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The Evil Within 2 PC performance thread
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Peterthumpa
Member
Is it just me or this game is aliased as hell?
damn, thanks for the heads up though
Beerman462
Member
I got this preloaded in the US. Is there an easy and acceptable way to play early?
How early? It's almost time across the board in the U.S.
Use a VPN or wait 45 minutes.
Beerman462
Member
The game runs surprisingly well for me. 6600k 960 4gb. It hovered 40~50 on medium settings with a few settings disabled at 90fov. But what is weird is that the CPU will not go above 45% usage under any condition. It's just hard stuck to 45%. Then my GPU usage wouldn't go above 85% so I'm a bit confused. But happy enough it runs well
The latter. Not that it matters now, but I figured I'd answer for the sake of future reference.
I understand your frustration, but it's not possible for me to warn you against something that hasn't happened to me or, to the best of my knowledge, anybody else. I make use of VPNs relatively often and can confidently say the active download should have either continued uninterrupted or changed from "Downloading" to "Download Now" or "Scheduled for x" and resumed just fine. However, software being software, sometimes things break and I'm sorry Steam's wheels fell off in the middle of it downloading a 69GB game.
You want to impose the cap before you run the game. Instructions for both RTSS and Nvidia Inspector are in the OP.
GameAddict411
Member
Running ok on 7700HQ and gtx 1060 6GB. High and 1080p it stays above 50 FPS
CaptainSmirnov
Member
Hmmm TAA or TAA+FXAA, latter seems a touch sharper
Tawney Bomb
Member
This is actually running better than I was thinking going in after reading some impressions here.
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Duchess O'Death
Member
Can anyone confirm if the game has HDR support?
Sanctuary
Member
I'm done with this game until they patch the performance. It's terrible. My frame rate is locked at 60fps. It doesn't lower at all, yet it's a stuttery, fucking mess that plays out like Bloodborne at its absolute worst, but like 50% of the time instead of 5%.
My game doesn't even budge below 60fps and it plays like a nightmare.
My game doesn't even budge below 60fps and it plays like a nightmare.
Self_Destructive
Member
Any Vega owners here? Doesn't this game support the FP16 RPM feature of Vega cards? Are they performing better than normal in this game?
i5 6500
1060 6gb
16gb ram
From chapter 1 - 3 it has fluctuated from 50 - 80 fps on medium settings with camera motion blur turned off.
Strangely, when it drops it still feels somewhat smooth...maybe the steam fps counter is wonky tho.
Game itself is fucking awesome so far, can't wait to continue tomorrow.
Oh, the microstutters are present but it's not really bothering me much at all.
1060 6gb
16gb ram
From chapter 1 - 3 it has fluctuated from 50 - 80 fps on medium settings with camera motion blur turned off.
Strangely, when it drops it still feels somewhat smooth...maybe the steam fps counter is wonky tho.
Game itself is fucking awesome so far, can't wait to continue tomorrow.
Oh, the microstutters are present but it's not really bothering me much at all.
crazysapertonight
Member
How is framepacing at 30fps?
i5-7600k
GTX 1060/6GB
16GB RAM
@1080p/High/60fps locked
Game runs solid and smooth for me...only time I got micro stutter was when coming back into the game from a save and doing a quick turnaround.
Love the way this 'feels' from a game play perspective. In chapter 3 grabbed the crossbow and saved....will continue tomorrow.
The only thing I'm missing is my letterbox dammit. I have to use them on my second play through.
GTX 1060/6GB
16GB RAM
@1080p/High/60fps locked
Game runs solid and smooth for me...only time I got micro stutter was when coming back into the game from a save and doing a quick turnaround.
Love the way this 'feels' from a game play perspective. In chapter 3 grabbed the crossbow and saved....will continue tomorrow.
The only thing I'm missing is my letterbox dammit. I have to use them on my second play through.
Sanctuary
Member
I don't know if the in game performance metrics are showing frame times or what that's actually supposed to be, but the CPU keeps jumping between 17 to 35 usually, sometimes spiking to 54, while the GPU remains at 11, sometimes spiking to 24.
RTSS shows my GPU utilization never goes above 65% and the CPU hasn't even hit 60% yet, and the frame rate never drops below 60 either.
Yet it constantly feels and looks like it's dropping well below 30fps, almost even below 20fps. It's not just occasionally either, it's literally every few seconds.
