Thoughts on ultra settings

[kowalski]

Is there actually anyone playing Planetside 2 with ultra settings + shadows of course and who still has 60fps +?If so post you system here just curious for my next PC upgrade. :D

PS:sorry for bad englando

[Fedora01]

The answer: no
The answer to that: shadows
The answer to that answer: DX9 (and the answer to this: DX10)
Thank you, you may leave your salt in the discussions below.

[Zaknon]

No and it will never be better because planetside team is small and has no resources to do such operations. I love planetside but i don't think it has any future :(

[SKORG]

I remember reading or hearing somewhere that even if they did try to increase the performance, the game is held so loosely together that they'd probably break it when trying to fix it.

If you're looking to increase your FPS, while still retaining somewhat decent quality, i followed this guide and got a pretty good boost, though im afraid you won't have any luck in big 96+ fights.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Planetside/comments/5qzkzs/yet_another_how_to_increase_your_fps_in_ps2_post/

Best of luck all the same.

[Xilo The Odd]

im not on full ultra, but i run shadows and everything on high.

intel 7700k i7 (liquid cooled with a corsair cooler.)
16GB DDR4 ram at 3100mhz
EVGA 980ti hybrid (has a liquid cooler attached to it.

60 fps is about the lowest i hit in an average situation, i've touched 40 but that was probably a one time thing that'll never happen again.

sooooo many dead galaxies piled up

if you can afford it i'd shoot for the 8000 series intel CPU and hold off for the 1100 series GPU, a 980ti is not worth buying, but i see people suffering issues on any GPU ranging from 1050-1080 and my only guess could be a manufacturer flaw for MSI or Asus built cards. if you do buy a GPU, go with EVGA. good support and warranty, and their pre-overclock settings usually run the card to its max potential almost everytime. i CAN push mine a bit further, but the performance gains are minimal.

[kowalski]

Interesting I have an i5-4690k overclocked to 4,5GHz but my problem is my gpu.I have an old r280 sapphire dual-x gpu,I play on high settings but without shadows.I mostly have 60fps + but in huge battle it drops to 40fps.The thing is even though I have over 60 fps Planetside 2 doesnt feel smooth at all...

[∫öĿ Vξċŧøг]

I usually run ultra @3440x1440 over 60 fps just fine. In intense 96+ fights or air combat (new alerts) I can drop into the 40s, but in all honesty the FPS gains from lowering shadows does not apply once I've hit that point, and I don't need 130+fps in small fights/while driving.

Intel 4960x @5ghz (Liquid Cooled)
16gb Corsair Dominator DDR3 (256bit bus not usual 128bit) @2400mhz
ASUS Matrix 980ti (bypassed voltage regulator)

As Xilo posted, Intel is the way to go right now because as long as you have 4+ CPU cores speed is king. I partially disagree though on video card brands as I've had bad experiences in my contact attempt with EVGA support and their refusal to honour their warranty. MSI is still the Harbour Freight of PC parts though.

[Smaug's Arrow.]

Well, I cannot run it on ultra. In order for me to get 60fps im at 1920x1080 everything maxed except shadows (low} (particles (medium). And no my computer is in no way near high performance.

Its an asus evo w/ 14gb of corsair vengenge/ 1050T with turbo activated and overclocked. And an old XFX r550 4gb w/ 14nm die process (75w) and an old nzxt case with 5 200mm fans. An powered by the cheapest corsair psu bestbuy can sell. Remember that movie young Frankenstein? Its like that but less tophat and monocle.

[rookie]

My rig:

CPU: i5 8400
Motherboad: MSI Z370 Gaming Plus
GPU: MSI RX-570 Gaming 4GB
Ram: G Skill 16GB DDR4 2666 Mhz
PSU: Corsair CXM 550
OS: Win 10

My settings: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1442670263

Runs at 80-110 fps. Lowest I've seen it get was the high 30's when on the land bridge between The Crown and TI Alloys. Turning shadows to medium or off adds 15-20 fps. I usually only turn shadows off when using a high rpm weapon. Weapon rpm in this game is tied to your fps.

There is another ultra setting that can be enabled using the ini files but haven't tried it.

Be careful what you wish for because playing on ultra shows more smoke, explosions, etc. and makes it harder to see targets.

[Smaug's Arrow.]

Originally posted by rookie:

My rig:

CPU: i5 8400
Motherboad: MSI Z370 Gaming Plus
GPU: MSI RX-570 Gaming 4GB
Ram: G Skill 16GB DDR4 2666 Mhz
PSU: Corsair CXM 550
OS: Win 10

My settings: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1442670263

Runs at 80-110 fps. Lowest I've seen it get was the high 30's when on the land bridge between The Crown and TI Alloys. Turning shadows to medium or off adds 15-20 fps. I usually only turn shadows off when using a high rpm weapon. Weapon rpm in this game is tied to your fps.

There is another ultra setting that can be enabled using the ini files but haven't tried it.

Be careful what you wish for because playing on ultra shows more smoke, explosions, etc. and makes it harder to see targets.

^ I agree with your last statement in that there is a noticeable tactical advantage. I do though like it better with { Veg} on high. Most Infils hide in the open anyway and never in bushes {in my opinion) Though as a Engie or heavy im not above hiding under trees and bushes.

[∫öĿ Vξċŧøг]

If you have a 1050t, that is what is hurting you. A <3ghz CPU isn't really suitable for performance, especially one on an architecture AMD made years before the game released. It was a powerhouse in it's day though, and still holds it's own against most pre-ryzen AMDS. The GPU isn't the strongest thing ever either, but it's far less of a problem.

[Smaug's Arrow.]

Originally posted by ∫öĿ Vξċŧøг:

If you have a 1050t, that is what is hurting you. A <3ghz CPU isn't really suitable for performance, especially one on an architecture AMD made years before the game released. It was a powerhouse in it's day though, and still holds it's own against most pre-ryzen AMDS. The GPU isn't the strongest thing ever either, but it's far less of a problem.

Of course youre right about my cpu and even with the (auto) turbo activated idles at 3ghz. Under load ive rarely hit the 3.6ghz MB limit imposed by my MB.

With turbo off and full OC on 6 cores its only stable at 3.4ghz because its *not a black edition
and I'd rather not push my memory to the full 1.65V so its at 1.51 at 1720 because it tends to become unstable because of the overclock method Im forced to employ..

So, it could be pushed harder if only It was Black edition. But at the time was very cheap for a 6 core processor.

When some MB manufacturer makes a OC board that can unlock Rizens extra cores then I'll be
interested.

[∫öĿ Vξċŧøг]

The 1055t, no matter how fast, is extremely inefficient by today's standards. Even in multicore benchmarks it loses to a dual core Pentium. In single/quad core tests which matter far more for gaming it can double you. http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Pentium-Gold-G5600-vs-AMD-Phenom-II-X6-1055T/m469126vs2003

Ryzen has finally put AMD back in the game for performance, but their price point is much too high. Right now, Intel is actually the "bang for your buck option" unless you have something that really needs a ton of threads. Even then Nvidia's CUDA or OpenCL on AMD cards blows CPUs out of the water for most of these tasks.