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[Rnr1224]

This should be helpful. You're fine with 970 (but with a few compromises).

I have a 970 too but im confused on what Forceware is haha. Would love to get some more info and a download link if necessary.

 

[j0hnny_385]

I have a 970 too but im confused on what Forceware is haha. Would love to get some more info and a download link if necessary.

ForceWare = NVIDIA Drivers. Hahahaha, I thought everyone knew that.

Get the latest drivers.

You can get NVIDIA inspector here and AC:U settings in it here.
Be sure to enable 16x AF in it, too.

edit: I switched to in-game FXAA because someone mentioned here that it has the temporal element. Looks good and no drops compared to forced FXAA via Nvidia Inspector.

 

[icecold1983]

ForceWare = NVIDIA Drivers. Hahahaha, I thought everyone knew that.

Get the latest drivers.

You can get NVIDIA inspector here and AC:U settings in it here.
Be sure to enable 16x AF in it, too.

edit: I switched to in-game FXAA because someone mentioned here that it has the temporal element. Looks good and no drops compared to forced FXAA via Nvidia Inspector.

If that triple buffering option in inspector is the nv control panel option, it only works in ogl

 

[Lockjaw333]

So you're saying its safe to pick this up on PC now?

I tried again to play my PS4 version and its just really difficult to enjoy. Visuals are blurry and framerate is still pretty awful, definitely feels like 20 something most of the time.

I'm fine with FXAA, I just want a near 60fps experience at 1080p. If thats possible on a 970 then I would pick this up for as cheap as I can find it.

 

[sgs2008]

crossposting because i figure some people here might be interested

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2t0BsiVu0jpa3J3NnhnRVhIZEk/view?usp=sharing

video comparing fxaa/msaa/txaa in that order. some things to note :

-i used the highest shadowplay bitrate but its still not lossless, the video compression does hide some of the shimmering. fxaa/msaa benefit from this far more than txaa.
-shadowplay hits the framerate harder when using msaa/txaa
-this is not the best or worst case for general aliasing in unity. the worst case areas will naturally skew things much more in favor of txaa.

What are your specs ?

 

[Cozmogramma]

So you're saying its safe to pick this up on PC now?

I tried again to play my PS4 version and its just really difficult to enjoy. Visuals are blurry and framerate is still pretty awful, definitely feels like 20 something most of the time.

I'm fine with FXAA, I just want a near 60fps experience at 1080p. If thats possible on a 970 then I would pick this up for as cheap as I can find it.

Yes. There was a new driver update yesterday which boosted performance. I got around 50-55 fps on average so I turned off soft shadows and now it's around 60 fps almost all the time. The lowest I get now is 49 and the highest 83. I have a 970 and play with everything on highest settings (high on shadows) and FXAA at 1080p.

 

[b0bbyJ03]

Yes. There was a new driver update yesterday which boosted performance. I got around 50-55 fps on average so I turned off soft shadows and now it's around 60 fps almost all the time. The lowest I get now is 49 and the highest 83. I have a 970 and play with everything on highest settings (high on shadows) and FXAA at 1080p.

fuck, this is why its worth waiting these days. I played the game at launch and had to lock it to 30 fps so that it wouldn't drive me crazy. I just did a step up from a 970 to a 980 tho so I might give it another go.

 

[Lockjaw333]

Yes. There was a new driver update yesterday which boosted performance. I got around 50-55 fps on average so I turned off soft shadows and now it's around 60 fps almost all the time. The lowest I get now is 49 and the highest 83. I have a 970 and play with everything on highest settings (high on shadows) and FXAA at 1080p.

Alright, I'll see if I can find it for cheap. I actually think the game itself is pretty impressive, its just hard to play the PS4 version because of the technical issues. At least on PC I can look at the eye candy.

 

[icecold1983]

What are your specs ?

980@1500/8000

 

[paolo11]

Any improvements for 980gtx om AC Unity with the new drivers?

 

[mrpookles]

I tried the new drivers last night after not touching the game for a couple of months. It seems to run better overall, but SLI is still broken. Huge amounts of texture flickering.

There's a manual fix floating around online which mostly works, but the flickering is still prevalent during cutscenes.

 

[Damian.]

I can finally play at max settings (sans soft shadows and using FXAA) with a 970 at a nearly locked 60fps with the latest driverset. The only drops I have now are in very crowded areas when my 2600k@4.4 hits 100% CPU usage, GPU usage never exceeds 85-90%.

 

[sgs2008]

I tried the new drivers last night after not touching the game for a couple of months. It seems to run better overall, but SLI is still broken. Huge amounts of texture flickering.

