Lag that makes no sense

[GoulactiX]

My specs are :
GTX 1070 8GB
i7 8700k
16 GB ram
I put the graphic settings on max ...went outside of the building in the beginning of the game and it lags alooot.....can any of you guys that have played the game since 2015 or enough time and know how to configue which settings help me ? with a 1070 I should be having smooth framerate :\

[Vidokas]

well I have 1070 8GB,
I5-7400
I play at max with 60 fps
1920*1080 res

[wakeme]

Dying Light has 'window mode"' , have used it , if someone has a work station they might
need do it in a window so they can use the rest of the desktop work space .
It is in the Game Menu . Turn full screen OFF , reverts to window mode .

Originally posted by Vidokas:

well I have 1070 8GB,
I5-7400
I play at max with 60 fps
1920*1080 res

here , CPU is fix clocked at 1.7 Ghz , your Lag ain't from the CPU .
it's gotta be in Video card drivers . One 1070 works and the other doesn't ?
what don't we know about both of those systems ? what's different ?

AMD here , RX 570 8 gig , 1080p . i just gave Dying Light a really good Passive boost .
How ? Shadow Map . Instead of using "Very High" , set it to High .
Everything else is ON or max , except No AA and No Motion Blur
running 1080 . No lag No spit ( No sputter ( cept from buggy ) )
"Cyber Girl Paint" rules .

8 gig VRAM is plenty to support Very High Shadow Map , but does put
a little hurt on the GPU . High Shadow Map , panning in the middle of
tress etc ,..is now smooth . Yes ALL Nvidia stuff is ON .

does your Witcher 3 , if you have Witcher 3 , run good ? Set Shadow Map to High ,
instead of Ultra . Much smoother now , and i have Hair Works ON for ALL
with 4x AA applied to Hair Works . runs just fine . NOT geting 100 fps ,
but more then enough . all other settings max ,... No AA , No Motion Blur .
Blur yes , but NOT Motion Blur .

[wakeme]

my best speed up tips and smooth play , for Dying Light :

Shadow Map size , use "High" do NOT use "Very High"
V-Sync ON .

( NOT using AA , NOT using Motion Blur )

ALL remaining settings can be ON and Max .

CPU runs at 1.7 Ghz Fixed frequency , DDR3 system memory 1866 Mhz .
CPU\motherboard is NOT the issue .

the above also works just fine with VSR ON , in Radeon settings , while
running at 1920 x 1080 in game , menu . RX 570 8 gig VRAM , 16 gig System mem.

VSR on or off , doesn't matter . same consistent performance either way .

[GoulactiX]

Originally posted by Gaydolf Yeetler:

Originally posted by Sirgay Artyomsky:

there is no windowed mode...only fullscreen and off

Switch it to off, and then hold down alt+enter. Havent tried it, but see if it works, since it probably fools the system so it thinks you are not in fullscreen.

alt+enter does nothing

[Handsome Squidward]

Originally posted by Sirgay Artyomsky:

Originally posted by Gaydolf Yeetler:

Switch it to off, and then hold down alt+enter. Havent tried it, but see if it works, since it probably fools the system so it thinks you are not in fullscreen.

alt+enter does nothing

If you are in windowed mode, in all games, it switches to fullscreen mode, though you shouldnt do it below your screens resolution since it will not take up the whole screen.

[simon]

Originally posted by Gaydolf Yeetler:

Originally posted by Sirgay Artyomsky:

alt+enter does nothing

If you are in windowed mode, in all games, it switches to fullscreen mode, though you shouldnt do it below your screens resolution since it will not take up the whole screen.

It does'nt work in DL (at least for most people). Probable because the game uses enter for selection. It does not work in all games.

[Maxoduke]

My laptop has a Ryzen 3550H and Nvidia 1650. My game lags too much if I launch it in fullscreen with V-Sync on. It only lags if there are too many zombies (I tested it near the Supermarket in Slums where there's a big number of zombies).

I found a workaround for this problem by launching the game in Windowed mode with V-Sync off.
After loading the map, I can turn on fullscreen and V-Sync and it won't lag at all.

Weird.

