DirectStorage and nVIDIA (2 problems confirmed)

[Blacksmith77K]

Does DirectStorage even work correctly in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart? That cannot be answered at the moment, but there are apparently massive problems with the new technology on GeForce graphics cards. Deleting two files in the game folder can massively improve performance on Nvidia hardware, as our own benchmarks have shown - GeForce can then compete with AMD's Radeon products. In addition, it shows that with DirectStorage on an Nvidia graphics card, the type of data carrier also has a clear influence on the FPS.


In short: by deleting the two directstorage.dll's the AVG FPS of a 4080 increases by 13% and the LOW FPS by 23%

In addition, the framepacing improves enormously. In addition, a strange behavior is also improving, with which the MAX FPS are dependent on the speed of the ssd/nvme.

The problem ONLY affects nVIDIA systems. AMD does not respond to removing directstorage.dll's


the whole article is available here: https://www.computerbase.de/2023-08/ratchet-und-clank-rift-apart-benchmark-test/4/

Can you translate with google.

[lackesis]

Just found out that basically textures streaming are broken without Direct Storage.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3016947644
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3016952644
Without direct storage, it takes 3~5 seconds to load full textures.
So turn off Direct Storage = turn off high and very high texture settings.
Do AMD users have this problem?

[piton87]

引用自 lackesis：

Just found out that basically textures streaming are broken without Direct Storage.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3016947644
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3016952644
Without direct storage, it takes 3~5 seconds to load full textures.
So turn off Direct Storage = turn off high and very high texture settings.
Do AMD users have this problem?

I have nvidia, I didn’t notice anything like that, the textures are the same clear with turned on or off DS

[piton87]

Now all the same I noticed that some textures are really loaded with a delay of 2-3 seconds, with disabled ds, but there are not many of them, only two found.

[dantrigger]

I just installed the latest drivers and restored the DS files and I think the issue is fixed now. I don't get the stutters I was getting before. Can anyone else confirm?

EDIT: Nevermind, I'm still getting the stutters, I guess I was in a non demanding area.

[Steve The Wise Chimp]

Seems like a NVIDIA related issue, but deleting direct storage and lowering the resolution did nothing to help my stability. Neither did the other setting hack.

[lackesis]

引用自 dantrigger：

I just installed the latest drivers and restored the DS files and I think the issue is fixed now. I don't get the stutters I was getting before. Can anyone else confirm?

EDIT: Nevermind, I'm still getting the stutters, I guess I was in a non demanding area.

I don't have any stutters with Direct Storage and Frame generation, but direct storage has a noticeable impact on performance. Nvidia says they will address performance issues with next driver update, but I already 100% the game 2 times already lol.

[stardust]

引用自 il Boh：

i can confirm with RTX 4090 /13900KS, game installed on a 990PRO M.2, a small improveement disabling direct storage and a better usage of the gpu. with DS i had some drop under 100fps (4k rt max, no upscaling, with DLAA), without DS never under 100, mostly over 120fps (capped)

That's just straight up lie that your fps doesn't NEVER dip under 100fps at native 4K fully maxed out (NO DLSS, NO Frame Gen). I have the 4090 too which sits at 99% GPU usage all the time and dips well below 100fps in heavy scenes even at 3440x1440 since I game on a OLED G8.

For reference here is a video of the 4090 running at 4K maxed out and (as I thought) it dips WELL under 100fps, infact it RARELY even touches 100fps during the gameplay and EVEN dips under 60fps to low 50s:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttNK5K5HcHE&t=1147s

[Arridian - allkeyshop]

A fix is on the way with the next NVIDIA driver release https://forums.guru3d.com/threads/nvidia-geforce-game-ready-536-99-whql-download-discussion.448933/#post-6155992:~:text=That%27s%20a%20shame.-,We%20have%20a%20fix%20and%20will%20be%20releasing%20it%20in%20our%20next%20driver%20release.,-ManuelG%2C%20Yesterday

[Wisebl00d]

引用自 Arridian - allkeyshop：

A fix is on the way with the next NVIDIA driver release https://forums.guru3d.com/threads/nvidia-geforce-game-ready-536-99-whql-download-discussion.448933/#post-6155992:~:text=That%27s%20a%20shame.-,We%20have%20a%20fix%20and%20will%20be%20releasing%20it%20in%20our%20next%20driver%20release.,-ManuelG%2C%20Yesterday

Well... good it's an acknowledged problem and a driver fix is coming. Bad that its a bit late to the party and after game release.

[flat_Lander1]

https://twitter.com/Sebasti66855537/status/1689019495971487744?s=20

[Terepin]

引用自 lackesis：

Just found out that basically textures streaming are broken without Direct Storage.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3016947644
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3016952644
Without direct storage, it takes 3~5 seconds to load full textures.
So turn off Direct Storage = turn off high and very high texture settings.
Do AMD users have this problem?

Mine looks like the top screenshot regardless of DS.