Graphical artifacts, low GPU usage, low FPS....

[AussiePatriot]

How disappointed I am with the release of this game..


My Rig:

Gigabyte z77x U3DH
Intel 3770k ~ 4.7ghz
8gb RAM
SLI GTX 560 Ti factory OC 900mhz 1gb
Windows 7 home premium

I use MSI Afterburner to monitor CPU temps, CPU usage, GPU temps, GPU usage, VRAM and FPS.

WITH ALL THE ABOVE listed UNDER their load limits and well under max temps, the game runs appallingly. The FPS will drop to as low as 35fps while the GPU usage is sitting around 55% on both cards. This is while running around in the first city you visit in the game (boston?) and also in the frontier. Changing all graphical settings to their lowest seems to make the FPS respectable (around 60fps) BUT THIS IS NOT A VAILD SOLUTION. We all have PC's for a reason, to play the definitive version of our favourite games.. ALSO WITH SLI their is horrible GRAPHICAL ARTIFACT flicker while running around in the frontier - polygons that don't belong in the world flickering and SHADOWS are flickering aswell.

Ubisoft please take heed of this post any the many many many other posts out there in the steam forums and elsewhere, we all love you, we all know you can make great games but this is wrong, this is not up to par with your own quality assurance. You could not honeslty be proud of this release in its current state. Many of us are angry, as am I, but will easily be made happy with these errors fixed.

just an example:
http://i46.tinypic.com/14m7txi.jpg

[Yojimbo]

I have lower specs then you except I'm using a EVGA 660 and mine runs perfectly frame rate wise. Drivers? Maybe your card is set to force specific configurations on your program that aren't compatible?

[AussiePatriot]

I'm using the very latest beta drivers (310.61)from nVidia. I've tried a few different older drivers and it seems to make no difference.. Can I ask what FPS are you getting?? I consider 60fps to be 'silky smooth'. Also what do you mean by "Maybe your card is set to force specific configurations on your program that aren't compatible?" In the NCP, I'm using default settings - no changes at all.

[LambertoKevlar]

In task manager i set priority to Real Time and gained 2-3 fps

[AussiePatriot]

So, I've tried setting the priority of ACIII to real time in the task manager but it makes no difference. Also I've tried running the game in safe mode from from Uplay and running Uplay offline but it all makes no difference at all. The ONLY way I can make this game playable (which makes the game run at or close to 60fps) is by setting shadows to high and evironment quality to high and TURNING OFF SLI to get rid of the artifact flickering. Doing so leaves alot of CPU and GPU not being used at all, which as far as I can tell makes me think there is a serious problem with the engine. PLZ Ubisoft I feel the game is in dire need of a performance patch...