I can say absolutely without a doubt or any hyperbole that this definitely is for me. I haven't had any performance issues remotely this bad on this PC since I've had it. Performance wise, it's hard to imagine the consoles being worse.
RTSS shows my GPU utilization never goes above 65% and the CPU hasn't even hit 60% yet, and the frame rate never drops below 60 either.
Yet it constantly feels and looks like it's dropping well below 30fps, almost even below 20fps. It's not just occasionally either, it's literally every few seconds.
I can say absolutely without a doubt or any hyperbole that this definitely is for me. I haven't had any performance issues remotely this bad on this PC since I've had it. Performance wise, it's hard to imagine the consoles being worse.
Metalingus5150
Member
This might be the worse performing game I've played on my pc.
Alethebeer
Member
Game runs pretty fine 1080p ULTRA @i7-6700+ GTX 1070.
But damn, it's not really a beauty per se.
But damn, it's not really a beauty per se.
My TV shows "2160p HDR10" when I start the game. Just like Shadow of War, Nex Machina, and any other game that supports it. Games that don't just show up as "2160p Normal".
Sanctuary
Member
Must have one of those future patches activated already.
Poor performance from this.
6700k
980ti
hits 60fps but judders regularly just like the first, even with setting dropped and resolution. I think it seems to be timing on the cpu side according to the performance metrics.
I knew I should have held off.
Game seems good though, hopefully they sort the performance out.
6700k
980ti
hits 60fps but judders regularly just like the first, even with setting dropped and resolution. I think it seems to be timing on the cpu side according to the performance metrics.
I knew I should have held off.
Game seems good though, hopefully they sort the performance out.
980 here, stutters like all fuck on anything above 30fps. Not even framerate related, doesn't matter if it's medium or ultra, totally a mess.
But with 30fps locked I can run Ultra just fine at 1080p (can't seem to get the game to recognize higher than 1080p DSR), so I'm ok with it. I played the original on PS4 at <30fps so this is fine to me.
Graphically game looks a lot worse than I remember the first game looking. Feels like the textures took a big hit (everything is pretty low detail), the lighting is fairly flat and the effects like floating shiny stuff from a mirror all look weaker than I remember the first game looking (I remember the first game looking pretty great). But then considering they went to open world with this game it'd make sense that those kind of things took a hit from the linear original for performance purposes.
Art direction is fantastic though, so pretty satisfied with the look of the game.
But with 30fps locked I can run Ultra just fine at 1080p (can't seem to get the game to recognize higher than 1080p DSR), so I'm ok with it. I played the original on PS4 at <30fps so this is fine to me.
Graphically game looks a lot worse than I remember the first game looking. Feels like the textures took a big hit (everything is pretty low detail), the lighting is fairly flat and the effects like floating shiny stuff from a mirror all look weaker than I remember the first game looking (I remember the first game looking pretty great). But then considering they went to open world with this game it'd make sense that those kind of things took a hit from the linear original for performance purposes.
Art direction is fantastic though, so pretty satisfied with the look of the game.
1060 6gb, Ryzen 7 1800x, 32GB RAM, Windows 10, updated drivers.
At 1080p, High, constantly sub-55 fps. Often down to 40-50.
GPU utilisation never reaches higher than 81%. Mostly 70-75%.
CPU utilisation never more than 66% on any single thread, so not throttling.
Not sure what the issue is.
At 1080p, High, constantly sub-55 fps. Often down to 40-50.
GPU utilisation never reaches higher than 81%. Mostly 70-75%.
CPU utilisation never more than 66% on any single thread, so not throttling.
Not sure what the issue is.
The Atticus
Member
x4 860k
GTX 1050 2GB
8GB Ram
Afraid to pick this up
Need a constant 30 at least pls
GTX 1050 2GB
8GB Ram
Afraid to pick this up
Need a constant 30 at least pls
Turin Turambar
Member
TEW1 was exactly the same. We could unlock the framerate to 60 fps, it said 60 fps... but it never felt like it really was.
Its easy to get a perfect 30fps like the console with the in Game v-sync at much higher resolutions, it's hitting 60 solid that is the problem, even though it should not be according to usage.
