maneil99
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55-65 average, drops to 45 when stuttering
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Watch_Dogs PC Performance Thread
- Thread starter VisceralBowl
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55-65 average, drops to 45 when stuttering
Guys to me this game looks decently optimised (better than AC4 at least). Look at this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WcZMXKD14U
A weak 4 year old laptop GPU can run it quite decently!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WcZMXKD14U
A weak 4 year old laptop GPU can run it quite decently!!
Actually, while it's definitely not the best performing application on the block, I played through that mission and the initial chase in the open world and it was better than I expected. The 780's 3GB seems to be just enough. There were definite stutters and hitches in the big action frames, but max FPS was still quite high if not 60 and just cruising around it's less unstable than expected. I'm not sure how far off I'll have to go but it sure does look nice for the moment.
My biggest issue right now is with the VSYNC 1 option it seems like there's just a way-too-much amount of input lag, disappears when I turn vsync off. What's my best bet here?
Bruno
Member
This thread has convinced me to use the evga step-up program. Now to deal with no GPU for a week or two...
http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=06G-P4-3787-KR
http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=06G-P4-3787-KR
Same here. 760 4GB SLI for me.
I was worried, because I played AC4 with one 760 last year and performance was okay. Tried the AC4 DLC recently with SLI and could not get the game to go above 25fps, even with everything set to low.
Fucking ridiculous, Ubi. Probably too concerned to spend money on the PC version.
VSYNC off sadly until I can figure that out, but out in the world on foot it's really good. I might just suck up the performance hitches and what such to have this IQ. It's honestly a bit better than I was expecting with my processor.
So it's unrelated to FPS eh? Turn textures to High or you get it?
RedlineRonin
Member
How much tearing w/ out v sync?
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
getting some weird flickering and all kinds of graphical glitches.
gonna just wait for a patch.
3770k
gtx 670 2gb
16 gig ram
windows 7
gonna just wait for a patch.
3770k
gtx 670 2gb
16 gig ram
windows 7
VisceralBowl
Member
So lock it to 30.
I just wish Nvidia would update their custom settings. It is just trusting to be told these are the "optimal" settings when Ultra textures are not optimal for anybody at this point.
So anyone else having an issue with Dolby digital live for this? Using the creative X Fi external sound card for this. There is sound during the logo and menu pages, but as soon as the game starts, it's total silence. Tried using DTS on my motherboard as well, and I'm seeing the exact same issue. The only workaround is changing the sound output to stereo, which sounds quite terrible.
Gross.
VisceralBowl
Member
So lower the settings.
Baron_Calamity
Member
Is there anyone who can get this to run on a mid range card without studdering?
Even with textures on high and low settings with no AA I get stuttering. Less of course. It's mostly driving and is at it's worst at high speeds and/or on a motorbike. It doesn't make sense.
Hawk269
Member
That sucks Smokey. I started my download at 630pm and was in-game at 7:15pm. The Uplay servers died on me twice and had to re-start, but took only 45min. On the Xbox One it took only about 20min to download the game. Playing at max everything at 1080p and so far so good. Still early, so will wait to see if performance holds.
TheFNEffecT
Member
I was getting some pretty random stuttering whenever I drove around the city but putting the game in borderless seemed to really help.
Slackbladder
Member
I need to check (I'm at work) but I have D3DOverrider (I downloaded it on Tuesday) and I have v-sync working and I get over 60fps (if I have Temporal SMAA). But I also have the game Borderless Windowed. I'm pretty sure when I tried fullscreen I could'nt get v-sync to work or if I did it bumped my fps down to 30.
I'll check again to make sure.
Sword Of Doom
Member
I think those are average FPS meaning it goes above and below 30fps. From what I've seen the ps4 version of the game is locked at 30.
No settings for the regular 780 in the OP. I would like to know what other people are setting their options to with similar specs since Nvidia optimized settings are kind of bullshit at the moment.
My specs:
I7 4770k @ stock
Gigabyte 780 OC 3GB
Kingston Hyper Blu 16 GB DDR 1600mhz
Windows 8.1
Samsung SSD
I'm playing on a plasma tv so 1080p is all I'm aiming for.
What are people with similar specs setting their options to? I want to aim to eliminating hitching and smooth even if it means sacrificing IQ.
My specs:
I7 4770k @ stock
Gigabyte 780 OC 3GB
Kingston Hyper Blu 16 GB DDR 1600mhz
Windows 8.1
Samsung SSD
I'm playing on a plasma tv so 1080p is all I'm aiming for.
What are people with similar specs setting their options to? I want to aim to eliminating hitching and smooth even if it means sacrificing IQ.
