The First Descendant

The First Descendant

View Stats:
lopedo Sep 19, 2023 @ 1:07am
Let's talk performance....
This is a copy pasta from my post in the Discord, which I'm sure will get lost in the sea of people in there. I'll also add that many users are screenshotting their CPU usage being far higher than mine, while others are showing memory usage that are nothing short of a memory leak.


Game is somewhat unoptimized. I'm using a 3080TI which is well maintained on a PC I care for and keep up to date and optimal, and the poor thing is working overtime in terms of usage on my CPU. It should be using my GPU for the most part, not the other way around. Temps being in the 70s for GPU is not amazing, but fine, but the worst part is I still get FPS drops and stutters. Otherwise, fun game from what I've played so far (a few main missions before bed).
< >
Showing 31-45 of 75 comments
Echo Sep 20, 2023 @ 1:21am 
RTX 4080 Laptop with 13650HX cpu and 32 GB DDR5 ram.
2K Ultra settings 100+ fps at hub and outside. Game looks a bit blurry
Pakete.xXGSIXx. Sep 20, 2023 @ 1:57am 
RTX 3060 ti R5 5600x 32G ram W10 1080P

FPS: stable 80 caped high graphics DLSS on quality
and very intensive combat 55-60 FPS

stutters: barely and very occasionally
Revotz Sep 20, 2023 @ 4:39am 
The memory leak is an issue. I can start on high settings with a rx 6600xt at 60 fps stable, but after a couple of battles I was having severe fps drops, even below 30 fps, and when I looked I had capped the 8gb of vram and was using like 20 gbs of ram. Tested it again and yes, it starts below 8gb vram usage and after a bit its using the system ram and bye bye 60 fps.
Zanthrax Sep 20, 2023 @ 4:50am 
while i could play yesterday with all the issues everybody else is experiencing, today i cant even go somewhere else

"Out of Video memory trying to allocate rendering resource" you gotta be kidding

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
AMD RX 6800 XT
32GB
iOnlyBuyR8 Sep 20, 2023 @ 8:58am 
Originally posted by Desert Gzus:
Go into \AppData\Local\M1\Saved\Config\Windows > GameUserSettings.ini
and change 3 to a 0 on sg.RayTracingQuality=0
Might help out. RT was added in this beta.

It help with the fps drops/stutter but there's still the problem of the memory leak,
Inferno Sep 20, 2023 @ 10:56am 
i9 9900K
32GB RAM
RTX 4090

1440p @ Ultra settings with DLSS on set to quality
Average around 120 in most areas, dips to 90 when lots of enemies on screen
Injurious Sep 20, 2023 @ 12:11pm 
13900k rtx
4RTX 4090
64GB DDR5
dual SSDs
win 11

performance will obviously be better in time

average about 100-120 fps on default settings no fps drops or stutters
BearsGambit Sep 20, 2023 @ 6:28pm 
Ryzen 7 5700x
40GB
Radeon 6700xt

I had the opposite low CPU usage high GPU sitting at 99% util, couldn't get to 60fps i only peaked at 45 standing still and slowly got worse the further i got into the game.
Piloncio-sama Sep 20, 2023 @ 7:55pm 
Man, i'm really sad... i played the closed beta for at least 5 hours in a row, and then, i dont know... just, i cant go throught the tutorial
Piloncio-sama Sep 20, 2023 @ 7:56pm 
The game just kick me out of online servers and i need to get all the way again, never starting the game post tutorial
GatlingCombo Sep 20, 2023 @ 11:16pm 
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9700K CPU @ 3.60GHz 3.60 GHz
Nvidia Geforce 3060ti
ram-16gb

Like, it runs fine, but my comp is screaming. Even with headphones on I get a headache. I'm also using a water cooler and evga precision, and I've turned some settings down including AA, shadows, global illumination, motion blur, vegetation. It's looking like the game hates some higher end cards. And I keep a panel of my tower off so it gets more air flow, and makes it quieter.
Shogun Raiden Sep 21, 2023 @ 1:11pm 
Here Too.. And The game is close in decompressing 99% :(:steamfacepalm:
Cwimson Sep 21, 2023 @ 6:26pm 
Originally posted by Zoakai:
OMG, it's like the game is still in beta....
beta this is more like an alpha bro. Also it isnt even the first beta they had a beta last year in october. Then a exhibition booth in Novemeber of last year. Another beta in August of this year, then finally this beta shouldnt be having this much issues.
Last edited by Cwimson; Sep 21, 2023 @ 6:39pm
AnyWay Sep 21, 2023 @ 6:44pm 
Probably this is can help, but for me medium+ setting give more FPS then LOW setup.( stable 80-100 fps in open world and stable 144 on bosses )

RTX 2060S
Ram 32
i7 9600
Last edited by AnyWay; Sep 21, 2023 @ 6:49pm
Mentally Stable Sep 21, 2023 @ 6:48pm 
i use a rtx 3050 i5-11400h and oh boy the game stutter like crazy, almost every second
< >
Showing 31-45 of 75 comments
Per page: 1530 50

Date Posted: Sep 19, 2023 @ 1:07am
Posts: 75