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Watch_Dogs PC Performance Thread
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cripterion
Member
i5 3570K @ 4.2ghz
16 gb of ram
SLI asus GTX 670 2gb
@1080P
Found the sweet spot for me :
TXAAx2
Textures - high
Shader - high
LOD - ultra
Reflections - ultra
Water - ultra
Shadows - high
Putting the very same settings but with shadows set to ultra, I get stuttering while driving, with the settings above game runs flawlessly.
I hacked 2 people but got smoked twice, it is too easy to get spotted in certain areas, my target was in the industrial area where there really isn't lot of fellas around so once he saw me I was toast. People that come to my world get a good taste of my shotgun too.
As I previously said, the lack of mechanics for the invader to blend in is sorely lacking, I wished at least they let us adopt an NPC "pose" or let us sit on benches.
My game crashed once and that's when I attempted to hack a billboard too.
16 gb of ram
SLI asus GTX 670 2gb
@1080P
Found the sweet spot for me :
TXAAx2
Textures - high
Shader - high
LOD - ultra
Reflections - ultra
Water - ultra
Shadows - high
Putting the very same settings but with shadows set to ultra, I get stuttering while driving, with the settings above game runs flawlessly.
I hacked 2 people but got smoked twice, it is too easy to get spotted in certain areas, my target was in the industrial area where there really isn't lot of fellas around so once he saw me I was toast. People that come to my world get a good taste of my shotgun too.
As I previously said, the lack of mechanics for the invader to blend in is sorely lacking, I wished at least they let us adopt an NPC "pose" or let us sit on benches.
My game crashed once and that's when I attempted to hack a billboard too.
Mine unlocked at 12:15AM EST, so over 3 hours ago. I'm surprised your's still hasn't.
i5 2500K at 4.0ghz
16GB Ram
4GB R9 290
1980x1020
Temporal AA
Textures - Ultra
Shader - high
LOD - ultra
Reflections - ultra
Water - ultra
Shadows - ultra
40-60 FPS when on foot depending on environments
30 FPS when driving.
This is before the drivers that are supposed to improve performance up to almost 30% from AMD. Could probably boost CPU for improved performance too as my OC is on low end.
All the talk of i5s being obsolete are way overstated.
16GB Ram
4GB R9 290
1980x1020
Temporal AA
Textures - Ultra
Shader - high
LOD - ultra
Reflections - ultra
Water - ultra
Shadows - ultra
40-60 FPS when on foot depending on environments
30 FPS when driving.
This is before the drivers that are supposed to improve performance up to almost 30% from AMD. Could probably boost CPU for improved performance too as my OC is on low end.
All the talk of i5s being obsolete are way overstated.
LabouredSubterfuge
Member
Feck.
Hm, was running the 3.0.0 beta, will update
KaiserAlucard
Neo Member
Crap, I have basically the same config as you, an i7 4770K @ 4.4Ghz, same CGs and 8Gb RAM, I was hoping there would be no stuttering. Hope it will be patched real soon because it's really annoying...
guys I need some serious help here.
Runnin the game on an old ASUS RoG lappy that I've had for a few years. It's got a GTX 560M in it so I'm definitely not squeezing 60FPS like some of you fellas but I'm getting a decent 30fps at mid/high settings.
HOWEVER, during the daytime in game, literally every shadow in the outside environments blinks and flashes. I don't understand what could possibly be causing this. It's not artifacts from overclocking and i've tried messing with some of my settings to no avail. Pretty disappointed in ubi's optimization.
any advice?
Runnin the game on an old ASUS RoG lappy that I've had for a few years. It's got a GTX 560M in it so I'm definitely not squeezing 60FPS like some of you fellas but I'm getting a decent 30fps at mid/high settings.
HOWEVER, during the daytime in game, literally every shadow in the outside environments blinks and flashes. I don't understand what could possibly be causing this. It's not artifacts from overclocking and i've tried messing with some of my settings to no avail. Pretty disappointed in ubi's optimization.
any advice?
cripterion
Member
I think you should be fine, just don't expect to put textures on ultra.
I could get away with shadows in ultra if I didn't use txaa but it has much more impact on IQ than the ultra setting for the shadows imo. Same thing for water on ultra vs high, haven't seen any difference there but then again I'm not seeing any noticeable drop from high to ultra.
Maybe I should further tweak the settings in the XML file but I'm quite happy with the performance and how the game looks.
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Deleted member 286591
Unconfirmed Member
Someone should really try and hax that DoF to be permanent. Looks cray on Denis' screens.
Add watch dogs exe to RTSS, disable stealth mode and custom D3D support for it and it'll work just fine. Also obviously need to enable 64bit stuff in it's settings.
For AMD folks, there's a download link for the 14.6 beta here on this page.
http://www.hardwareluxx.de/index.php/downloads/treiber/grafikkarten/doc_details/199-amd-catalyst-146-beta-fuer-fuer-windows-7881.html
Download is slow, but the drivers are legit. Just installed them.
http://www.hardwareluxx.de/index.php/downloads/treiber/grafikkarten/doc_details/199-amd-catalyst-146-beta-fuer-fuer-windows-7881.html
Download is slow, but the drivers are legit. Just installed them.
