So, I bought the game….

[Citizen Cook]

I was bored and frankly got tired of waiting for Respawn to improve performance with a seventh patch so today I thought I’d take advantage of Steam’s 2 hour gameplay window to check things out for myself.

My gaming specs are as follows:
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X CPU.
Nvidia 3080 RTX (12GB) GPU
Kingston Fury Beast 32GB DDR5 RAM (Overclocked to 6000MT/s)
Western Digital Black SN850 NVME (2TB)

I’m playing on an LG C2 OLED television using Steam’s Big Picture and an Xbox Series controller. G-Sync is enabled.

I allowed the game to run its optimization benchmark and then popped into the video settings to see what my PC achieved. All settings were defaulted to the ‘Epic’ precept, 3840 x 2160 pixel resolution, and AMD’s FidelityFX Super Resolution 2 was set to ‘Quality.’ Ray Tracing was also enabled.

With these recommended settings I achieved a fluctuating frame rate of 45-55 fps.
Graphics looked the same as those I experienced in Jedi Fallen Order although obviously this time around we have Ray Tracing. I detected no gameplay stutter or bugs during my 2hrs of playtime and completed the opening Coruscant section.
It is my belief that G-Sync saved the day here by smoothing out the experience.

Next I tried the other FSR2 options with the same video settings I mentioned above. Here are the results:

Balanced = 55-60fps
Performance = 55=60fps
Ultra performance = 85-95fps

Personally, I wouldn’t recommend any of these upsampling settings because the hit to the visual presentation is too great and I believe this game is best experienced with all the bells and whistles.

Finally I turned off the upscaling technology altogether and kept the same visual settings as before. My frame rate dropped precipitously into the 25-30 range. The gameplay was sluggish to the point of unplayability. Visually I couldn’t tell the difference between FSR2 ‘Quality’ and FSR2 ‘Off’ so I would definitely play the game in the way Respawn recommended with the frame generation technology set to ‘Quality.’

Frankly, I’m shocked that the game ran so well for me. I was expecting an unmitigated disaster despite having a very capable PC based upon Steam reviews and the comments section.

I’ve requested a refund but will definitely buy again in the future once I can purchase the game in a Steam Sale of 30% or greater.

[NeoOne]

I think the first level is ok...afterward, it is supposed to go downhill. With FSR on under 4k, the color is a bit washout and there is a slight blurriness...but you may not notice them....

[Citizen Cook]

Originally posted by NeoOne:

I think the first level is ok...afterward, it is supposed to go downhill. With FSR on under 4k, the color is a bit washout and there is a slight blurriness...but you may not notice them....

I’ve been told that upscaling technologies work been at high resolutions. I didn’t notice any blurriness, I watched my friend play the game on his PS5 and it was hideous. It looked like someone had smeared Vasoline all over his screen; he didn’t even notice. Typical console gamer, lol

[VonBraun]

I, like you citizen cook, bought the game as a fan of Star Wars and the PC Jedi series. My struggle with Fallen Order was the difficulty in following the hologram not clear paths to follow at all. Jedi Survivor graphics I believe are excellent, hologram paths has improved and I have enjoyed the game play, when it doesn't crash.

Onto that topic, CRASHES I read from many posts before buying this game. I found the first Coruscant mission was fine no problems (I'm running Nvidia 3090). The problems arise, my studied opinion of playing for several hours, is that EA made the game "open world" but in fact it isn't. You see, you have to follow the direct path of the story step by step to progress without bugs, if you venture into this magnificent "open world" you run the extreme risk of jumping or missing things out of order and that creates havoc Bugs, crashes, glitches, no spawns etc etc.. my hope is EA reads this, create a real open world allowing players to explore and develop their own story paths not confine them to a direct EA story step by step NO DEVIATION or bam crash! galories!!! Overall great potential, take a page from RD2 and again Open World means that. Just my thoughts.

[Stj.Srex]

The game use huge amount of VRAM even at 1080p it takes over 15gb of VRAM and after that the game starts to stutter but other then that, so far, i rly like the game. And i said i think Cal is best addition to Star Wars in last 15 years.

[Citizen Cook]

Originally posted by Stj.Srex:

The game use huge amount of VRAM even at 1080p it takes over 15gb of VRAM and after that the game starts to stutter but other then that, so far, i rly like the game. And i said i think Cal is best addition to Star Wars in last 15 years.

