chickdigger802
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Hmmm I get about 20 more fps if I drop 1440p to 1080p which should mean GPU does matter somewhat.
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Anyone considering AC4 on PC BEWARE! Yet another port with terrible optimization!
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BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
runs absolutely fine for me and i have a mid tier pc
3770k
gtx 670
16 gig ram
3770k
gtx 670
16 gig ram
OK. I'll chime back in when I hit that point. I'm still running around Havana right now doing side stuff.
ShockingAlberto
Member
I guess Ubisoft really does hate PC pirates.
(I am sure this joke has already been made.)
(I am sure this joke has already been made.)
It's a wonder developers even include graphics options in games anymore. People seem to refuse to use them and just instant go off in a huff if they can't run everything absolutely maxed out.
The game tesellates *E V E R Y T H I N G* on very high environmental detail. That requires ridiculous hardware to pull off, so just bloody turn it down. It's not an affront to your honor if you turn the option down.
The game tesellates *E V E R Y T H I N G* on very high environmental detail. That requires ridiculous hardware to pull off, so just bloody turn it down. It's not an affront to your honor if you turn the option down.
Even a 4960x@5ghz and Tri-SLI Titan system can't run this game maxed out at 60fps. It's a serious CPU optimization issue that needs to be fixed. This is not a case of CPU/GPU usage maxing out and getting framedrops.
Paradicia
Member
I don't even want to run this game maxed. My system wouldn't be able for it, but when it comes down to it struggles even on the normal/low settings. This isn't right because every game in my collection so far has no troubles running at medium to high settings at decent resolutions.
GameAddict411
Member
you missed the "GTX 690" part which is much faster than your graphics card.
Lostconfused
Member
You have two choices. You can turn down the settings from Very High to High and play the game at 60 FPS or you can keep complaining about it on a message board while nobody does a thing about it. Ubisoft clearly demonstrated that they have no concern for this issue and it will most likely never be fixed.
Why can't I do both? I will keep playing the game and keep mocking and shaming incompetent devs hoping it eats into their sales enough that they will actually give a fuck.
matrix-cat
Member
I think I'll wait for a patch or two on this. Even at 1080p, detail and textures high and everything else off I can't get a solid 60 (i5-3570k, 670GTX), and an inconsistent framerate drives me nuts. I might have a go at setting my monitor to 144Hz and limiting the framerate to 48FPS to get a perfect sync (I'll die before I settle for 30 
).
I just can't get over that hideous dithering effect. It looks like the beaming special effect from the original Star Trek series, and it makes for one really ugly game.
).I just can't get over that hideous dithering effect. It looks like the beaming special effect from the original Star Trek series, and it makes for one really ugly game.
Blue Ninja
Member
It doesn't look too great, agreed, especially with that weird effect on the vegetation as you rotate the camera. Everything looks so rough, even with 8x MSAA.
I'm having fun though. Just keeping it locked at 30 fps and not worrying about the rest too much.
I'm having fun though. Just keeping it locked at 30 fps and not worrying about the rest too much.
"medium/right settings" are terms that have sliding meaning over time.
Paradicia
Member
What's this may I ask?
It's a RAR I made of my D3DOverrider folder. I made this some time ago for a Guru3d user that was having trouble getting his specific version of the program to work on Windows 8.
the TB setting in the NVCP doesn't do anything for Direct3D games, it's an OpenGL setting. You have to use D3DOverrider to fix the games broken V-Sync.
SmashN'Grab
Member
I have a pretty aged PC these days (Core2Quad, 4gb RAM, 560Ti) and I had no issues with ACII, AC:B, AC:R or even ACIII. I also had no problems with Far Cry 3 or Blood Dragon. They were all fine on my PC.
The recommended specs are still quite reasonable for this, even though I haven't bought it I'd be fairly confident that by the time it's on a Steam sale it'll work quite well for me. Perhaps it's because I tend not to buy these games at launch, but wait a couple of months. They're probably patched (mostly) by then anyway.
The recommended specs are still quite reasonable for this, even though I haven't bought it I'd be fairly confident that by the time it's on a Steam sale it'll work quite well for me. Perhaps it's because I tend not to buy these games at launch, but wait a couple of months. They're probably patched (mostly) by then anyway.
Pagusas
Elden Member
that setting is for OpenGL only, you need to use D3Doverider, or if you want a newer program use radeonpro (it works on nvidia cards too) it has a setting for forcing tripple buffering.
770Sli 3770k 4.7
2560x1440 downsampled to 1080p, everything maxxed 2xmsaa 50-60fps 90%+ gpu usage - so good sli scaling.
It's lol about the cpu usage, 90-100% on core 1.
20-40% on the rest of the 7 cores (hyper threading on)
Could look a lot nicer given the hardware required to run it. Still looks pretty though more room for improvement.
Benchmark with fraps.
Running around and fighting some guys in the middle of Havana:
The ship battle at the beginning of the game:
Running through the jungle behind and fight with the assassin.
The settings:
EVERYTHING at maximum (but AA and with no Vsync whatsoever).
This is with a GTX660, again, a gpu similar to PS4's.
Why is this terrible optimization? Because it's not 60 fps? WTF! PS4 is 30 fps, i don't see a terrible port at all.
Running around and fighting some guys in the middle of Havana:
The ship battle at the beginning of the game:
Running through the jungle behind and fight with the assassin.
The settings:
EVERYTHING at maximum (but AA and with no Vsync whatsoever).
This is with a GTX660, again, a gpu similar to PS4's.
