can draw becore it will downclock. You want it as high as possible. The default is 250 watts and the slider works in % fashion. So 10% above would be 275 watts etc

 

[RevenWolf]

The power slider determines the max amt of power your card can draw becore it will downclock. You want it as high as possible. The default is 250 watts and the slider works in % fashion. So 10% above would be 275 watts etc

Ahh I see, so I'm not actually modifying the V, I'm letting the card draw more if it needs it for the OC?

 

[icecold1983]

Ahh I see, so I'm not actually modifying the V, I'm letting the card draw more if it needs it for the OC?

Yeah. In afterburner you have to go into the settings to even enable voltage modification. By default its not even available

 

[RevenWolf]

Yeah. In afterburner you have to go into the settings to even enable voltage modification. By default its not even available

Ok, thanks so much for all these tips! They really help, I'm going to do some more research etc to make sure I don't blunder my way and do anything stupid

 

[icecold1983]

Ok, thanks so much for all these tips! They really help, I'm going to do some more research etc to make sure I don't blunder my way and do anything stupid

Np. Any more questions feel free to ask

 

[sfried]

Its just noise. With a Nano you are better than 90% of them.

That's good to hear! Construction is coming along nicely, and all I'm missing are a few parts before I begin general setup.

I seem to be hearing lots os surprising praise for this new Doom game, mostly in the gameplay category. If the game has good secret areas, then I can't wait to try it out.