Performance of the Game.

[Knight Siegfried]

Now I love this game. Don't diss my hours on this account. I played it like crazy on the Xboxone. This game is stunningly beautiful even on medium.
My specs as is currently
GTX 960 4GB
i5-6600k
Win 8.1
144HZ 1080P Monitor
This game is a bit tough to get pure 60 FPS on here as I am switching between settings to review the FPS. I am thinking of joining the GTX 980TI club for it's power and ability to do 4K and VR. I know what to do if I upgrade but how is this game so beautiful? Even with my old, crude setup, the game is great. I just can't wait to see what it looks like on 4K or any of my other games too. What do you guys or girls think of the 980TI? Worth the money? I know I will only buy it if it is on sale but still. The price tag is a tad crazy.

[DUSTY]

I'm not recommending one 980ti for 4K, not enough juice. 144Hz with 144 fps on nice 1080p screen is just perfect

[Knight Siegfried]

Originally posted by KRIS:

I'm not recommending one 980ti for 4K, not enough juice. 144Hz with 144 fps on nice 1080p screen is just perfect

I mean. On oldish games, I would play on 4K. 2k for newish games is fine with me. I just have to wait for a sale on the 980ti.

[The Rock God]

Why would you want a 980ti? A 1080 is generally cheaper.

[Knight Siegfried]

Originally posted by The Rock God:

Why would you want a 980ti? A 1080 is generally cheaper.

But which is more powerful. I understand the price difference but which is better?

[The Rock God]

Titan X Pascal > 1080 >1070 > TItan X > 980ti > 980

[Knight Siegfried]

Originally posted by The Rock God:

Titan X Pascal > 1080 >1070 > TItan X > 980ti > 980

I looked up the Titan X Pascel. Holy ♥♥♥♥ is that powerful. Looks like the 1080 is the best choice then.

[DUSTY]

Originally posted by The Rock God:

Titan X Pascal > 1080 >1070 > TItan X > 980ti > 980

Funny, 1070 is not better then 980ti. check benchmarks

[Knight Siegfried]

Originally posted by KRIS:

Originally posted by The Rock God:

Titan X Pascal > 1080 >1070 > TItan X > 980ti > 980

Funny, 1070 is not better then 980ti. check benchmarks

So go for the 1080 instead? I'll wait for a sale on that then.

[-=SOF=-WID99]

if you want a FPS boost try installing razer cortex 7.0 or earlier

ask Kris .. he told me about it .. (thank you again sir ) i use a Strix GTX 960 2 gig card .. to me the game runs fine in 1080 P ( i also use older Nvidia drivers as thats the driver ASUS has up for my card driver version 359.06 )

Acer 1080P 24 inch wide screen monitor max refesh 75 Hz

secondary that i use to play on SEKI 40 inch HDTV via Hdmi out from the back of my Asus card

my in Game settings are Custom
resolution 1920 X 1080
vsync - on

Quality settings
motion blur off - not a fan of it ..
Textures - Ultra
Shadows - High
Post FX -Ultra
Geometry - Very High
Vegetation- Ultra
Environment - High
Water - Ultra
Ambient Occusion setting is SSBC
Antialising settings is SMAA

God rays - off- not a fan of how it looks (can make the game unstable)
Fur - on
Trees relief -on

in Advanced settings
Triple buffering - off
Vsync mode - Normal

in Nvidia control panel, i made these changes
Anisotropic Filtering = 16 X
Max Pre Rendered Frames = 1
Set Power Management Mode = Adaptive

game looks fine to me and plays stutter free on my system with zero crashes


also i installed Razer Cortex version 7.0 as it does seem to help with this game
http://www.filehorse.com/download-game-booster/old-versions/

keep in mind the Nvidia gameworks settings will tax your FPS
try other settings

PCSS soft shows will KILL your FPS use high or Ultra (i'd say high on a 960 )

also i never EVER install the crapware with my geforce drivers
i run DDU

an then only install
the driver and control panel
HDMI audio
PhysX

thats it .....no 3d vision since you have to own a 3d screen and the Nvidia glasses to use it
and NO geforce experience, half the time i used it it set my games up waaay wrong anyway

but no on a GTX 960 your not gonna get 60 FPS all the time ..mine dips to the low 50's with razer coretex installed ..without razer cortex .. yea it'll dip lower

(keep in mind a GTX 960 = about half a GTX 980 hardware wise )

the game will push your GPU if ya crank your settings up ..and yep you need to find the right balance , if you want a good experience .

or have a GTX titan X or better
and even on those and the 980 ti's the nvidia game works settings will make the game crash if you enable them .. nvidia busted that long ago at the driver level .

i left two links about that in the tips section Point # 18

[-=SOF=-WID99]

hope some of that helps your issue ..but yes get a 1080 or wait for the 1080 ti

if ya want 4 k in far cry 4 your gonna need to go SLI titan X's or better

[Knight Siegfried]

Originally posted by -=SOF=-WID99:

hope some of that helps your issue ..but yes get a 1080 or wait for the 1080 ti

if ya want 4 k in far cry 4 your gonna need to go SLI titan X's or better

Thanks. I'll take a look at this info and see what I can do with it.

[-=SOF=-WID99]

good luck ..again i was amazed how much the older version of cortex helped .. the newer version do not work as well last time i tried it

with version 7.0 also you have to after exiting your game .. manually shut off cortex in your windows task bar (at least i do here ) or steam keeps saying far cry 4 is still running

all my other games version 7.0 closes when i exit the game ..version 6 worked perfect

usually when i lauch my games i see cortex free up about half a gig or so of system ram
by suspending uneeded windows services .. that helps alot ..once i exit cortex .. those services reload

its a neat lil program

[DUSTY]

Originally posted by I'mYourFriendPal:

Originally posted by KRIS:

Funny, 1070 is not better then 980ti. check benchmarks

So go for the 1080 instead? I'll wait for a sale on that then.

1080 is around £550 where 980ti you can get from £300, I can't see any point of burning £550 plus for very little of performance. Buy 980 or 980ti and wait for next gen of GTX.

[Knight Siegfried]

Originally posted by KRIS:

Originally posted by I'mYourFriendPal:

So go for the 1080 instead? I'll wait for a sale on that then.

1080 is around £550 where 980ti you can get from £300, I can't see any point of burning £550 plus for very little of performance. Buy 980 or 980ti and wait for next gen of GTX.

Ah. I have to deal with USD. The 980TI is actually more than the 1080 here by a few hundred dollers. 980TI here is almost 700-1K everywhere I look.

[DUSTY]

Originally posted by -=SOF=-WID99:

hope some of that helps your issue ..but yes get a 1080 or wait for the 1080 ti

if ya want 4 k in far cry 4 your gonna need to go SLI titan X's or better

Correct, I don't understand why people think that one card can run all games maxed out in 4K.