There's a manual fix floating around online which mostly works, but the flickering is still prevalent during cutscenes.[/QU

Find a 1.3 exe online that's what ive been using till they fix the 1.4 one. No issues with using the 1.3 and texture flickering

 

[sgs2008]

Anyone found an aa solution thats better than in game fxaa without completely tanking framerate ?

 

[Gormenghast]

I get several freezes in the first few minutes of a session. It freezes for 1-2 seconds when I first get spotted, first get in a fight and do my first counter. It's typical Ubisoft jank. Thankfully it doesn't do it again until I restart the game.

Yep, I tested the game the other day to see if something changed and there are always these huge pauses when something happens the first time.

Using Windows 8.1, not sure about drivers, but probably the .25 ones.

Also, I LITERALLY can't play the game for more than 3-5 minutes without finding a bug. The other day I just ran down an alley, bumped into someone and initiating the combat moved me right inside a pillar and so completely stuck.

 

[Murtrod]

Has anyone been able to reduce stuttering? It is crippling and has kept me from completing missions.

 

[j0hnny_385]

Has anyone been able to reduce stuttering? It is crippling and has kept me from completing missions.

What kind of stuttering exacly? What's your rig?
After the initial clusterfuck, now I don't have any problems with the game, especially with the latest NVIDIA drivers, performance is drastically improved.
My rig, for reference.

 

[Evo X]

Has anyone been able to reduce stuttering? It is crippling and has kept me from completing missions.

What GPU do you have? Stuttering is usually caused by lack of VRAM. Try turning down your texture setting.

 

[Murtrod]

What kind of stuttering exacly? What's your rig?
After the initial clusterfuck, now I don't have any problems with the game, especially with the latest NVIDIA drivers, performance is drastically improved.
My rig, for reference.

I am using SLI 680's. If I disable SLI, my frames tank even worse. I average 20 FPS, with SLI :/

 

[Corpekata]

What stuttering are you referring to? The game seems to have some innate stutters, typically when first looking around when loading into the game, and the first time you get into combat in my experience.

 

[Evo X]

I am using SLI 680's. If I disable SLI, my frames tank even worse. I average 20 FPS, with SLI :/

Like I said, the 2GB of VRAM is probably holding you back as things are constantly being swapped. What texture setting are you running?

Nvidia recommends Low Textures for 2GB of VRAM.

 

[Murtrod]

Like I said, the 2GB of VRAM is probably holding you back as things are constantly being swapped. What texture setting are you running?

Nvidia recommends Low Textures for 2GB of VRAM.

Textures have been set to low (don't know why they weren't), but it still hasn't helped much in missions. Can anyone provide their Nvidia Inspector config for SLI, please? I cannot go above 25 FPS and it's killing me.

 

[GroinShooter]

Yes, patch 5 is rolling out to PC tomorrow!
No sign of tessellation in the release notes...
http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php/1013224-Patch-5-Release-Notes

 

[cripterion]

I tried the new drivers last night after not touching the game for a couple of months. It seems to run better overall, but SLI is still broken. Huge amounts of texture flickering.

There's a manual fix floating around online which mostly works, but the flickering is still prevalent during cutscenes.

One helpful gaffer told me to disable the intro videos and that got rid of the texture flickering for me.

 

[Murtrod]

One helpful gaffer told me to disable the intro videos and that got rid of the texture flickering for me.

I will confirm that this works wonders.

Also, those Patch 5 notes mention almost nothing relating to performance -___-

 

[Fezan]

Any body tried it on laptop Gpu. Specifically 970m

 

[GroinShooter]

I will confirm that this works wonders.

Also, those Patch 5 notes mention almost nothing relating to performance -___-

I hope those aren't full patch notes for the PC release...
Also, this from the live updates page:
"PC-specific fixes that address performance, connectivity and general stability issues will be available when the PC update releases later this week."
http://assassinscreed.ubi.com/en-US/community/liveupdates/live_updates_details.aspx?c=tcm:152-194262-16&ct=tcm:148-76770-32

 

[JaseC]

Textures have been set to low (don't know why they weren't), but it still hasn't helped much in missions. Can anyone provide their Nvidia Inspector config for SLI, please? I cannot go above 25 FPS and it's killing me.

Prior to upgrading I was using two 2GB 670s and also found the game to be virtually unplayable regardless of settings. I ultimately just gave up on it until I moved up to a 4GB 980.

 

[Lostconfused]

Prior to upgrading I was using two 2GB 670s and also found the game to be virtually unplayable regardless of settings. I ultimately just gave up on it until I moved up to a 4GB 980.

So even worse than watch dogs? Damn.

 

[JaseC]

So even worse than watch dogs? Damn.

