DLSS and perfomance issues

[GFMeM]

I have a 3060 ti and I can't even play 4k Medium DLSS Balanced with more that 20 fps. Even with DLSS Ultra Perfomance, still 20 fps. The game just refuses to run, and the dialogues, to quiet and Sylens does not even talk in the beggining cutscene.

[derSanitoeter]

What is your CPU, memory ( incl. frequency ) and what SSD / NVME drive you use?

[Dave]

My spouse has a 3070 and plays on 4k just fine (with some restrictions), but I hate to break it to you, the 3060 isn't really strong enough for AAA 4k gaming. The 3060 is the bottom of the barrel for the 3K line. Even a 3070 will struggle.

My partner has to use his 3070 on DLSS Ultra Performance for 4K, and on mixed medium/high settings, and he going 45-60fps which is about right for that GPU. It's mostly high, with shadows and a few other things that aren't that important set to low.

If you REALLY want to do solid 4K gaming, you should be using a 3080 or better or a 4000 line as the 4000 line can use frame generation. Even a low end 4000 card will do wonders due to frame generation.

If I were you, I'd set this game to 1440p with that GPU. Even ultra DLSS performance isn't enough for that GPU at 4k.

While the 3060 is better than a PS5, it won't perform as well as the PS5 as devs don't have access to the hardware in windows that they can do on the PS5. Windows also has more overhead. Plus the PS5 doesn't do true 4K anyway. For performance & quality = to the ps5, I'd recommend a 3070.

This also doesn't even get into what CPU you have as that's also very important for AAA Games like this that need a lot of CPUs cores at higher clock speeds.

I have a 4090. So I'm playing at 4K, DLSS quality + frame gen at a solid 144fps.

TBH, HFW is FAR FAR better optimized for the PC on release vs HZD was. This is actually optimized quite well on release.

[TyresTyco]

The issue here is that you are trying to play a game like this on 4k with a 3060ti. I have one myself and the game runs fine on 1440p. Despite some cutscenes running like ♥♥♥♥.

[WeirdScienceX]

3060 Ti isn't a 4K card unless you're talking old games

[Dave]

Originally posted by WeirdScienceX:

3060 Ti isn't a 4K card unless you're talking old games

100% This

[Nussy Snake]

What's the point of 4K if you have to run it in Ultra Performance? Play it at a lower resolution so you don't have to crank the upscaler as hard lmao

[5ean5ean]

3060ti and 4k is pretty rough.

[Captain Furious]

Your card is not a 4K card

You do not have the VRAM

3060 Ti was a 1440p card when it came out and it’s a 1080p card today

[Venedra]

i agree you shouldnt play on 4k with an 3060ti. Even my 3070 struggles with 1440P in Horizon
But the 20 fps thing is a bug probably. As soon as i change my upscaling settings, the game just breaks. If you restart you will see the actual fps you can have. Also cutscenes do break the game too, if your frames drop hard after a cutscene or change of settings, just restart

[Dave]

Originally posted by Nussy Snake:

What's the point of 4K if you have to run it in Ultra Performance? Play it at a lower resolution so you don't have to crank the upscaler as hard lmao

because 4K on ultra perf looks better than native 1440p that's why. However, that's not even enough for a 3060 to do enough fps on this game at 4K.

[tallgeese]

3060 TI is firmly a 1080p card.

[Seer0fW0lves]

4k is fairly demanding. Drop it to 1440p.

[TobbeManNBOT]

I have 75-90fps in quality dlss in 4k with a 3080 and 5900x but my PC is for sure working hard hehe I need 2 upgrade aswell sadly coz my game does struggle in some games in 4k but often if they are rly unoptimized

[Flonzo]

Originally posted by GFMeM:

I have a 3060 ti and I can't even play 4k Medium DLSS Balanced with more that 20 fps. Even with DLSS Ultra Perfomance, still 20 fps. The game just refuses to run, and the dialogues, to quiet and Sylens does not even talk in the beggining cutscene.

Yes, I had the same issue with a 3070,
-I disabled DLSS (it doesn't seem to be working),
-turned on Anti-Aliasing to DLAA
-turned off Reflex LL,
-matched the dynamic resolution to my refresh rate and
-made it exclusive full screen
I'm now looking good, running on very high settings at 70-90fps

Apparently DLSS is not working and/or playing well with some peoples cards. Try this and hopefully the game will be playable until they fix it.

[Flonzo]

Originally posted by Flonzo:

Originally posted by GFMeM:

I have a 3060 ti and I can't even play 4k Medium DLSS Balanced with more that 20 fps. Even with DLSS Ultra Perfomance, still 20 fps. The game just refuses to run, and the dialogues, to quiet and Sylens does not even talk in the beggining cutscene.

Yes, I had the same issue with a 3070,
-I disabled DLSS (it doesn't seem to be working),
-turned on Anti-Aliasing to DLAA
-turned off Reflex LL,
-matched the dynamic resolution to my refresh rate and
-made it exclusive full screen
I'm now looking good, running on very high settings at 70-90fps

Did the same on my girlfriends PC which runs a Nvid 2060 with similar good results.

Apparently DLSS is not working and/or playing well with some peoples cards. Try this and hopefully the game will be playable until they fix it.