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[Hasney]

fps drops to like 1-10 all the time with nvidia cards, amd users say its great

Woah, that's pretty backwards from how it normally turns out, especially for a game pimped so hard by NVidia.

I think they must have some more drivers close to ready and will be done by real release, but we are usually waiting on AMD drivers. Glad to AMD have improved somewhat!

 

[KingSnake]

Album here, not sure if its the best host for pictures, if anyone knows a better option let me know!

http://imgur.com/a/fMSUm/all

These look good, but the cars are looking strange. I can't say exactly why, but something is off. Or you met just ugly cars there.

 

[Windom Earle]

I've got 4gb cards, though I wasnt expecting this much lag. I'll assume its just sli/lack of vram.

Ill get to resizing some screens in paint shortly. Trying to get some good shots set.


Dips due to constant loading from insufficient vram. At 4K Im seeing up to 4.5GBvram, and 14GB system ram (i dont even know why), WD exe pushing 3GB

Try one card instead of SLI to make sure there is no issue.

 

[Hasney]

I swear the PC screenshots I've seen don't look as good as those official Nvidia screenshots....

Because they'll be downsampled as well as completely maxed out. Wouldn't be shocked if they're seeing sub 30fps framerates running the game like those shots.

 

[GHG]

Because they'll be downsampled as well as completely maxed out. Wouldn't be shocked if they're seeing sub 30fps framerates running the game like those shots.

Yep. With most setups it would be unplayable.

 

[MayMay]

So, does everyone that plays on PC atm rely on the pirated version or are you able to download and play the game on Uplay already?

I've pre-ordered on Steam but I just got a message from someone telling me a store quite close by is selling the game retail already (console and PC) - so Id cancel Steam and go pick it up there if the key already works.

 

[Kayant]

WTH happened to the lighting in this shot? Why is everything white?
http://i.imgur.com/JZA4NfS.jpg



This one looks good

http://i.imgur.com/BK3unTG.jpg

 

[ianbeany]

Lighting still awful on PC.. What a surprise

 

[twisted89]

WTH happened to the lighting in this shot? Why is everything white?
http://i.imgur.com/JZA4NfS.jpg



This one looks good

http://i.imgur.com/BK3unTG.jpg

Coming out of a tunnel, its goes quite bright for a second then fades away.

reuploaded screenshots - http://minus.com/mxGOpQ1Pscuh5

I'll try and get some better ones now.

 

[amstradcpc]

lighting is awful awful...

 

[dark10x]

Looks like an early PS360 game to me.

Spoiler

If there are not bullshots, this is excellent news for PC gamers

Well, that kind of image quality can certainly be achieved on the PC but it's not a realistic representation of what most people will be able to play. Looking at that last shot, I'm not sure even a 780ti could achieve that level of quality at a consistent, high frame-rate.

 

[Skinny Pete]

None of these shots look anything like those nvidia pics. Shocked.

 

[Morphine_OD]

Oh well, the game looks okayish. Pretty ugly LODs though, no volumetric lighting, daylight is clearly not the game's strength.

 

[Crossing Eden]

WTH happened to the lighting in this shot? Why is everything white?
http://i.imgur.com/JZA4NfS.jpg



This one looks good

http://i.imgur.com/BK3unTG.jpg

When you exit tunnels or stores after staying in them for quite some time Aiden's eyes have to adjust to the brightness.

 

[KingSnake]

Coming out of a tunnel, its goes quite bright for a second then fades away.

reuploaded screenshots - http://minus.com/mxGOpQ1Pscuh5

I'll try and get some better ones now.

I don't see any cars like these:

from the trailer.

Are all the cars as bad as those from the screenshots?

Edit: and in the pictures it looks like the car you are driving is actually floating above the road.

 

[Sodding_Gamer]

Nvidia bullshot screens confirmed

 

[Marcel]

None of these shots look anything like those nvidia pics. Shocked.

I wonder how GHG will spin it. He's good at that.

 

[Jimmyfenix]

Nvidia wants to watch the world burn

 

[TheVampire]

I don't see any cars like these:

from the trailer.

Are all the cars as bad as those from the screenshots?

Edit: and in the pictures it looks like the car you are driving is actually floating above the road.

PC screenshots look nothing like that

 

[Linius]

I don't see any cars like these:

from the trailer.

Are all the cars as bad as those from the screenshots?

Edit: and in the pictures it looks like the car you are driving is actually floating above the road.

These cars in the gif look so good. For shame

 

[Morphine_OD]

I wonder how GHG will spin it. He's good at that.

"You're holding it wrong" (TM)

 

[rashbeep]

You should take screens of sunsets/rises and nights. Clearly all the effort went into those tods as midday lighting looks bland as hell.

 

[PuppetSlave]

All this graphics discussion made me go and look up old sleeping dogs PC screens. Man, that game has held up good, such a pretty game.

 

[Redmoon]

Got lazy with the setups.

http://i3.minus.com/ibtqLRaqEkAky7.png

http://i4.minus.com/i0pxzlKekAks6.png

http://i5.minus.com/iq6WrQFCFerwN.png

Guess I'll just run at 1080, and pop to 4k when a nice opportunity comes up.

 

[ianbeany]

Downgrade well and truly confirmed....for once and for all.

 

[MayMay]

Got lazy with the setups.


Guess I'll just run at 1080, and pop to 4k when a nice opportunity comes up.

Those screens look great!

 

[Marvel]

Is there a day one patch for this? might improve things a little.

