Far Cry 3 PC performance thread
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same here. I tried Dx9 on High every single day last week. FPS sticks to 50-60 for the most part. The moment I crank settings up to Very High, everything goes to SHIT. I switched on Dx11 for the first time last night- and I was able to play close to 60fps on Very High (except during the parts where I'm overlooking the island). WTF?
Going to try the Cap 2 profile for my Catalyst 12.11 drivers in abit. Will report in 2 hours
Yes, I get that sometimes. Seems taking a screenshot with Fraps fixes the issue for me when I see it.
Yeah, maybe they'll sort it out.
PjotrStroganov
Member
Chiming in. I have the same issue in the cave.
Previously I had it set to DX9. So that could have been part of the problem. It also could be the SSAOMaxDistance that makes the difference. Can you confirm that it works and/or that the ingame settings are set higher? I also had everything set to medium. Your config didn't worsen framerate so other settings on high doesn't seem to influence framerate so much.
Hmm that makes the whole thing even more odd xD Have you tried to compare your FPS while looking straight into the sky?
It can't be that my 6850 is some kind of magic-card
Well I can't really explain it either, all I really did was to remove FXAA and reducing the SSAO draw distance while keeping the SSAO level on 4 in DX11 o.o But I'm glad my config helps some people out, have fun playing!
Here is the post where I shared my confighttp://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=45020008&postcount=1214
Previously I had it set to DX9. So that could have been part of the problem. It also could be the SSAOMaxDistance that makes the difference. Can you confirm that it works and/or that the ingame settings are set higher? I also had everything set to medium. Your config didn't worsen framerate so other settings on high doesn't seem to influence framerate so much.
iNvid02
Member
thanks for the heads up
iNvid02
Member
Would that be bannable?
I seem to recall that people have openly discussed using cracked .exes for games they legally purchased because sometimes they were more convenient.
I don't think you can automatically conclude that using a keygen is for the purpose of piracy so if that post is the reason for Sethos ban I hope the mod(s) will reconsider.
iNvid02
Member
as far as i know cracked exes dont require keygens, they're used for applications and programs
i admitted to acquiring a game via torrent and posted screenshots of it, got banned for 1 month - im guessing this could be of similar length, depends on the mod really.
anywho, back to them new drivers. they have fixed the snow flicker in AC3 for SLI setups and some nice performance gains across the board so its an essential upgrade
Cannon Goose
Member
I gained a whole frame!
fluffydelusions
Member
Has anyone tried playing with a controller on PC? I take it there is no aim assist so it may be difficult?
I haven't tried it but I'm sure I saw an aim assist option in one of the menu screens. It seems to be off by default when not using a controller.
I am playing with the 360 controller for Windows and it works fine.
There is an option to enable/disable aim assist.
fluffydelusions
Member
OMG comfy couch mode here I come. 1 hour left
Ding! Ubisoft removed it from the game in the first patch for that very reason.
indigo-cyclops
Member
Really? Now that's something... Where'd you see this?
noomi
Member
Someone posted a youtube link over at overclock.net forums about how to do it.
Looks like you have to do a whole bunch of editing. I for one am not messing with this as it seems like a lot of hassle for something so simple. Oh ya, and that punkbuster too.... don't want to risk a ban
Anyways, here's the link for ya: http://www.overclock.net/t/1329630/...-out-second-patch1-02-256mb/580#post_18747315
fluffydelusions
Member
Sheesh this game seems very unoptimized for how it looks. I've put everything on low, no aa and getting between 40-50 fps now =\
RoadHazard
Gold Member
At low/console-ish settings, what kind of PC does this game require to stay at 30 fps or above? I'm thinking that my laptop should be able to run it significantly better than my PS3, but I want to make sure. I can run things like Borderlands 2 just fine at mostly high settings (although with PhysX turned off).
Someone posted a youtube link over at overclock.net forums about how to do it.
Looks like you have to do a whole bunch of editing. I for one am not messing with this as it seems like a lot of hassle for something so simple. Oh ya, and that punkbuster too.... don't want to risk a ban
Anyways, here's the link for ya: http://www.overclock.net/t/1329630/...-out-second-patch1-02-256mb/580#post_18747315
This works.
memecomplex
Member
Not a bug, it's a side effect of all the drugs you've been taking in the game.
fluffydelusions
Member
I'm running it on an Asus g55 @ 1080p with everything set at low and getting between 40-50FPS with fraps running, on medium between 35-42 or so. I'm guessing this still looks WAY better even at low than console versions though. Game does not seem very optimized at all. This is probably the most demanding game I've seen lol. I mean my laptop will play BF3 at higher settings. Is there a way to see what version of the game you are running? I hear 1.0.2 helps but some people steam aren't getting the update which is the version I got.
Castor Krieg
Banned
Tried everything - the game hangs at the very end of "Prison Island Hotel". Always in the same moment. What to do GAF?
EDIT: And just like that I solved it - I ahd to turn the MultiRendering in XML back to 0.
EDIT: And just like that I solved it - I ahd to turn the MultiRendering in XML back to 0.
gutterboy44
Member
K, so I can run it on Ultra ( 3570K and GTX670) I just have no idea what those sampling methods mean. I enabled V-Sync and put the buffer to 2 frames. I don't have FSAA on and I set the sampling to SSAO. Is that good? I stop playing PC games for a while and now I feel stupid in the settings menus.
Is this true? If so, that's some serious breaking the 4th barrier stuff. It looks like a bad animation bug.
Lostconfused
Member
Everyone feels like this when messing with the settings in this game.
V-sync 2 frames caps your framerate at 30 fps. Use V-Sync 1 (max 60). Best SSAO setting is HDAO but it's quite demanding.
Is the game even playable when ALL UI elements turned off?
JRW
Member
Ok False alarm! ..I overlooked the fact my GTX 480 overclock was reset to stock when installing new drivers, no performance change with 310.70 vs. .64 and from looking at the release notes it looks like they just added some previously optimized games in, its using the same FC3 optimizations from .64
Sure, just respawn at fast travel spots and fill up on ammo and use the big map to find where you are and are going.
I'll just take a button to toggle it all on/off with.