x4 860k
GTX 1050 2GB
8GB Ram
Afraid to pick this upNeed a constant 30 at least pls
Haswell i5
8GB RAM
760
Full HD, Mid Settings, 60 FPS.
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The Evil Within 2 PC performance thread
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Haswell i5
8GB RAM
760
Full HD, Mid Settings, 60 FPS.
Sändersson
Member
Does reshade work with this game? If so are there any AA suggestions? TAA is not really that great tbh.
Sändersson
Member
These are the same methods pretty much every game uses? Txaa and taa?
clarknova156
Member
6700k , 16GB ram , GTX 1080 at 4K
Everything Ultra and no AA getting an average of 35-45 FPS.
Everything Ultra and no AA getting an average of 35-45 FPS.
Kain-Nosgoth
Member
What FOV do you recommend? I'm playing on a TV, i'm like at 2,5 meters from it
also GTX 980 TI, everythin on Ultra, 1080P, have a steady 60 FPS for now
also GTX 980 TI, everythin on Ultra, 1080P, have a steady 60 FPS for now
PhantomThief
Banned
Amd Phenom X6 at 3,2 ghz,8gb ram and a GTX 1060 3GB. Running the game on 1080p with vsync at 60 and everything on ultra.
I am getting around 37 in town and about 45 indoors. I changed all settings to low and that maybe gave a little more frames but hardly changed the performance. Whats up with that?
I know I need a new cpu I am looking at a i5 7600k is that a good upgrade over what I have? Just recently got this pc and am really satisfied with the overall performance compared to a ps4 but I might want to invest some more into it.
I am getting around 37 in town and about 45 indoors. I changed all settings to low and that maybe gave a little more frames but hardly changed the performance. Whats up with that?
I know I need a new cpu I am looking at a i5 7600k is that a good upgrade over what I have? Just recently got this pc and am really satisfied with the overall performance compared to a ps4 but I might want to invest some more into it.
AndyMoogle
Member
It's frame times. So, something is affecting your CPU perhaps? Or this game does not like your particular CPU. Which CPU do you have?
Have you considered Ryzen? Personally, I have a hard time recommending a quad-core CPU with only 4 threads. Ryzen 1600 or 1600X is a better choice. IMO.
PhantomThief
Banned
Have not considered Ryzen as I read that Intel cpus are better for gaming overall? Would not mind a Ryzen either but pretty much have no idea haha.
Rei dos Vermes
Member
I always limit my games to 60 FPS with RTSS to stabilize frametimes. But both TEW1 and TEW2 stutters like hell, even when running at locked 60 FPS. The game feels terrible to play. Like Sanctuary said, it doesn't feel like it's running at 60 FPS at all. Even very demanding titles such as Dishonored 2 and GRW feels butter smooth in comparison.
AndyMoogle
Member
Intel still has the lead in IPC, which means that they will be better in games where single thread performance matters. But, for most new games it will be better with more threads/cores. 8600k could also be an alternative. 6 cores instead of 4.
Does the FRAPS trick work with TEW2? (As in have FRAPS open at the same time as the game, yellow counter and all)
This post is somewhat relieving, since these are my specs but with a 7600k
May I ask what your settings look like?
FaintDeftone
Junior Member
I hope Digital Foundry jumps in on this one. We need a dark1x bat signal over here.
lucebuce12
Member
This is giving me faith as I have the same GPU and a 4670k!
TheDeftone
Member
I managed to get rid of some slowdowns by changing the resolution and then swichting back. Unfortunately, this does not work for a long time because those slowdowns in certain areas come back after some minutes.
plagiarize
Banned
There was a brief bit of PC footage in the PS4 / PS4 Pro comparison. They're working on a full comparison but didn't get the PC and Xbox One versions in until later. It's coming!
A Ryzen 1600 or 1700 processor is good, just be sure to pair it with good DDR4 3200 memory (very dependent on good memory speeds for gaming, look for Samsung B die type memory). You could also get the Intel 8600k or 8700k (good luck finding one lol). Avoid the 8400 like the plague, it's only guaranteed to do the base clock speeds of 2.8 GHz on all cores and you can't manually overclock it, but of course golden silicon sent to reviewers perform fantastic for cheap gaming...
i7 6700, 16GB ram and Titan Xp.
All ultra except DOF, first scene with it killed FPS so dropped that bad boy.
Set res to 3200x1800. An hour in barely a frame drop or stutter.
Had to set display scaling to system on the exe, same as for the first game. Otherwise if I use lower resolution it is always windowed instead of scaling to to the full res of my TV.
Also set max fps to 60 in Nvidia Inspector.
Never had an issue with the first game after doing this, no stutters or frame pacing issues, and seems to be the same for this game.
It is demanding but 1800p will do for me at 60fps.
All ultra except DOF, first scene with it killed FPS so dropped that bad boy.
Set res to 3200x1800. An hour in barely a frame drop or stutter.
Had to set display scaling to system on the exe, same as for the first game. Otherwise if I use lower resolution it is always windowed instead of scaling to to the full res of my TV.
Also set max fps to 60 in Nvidia Inspector.
Never had an issue with the first game after doing this, no stutters or frame pacing issues, and seems to be the same for this game.
It is demanding but 1800p will do for me at 60fps.
PhantomThief
Banned
How is that possible, is my phenom x6 1090t such a bottleneck to my 1060 that I cant get 60 at all?
Lan Dong Mik
And why would I want them?
