I have the same card and every time I start a new game I'm always impressed by the performances this card provide. Reminds me of my old 8800GT.
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Tomb Raider PC Performance Thread
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I have the same card and every time I start a new game I'm always impressed by the performances this card provide. Reminds me of my old 8800GT.
captainnapalm
Member
Only watched about 10 seconds of that because I don't want to spoil anything, but it looks great. Looking forward to trying it out for myself.
xemumanic
Member
I love how AMD and its fans always likes to bring up moneyhats, but they do the same thing.
Yeah, its all part of the PR game, you'd have to be a dumbass to believe any of the hype anyway, but this Nvidia performance issue is why I just laugh when I see the accusations from one side trying to play the whole 'little guy' role.
I mean, the logic doesn't even make sense. Nvidia only got the game over the WEEKEND? And the game went gold how long ago?
Yeah, its all part of the PR game, you'd have to be a dumbass to believe any of the hype anyway, but this Nvidia performance issue is why I just laugh when I see the accusations from one side trying to play the whole 'little guy' role.
I mean, the logic doesn't even make sense. Nvidia only got the game over the WEEKEND? And the game went gold how long ago?
~3.5 weeks before release.
Edit: Or to actually answer your question, a little under four weeks ago.
Brerlappin
Member
Its only the benchmark, and about 20 seconds of walking in a cave, so wont spoil anything really
xemumanic
Member
Hilarious. I want to see if this is posted everywhere like the Crysis 2 tessellation drama that Crytek debunked, but is still mentioned here all the time.
It's stupid fanboy PR bullshit.
Now I'm happy I didn't buy the game day one like I was going to, and I think I'll wait on a sale instead. I'm not supporting this BS with my money.
MegaKungFuRadio
Member
I have an i5 2500K and 560ti (1GB) and TressFX benchmark averages around 20 FPS at 1920x1080. No crashes over the course of 5 hours with tessellation on, though, so I guess I'm lucky.
I have an i5-3570k at 4.4GHz and a 560Ti 1GB - with the game set to High with Tesselation and TressFX I average around 25-30FPS on 1080p with occasional dips into the <10FPS, usually during a cutscene. Disabling TressFX makes my average jump to 54FPS, so I'm just using that (despite the new hair physics being very nice, I'd rather have a nice framerate). Not had a single crash with Tesselation on either (I play in non-exclusive Fullscreen though, don't know if that helps?).
fizzelopeguss
Banned
What's amusing is how they somehow act like it's our fault or responsibility in some way because they buy ATi's gak graphics cards and always go back for more.
I don't understand* why Nvidia got such a short straw in this case considering, as per Anandtech's benchmarks, AMD's 7970, 7950 and even the 7870 all offer better compute performance than Nvidia's flagship 680. Leaving Nvidia scrambling to get drivers ready achieved nothing but a profound dicking over of a significant portion of the game's customers.
* Well, I do, but it's beyond stupid.
BackwardsSuggestions
Member
Keep getting the "There is no disk inserted in the disk drive" error. I bought it on Steam. 
Set up a FAN profile buddy. Make the card's fan kick in earlier so it takes more time to reach high temps.
And reduce memory clocks by a few Mhz if you have funny wonderland in your screen.
Keep getting the "There is no disk inserted in the disk drive" error. I bought it on Steam.
Try uninstalling and reinstalling Steam (you'll want to move your userdata and steamapps folders out of harm's way first).
MegaKungFuRadio
Member
Yeah, I don't know, I'm about to mess with settings some more. I'm happy with my performance and the look of the game, but people with similar cards seem to be getting slightly better performance than I am.
It was debunked? Was there a reason that Crytek chose to tesselate water that wasn't visible and to put ridiculous amounts of it onto ordinary concrete slabs when they knew that AMD cards of that generation suffered with bad tesselation performance?
frontieruk
Member
I don't know but I tested it when I ran across this point of the game, as you can see the shadow maints definition and intensity no matter how far it's cast away. You can see the DOF in effect though.
Finished the game, runs great at first on custom Ultra (ssao, dof at normal, tesselation off) at around 30-60 fps but starting in
and onwards my fps tank to 20-30 on big open scenes even at normal settings.
I think my CPU is bottlenecking the game. (Phenom X4 945, AMD 6850, 4GB RAM, 1680x1050 resolution)
Oh and I also have a dozen or so crashes, so I guess it's not just nvidia that's having the problem, the game freezes on autosave/in game loading/restart from death for me.
shanty town
I think my CPU is bottlenecking the game. (Phenom X4 945, AMD 6850, 4GB RAM, 1680x1050 resolution)
Oh and I also have a dozen or so crashes, so I guess it's not just nvidia that's having the problem, the game freezes on autosave/in game loading/restart from death for me.
1st Course
Member
AA settings? Can you at least play at high/2xSSAA while maintaining 30 fps?
Baloonatic
Member
So for people talking about the Hitman profile, how exactly do I select it? Is it an Nvidia Inspector thing?
Yech, this game is putting up ridiculous numbers on Pirate's Bay. I hope that's just because of the lack of a demo and people concerned over the technical issues and if the game will run on their machines. Because in terms of the actual game, it sounds like they really deserve the money.
specialguy
Banned
welcome to predominantly single player games in pc land.