TXAA works with AMD cards? I thought that was Nvidia exclusive
Anyone able to comment on 3D?
I missed the origin India deal by a week so went with G2A for a try in April, though once key is received will still take me a good 12-14 hours to download. Hanging for input if 3D is even an option on anything but quad titans? Also other G2A buyers?
Also, from pirates > quad Titan > SWAT articles this thread and the other has been very very unusual.
I missed the origin India deal by a week so went with G2A for a try in April, though once key is received will still take me a good 12-14 hours to download. Hanging for input if 3D is even an option on anything but quad titans? Also other G2A buyers?
Also, from pirates > quad Titan > SWAT articles this thread and the other has been very very unusual.
Turin Turambar
Member
Someone mirror this, the page is going down. :/
Well so i should be fine with my non overclocked 2500k.
Granted i don't have 2 780ti, but a 780 should still do it quite well.
Sorry your right i am using temporal. Did not mess with AA at all as just played for a short bit to test my cpu more than anything
PuppetSlave
Member
Grumpy-Gamer
Banned
How does a 3rd gen i7 beat a 4th gen i7?
Edit my mistake it's the xtreme version
The game runs fine on a i5 (and better than the 8 core AMD)?!
But I thought the i5 was dead!?
/s
GHG
Gold Member
Yep I said as much in that thread once the bitcoin mining thing came to light.
Glad to see now that the dust has settled and we are getting info from more reputable sources things are much better than expected.
lol, was the Bitcoin miner story true?
I really want to install the 14.6 drivers and test the performance later on, but damn, why haven't AMD released them yet through the official channels?
We'll have to wait a month to hear back from those people.
750ti is a great card for the price point. But yeah, I'm enjoying this new gen trend, PC games don't seem to be optimized like ass compared to previous gen.
Yes, please.
HIS R9 290X iPower IceQ X² Turbo 4GB which explains why the framerate doesnt go down when they downlcock an i7 to 2.5ghz, game isnt cpu limited by the i7
Chance Hale
Member
Anyone having crashing issues? Have a 4GB card so the ultra textures shouldn't be an issue and I've locked the game to 30 which the game holds to 99% of the time so I'm not sure why it keeps crashing every 30 minutes or so :/
GTX 760 2GB and I7-2600K @ 4.2GHz 8GB RAM
game runs good but fps seems locked to 30fps. ive turned off all vsync in game and used Nvidia CP to turn on vsync, but in game msi afterburner reports fps locked at 30fps. i remember smething similar going on with far cry 3 - any ideas?
when i use in game vsync i still get tearing
game runs good but fps seems locked to 30fps. ive turned off all vsync in game and used Nvidia CP to turn on vsync, but in game msi afterburner reports fps locked at 30fps. i remember smething similar going on with far cry 3 - any ideas?
when i use in game vsync i still get tearing
GHG
Gold Member
Personally I was really curious. Did they actually manage to create a game that utilizes 8 cores so well that a vastly more powerful 4 core CPU would struggle. Well that didn't happen at all. I doubt it's going to happen anytime soon with games but when they actually recommend 8 cores or 3770k, it's always interesting to see if their recommendation actually made any sense.
michaelius
Banned
So much for needing an i7 or a CPU that scores over 9000 in passmark.
Wrongly done benchmark - it's obvious he made it in non cpu intensive place
Here's what Purepc got:
http://www.purepc.pl/karty_graficzn...e_test_kart_graficznych_i_procesorow?page=0,6
R- means core, W means thread
dual core cpu like pentium are dead, going for i3 gives huge gains over 2 core only
4 core i5 without oc gives good performance but i7 with same 3,5 Ghz clock speed will give around 15% more fps
4,5 Ghz i5 around 5% faster than 3,5 Ghz i7
6 core i7 @ 3,5 is close in performance to 4 core i7@ 4,5 Ghz
game can use all 12 threads of Sandy Bridge-E
These two graphs are quite at odds.
So much for needing an i7 or a CPU that scores over 9000 in passmark.
The 2nd one might be hitting a GPU bottleneck.
Assuming the first chart is more representative, it looks like
a) the game REALLY likes a good CPU
b) extra cores = noticeable increase in power
c) hyperthreading = noticeable increase in power
d) raw core performance is still massively important(i5's beating AMD's 8 core CPU's), which means overclocking the i5's should mean good results
Prophet Steve
Member
You can go through this tweaking guide:
http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/guides/watch-dogs-graphics-performance-and-tweaking-guide
The table at the bottom is for around 45 FPS though with a minimum of 35 FPS or something. But you'll have to figure out for yourself what gives the best result.
either a titan or 770+ in SLI
Ok, I should be more specific.
What SETTINGS are people targeting 60fps using to achieve that? Would like to know what compromises need to be made to get this for a given system. So post specs, and then post settings.
How do I have this, but then take screenshots without it?