Far Cry 4 PC performance thread
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jacksepticeye
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I think it adds a nice denseness to a scene. Without it it can look kind of empty at times but I don't like how it makes everything look washed out at times either
That's a pretty poor showing, all things considered. Far Cry 3 is the same BTW. Get those clock speeds up.=)
Even watchdogs was better threaded and its stutter was not as bad (5-10fps vs 20fps) whilst driving around.
Also the Core 2 is at 100% from game launch, even in the intro, menu etc. Always ~100%.
Quick question: anyone been getting random crashes? My game will freeze, but sound still plays in the background, and I have to kill it in task manager. I was messing around with the voltage on my 970s, so that is likely the issue...just wondering if anyone else has seen it so I can narrow the problem down.
You're not the only one. I had two of those crashes yesterday. Along with not being able to quick save the game at all and getting black screens after dying. This game is literally unplayable for me in the past several days. It won't save, it crashes if I try to save, and I can't advance in the game as a result. This game is a complete, fucking MESS.
I've unplugged every single USB peripheral on my system because that supposedly resolves the black screen issues....but nope, not for me.
It's mind blowing how a high profile game could be released in such a state. We shouldn't have to wait several days or weeks for patches to fix crap that should have been fixed during development. This is totally unacceptable...smh.
Felix Lighter
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Assassin's Creed Unity even does a better job balancing load across cores.
turtlesbonanza
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I get a freeze to white screen every now and then, but similarly to you I've been fiddling with the memory clock on my 970 and have attributed it to that.
I've had the game crash where I've not been able to alt-tab out or ctrl-alt-delete to the task manger. So instead had to restart my machine. This happened after failing a mission/race challenge then loading it again, only to find once loaded I couldn't really do anything like fire weapons or move around properly, exit the game or get to the menus. Very weird and has happened a couple of times now. I have a 970.
Luftwaffle
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I just got the game today and I just finished playing Far Cry 3 a few days ago.
I'm still on the first mission to get to the Bell tower after running away, but anyway I'm wondering, is the game supposed to look this dark? Like the part where you are supposed to climb up the rope, the cliff was literally just black. I couldn't even see the damn thing.
Running on quality setting: Nvidia with SMAA instead of TXAA.
I'm still on the first mission to get to the Bell tower after running away, but anyway I'm wondering, is the game supposed to look this dark? Like the part where you are supposed to climb up the rope, the cliff was literally just black. I couldn't even see the damn thing.
Running on quality setting: Nvidia with SMAA instead of TXAA.
It should not look that dark. Others in this thread have reported that issue
An option in the xml
Poimandres
Member
Wondering if I'd get better pefromance on my PC or PS4.
i5-3570K
8 gig ram
GTX670 2gb
i5-3570K
8 gig ram
GTX670 2gb
If you game at 1080p your PC should outclass the PS4.
Poimandres
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pixel monkey
Banned
With the emphasis on "should"... as it currently stands, the game is nearly (or completely for some) unplayable as we wait for Ubisoft to give us a working product.
If I could return this to GMG, I'd be tempted to pick up the PS4 version instead. At least it's playable.
grandwizard
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Are you sure what you are feeling isn't just the mouse acceleration? I also thought it might have had some aim assist left over from the gamepad (like Watch_Dogs) but I made sure everything relating to aim assist was turned off and did some testing on enemies. I found that it still felt bad but it was not due to slowing when near an enemy, but just because when fine aiming you generally move the mouse slower and the insane amount of mouse acceleration present meant that would slow down the cursor a lot.
For visuals, the PC version with all bells and whistles turned on looks undoubtedly better.
I haven't played it yet, but from watching videos, I think they add a lot more in motion than they do in screenshots.
The console version's 'god rays' is a proper, crappy looking blue haze, on the other hand. That looks bad.
Mahnmut
Member
I have the exact same hardware. I play with these settings (with a little overclocking on the GPU) :
Display resolution : 1920x1080
V-Sync : on
motion blur : on
textures : high
shadow : medium
Post FX : medium
Geometry : low
Vegetation : high
Terrain : high
Water : high
Environment : high
Ambient Occlusion : SSAO
Anti aliasing : off (applying FXAA via NVidia control panel)
Godrays : off
Fur : on
Trees relief : off
Triple buffering : on (plus max pre-rendered frames set on "1" on Nvidia cp)
I've also added GPUMaxBufferedFrames="1" in GamerProfile.xml
Game is running 60fps most of the time with some hi cups when loading a new zone. I am pretty happy with performance on my rig. I guess i could fine tune my settings and overclock a little bit more to lock it. Waiting for the patch to do it.
Fixed2BeBroken
Member
so yea....
can someone help give me an idea?
Im running i5 2500k, GTX 660 and 16 gigs of ram...
Which will run far cry 4 better? my PC or My Ps4?
can someone help give me an idea?
Im running i5 2500k, GTX 660 and 16 gigs of ram...