[wakeme]

Originally posted by Maxoduke:

My laptop has a Ryzen 3550H and Nvidia 1650. My game lags too much if I launch it in full screen with V-Sync on. It only lags if there are too many zombies (I tested it near the Supermarket in Slums where there's a big number of zombies).

I found a workaround for this problem by launching the game in Windowed mode with V-Sync off.
After loading the map, I can turn on full screen and V-Sync and it won't lag at all.

Weird.

i read at the time , when Dying Light first came out . performance issues on AMD .
Now , it seems if there are issues , it is with Nvidia cards .

i had run DL on A10-7850k APU GPU Soc that used 2 gig system memory for VRAM
running at 1280 x 720 keeping Nvidia post processing stuff OFF . it always ran
consistent . Now with RX 570 8gig VRAM at 1080p it can hit
80 fps( v-sync OFF for testing ) with
everything ON , V-sync ON , except : Shadow Map at High , No AA , No Motion Blur .
Max zombie count , no issues , CPU at .1.7 Ghz . CPU is NOT causing the lag .

Full Screen or window mode , no issues . DL game menu has the Full screen
setting , it works . nothing special to do here .

[Maxoduke]

Originally posted by wakeme:

i read at the time , when Dying Light first came out . performance issues on AMD .
Now , it seems if there are issues , it is with Nvidia cards .

i had run DL on A10-7850k APU GPU Soc that used 2 gig system memory for VRAM
running at 1280 x 720 keeping Nvidia post processing stuff OFF . it always ran
consistent . Now with RX 570 8gig VRAM at 1080p it can hit
80 fps( v-sync OFF for testing ) with
everything ON , V-sync ON , except : Shadow Map at High , No AA , No Motion Blur .
Max zombie count , no issues , CPU at .1.7 Ghz . CPU is NOT causing the lag .

Full Screen or window mode , no issues . DL game menu has the Full screen
setting , it works . nothing special to do here .

Agreed. Just last year, I used to play this game on an AMD FX4100. So, processor is not a problem. It seems to be related to the graphics driver.

[wakeme]

RX 570 8 gig VRAM CPU at 1.7 Ghz ,
system memory DDR3 1866 Mhz 16 gig , A10-7850k CPU

CPU is intentionally under-clocked , lower power and
has No significant effect on fps .
GPU clocked at 1165 Mhz , Memory at 1750 Mhz

GPU power at idle 24 watts
BPU power at max load 60 watts
as monitored by wattMan .

over-clock summary :
1400 Mhz versas 1165 Mhz ?
predicts 20 % fps gain ,
however , Net fps gain is 12 % .
however , Power increases by 50 % .
thus , O.C. is kind of pointless .
power to fps % gain ratio is about 4
( an extra 30 watts to gain 12 % fps )
Nope . not doing O.C. anymore .

60 watts to 96 watts O.C.
for only 12 % fps gain , not doing it .

DL settings :

Resolution 1920 x 1080
Full Screen ON
Vertical sync ON
Texture Quality High
Shadow Map Size High
Foliage Quality High
View Distance Max
Ambient Occulusion ON
Nvidia HBAO+ ON
Nvidia Depth of Field ON
Nvidia PCSS ON
Motion Blur OFF
Antialiasing OFF
Film Grain Effect ON
Chromatic Aberation Effect ON

[Handsome Squidward]

Originally posted by simon:

Originally posted by Gaydolf Yeetler:

If you are in windowed mode, in all games, it switches to fullscreen mode, though you shouldnt do it below your screens resolution since it will not take up the whole screen.

It does'nt work in DL (at least for most people). Probable because the game uses enter for selection. It does not work in all games.

Odd, it works for me in windows 10, i dont see why it wont for others.

[simon]

Originally posted by Gaydolf Yeetler:

Originally posted by simon:

It does'nt work in DL (at least for most people). Probable because the game uses enter for selection. It does not work in all games.

Odd, it works for me in windows 10, i dont see why it wont for others.

Could be drivers, different types of keyboard etc. Its not a short cut that has to work in games. I think the only one that has to work is ctrl-alt-del as far as Microsoft are concerned.

[Maxoduke]

Alt + Enter functionality is generally implemented by the developers of the said software/game.
It's not a functionality provided by the Operating System.

I can also confirm that it does not work for Dying Light on Windows 10 or on Windows 7 for me.