XCOM 2 PC performance thread
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They didn't go 'completely dark'.
They released a hotfix, a couple weeks ago they acknowledged there were further issues to be fixed in an upcoming patch, and Jake Solomon has said he intends to nerf mimic beacons and take another look at some of the pause timers.
Well I'm sorry for being punchy, I've just run out of patience on the matter.
It's funny, during launch week I was all like, "Hey, stuff happens. They'll roll out some patches and all the performance issues will be cleared up in due time. No biggie."
But as the weeks have rolled on without a whiff of info outside of, "We've heard 'a few' reports of issues...We're looking into it.", I've just kind of moved on.
Still looking forward to playing my first campaign from my pre-order copy. Some day.
It's funny, during launch week I was all like, "Hey, stuff happens. They'll roll out some patches and all the performance issues will be cleared up in due time. No biggie."
But as the weeks have rolled on without a whiff of info outside of, "We've heard 'a few' reports of issues...We're looking into it.", I've just kind of moved on.
Still looking forward to playing my first campaign from my pre-order copy. Some day.
Slackbladder
Member
There has just been a patch I believe. XCOM 2 gets its long-awaited performance patch
Huh, not too much it seems in real optimization, only half-solutions like changing default settings, and reducing max settings :/ Will wait on impressions.
Yeah, that really doesn't seem like much of a patch. More like a hot-fix that should have made it out a week or so after launch.
So... any impressions from performance with the new patch?
TC McQueen
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It works great if you've got a modded BaseEngine.INI file. The only problem I have is that it might've broken some compatibility with the Remove Missing Mods mod, assuming I'm interpreting the intended behavior correctly.
Slackbladder
Member
Retaliation missions don't wreck my fps as much. But the frame drops from building destruction is still there. Need to see if that can be changed in the .ini file.
J_ToSaveTheDay
Member
I'd imagine you'll be fine. I play on a new gaming laptop that has an i7-6700HQ and GTX 1060 at the high preset (I cranked up texture resolution and filtering to maximum as well), it's mostly 60fps. It can dip into low 50's at my base and the transportation/loading screens go down to about 45, but gameplay is pretty solid 60fps with very minor dips at 1080p resolution.
I just bought the game a few days ago, though, so haven't gotten really far into the game or seen the full range of content, but I think if my laptop is holding up well, I'd imagine a Titan X P is gonna do fine, even at 1440p.
RedlineRonin
Member
Knowing long shot here, but they didn't patch in (non steam) controller support alongside the console release, did they? Been looking for someone on PC to confirm.
General Lee
Member
The game doesn't require all that much graphics grunt outside some scenes and using MSAA/SSAO. Having a fast overclocked i7 is what you really need to avoid the annoying drops in this game.
Kaffeemann
Banned
Nope, no normal controller support for now.
RedlineRonin
Member
=(
The single only thing holding me back from a purchase. Maybe I'll just pick it up if it gets a PS4P patch. Kind of tired of waiting. EW is one of my top ten all time and really wanna play this.
Hmm would a 4770k at 4.5 do?
Slackbladder
Member
I have a 4790@4.4ghz and a 1080. 1080p is fine for 60fps and highest settings but MSAA hurts the frames (though I think 2xMSAA is okay) and specific effects do such as fires and debris from an explosion. Debris will knock up to 20 frames off but the frames come back because the debris disappears over time. The fires usually found in Retaliation missions will knock off 3 or 4 per fire visible.
Another way to view it is if I play in 4K the frame rate is the same so it seems cpu bound.