Is the game still not optimised for a "3440x1440" monitor? (Solution found)

[Dwarf in Space]

So, my game runs pretty bad especially on the campaign map. I knew this was a problem when the game launched so I waited until immortal empires to drop so that it could get patched up. For some reason, it runs awful, 10 to 20 fps. When I lowered my resolution down to 2560x1080 it runs like butter. Is there anyway i can fix this? Because i don't like the fact that my game is blurry.

My specs btw:


Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9700K CPU @ 3.60GHz

Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Operating System: Windows 10

RAM: 32 GB


Edit: The solution: https://www.gpumag.com/nvidia-image-scaling/

[cernodan]

I also run 3440x1440 and while I think the UI is absolute sh*t, I don't think I have anything blurry.
Bro, make a screenshot of your Graphical Settings ingame and another one with the blur and post it, so we can better understand your issue.

Here's an example:
https://ibb.co/sqHKr2L
https://ibb.co/WVbQRFV
https://ibb.co/n0b3zCQ

Edit: Added some screenshots from my end.

[Dwarf in Space]

Originally posted by cernodan:

I also run 3440x1440 and while I think the UI is absolute sh*t, I don't think I have anything blurry.
Bro, make a screenshot of your Graphical Settings ingame and another one with the blur and post it, so we can better understand your issue.

no i meant that when i lowered my resolution things are blurry. My problem is with the frame rate when i put the game on my native resolution, that being 3440x1440. I hope this clears things.

Edit: i will send some screenshots

https://ibb.co/HFgXJ1w

https://ibb.co/CnxKG9n

[Enelith]

Isn't the blurry part related to FXAA / TAA / TAA High ? (If you disable those, and put VFX to middle ?)

[Winnie the Poohmarine]

You bought a monitor with almost 4k resolution and complain about the game not running smooth? Well, dunno what to say... "It's not CA's fault" maybe?!^^

I am having a 3440x1440 px monitor myself and was playing the game on a Ryzen 7 1700 + RTX 2070 for a long time. The Battle benchmark result was about 50 FPS on average (mixed ultra, high and medium settings). The campaign felt indeed somewhat heavy with about 40 fps on average, but it's still playable and I could have achieved more FPS with lower settings.

So, the "optimisation" you're asking for is the settings config. Change everything to low and you got yourself an optimisation for your mid range PC combined with a high end resolution.

[cernodan]

The game is not optimized and it's another trademark of their dev meme squad.
Now, to the issue at hand. Since you can't power through with your current resources, I'd advice tweaking the settings, specifically, I would advice the following:
Anti-aliasing: FXAA
Shadow detail: Medium/High
Unlimited video memory: Unchecked
V-sync: Checked

All other can be set to High or Ultra, as per my own screenshot.

Also, if you're using Geforce Experience, you should have this game in their list ( https://ibb.co/94h1p6y ). Going into Details in that game's tab, should show you the Current settings and Optimal settings. You could also try those out.

[Zeek]

On your lower resolution where it runs better, put the AA on whatever, tick the Sharpening, then try using Reshade or the NVIDIA software (that's what I use) to apply more sharpening.

Not saying it will 100% work for your issue but the anti-aliasing in this game is pretty bad.

[Winnie the Poohmarine]

Originally posted by cernodan:

The game is not optimized and it's another trademark of their dev meme squad.

Care to share any resources for this statement? Because I was able to run this game on my old potato and could even keep many settings on high or even ultra.

And by the way, the GeForce Experience does recommend a lower resolution and everything on Ultra, for the OP's PC. Most likely at least, because that's what it suggested for my potato too.

Edit: Your bottleneck, btw, is your old CPU and possibly even your mainboard (if it doesn't support PCIe 3.0 or higher).

[Dwarf in Space]

Originally posted by Zeek:

On your lower resolution where it runs better, put the AA on whatever, tick the Sharpening, then try using Reshade or the NVIDIA software (that's what I use) to apply more sharpening.

Not saying it will 100% work for your issue but the anti-aliasing in this game is pretty bad.

What shader pack do you recommend?

