gtx 970 and ultra textures

[xsys]

Is there an issue with ultra textures? I can run Shadow of Mordor on ultra fine (takes about 3.6 gig of VRAM) but Watch dogs with ultra textures crashes at some point in the game (takes about 3.1 gig) . Running with everything else on ultra and "high" textures is stable and smooth so that is where I will leave it unless somebody has the trick to get it to work properly.

gtx 970
Win7 x64
AMD 8150

[xsys]

Let me rephrase the question. Anybody else with a gtx 970 playing with ultra textures?

[xsys]

Never mind...it crashes at a very specific place on the map. They have some bad HD textures or something. "High" textures work fine and look the same imo..

[Kalshion]

Ultra textures seems to give most people problems, no idea why; I have mine set to high since on Ultra I get some FPS lag when I go into certain areas of the map, of course I still wish they'd fix the darned flickering textures =(

[xsys]

Definitely saw the flashing textures too. I doubt they will fix any of this though. It looks and runs great otherwise, so I will just enjoy what I can.

[xsys]

Originally posted by Vallø:

Ultra will cause stutter on a GTX 970. Its especially noticable when driving. It can also cause memory related crashes. You can find texture mods that will attempt to fix it, with varying degrees of success.

The texture mods probably replace the bad textures.

I spent hours trying different settings and it always came down to ultra textures at a specific intersection – much of the game was playable. It usually happened while driving but it also happened while walking through that intersection.

The memory usage of the card was just barely over 3 gig while Shadow of Mordor (with ultra textures) reaches 3.6 gig and runs smooth @ 70 fps...it's not the card imo.

[xsys]

Thanks for the detailed post :)

[xsys]

I tried TheWorse mod 1.0 and that fixed the crashes. I was missing some menu text (continue, dlc, etc.) and I wasn't crazy about all of the fog/haze, but not bad overall.

[xsys]

I really like cmh175's updated version :)

Thanks for taking the time to post that info.

[Engicop]

The Definitive Mod + KuroTenshi texture pack is better.

Also, I have the GTX 760 and I don't have much problems. High textures run smoothly and there's only stuttering with Ultra textures. Did you update Watch Dogs?

[Sparhawk122]

Anyone know how this game plays with a GTX Titan X? Does it still stutter whilst driving?

[Engicop]

Originally posted by Sparhawk122:

Anyone know how this game plays with a GTX Titan X? Does it still stutter whilst driving?

Never tried with a Titan, but with the "-disablepagefilecheck" and .xml tweaks I'm sure it would be completely fine. CPU is also kind of important in this game.

[xsys]

Originally posted by TheEngiGuy:

did you update Watch Dogs?

I run it from my UPlay client actually, so it's (probably) been updated. I will look at the "Definitive mod" too (I saved a vanilla install) but I'm quite pleased for now. The game looks like an HD film at this point :)

I forgot about that "-disablepagefilecheck" trick so I'll give that a try again. I have the game maxed on all settings and I get no noticeable stutter, but more stability is always good!