Which will run far cry 4 better? my PC or My Ps4?
Fantastical
Death Prophet
So setting DisableLoadingMip0="1" in GamerProfile.xml has seemingly helped my stuttering issues.
icecold1983
Member
ps4 will look better than anything you can get out of your pc.
Fixed2BeBroken
Member
thanks! guess il get the ps4 version
Maybe hear from somebody who has a similar rig before trusting anything icecold says about anything ever.
Somebody with a 3570k and a GTX670 can run the game at 60fps with probably only very minor sacrifices in IQ compared to the PS4 version at 60fps. I wouldn't be surprised to hear you could match the PS4 in IQ/effects with your rig with slightly better performance. Or run it at 60fps with a few more setting drops. Or run with slightly better IQ/effects than the PS4 at 30fps.
icecold1983
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a 660 is not providing a better experience in this title. maybe get a clue. he wont be able to run any of the nvidia effects or even the scaled up general pc options. he doesnt have enough horse power to downsample enough(at all in this case) to match the level of aa and temporal stability of the ps4s HRAA. its impossible for him to have an image at playable settings that looks as good as ps4.
Matter of taste I guess, I dig them quite a lot! Luckily we can turn them off (I think) on PC, eh?
This is exactly how two out of my four sessions so far ended for me after about 90min. Not sure what causes it, CPU/GPU (4570/970) run at stock speeds. I wish there was a button for quick saving since because of these random crashes I tend to save... very often lol
A 670 can quite easily and is not miles better than a 660.
I would wait before jumping to conclusions is all I'm saying. Multiplats on consoles have not proven impressive whatsoever in comparison to similar-powered PC rigs.
MickeyKnox
Member
I have played it and both versions of the godray setting are abhorrent. A hazy washout of the image that's applied to the entire scene, looks like shit. Disable it completely if you care about image quality.
icecold1983
Member
this game is a disaster on pc
And many people disagree with you. Obviously just a matter of preference.
Exactly why I advise nobody to ever listen to you about anything.
Show me the evidence that says its *impossible*.
I'm looking at benchmarks and user experiences that suggest he might. Notice I say *might*, because I'm not so arrogant as to give conclusive statements about things I cant say for sure.
My i7-2600k and 670 are running this great on very high with fur, trees relief and HBAO.
icecold1983
Member
do you even have the game? on any platform? are you aware that HRAA isnt even an option in the pc version? that the smaa option doesnt provide great aa coverage while also being ghosty/glitchy? that the msaa option has lousy coverage and txaa is broken? the game also has stuttering problems as well.
Toothless Spoon
Member
Has the stutter been fixed yet? I really don't want to be running around on medium textures/disabled mipmapping.
Also does anyone else find that the enhanced godrays seem too foggy and cut in and out randomly??
Also does anyone else find that the enhanced godrays seem too foggy and cut in and out randomly??
GHG
Member
You'll be better off with the PC version. A quick google would have told you that.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IGZCThDPRJM
Remember the PS4 version runs at 30fps.
The "ghosting" when using SMAA is another issue caused by Nvidia's recommended SLI bits (the other being crushed blacks). It can be fixed by switching to the Blood Dragon bits.
I've been following this thread very closely. It is far from a 'disaster'.
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3930K CPU @ 3.20GHz (12 CPUs), ~3.2GHz
Memory: 16384MB RAM
Graphic Card: AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series(7870)
Display Memory: 9958 MB
Dedicated Memory: 2022 MB
Shared Memory: 7936 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: DELL S2240L(Hdmi)
Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(p) (60.000Hz)
I am getting ~40 average with most of the setting at ultra except for water,
No motion blur , no god rays , AO - SSAO , anti aliasing - SMAA
Any further optimization tips.I want it near 60 fps, Thanks guys
Memory: 16384MB RAM
Graphic Card: AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series(7870)
Display Memory: 9958 MB
Dedicated Memory: 2022 MB
Shared Memory: 7936 MB
Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: DELL S2240L(Hdmi)
Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(p) (60.000Hz)
I am getting ~40 average with most of the setting at ultra except for water,
No motion blur , no god rays , AO - SSAO , anti aliasing - SMAA
Any further optimization tips.I want it near 60 fps, Thanks guys
MickeyKnox
Member
Of course it's a matter of preference, just about every post processing effect is, my real hang up with it is that the godray setting is for whatever reason tied to some full screen color grading which is absolutely not to my tastes as opposed to just enabling light shafts.
Toothless Spoon
Member
I'm with you with the godrays full screen colour grading - it looks terrible and hazy. In fact, I'm finding that it cuts in and out in certain areas (the haziness) which is even more distracting. I definitely prefer just have the rays or even being about to adjust the density of the haziness. I also thought it was buggy considering how foggy it is.
Lower your textures if you haven't already done so, the game requires more than 2GB for ultra.
Aside from that you could try lowering geometry, environment and shadows.