Thanks for the shots, it's regrettable because when done well contact hardening shadows are very easy on the eyes.
I can't see it being exclusive to AMD cards so the only logical explanation is that Nvidia's drivers are fucking things up.
I was getting a rock solid 30FPS with TressFX and tesselation off until I reached the same area. It does seem busier than the previous environments which might explain the hit. It's not a huge performance drain for me, only around a 1-2 FPS drop but it's still noticeable.
That or poor teenage boys and college kids want to play the action game with the hot female lead.
frontieruk
Member
Not sure what you are getting at, but a whole bunch of the "Nvidia the way it's meant to be played" sponsored titles didn't run well on AMD hardware at launch, do you think AMD got the final code on a even footing???
I have a feeling this coming "gen" Nvidia users are going to be getting the short straw more, hopefully the AMD users here will be a bit more understanding towards them and not just go on about crappy driver support when the latest game release is broken on Nvidia and works on AMD..
I'm bailing on this thread as it is becoming console warrior territory, but everyone has to remember what goes around, comes around, and AMD might be performing better on this release and maybe a couple of others but it won't stop Nvidia doing the same back, the only people who get hurt are the customers, it's just AMD customers are a bit more use to it at this point...
No. I just capped the shit at 30 and am playing with 4xSSAA instead.
It's very much so an upgrade. HSA enabled APU with a GCN enabled iGPU says you're wrong. Also Jaguar core are much better than my current 'modular' Piledriver cores, not to mention that when I upgrade I'll have an APU similar to the on in the PS4 (one that doesn't have 8 GB GDDR5 unified memory mind you lol).
I H8 Memes
Member
So basically if you are an Nvidia card owner dont buy this game.
Wrong.
Did the Inspector trick last night and played another hour or so without any crashes. Only places my FPS really seems to suffer is in cut-scenes. Other than that it's 50-60. Could probably cut back on some post-processing and get a locked 60. Again, this is without any AA, TressFX is nice, but not willing to sacrafice 20+ frames for it.
Edit: Although, reading some of the above posts, I guess I can expect my performance to tank in the later sections.
Smushroomed
Banned
turning off tessellation fixed all my problems
captainnapalm
Member
But how can you guys play without AA? That's like the worst for me.
Or just use the ridiculously easy workarounds.
Nvidia Inspector Hitman profile fixed all my issues with the tesselation crashes. I put in 2,5 hours yesterday with no crashes at all. Running everything maxed except for TressFX because it bothers me when it doesnt look good.
Because, with rare exception, I don't really notice jaggies when I'm actually playing the game. It really has to be egregious for me to mind and, therefore, is not really worth the performance hit. I may try using some in the future if I happen to notice more of it but for now I don't see the need.
Lord Panda
The Sea is Always Right
For what it's worth:
All settings are Ultimate + triple buffering + tressfx @ 2560 x 1600
Min: 18 fps
Max: 62 fps
Avg: 54 fps
i7 980x @ 4.1GHz
12GB DDR3 RAM
2 x HD7970 + Catalyst 13.2b7
512GB Crucial M4 SSD
All settings are Ultimate + triple buffering + tressfx @ 2560 x 1600
Min: 18 fps
Max: 62 fps
Avg: 54 fps
i7 980x @ 4.1GHz
12GB DDR3 RAM
2 x HD7970 + Catalyst 13.2b7
512GB Crucial M4 SSD
I'm just using the default High settings, so FXAA. 2xSSAA gives me an average of 46-47FPS but I get lots of dips below 30FPS (15-20FPS even) with it on, so I stick with FXAA.
DeadRockstar
Member
I noticed this as well. That said, having finished the game now, it only happened maybe 3-4 times total.
In nVidia Inspector delete the Tomb Raider 2013 profile, open up the Hitman Absolution profile and add Tomb Raider's .exe to it.
Works like a charm.
This. But make sure youre using the Nvidia 314.14 beta drivers. They add the Tomb Raider 2013 profile
I know this isn't the right place to discuss piracy, but I will say that I am so disappointed that working adults who have a steady income, friends of mine, are downloading this game and not paying for it. So discouraging.
Especially when you can get it for like $35 with promo codes. This game is amazing and they really deserve the money.
That being said, I can't believe my ancient PC is getting me a minimum of 30 FPS on ultra setting with just TressFX and tessilation turned off.
CPU: Core 2 Duo @ 3.6 ghz
Video: HD 6850
SturokBGD
Member
Yup. Rogers and Bell here in Ontario recently started offering a bandwidth-cap free service to their customers. I was excited about it because it means I can finally enjoy the "digital future" and do things like download games on Steam and watch Netflix all day (you know, the way you're supposed to use these services) without worrying about a cap. Buddy in work did the same thing. He comes off the phone after getting himself set up, turns to me, claps his hands and rubs them together, and loudly exlaims "PIRACY!" with a shit eating grin on his face. Turned my stomach. You're ruining it for everyone, dude!
On topic so this post isn't a waste - playing on an aging HD5770 @ 1600x900 with everything cranked up except SSAA (using FXAA), and with TressFX and Tesselation off = looks amazing and plays mostly very smoothly, 50-60fps. It's still playable with Tesselation on but it's a pretty huge hit on framerate, which is pretty much standard on this card.
Time to add it to the OP?