Very very poor for 4k. Had to turn it down to 1440p, but I can set everything to Ultra with FXAA+TAA and get a constant 60 FPS with stable frame times (medium detail analytics), although with the high detail analytics mode the CPU shows some fluctuation but not as bad as others have mentioned.
Serious Sam
Member
Try 60FPS limit with RTSS. That's what got rid of stuttering in the first game for me.
Sanctuary
Member
I seriously didn't have this problem with the first game. Now though, I'm getting to experience what everyone else was complaining about, and there's pretty much no reason for it other than really bad optimization.
edit: Same PC as before, with the only difference being a GTX 1080 instead of 780, and an additional 8GB of ram. Neither The Witcher 3 nor Human Revolution ever came close to running this poorly either. I can't believe this game is more demanding. There's just no way. It's not exactly ugly, but there's nothing to suggest it should be a performance hog. The OSD is showing that it's barely utilizing half of the available resources anyway.
Doesn't do anything. RTSS capping at 60, off, in game vsync 30, 60, set by display, off, 1080p, 1440p, 2160p, full screen, borderless, windowed, nothing works.
Sanctuary
Member
Tried that too, and it didn't change anything for me.
edit: Okay, I found an option that's making a huge difference that shouldn't be. Camera Motion Blur. I normally don't mess with motion blur unless it's extremely noticeable, and for this game I turned down Object Blur, but left the Camera alone. For whatever reason, with it on, it doesn't just do normal blurring. There's still stutter, but it's grossly exaggerated with the blur on, almost to the point in which it looks like really jerky slowdown. With it off, it looks a lot smoother than it did with it on, but the frame pacing issues are still there. Just not as pronounced.
grandwizard
Member
970 and i5-6600k here. Switched the preset to high and only changed AA to TAA (no fxaa). Runs pretty good at around 60 with some areas going down to 45 and others up to 75. However I will say that with G-Sync the 45-50fps areas are the smoothest I've ever seen from that framerate. I wouldn't have even noticed if I wasn't checking the FPS counter.
TheDeftone
Member
i7 4790k
1080Ti
16 GB RAM
Win 7
Driver: 385.41
Game is installed on a SSD.
Settings: maxed out except blur-stuff, filmgrain and CA; with TAA
Performance in:
1080p - mostly 60, some minor drops here and there
Downsampled:
3k- 50-60, frequent stutter, no matter what settings;
seems not to be framepacing related
4k- 40-50, also frequent stutter
weird: with framerate cap@45, I get 30-45
What I tried to get rid of the stuttering:
- ingame V-Sync off -> even worse performance
- all settings to low
- V-Sync on via driver
- prerendered frames @1 and 3
- power management mode: max
-> nothing helped
Honestly, I don`t want to play this game in 1080p, so I`ll wait `till a fix is released.
1080Ti
16 GB RAM
Win 7
Driver: 385.41
Game is installed on a SSD.
Settings: maxed out except blur-stuff, filmgrain and CA; with TAA
Performance in:
1080p - mostly 60, some minor drops here and there
Downsampled:
3k- 50-60, frequent stutter, no matter what settings;
seems not to be framepacing related
4k- 40-50, also frequent stutter
weird: with framerate cap@45, I get 30-45
What I tried to get rid of the stuttering:
- ingame V-Sync off -> even worse performance
- all settings to low
- V-Sync on via driver
- prerendered frames @1 and 3
- power management mode: max
-> nothing helped
Honestly, I don`t want to play this game in 1080p, so I`ll wait `till a fix is released.
Alright, just tested for 20 minutes. The opening parts are mainly indoors, so I expect things might change once you get outdoors.
i7 6700 stock
16 GB DDR4
1070 Stock with latest driver
SSD
1080p
TAA+FXAA
Everything enabled @ Ultra (except shadows on high)
The game runs at mostly 60 fps, but drops during certain scene transitions. It doesn't feel super smooth, even though I'm using both RTSS with a 60fps cap and FRAPS. These usually help smooth out frametimes, but it doesn't seem to be doing much here.
i7 6700 stock
16 GB DDR4
1070 Stock with latest driver
SSD
1080p
TAA+FXAA
Everything enabled @ Ultra (except shadows on high)
The game runs at mostly 60 fps, but drops during certain scene transitions. It doesn't feel super smooth, even though I'm using both RTSS with a 60fps cap and FRAPS. These usually help smooth out frametimes, but it doesn't seem to be doing much here.