Not shocking. Another poorly optimized port. I keep going back and looking at the graphics with everything maxed out except for MSAA (which is still near unusable), and wondering what on earth is even *good* (nevermind great) looking enough in this game to warrant such massive hardware power.
Nixxes released dx12 multi gpu beta today! I give them credit for being one of the only developers to support it thus far, and it is legit. My r9 nano crossfire can now run it at 4k medium setting with almost no stutters! Still not perfect but not bad. I agree it is not good looking enough for these requirements though. However, Rise of Tomb Raider is IMO the best looking game ever and Nixxes also released multi gpu for that which is pretty awesome. I can almost max that game out at 4k 45fps.
Never mind, when I actually play the game it is unplayable with glitches. Guess I have to wait for more patches till I actually play the game and stop trying to tweak it into decent performance.
It actually seems to work really well on my 2 290x(s) (8gb models), with everything maxed except no MSAA.
I tried it on another system with 2 Titan Blacks (6GB versions of the 780ti) and it did not work so well, hitching in places and overall less smooth.
OTOH, I tried the DX12 MGPU on a similar system with two EVGA 1080s (SC) and was able to get pretty smooth framerates with everything maxed and 4x MSAA, which has been completely unplayable on those cards until this patch. Maybe being an AMD-sponsored title, this game benefits greatly for Async Compute in DX12? The 7xx series has almost no support for Async Compute, and the 1080 has *some*, with the other benefit being that its otherwise far superior to the much older 290x(s) I used.
For sure that I'm going to install. Latest driver, before this one, was amazing in DOOM 4 with Vulkan selected.
I've two HD 7970 in crossfire (different brands) but with GPU and memory clocks synchronized and the result is (for me) wonderful. It was amazing in Crysis 3!
Monitor: 1080P Everything in Ultra Vsync on
Always 60 FPS! I Know I don't have one of the modern adaptive monitors, but my IPS 1080P at 60 FPS is more than sufficient!
It's possible I didn't check if second card is working, but I can assure you that performance is amazing. Any how information concerning Vulkan and multi GPU is contradictory. Regards.
Yea it is only on one gpu. Performance is good because the game is not that demanding or impressive visually. AMD gets a significant boost from vulcan in this game. In opengl nvidia sli setups get good performance even though only one gpu works. The game is well optimized/simple graphics.
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nathanddrews - Thursday, October 6, 2016 - link
"I guess ten years isn’t long enough to remove a locust infestation"Wasn't expecting it, almost spit coffee on my screen. XD
MarkieGcolor - Thursday, October 6, 2016 - link
Deus Ex still stuttersblppt - Thursday, October 6, 2016 - link
Not shocking. Another poorly optimized port. I keep going back and looking at the graphics with everything maxed out except for MSAA (which is still near unusable), and wondering what on earth is even *good* (nevermind great) looking enough in this game to warrant such massive hardware power.MarkieGcolor - Friday, October 7, 2016 - link
Nixxes released dx12 multi gpu beta today! I give them credit for being one of the only developers to support it thus far, and it is legit. My r9 nano crossfire can now run it at 4k medium setting with almost no stutters! Still not perfect but not bad. I agree it is not good looking enough for these requirements though. However, Rise of Tomb Raider is IMO the best looking game ever and Nixxes also released multi gpu for that which is pretty awesome. I can almost max that game out at 4k 45fps.MarkieGcolor - Saturday, October 8, 2016 - link
Never mind, when I actually play the game it is unplayable with glitches. Guess I have to wait for more patches till I actually play the game and stop trying to tweak it into decent performance.blppt - Monday, October 10, 2016 - link
It actually seems to work really well on my 2 290x(s) (8gb models), with everything maxed except no MSAA.I tried it on another system with 2 Titan Blacks (6GB versions of the 780ti) and it did not work so well, hitching in places and overall less smooth.
OTOH, I tried the DX12 MGPU on a similar system with two EVGA 1080s (SC) and was able to get pretty smooth framerates with everything maxed and 4x MSAA, which has been completely unplayable on those cards until this patch. Maybe being an AMD-sponsored title, this game benefits greatly for Async Compute in DX12? The 7xx series has almost no support for Async Compute, and the 1080 has *some*, with the other benefit being that its otherwise far superior to the much older 290x(s) I used.
malibueaqui - Friday, October 7, 2016 - link
For sure that I'm going to install. Latest driver, before this one, was amazing in DOOM 4 with Vulkan selected.I've two HD 7970 in crossfire (different brands) but with GPU and memory clocks synchronized and the result is (for me) wonderful. It was amazing in Crysis 3!
Monitor: 1080P
Everything in Ultra
Vsync on
Always 60 FPS! I Know I don't have one of the modern adaptive monitors, but my IPS 1080P at 60 FPS is more than sufficient!
Vulkan is the new way, I think!
MarkieGcolor - Friday, October 7, 2016 - link
Vulcan does not support crossfire or multiple gpu. Not yet at leastmalibueaqui - Friday, October 7, 2016 - link
It's possible I didn't check if second card is working, but I can assure you that performance is amazing. Any how information concerning Vulkan and multi GPU is contradictory. Regards.MarkieGcolor - Saturday, October 8, 2016 - link
Yea it is only on one gpu. Performance is good because the game is not that demanding or impressive visually. AMD gets a significant boost from vulcan in this game. In opengl nvidia sli setups get good performance even though only one gpu works. The game is well optimized/simple graphics.