Dusktildawn48
Member
If you can deal with 30 fps, everything on ultra except textures on high
Edit: since you have a 4gb card you may be able to use ultra textures w/o stuttering
adamantypants
Member
Man this game is putting me on a rollercoaster ride. First my Origin India deal fell through. I read about the uPlay horror stories and just decided I'd buy full price through Steam. Thank God I did, it downloaded through steam in less than 2 hours.
My rig:
4670k @ 4.5ghz
780ti stock
8gb 1866 ram
installed on SSD
I'm having a ton of fun with it so far. But it DEFINITELY is stuttery. I knew it would be on my rig. It know it has to be the 3gb vram that's holding me back. Textures set to high with all other settings slid all the way to the right and I get mostly 60fps. Moving in a car I definitely drop frames. Also, the in-game vsync is hot fucking garbage. Avoid at all costs. I just use the nVidia settings to force v-sync.
For the most part, with all settings maxed save for ultra detail on my rig at 1080p, I get mostly 60fps. Stutters like a teenage virgin talking to a girl for sure though.
My rig:
4670k @ 4.5ghz
780ti stock
8gb 1866 ram
installed on SSD
I'm having a ton of fun with it so far. But it DEFINITELY is stuttery. I knew it would be on my rig. It know it has to be the 3gb vram that's holding me back. Textures set to high with all other settings slid all the way to the right and I get mostly 60fps. Moving in a car I definitely drop frames. Also, the in-game vsync is hot fucking garbage. Avoid at all costs. I just use the nVidia settings to force v-sync.
For the most part, with all settings maxed save for ultra detail on my rig at 1080p, I get mostly 60fps. Stutters like a teenage virgin talking to a girl for sure though.
can you point me toward these?
I can't get vsync to work in borderless or fullscreen with d3d overrider. Pretty sure it doesn't work with 64-bit apps like watch dogs.
I can't deal with 30fps. I'd probably end up having to drop everything to medium in order to keep a constant 60.
adamantypants
Member
If you have an nVidia card, go to the nVidia control panel > 3d settings > manage 3d settings > program tab > watch dogs > vsync on
It's leaps and bounds better than the in-game solution.
DarkoMaledictus
Tier Whore
Really? Cause my 290x just does about 35-60 fps... to me that's crappy as hell!
Windom Earle
Member
I agree that the ingame v-sync is crap. I am using Nvidia control panel for V-Sync and Afterburner for 30fps lock. This combination gives a pretty smooth experience without input lag.
Are you running an old version of Afterburner in combination with Fraps? Had some problems when I first started the game. Otherwise run as admin?
Are you running an old version of Afterburner in combination with Fraps? Had some problems when I first started the game. Otherwise run as admin?
I'm running Precision X. I disabled that and tried running as admin. No luck. My error shows :
Faulting application name: Watch_Dogs.exe, version: 0.1.0.1, time stamp: 0x537507a1
Faulting module name: Disrupt_b64.dll, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x5375077c
Windom Earle
Member
If you google Disrupt_b64.dll it seems to be a common problem.
Phenom II X4 975BE @3.9GHz
8 GB RAM
7200 RPM HDD
WIN7
GTX 770
I can put most things up to Ultra or High and get a stable 30 FPS along with 4x TXAA. Then again, this is at 1280x1024. I didn't think I'd be able to bump it so far.
EDIT: Agreed on ingame V-Sync being unusable. I'm gonna try forcing through the control panel.
8 GB RAM
7200 RPM HDD
WIN7
GTX 770
I can put most things up to Ultra or High and get a stable 30 FPS along with 4x TXAA. Then again, this is at 1280x1024. I didn't think I'd be able to bump it so far.
EDIT: Agreed on ingame V-Sync being unusable. I'm gonna try forcing through the control panel.
Vampire I'm hitting constant 60fps+. Why would you lock it at 30fps?
Yep. I've googled around and have tried all of the recommendations short of uninstalling and reinstalling. Guess I'll try that and if it doesn't work then I give up. Game ain't that great where it's worth trying to deal with all of this and the terrible UPlay experience. Will consider it a lesson learned to never buy Ubi PC product.
It is getting late, and I'm already on the couch with my phone. But reading comments, suggestions, and advice about card performance over the last few pages is genuinely cringe worthy.
I'll write up a lot of info tomorrow to help people understand what happens when a card needs to swap in new assets due to running out of memory, and what that does to performance.
In the meantime, shit like this needs to stop:
I'll write up a lot of info tomorrow to help people understand what happens when a card needs to swap in new assets due to running out of memory, and what that does to performance.
In the meantime, shit like this needs to stop:
Schenmu, I'm not trying to be mean at all. But there's a lot going on in this post that is confusing. If taken at face value, there's a lot inferred that is terribly wrong. These kinds of comments lead to people making bad $800 decisions like this:
Yes, stutte, you should not have done that. I'd return them if possible, unless you bought them used or something.