Is Far Cry 3 bad PC optimized ?

[Delta-Frost]

Hi guys,
just bought fc3 a couple days ago and started playing it the first thing i've noticed immediately is the terrible FPS rate.
My main PC spec is:
Intel core i7 870 OC to 4.0 Ghz,
8 GB RAM,
Nvidia GTX 680 - 2 GB video memory.

If a max out the game setting on Ultra with Max AA i have stable 30 FPS rate but if i disable AA and playing on HIGH-VERY HIGH setting the game run most time at 50-60FPS with often drops to 30-40 FPS at some areas. this seem's not very normal to me.

So my wild guess is that this game is another Console port bad optimized for PC like AC3 ?

Please advise :)

[bigbenisdaman]

Nah i had the fan on to keep the smoke in the game room down enough to see. Who revived this old ass thread??

[Coffee]

bigbenisdaman eredeti hozzászólása:

Nah i had the fan on to keep the smoke in the game room down enough to see. Who revived this old ass thread??

You should have gotten a new PSU instead tho. More safe and don't cause permanent damage to the rest of the hardware that could casuse other issues.

[bigbenisdaman]

Oh yea i got a new psu but had to play on that one a couple more hours before i could leave the game a few min to put gpu in my lanbox for next dungeon run.

[Ki77BiLL]

I don't think so

[|Joanie|]

Ki77BiLL eredeti hozzászólása:

I don't think so

Indeed, he need a better PSU!

[admcmei]

Yeah, you guys really haven't changed my mind, you're still discussing in absolute terms about my specs and stuff but ignoring the relative terms: way better games (as graphical fidelity goes) run better than this and demand less, and this is literally the only recent game I played who has stuttering problems, it's not something that happens to me often.

There's no way this is the game that challenges my PC. I'm not stupid, I know my system is decent but not all-powerful and I know when games need to be settled down to run better and when I have to I do, I know my GPU for example is bad at AA but I never had to turn it all the way off. It just doesn't fit that this is just a demanding game. Everyone for example says ACIV was a bad PC game and it did have its problems but for me it ran way way better than this. And I already mentioned two of the best AAA Pc games in recent history, the Witcher 2 and Tomb Raider, that ran absolutely perfectly (in the Witcher 2 I had to turn down that super-high end PCs options and in Tomb Raider TressFX, but even with that it ran above 40 at ultra). Oh, and Skyrim with a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of graphical mods has to be up there among the best looking games (not vanilla, I know), and there I have 60fps with never ever a single drop on ultra with 2x AA, and of course Skyrim also has a lot more data to keep track of.

If this (FC3) is a good PC optimization than what has to happen for it to be bad? Saints Row 2? No, to me that was borderline incompetent, not an example of bad. An example of regular bad optimization to me is this. To me this game graphically speaking is about at Bioshock Infinite level, with the difference that BI actually uses artistic choices to look way better and definitely runs better, to me it ran perfectly at max settings.

Also wanna add I absolutely don't overclock, I love this PC too much to risk damaging anything to get a little better performance.

[trek554]

please use enter

[admcmei]

You think if I jump more it'll run better? I mean, I'll try but...
Thank you thank you I'll be here all week. :P
I think you mean enter? I know I tend to drag sentences and paragraphs a bit, sorry.

[trek554]

admcmei eredeti hozzászólása:

You think if I jump more it'll run better? I mean, I'll try but...
Thank you thank you I'll be here all week. :P
I think you mean enter? I know I tend to drag sentences and paragraphs a bit, sorry.

yes I meant enter to make spaces. why not take 10 seconds and go back and make it more readable by doing so. I will never understand why people will put up a wall of text and not edit even after someone makes mention of it.

[admcmei]

You're right, took me about ten seconds, sorry.

[Coffee]

Far Cry 3 is demanding on the CPU due to foliage calculation. Every leaf that move ask a bit more CPU.

It's not about game run better that are more demanding. It's how the engine work and what parts of your CPU is on stress.

The PSU need to be good and stable with enough wattage.

[bigbenisdaman]

Comparing this game's graphics to Bioshock Infinite isn't accurate at all, as Bioshock looks just like Borderlands and both will run easily on a toaster. If it looks bad to you crank the graphics up some, I play at Ultra minus AA (seriously can't tell a differance with AA at 1200p...i even took screenshots and can't).

[✘GreedoShotFirst✘]

This thread has been an amazing read. From 2013 to 2014. What a journey. lol

­­Δ Louna Δ­­ eredeti hozzászólása:

Far Cry 3 is demanding on the CPU due to foliage calculation. Every leaf that move ask a bit more CPU.

I've played little of the game so far, but I'm not seeing any moving foilage. It's all static, completely and doesn't react to wind, etc.

*edited due to typo

[Coffee]

↑RiseOfTheReBOOT↑ eredeti hozzászólása:

This thread has been an amazing read. From 2013 to 2014. What a journey. lol

­­Δ Louna Δ­­ eredeti hozzászólása:

Far Cry 3 is demanding on the CPU due to foliage calculation. Every leaf that move ask a bit more CPU.

I've played little of the game so far, but I'm not saying any moving foilage. It's all static, completely and doesn't react to wind, etc.

Not exactly the leaves, but all the trees, grass etc...
Even if various element are repeating, this ask more and more CPU anyway

[[OCN]Skupples]

|Joanie| eredeti hozzászólása:

OCNSkupples eredeti hozzászólása:

Game still runs like ass for me on a 5.0 3930k, w/ 3 vanilla titans, with 2TB raid 0 SSD all pushing 7680x1440P. Its just typical ubisoft. They do ♥♥♥♥ for optimization & could care less about QA on PC products. It use to run great, a few months after release, but newer updates combined with newer NV drivers = it just doesn't run so hot anymore. (yes I have plenty of power, my GPUs run off of their own 1300W EVGA G2, with everything else, pumps fans, storage, mobo, cpu running off of an 860 W platinum. Yes, i'm aware this is overkill, but I enjoy benchmarking on a competive level on different forums, & vanilla titans become power ♥♥♥♥♥♥ above 1300W, I can actually shut my GPU PSU down pretty easily)

While its not recommended, any PSU worth its weight can easily run at or above capacity for extended periods of time with no affect on the system.

Fix yo' computer dawg.
Being that mad, won't fix anything, specially i people with lower specs run the game damm fine at 60FPS in 4K.

Your OC also might have damaged your hardware. Something that happen a lot with casual overclocker. It might be inside a respectable tempo, it can also have damaged your hardware!

My system is just fine, trust me. My 3930k is just fine. It folds/benches/stresses @ the exact same numbers it did years ago when I first picked it up. The only change, literally the only change is that it requires .025 more V to remain stable @ 5.0. Its also under water w/ Indigo Xtreme thermal solution, with 4x 480s UT60s cooling everything.

(intel tuning plans ftw!)

I would love to see someone with "lesser" hardware playing this game @ 4K @ 60FPS on anything above low settings.

Seems you aren't aware that running 7680x1440P in Nvidia surround is much more taxing than running a single 4K display.