[Dwarf in Space]

Originally posted by cernodan:

The game is not optimized and it's another trademark of their dev meme squad.
Now, to the issue at hand. Since you can't power through with your current resources, I'd advice tweaking the settings, specifically, I would advice the following:
Anti-aliasing: FXAA
Shadow detail: Medium/High
Unlimited video memory: Unchecked
V-sync: Checked

All other can be set to High or Ultra, as per my own screenshot.

Also, if you're using Geforce Experience, you should have this game in their list ( https://ibb.co/94h1p6y ). Going into Details in that game's tab, should show you the Current settings and Optimal settings. You could also try those out.

I’ll try that too

[crobs69]

Originally posted by Caileak:

Originally posted by cernodan:

The game is not optimized and it's another trademark of their dev meme squad.

Care to share any resources for this statement? Because I was able to run this game on my old potato and could even keep many settings on high or even ultra.

he probably has ♥♥♥♥♥♥ hardware from china and tryna run everything on ultra while filling his hardrive up with hentai and wonders why he cant get more than 12 fps.
im able to run most things on high and my pc is spud

[Aliceskysareblue]

Originally posted by Dwarf in Space:

So, my game runs pretty bad especially on the campaign map. I knew this was a problem when the game launched so I waited until immortal empires to drop so that it could get patched up. For some reason, it runs awful, 10 to 20 fps. When I lowered my resolution down to 2560x1080 it runs like butter. Is there anyway i can fix this? Because i don't like the fact that my game is blurry.

My specs btw:


Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9700K CPU @ 3.60GHz

Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Operating System: Windows 10

RAM: 32 GB

edit: I am sorry if i am confusing people, My problem is FPS on my native monitor size. When i lower the resolution, my game runs better but its blurry. That's a common problem when you lower your resolution. thing is i shouldn't have to do that, warhammer 3 is the only game on my system were i have fps problem. Sorry if i worded my post wrong.

your trying to run this game on a high setting on 4k with a 3070, these cards are really meant for 1440p, your going to have to bump up to a 3080 or 3080ti for it. the reasion is because of the 8gb limit and the cut down bus

(I purposfully did not mention the 4080 because of its price but it you could snag one that would be your best option)

[cernodan]

Originally posted by Caileak:

Originally posted by cernodan:

The game is not optimized and it's another trademark of their dev meme squad.

Care to share any resources for this statement? Because I was able to run this game on my old potato and could even keep many settings on high or even ultra.

It was based on various discussion in the past year, since the game's release. You can call it personal observation.
Also, not all settings are created equally, and some have more impact on performance then others. So, unless you post specs and current settings, your statement amounts to basically nothing.

Originally posted by Renob:

he probably has ♥♥♥♥♥♥ hardware from china and tryna run everything on ultra while filling his hardrive up with hentai and wonders why he cant get more than 12 fps.
im able to run most things on high and my pc is spud

That was rather mean.
The fact that OP partakes in chinese cartoon p*rn is his own private business. Could be worse though, he could be into kpop!
Also, the amount of used disk space has no correlation to the game's performance.
Try harder next time, champ.

[Winnie the Poohmarine]

Originally posted by cernodan:

Originally posted by Caileak:

Care to share any resources for this statement? Because I was able to run this game on my old potato and could even keep many settings on high or even ultra.

It was based on various discussion in the past year, since the game's release. You can call it personal observation.
Also, not all settings are created equally, and some have more impact on performance then others. So, unless you post specs and current settings, your statement amounts to basically nothing.

Well, my statement shows that this rather new game works with decent settings on a 6-7 year old PC with high resolution. The actual config doesn't matter, as this is personal preference. But I don't mind sharing them, so here we go:

Resolution: 3440x1440
Shadow: medium
Terraindetails: medium
Unit Details: ultra
Fog: high
VFX-Detail: High
Depth of field: off
VSync: off
SSAO: on
Screen Space Shadow: off
Texture quality: high
Gras details: low
Unit size: ultra
Tree details: medium
AA: off
Texturefilter: 8x anistropic
Screens Space Reflexions: off
house details (or whatever this is called in EN): medium
sharpen: on
Unlimited Video-thingy: off

These are FOR SURE not the best settings for the highest performance! Those were my settings, the way I liked Total War the most on my potato. The Benchmark result was 49,2 FPS on average.