15? My card only has 12

[FluffyFrigginFox.TTV]

My card only has 12 as well I can play for 2 hours before my pc hard crashes and I need to shut it off completely and turn my pc back on. I run an amd ryzen 5 7600x with an Intel nvidia 4070 ti and a Polaris geil 32 gig ram 5200 mhz with a 1 tb ssd

[Citizen Cook]

Originally posted by FluffyFrigginFox.TTV:

My card only has 12 as well I can play for 2 hours before my pc hard crashes and I need to shut it off completely and turn my pc back on. I run an amd ryzen 5 7600x with an Intel nvidia 4070 ti and a Polaris geil 32 gig ram 5200 mhz with a 1 tb ssd

I really wish i could have played for longer than 2 hrs now since it seems the real issues happen later in the game.

[FeilDOW]

The real issue is trying to play at 4k with a 3080.

[Citizen Cook]

Originally posted by FeilDOW:

The real issue is trying to play at 4k with a 3080.

But it worked for me. At least the Coruscant level did.

[FeilDOW]

Originally posted by Citizen Cook:

Originally posted by FeilDOW:

The real issue is trying to play at 4k with a 3080.

But it worked for me. At least the Coruscant level did.

With FSR you're not playing at 4k. I mean if your happy with upscaling but 1440p native would look better then FSR 4k.

[Citizen Cook]

Originally posted by FeilDOW:

Originally posted by Citizen Cook:

But it worked for me. At least the Coruscant level did.

With FSR you're not playing at 4k. I mean if your happy with upscaling but 1440p native would look better then FSR 4k.

I’m very happy with FSR2 ‘Quality.’ I couldn’t perceive a noticeable difference from native 4K when in motion (which I always am.)

One thing i didn’t try and wish I had was the same tests but with Ray Tracing off.

[Sikklid]

Originally posted by Citizen Cook:

I was bored and frankly got tired of waiting for Respawn to improve performance with a seventh patch so today I thought I’d take advantage of Steam’s 2 hour gameplay window to check things out for myself.

My gaming specs are as follows:
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X CPU.
Nvidia 3080 RTX (12GB) GPU
Kingston Fury Beast 32GB DDR5 RAM (Overclocked to 6000MT/s)
Western Digital Black SN850 NVME (2TB)

I’m playing on an LG C2 OLED television using Steam’s Big Picture and an Xbox Series controller. G-Sync is enabled.

I allowed the game to run its optimization benchmark and then popped into the video settings to see what my PC achieved. All settings were defaulted to the ‘Epic’ precept, 3840 x 2160 pixel resolution, and AMD’s FidelityFX Super Resolution 2 was set to ‘Quality.’ Ray Tracing was also enabled.

With these recommended settings I achieved a fluctuating frame rate of 45-55 fps.
Graphics looked the same as those I experienced in Jedi Fallen Order although obviously this time around we have Ray Tracing. I detected no gameplay stutter or bugs during my 2hrs of playtime and completed the opening Coruscant section.
It is my belief that G-Sync saved the day here by smoothing out the experience.

Next I tried the other FSR2 options with the same video settings I mentioned above. Here are the results:

Balanced = 55-60fps
Performance = 55=60fps
Ultra performance = 85-95fps

Personally, I wouldn’t recommend any of these upsampling settings because the hit to the visual presentation is too great and I believe this game is best experienced with all the bells and whistles.

Finally I turned off the upscaling technology altogether and kept the same visual settings as before. My frame rate dropped precipitously into the 25-30 range. The gameplay was sluggish to the point of unplayability. Visually I couldn’t tell the difference between FSR2 ‘Quality’ and FSR2 ‘Off’ so I would definitely play the game in the way Respawn recommended with the frame generation technology set to ‘Quality.’

Frankly, I’m shocked that the game ran so well for me. I was expecting an unmitigated disaster despite having a very capable PC based upon Steam reviews and the comments section.

I’ve requested a refund but will definitely buy again in the future once I can purchase the game in a Steam Sale of 30% or greater.

I was like you. Thought the same and figured it was running decently for me until it slapped me in the face when I got just past the first planet. Then it got waaaaaay worse from there.

Definitely a "front padded" game polished for youtube and streaming, since those audiences cant hold their wads and normally just watch the first few minutes. Then they tell themselves "good enough for me" and hand publishers their money. Typically games are notorious for having decent opening levels then dragging out after (like Ubisoft games) for this exact reason, but with Jedi it was done with the performance, not just content.