Damn this game runs like complete shit in 4K. I recently just built a new PC for like 1200 bucks man. Been able to run most games in 4k with really no issues at all but goddamn I'm getting like 15-20fps whether it's Ultra, High or Medium settings. Runs perfect at 1080p and looks really fucking good but I'd be lying if I said it didn't bother the shit out of me that I can't play this in 4K. Here be my
CPU: 3.8GHZ I5-7600K
16GB RAM
250GB SSD
1070 GTX
CPU: 3.8GHZ I5-7600K
16GB RAM
250GB SSD
1070 GTX
As always, an unoptimized PC port that is struggling to stay above 60 FPS, is still likely to look and run better than the console version - which runs at 30 - every time.
The difference between Low and Ultra seemed to be about 10 frames at 1080p on my 1070, nothing major.
The issue is that it's not fully utilizing the GPU. (or CPU)
DSR is working fine for me. Try restarting your PC after enabling it.
It will be a significant bottleneck, yes.
Both TEW games seem to be heavily CPU-bound, but I'd expect a lot of games to have that problem.
PhantomThief
Banned
Yeah I figured it was heavily cpu bound since changing the graphics from ultra to low only seemes to improve a few frames. Still happy to play this at around 45fps average with vsync on ultra.
I know DOOM is optimized as hell but I can run a game like that on ultra and still get 60fps 99% of the time.
Still I am selling my ps4 to upgrade my motherboard and cpu and basically everything that comes with it.
I know DOOM is optimized as hell but I can run a game like that on ultra and still get 60fps 99% of the time.
Still I am selling my ps4 to upgrade my motherboard and cpu and basically everything that comes with it.
I will, thanks!
Shadowhaxor
Member
Xeon E3 1231 v3
GTX 1080
16GB DDR3
Win10
High settings + TXAA/FXAA at 1080p locked at 60. A few drops to 55 here and there. I haven't played it on my main PC yet.
GTX 1080
16GB DDR3
Win10
High settings + TXAA/FXAA at 1080p locked at 60. A few drops to 55 here and there. I haven't played it on my main PC yet.
J3nga
Member
Fortunately, no tremendous changes happen once you hit open hub area in chapter 3.
CrichtonKicks
Member
Getting a consistent, stutter-free 60 fps on a i7 6700k/GTX 1070, well into Chapter 3 now. Playing on Ultra. Every few minutes I may get a drop to 58 or 59 fps for a moment. Only time I've seen worse was one or two cutscenes that dropped into low '50s.
I still get stutter to this day on the same rig playing the first game.
Does DSR work in Borderless Full Screen? AFAIK TEW2 does not support Exclusive Fullscreen.
I still get stutter to this day on the same rig playing the first game.
Does DSR work in Borderless Full Screen? AFAIK TEW2 does not support Exclusive Fullscreen.
It does support Exclusive Fullscreen.
That's good to hear. I am playing on ultra too, and this thread so far had led me to believe I would be having to play on medium with a 970 but so far that doesn't seem to be the case...
CrichtonKicks
Member
Ah, good to know. Could have sworn I saw someone say that it didn't (first didn't support it IIRC).
Win 10.
Efren is G.O.A.T.
Member
Here I was hoping my i5 3570k @4.2 with 8gb Ram and my strix 980ti would be enough to push 60fps at 1440p with some settings dialed down but after reading some comments, it appears I won't be able to pull it off...
Do I stll buy or not? that is the question....
Do I stll buy or not? that is the question....
That would explain the reason my TV shows it's using HDR10 when the game doesn't really support it. It's still in windowed mode despite saying otherwise.
It seems the game claims it supports exclusive fullscreen, but actually still displays in borderless windowed instead. Sorry for the confusion.
It's easy to test if the game is running b/l windowed. Turn on any program that has an always on top function and it will be on top of your game or change your windows volume using media keys and it will show the windows 10 overlay on top of your game etc.
In actual exclusive fullscreen nothing can overlay on top of your game, only injected stuff.
In actual exclusive fullscreen nothing can overlay on top of your game, only injected stuff.
That's not strictly true any more if it's whitelisted to use the new presentation mode that the Windows 10 Creators Update introduced with "fullscreen optimizations".
So long as nothing is overlaying the window, it behaves like fullscreen exclusive mode; but it will seamlessly switch over to behaving like borderless mode if something does overlay the window.
As far as I can tell though, this is a whitelist that Microsoft controls and there is no way to opt into those optimizations. For example: Dishonored 2 uses it, but Dishonored: Death of the Outsider does not.
This is the current list of games on the whitelist, but it will probably change with the Fall Creators Update (2017-10-17).
It depends how the game handles it.
Some games scale the image themselves, without changing the desktop resolution. If the desktop resolution doesn't change, then DSR won't work automatically. You can still set the desktop resolution before launching the game, or use a tool like DisplayFusion to switch monitor profiles automatically, to use DSR.
Other games - including The Evil Within 2 - set the desktop resolution in 'fullscreen' mode, even though it's still using borderless fullscreen mode. Those games work with DSR.
Does it also do that if you play it in 16:9 on the same display?
I'd expect it to be a display thing rather than an aspect ratio thing.
Well it's good to have another confirmation of these issues I suppose.
With a 4GHz i7-6900K (8c/16t) their 1080Ti is sitting at 42% utilization at 720p minimum settings, or 59% at 1080p Ultra settings. CPU is also under-utilized.
MrCunningham
Member
Pretty interesting benchmark video from a youtuber called JokerProductions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynLQ6jkj-SY
He compares the RX580, GTX1060, Vega 56 and GTX1080 performance. He claims that one of the issues with the PC port is that the game does not use 100% full GPU and has a utilization cap at 80-90%.
I haven't bough the game yet, but I loved the first one, despite it's flaws. I will pick this one up soon.
He compares the RX580, GTX1060, Vega 56 and GTX1080 performance. He claims that one of the issues with the PC port is that the game does not use 100% full GPU and has a utilization cap at 80-90%.
I haven't bough the game yet, but I loved the first one, despite it's flaws. I will pick this one up soon.