Watch Dogs was more or less fine for me at max settings aside from textures (High) and AA (SMAA). 30ish FPS for the most part, granted, but certainly playable.

 

[icecold1983]

if tessellation isnt included in this patch, is it safe to assume its been shelved?

 

[JaseC]

if tessellation isnt included in this patch, is it safe to assume its been shelved?

I'd say (and have said) so. The game is three months old now and 1.05 has been in the works for more than a month.

 

[Faith]

One helpful gaffer told me to disable the intro videos and that got rid of the texture flickering for me.

How do you do that?

Btw I tested some AA modes for myself:

0xAA: http://abload.de/img/0xaaedqp9.jpg
4xMSAA: http://abload.de/img/4xsmaa58q2l.jpg
8xMSAA: http://abload.de/img/8xsmaausqi0.jpg
FXAA: http://abload.de/img/fxaastoox.jpg
TXAA: http://abload.de/img/txaaktpa2.jpg

TXAA looks really blurred out. I think I'm going to stick with 2xDSR (3620x1527) + FXAA.

 

[Murtrod]

I hope those aren't full patch notes for the PC release...
Also, this from the live updates page:
"PC-specific fixes that address performance, connectivity and general stability issues will be available when the PC update releases later this week."
http://assassinscreed.ubi.com/en-US/community/liveupdates/live_updates_details.aspx?c=tcm:152-194262-16&ct=tcm:148-76770-32

Ahhh thank you for that. That is reassuring. These must be separate from PC because that is a VERY LONG LIST OF ISSUES...

 

[JaseC]

I don't think the patch is coming today; it's 6pm in Ubisoft Land.

 

[Murtrod]

I don't think the patch is coming today; it's 6pm in Ubisoft Land.

Technically, they said later this week, so tomorrow seems likely. But it is coming, that is for sure.

 

[JaseC]

Technically, they said later this week, so tomorrow seems likely. But it is coming, that is for sure.

Apparently Ubi's right hand doesn't talk to the left. Ubi forums:

Here are the details of Patch 5. This patch is rolling out to both Xbox One and PS4 players today (February 18th). PC Players can expect the patch on February 19th.

AssCreed blog post:

PC-specific fixes that address performance, connectivity and general stability issues will be available when the PC update releases later this week.

Technically the 19th was "later this week" when the post was, uh, posted, but it clearly isn't happening today unless some poor soul is working late.

 

[ClaptoVaughn]

Technically the 19th was "later this week" when the post was, uh, posted, but it clearly isn't happening today.

Is it surprising at all, though?

 

[JaseC]

Is it surprising at all, though?

Haha, I suppose not, but I was hoping I'd return home to find that Steam had downloaded the update.

 

[Murtrod]

Apparently Ubi's right hand doesn't talk to the left. Ubi forums:


AssCreed blog post:


Technically the 19th was "later this week" when the post was, uh, posted, but it clearly isn't happening today unless some poor soul is working late.

HAHA I forgot about that! *sigh* we'll get it sooner or later, my friend.

 

[Damian.]

I'm sure they are putting the finishing touches on tesselation and will get 1.5 out within the next couple of days for all of us PC users.....................

 

[JaseC]

I'm sure they are putting the finishing touches on tesselation and will get 1.5 out within the next couple of days for all of us PC users.....................

The Steam version hasn't been touched in over a week. I honestly think the patch was completed with the last dev branch update and Ubi decided to sit on it while the console versions went through cert.

 

[icecold1983]

patch is announced as delayed but no mention of how long.

 

[Pharaoh 117]

patch is announced as delayed but no mention of how long.

Oh man, seriously? Ubi really hates PC.

 

[icecold1983]

Oh man, seriously? Ubi really hates PC.

the ubi community manager said its expected to be released soon and to watch for further updates

 

[chromatic9]

What's in the other chests anyway? I'm not short of money.

I remember a lot of character content being locked out by the companion app so good news on that front, I can actually buy some new gear for Arno. I didn't bother with any apps, club comps or whatever else.

 

[ClaptoVaughn]

What's in the other chests anyway? I'm not short of money.

I remember a lot of character content being locked out by the companion app so good news on that front, I can actually buy some new gear for Arno. I didn't bother with any apps, club comps or whatever else.

Some outfits like Kenway's (Black Flag) is in one of them.

 

[GroinShooter]

Patch 5 is now up on PC. Downloading now, let's see what changed...

 

[SliChillax]

Patch 5 is now up on PC. Downloading now, let's see what changed...

So how is it? I'm still conflicted about buying this game.

 

[paolo11]

Hopefully patch 5 fixes SLI for better performance.