And most release day "benchmark" videos are the first area because "content creators" arent really benchmarking anything. They just posted some gameplay rushing to get clicks from release hype instead of actually testing the game showing the most troublesome areas to help inform potential customers.

[Citizen Cook]

Originally posted by Sikklid:

Originally posted by Citizen Cook:

I was bored and frankly got tired of waiting for Respawn to improve performance with a seventh patch so today I thought I’d take advantage of Steam’s 2 hour gameplay window to check things out for myself.

My gaming specs are as follows:
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X CPU.
Nvidia 3080 RTX (12GB) GPU
Kingston Fury Beast 32GB DDR5 RAM (Overclocked to 6000MT/s)
Western Digital Black SN850 NVME (2TB)

I’m playing on an LG C2 OLED television using Steam’s Big Picture and an Xbox Series controller. G-Sync is enabled.

I allowed the game to run its optimization benchmark and then popped into the video settings to see what my PC achieved. All settings were defaulted to the ‘Epic’ precept, 3840 x 2160 pixel resolution, and AMD’s FidelityFX Super Resolution 2 was set to ‘Quality.’ Ray Tracing was also enabled.

With these recommended settings I achieved a fluctuating frame rate of 45-55 fps.
Graphics looked the same as those I experienced in Jedi Fallen Order although obviously this time around we have Ray Tracing. I detected no gameplay stutter or bugs during my 2hrs of playtime and completed the opening Coruscant section.
It is my belief that G-Sync saved the day here by smoothing out the experience.

Next I tried the other FSR2 options with the same video settings I mentioned above. Here are the results:

Balanced = 55-60fps
Performance = 55=60fps
Ultra performance = 85-95fps

Personally, I wouldn’t recommend any of these upsampling settings because the hit to the visual presentation is too great and I believe this game is best experienced with all the bells and whistles.

Finally I turned off the upscaling technology altogether and kept the same visual settings as before. My frame rate dropped precipitously into the 25-30 range. The gameplay was sluggish to the point of unplayability. Visually I couldn’t tell the difference between FSR2 ‘Quality’ and FSR2 ‘Off’ so I would definitely play the game in the way Respawn recommended with the frame generation technology set to ‘Quality.’

Frankly, I’m shocked that the game ran so well for me. I was expecting an unmitigated disaster despite having a very capable PC based upon Steam reviews and the comments section.

I’ve requested a refund but will definitely buy again in the future once I can purchase the game in a Steam Sale of 30% or greater.

I was like you. Thought the same and figured it was running decently for me until it slapped me in the face when I got just past the first planet. Then it got waaaaaay worse from there.

Definitely a "front padded" game polished for youtube and streaming, since those audiences cant hold their wads and normally just watch the first few minutes. Then they tell themselves "good enough for me" and hand publishers their money. Typically games are notorious for having decent opening levels then dragging out after (like Ubisoft games) for this exact reason, but with Jedi it was done with the performance, not just content.

And most release day "benchmark" videos are the first area because "content creators" arent really benchmarking anything. They just posted some gameplay rushing to get clicks from release hype instead of actually testing the game showing the most troublesome areas to help inform potential customers.

That’s very interesting and I wouldn’t put it past Respawn making the game run well just long enough for Steam users to run past their 2hr refund window.

[[XGS]DonkyBoY]

@Citizen Cook,

Get the game on EA Play Pro for $20
play more than the 1st level... Your system is NOT enough and it WILL run like trash FACT.

Flexin with your 3080 non TI even thou it has limited VRAM and has been factory down clocked since launch. FAIL GPU. You are not going to run this @4k 60FPS with RTX ON That card is not cappable LMFAO.

You are spreading misinformation based on your limited time spent in game.

the 4090 can not run this game properly with out a PAID 3rd party DLSS3 mod. that uses frame generation to fool your eyes.

Capture some in game footage with a frame time graph overlay so people can see the performance or lack of and make their own decisions based on FACT. make sure to travel to ALL worlds and runaround.

[Resolute]

The game seems sensitive to the amount of VRAM. Besides the actual VRAM, Windows takes half of system RAM and defines that as shared GPU memory. You can see this in task manager. It seems like hardly anyone really has more then 32GB. I have 64GB so my system shows 32GB of available shared video memory and can't possibly run out. I am not suggesting everyone run out and buy RAM. I am just speculating and wonder if people are actually using all available VRAM+ shared GPU RAM combined and hitting that as a wall.