 

[Crossing Eden]

Downgrade well and truly confirmed....for once and for all.

And yet the game still looks fantastic. Seriously, so tired of the downgrade talk..

 

[MayMay]

Is there a day one patch for this? might improve things a little.

90MB one on PS4, changelog only mentions AI and Matchmaking improvements though.

 

[Jimmyfenix]

All this graphics discussion made me go and look up old sleeping dogs PC screens. Man, that game has held up good, such a pretty game.

Beautiful game I hope triad wars surpasses it.

 

[GHG]

I wonder how GHG will spin it. He's good at that.

No need to spin when there are better screens in the same thread:

Got lazy with the setups.


Guess I'll just run at 1080, and pop to 4k when a nice opportunity comes up.

These look great, can't wait to have a play around with this.

 

[Marvel]

90MB one on PS4, changelog only mentions AI and Matchmaking improvements though.

OK.

 

[Mr. Luchador]

Oh, for anyone watching the streams, were there any Assassins Creed style eavesdropping missions?

Spoiler

Please say no please say no Please say no please say no Please say no please say no Please say no please say no Please say no please say no Please say no please say no Please say no please say no Please say no please say no

I think that's more of a multiplayer game mode now where you try and trail other players without being spotted.

 

[Marcel]

And yet the game still looks fantastic. Seriously, so tired of the downgrade talk..

Ubisoft let it get out of control and here we are days away from release and people are still talking about it. Seems like an absolute marketing failure.

 

[Nintyb]

This gen is going to be very disappointing for folks if they think this looks awful.

 

[Codiox]

Will the water on ps4 look the same as on the pc?

Because it seems really nice in this pc shots!

 

[SparkTR]

And yet the game still looks fantastic. Seriously, so tired of the downgrade talk..

Eh, looking at these screens Sleeping Dogs on PC looks better. I was not expecting that kind of downgrade, it's on another level of marketing bullshit.

 

[TheD]

The trees not casting shadows unless you are very close to them makes the area outside of the city look like crap.

 

[Kayant]

Got lazy with the setups.


Guess I'll just run at 1080, and pop to 4k when a nice opportunity comes up.

Looks great but some of those textures feel flat without much depth.

Look the buildings in this shot

http://i5.minus.com/iq6WrQFCFerwN.png

 

[Crossing Eden]

Ubisoft let it get out of control and here we are days away from release and people are still talking about it. Seems like an absolute marketing failure.

Ubisoft didn't let it get out of control at all, they released beautiful trailer after beauitful trailer only for certain people to analyze every frame to cherry pick out shots that don't look as good as others and say "see downgrade." It's ridiculous at this point.

 

[MayMay]

Gonna ask this again

So, does everyone that plays on PC atm rely on the pirated version or are you able to download and play the game on Uplay already if you have a retail copy/key?

And I'll also ask another question again from a page or two ago:

How are the kb&m controls?

 

[TheD]

Anyone else notice cars looking like they are bouncing on some roads?

 

[Sodding_Gamer]

Ubisoft didn't let it get out of control at all, they released beautiful trailer after beauitful trailer only for certain people to analyze every frame to cherry pick out shots that don't look as good as others and say "see downgrade." It's ridiculous at this point.

They needed to show a 10 min walkthrough of the game on PS4 and PC so we know the difference or something. Not trailers. Expecially when half the trailers still don't represent the game! See the car.gif that someone posted above

 

[Marcel]

Ubisoft didn't let it get out of control at all, they released beautiful trailer after beauitful trailer only for certain people to analyze every frame to cherry pick out shots that don't look as good as others and say "see downgrade." It's ridiculous at this point.

They did let it get out of control because they never really addressed it? And it still permeates in the discussion of the game up to right now? It's Ubisoft's job to control the image of their game (marketing!) and they did a shitty job. Don't be a game industry mark on this.

 

[GHG]

Looks great but some of those textures feel flat without much depth.

Look the buildings in this shot

http://i5.minus.com/iq6WrQFCFerwN.png

Probably due to the DOF effect. Similar thing in this shot with distant objects:

 

[SparkTR]

Ubisoft didn't let it get out of control at all, they released beautiful trailer after beauitful trailer only for certain people to analyze every frame to cherry pick out shots that don't look as good as others and say "see downgrade." It's ridiculous at this point.

If this is a maxed out shot, I can't blame them for being disappointed after all the hype (right click, view image for fullscreen):

 

[knirk]

The game looks very good imho.
Still day1 for me.

 

[ianbeany]

That Morin dude said the PC version would looks as good as, if not better, than E3.

Lies. pure and simple

 

[R_Deckard]

Downgrade well and truly confirmed....for once and for all.

iambladers aka iamwatchingdoges aka ianbeany....is that you?

 

[Crossing Eden]

They needed to show a 10 min walkthrough of the game on PS4 and PC so we know the difference or something. Not trailers. Expecially when half the trailers still don't represent the game! See the car.gif that someone posted above

They released multiple walkthroughs that specifically showed off the gameplay and world.

They did let it get out of control because they never really addressed it? And it still permeates in the discussion of the game up to right now? It's Ubisoft's job to control the image of their game (marketing!) and they did a shitty job. Don't be a game industry mark on this.

They did address it by confirming that the ps4 version=high settings on pc. And last time I checked, they spent way more time talking about the GAMEPLAY in nearly every trailer and walkthrough they released. That's exactly what I want to hear about during the majority of trailers and advertisements.