Why is this terrible optimization? Because it's not 60 fps? WTF! PS4 is 30 fps, i don't see a terrible port at all.
Open your eyes. The port is terrible because it does not properly utilize a multi-core system. The game was designed to work with 5 year old CPUs and dual core systems. It's a fucking joke.
Thanks alot guys. Thought d3doverrider was for AMD only for some reason. Works great now!
doniewhalberg
Member
I don't know anything about D3Doverrider, only had my pc since August. Will this eliminate the crazy 60 plummet to 30 fps thing with no inbetween on vsync? Or get rid of the mass screentearing with vsync off?
Ok, old engine not very good usage of cpu, i get it.
And it may be a big bottleneck for people on the higher end side of things.
I wouldn't call it terrible but whatever.
What i am trying to say is that the game runs fine, at least on my pc, same or better graphical quality that ps4, similar performance... that's all.
It runs good on the city, better than AC3.
Yes, you should have no tearing and fps between 30 and 60.
Deactivate vsync in the game and force vsync and triple buffer with D3Doverrider instead.
doniewhalberg
Member
That's great man, thanks very much!
Do I need to shut down nvidia controll panel/will it get in d3d's way?
To those without standards, anything that isn't GTAV levels of FPS probably does seem to run smooth.
SmoothRunningGun
Member
Benchmark with fraps.
Running around and fighting some guys in the middle of Havana:
The ship battle at the beginning of the game:
Running through the jungle behind and fight with the assassin.
The settings:
EVERYTHING at maximum (but AA and with no Vsync whatsoever).
This is with a GTX660, again, a gpu similar to PS4's.
Why is this terrible optimization? Because it's not 60 fps? WTF! PS4 is 30 fps, i don't see a terrible port at all.
It runs fine for me as well (780, i7-950) with txaa on. Not 60 fps but greater than 30. If people want 60fps turn down environment and use fxaa.
Barristan Selmy
Member
Dunno man, I had it running at 1080p and there was some stuttering and FPS was dipping, I dropped to 900p same thing, dropped it all the way to 720p and still, same shit. I'm like no fuckin way, I put everything on low and still...
I put everything on high again and dropped the HBAO and magically the game run smooth as butter. I dunno wtf, but all my other games run fine on my old rig with HBAO on.
captainnapalm
Member
I don't get why people say Ubi ports are that bad. I've never had problems with AC games and they were without fail some of the best looking games I played on PC in the year they came out. AC3 I couldn't max out, but that's fine cause my rig isn't top of the line.
Far Cry 3 I could run almost at max, SC: Blacklist fully maxed, the Rayman games obviously didn't give me any problems.
Guess I'll wait and see with AC4, but I expect I'll manage just fine.
Far Cry 3 I could run almost at max, SC: Blacklist fully maxed, the Rayman games obviously didn't give me any problems.
Guess I'll wait and see with AC4, but I expect I'll manage just fine.
Should be no problem leaving it open. For me only fraps got in the way.
That is not a mid teir PC.
doniewhalberg
Member
Just had a quick shot man, and that seems to be working great, definitely alot smoother and way above 30fps. Does d3D have an actual fps counter I can pull up though, so I can tweak around a little, since I can't boot fraps right now. Thanks for the responses, I appreciate it ha.
If I turn off the next gen features there is no reason I shouldn't able to run this at 60 FPS on my rig.
doniewhalberg
Member
Well my problem was it wouldn't do 55. Its either 60, or if it drops even slightly, it just drops all the way to 30 and locks, all or nothing. D3D overrider seems to have solved it. If the vsync stuff was normal, I'd be fairly happy but I didn't want to play at a) 30fps every time the game dropped to say 58fps, or b) play with massive massive screentearing while vsync is off.
My rig has a gtx 690 and i7 and I can confirm that the optimization is poor. One of the most taxing features seems to be the HBAO+. Turning it from low to high drops an average of 10 fps.
Granted I play at 2560x1600, but I doubt that even in 1080p I could run the game at 60fps with everything maxed. Right now I'm getting about 45-55 fps with environment detail on high, and HBAO+ (low). Everything else is maxed (no AA). It's acceptable but I should but running a stable 60 fps easy considering that this game doesn't look that good.
Granted I play at 2560x1600, but I doubt that even in 1080p I could run the game at 60fps with everything maxed. Right now I'm getting about 45-55 fps with environment detail on high, and HBAO+ (low). Everything else is maxed (no AA). It's acceptable but I should but running a stable 60 fps easy considering that this game doesn't look that good.
If you're not and same applies to everyone in this thread sporting Nvidia make sure you're using latest drivers 331.82: http://www.guru3d.com/files_details/geforce_331_82_whql_driver_download.html
It's not going to fix miracles, though at least it's released with AC in mind along with sli profile for AC. Since you've got a sli card it's utilizing SLI near perfectly with 95% usage on both gpus.
RedRedSuit
Member
GTX 670 (4GB)
8GB RAM
i5 3570k
1920x1080p (distance such that no AA = OKish)
How do you think it would run?
(Would love a demo....)
8GB RAM
i5 3570k
1920x1080p (distance such that no AA = OKish)
How do you think it would run?
(Would love a demo....)
angular graphics
Banned
Are the console versions better optimized?
Leave HBAO off and set environmental detail to high instead of very high and you'll have no problems.
RedRedSuit
Member
60fps if I do that, you think?
probably 40 - 60 depending on the situation, it fares worse in towns then elsewhere.