EDIT: When I lower my resolution to Full HD, I end up having 90 FPS.

Originally posted by cernodan:

Originally posted by Renob:

he probably has ♥♥♥♥♥♥ hardware from china and tryna run everything on ultra while filling his hardrive up with hentai and wonders why he cant get more than 12 fps.
im able to run most things on high and my pc is spud

That was rather mean.
The fact that OP partakes in chinese cartoon p*rn is his own private business. Could be worse though, he could be into kpop!
Also, the amount of used disk space has no correlation to the game's performance.
Try harder next time, champ.

Kinda. :D But it is also rude blaming the devs for bad optimisation when your CPU is a grandma. They sure could optimise TW by a huge margin, but every game, even every hardware has some waste and TW is not so bad in my opinion. I've seen worse and yet hoping they will keep improving the performance.

[Fazo]

I have about 20-30% performance loss going from 2560x1440 to 3440x1440.
Bc it goes from 80 fps to 55ish i stick to the 16:9 resolution. Keeping the frames above 60 is a must for me.
Regarding the blurry picture i would still stick to TAA and sharpening and accept it being a little blurry. Picture is still much better than using no AA.
I don't get why so many ppl suggest fxaa. It does absoute nothing and the picture is full of the stairs effect. Personally i don't get how ppl are not bothered by this using no AA

I have similar setup.
Same Cpu
3070ti
32 gb ram

Most setting on high/ultra
SSAO off
DoF off

I would love to run 21:9 but simply doesn't work good enough.
Going to 16:9 is the best option you have unless you turn down everything to medium/off which will make the game look much worse.

Edit: stick to 1440p even when using 16:9 ratios. 1080p on your screen will make games look like ass

[TheAlmightyProo]

Tbf the 3070 isn't exactly a 3440x1440 worthy card, certainly not where WH3, 60 fps and more and ultra settings are expected.
I have three PC's in the house here, on which I've tested/played a variety of games, some of which across at least two.

My desktop (5800X/6800XT/32Gb DDR4 3600MHz RAM @ 3440x1440)
My gf's desktop (5600X/3070/16Gb DDR4 3200MHz RAM @ 3440x1440)
And my Legion 5 laptop (6800H/3070ti/16Gb DDR5 4800MHz RAM @ 1440p)

The three games run on my desktop at ultra; 125, 90 and barely 60 fps respectively.
On gf's desktop only WH2 has been tested, at around 70 fps ultra. There's no way that's running 60 fps and up ultra in WH3 without significant tweaks, better to just adjust preset down to high or medium at that point, with a target of 45 fps at least (which is more than fine for such a game/genre that isn't CoD or whatever)
My laptop runs WH3 at pretty much the same score as the desktop (but with the above scores and being a 3070ti and 1440p, GPU that's ~20 fps lower vs res that's ~20 fps better, it's to be expected)

Take my desktop, it also runs a variety of AAA games; Atomic Heart, HZD, Days Gone, Borderlands 3, RE8, Control, Dead Space (remake) and not a few others in the range of 90-100 fps ultra, higher in some cases. And similar difference for my gf's desktop too, there the 3070 does pretty well in many of the above games at 3440x1440 for all it's 8Gb VRAM being damn short for 2022 and on. I'll also point out that AAA game recommended requirements recently took another jump (from 2060/2070 with an expectation of 60+ fps 1440p at most to 3070 for 30 fps 1440p) which given the vicissitudes of the industry rn will only increase. The move to lesser optimisation and players as testers has been growing for years now. I can't say how CA got to the recommended requirements for WH2 (as an example) but those were way off back then so no surprise it's the same again for WH3.

Buuut that's the nature of this game/series. One of the stand out points of critique for me has been the consecutive performance nerf for each title in return for a graphical uplift that many are indifferent over at best, that tbh I can't understand the necessity for.
If any game could do well from upscaling without needing it to make up for using RT, this'd be it... but nope to that I guess (so far anyway)