How well optimized for PC?

[Dr. Gregory House, M.D.]

Imo $13 is a good deal on this game, seeing as I never played it. However, Metro 2033 is notorious for being hard to run as its unoptimized as can be. How well optimized is Last Light? How many fps could I expect on my rig?

Intel Core i7 3770 Quad Core 3.4 ghz
EVGA GTX 760 SC
8GB DDR3 1600mhz
Windows 8

[NotApplicable]

I'm not sure it's a matter of optimization for these Metro games; they are both go-to games for use with benchmarking, and I expect they made the games intentially highly-detailed, so as to make sure they challenge people's computers. Personally, I dislike this - the way I see it, most people will be buying a game to play, not to run a million benchmark tests. Granted, I am such a person who loves benchmarks and all the related figures, but this is a GAME, not a tech-demo.

Anywho, sorry for totally being unhelpful. I am actually wondering the same sort-of thing you are: whether the game runs well or not. xD Do you get decent performance on Metro 2033? I do, but it's not without little hiccups, and I had to tweak a thing or two, because it had problems with stuttering and/or tearing. >.<

[Dr. Gregory House, M.D.]

Herr. Teufel Mann lähetti viestin:

I'm not sure it's a matter of optimization for these Metro games; they are both go-to games for use with benchmarking, and I expect they made the games intentially highly-detailed, so as to make sure they challenge people's computers. Personally, I dislike this - the way I see it, most people will be buying a game to play, not to run a million benchmark tests. Granted, I am such a person who loves benchmarks and all the related figures, but this is a GAME, not a tech-demo.

Anywho, sorry for totally being unhelpful. I am actually wondering the same sort-of thing you are: whether the game runs well or not. xD

Nah, I got you bro haha. I agree, but the thing is from what I've heard about Metro 2033 the visuals aren't as good as they should be for how demanding the game is. That's what I'm worried about in last light.

[NotApplicable]

Ah. :| IDK, the visuals (on 2033) look sexy to me, when all maxed and stuff. Just, .. Depth of Field, and Tesselation are murderous for most compooters. I also have a 760 (ASUS 760 OC @ Stock) and there's no way in hell I use DoF. xD

I think my CPU lets me down a bit on 2033, though, ... been discovering lately, as good as the FX-4100 (@ 4.2GHz) is (I max most games, including BF3 with 38-60 online, with 64 players, and 60+ offline @ 1080p) lacking. I'm currently trying to OC the CPU further, and so far seem to be fairly stable at 4.5GHz, which should make a huge improvement.

Do you know if Last Light is actually any good?

[Hot Russian Borsch]

Don't get me wrong, I'm running it on GTX 670 SLI all on highest. I had to rebuild my machine to run 2033 all on highest with just over 50-60 fps average. In short, this game is about 10% more efficient over 2033 but also quite demanding. If you can run 2033, you can run this. Get it today; sale price is a steal. (Paid 55 preorder + 15 seasons pass)

[Midnight Snack]

@Herr: Not that it means much coming from a complete stranger, but Last Light is definitely one of my favorite single player shooters of all time.

As for the performance, I was getting a stable 50-60 FPS (using their benchmark, I averaged around 62 FPS if I remember correctly) with everything all the way up (except for SSAA because it eats FPS without actually visually enhancing the game). Turning off the Physx will help quite a bit, and turning down tessellation will help more as well.

i7 4700k @ 3.5
GTX 770 2GB
16GB Ram
Win 8.1

[Sasha]

Last Light runs a loooot better for me than 2033 ever did, almost a constant 60 frames throughout Last Light, compared to the ~40 I got in 2033.

AMD FX-8150 (yes, that was a bad choice)
Radeon HD 7950 3 GB
16 GB RAM
Windows 8.1

[DustOfTheNorthStar]

Try some critical thinking. Do my specs exceed the minimum? Do my specs exceed the recommended?
People need to stop asking about optimization becuase most of you have no clue what it even entails.

run great for me

AMD potato 4.5 ghz
Radeon Potato HD 7950 3gb
16 gigs potato @ 1666
Windows 95

[Sasha]

Dusted_one lähetti viestin:

Try some critical thinking. Do my specs exceed the minimum? Do my specs exceed the recommended?
People need to stop asking about optimization becuase most of you have no clue what it even entails.

Metro 2033 is notorious for it's poor optimization. What planet are you from?

[JJ0]

Lyme lähetti viestin:

@Herr: Not that it means much coming from a complete stranger, but Last Light is definitely one of my favorite single player shooters of all time.

As for the performance, I was getting a stable 50-60 FPS (using their benchmark, I averaged around 62 FPS if I remember correctly) with everything all the way up (except for SSAA because it eats FPS without actually visually enhancing the game). Turning off the Physx will help quite a bit, and turning down tessellation will help more as well.

i7 4700k @ 3.5
GTX 770 2GB
16GB Ram
Win 8.1

Lyme, I feel the same way about the game too. I initially gave up on Metro 2033 many months ago, but decided to give Last Light a go and I was totally blown away with the sheer depth of the game. What i mean by that is, as the graphics are so good and the voice acting, that during combat where you can decide on stealthy moves or full out all guns blazing, the AI kept the pressure on. Knocking a can on the floor would make a noise and the AI would get closer and closer to you as you hid, whilst waiting for the best moment to pounce. As a gamer who's middle aged and who's been playing for many years, I felt totally immersed in this game, so much so I returned to Metro 2033 and this time played it completely through.

i7 3770k @ 4.1
GTX 680
16GB Ram
Win 7 (64bit)
Xonar D1

I set every Graphical setting on it's maximum, except I think Physx was set to normal. Monitoring GPU details via EVGA Precision (aka Riva Tuner).

Fantastic looking game though... DLC's just a tad disapointing for me, maybe because the game set a very high standard.

[Syn]

Disable the phsyx stuff and you'll be rocking.
Game is sooooooo purrty.

[Dr. Gregory House, M.D.]

Ok, so the general consensus is it's still demanding but easier to run than 2033, and turn of PhysX. Thanks for the feedback guys! 1 more thing: Does the game have vsync? Because I still don't know how to use it in 2033 (If I enable in NCP it doesn't do anything)

[JJ0]

I think it's a good idea to experiment with Physx, as the effects are quite good. I left it on throughout. But like many I always have a check over the graphics settings and try to get close enough from the outset as to what the best settings are, but invariably they get tweaked later.

[Midnight Snack]

I played with Physx on the whole time. It's quite enjoyable watching debris pile up during firefights. It just adds a little extra something. Preference and performance really. My buddy turned it off because he said he didn't care about seeing the advanced physics, and he would rather have the FPS boost.

If you need to get a performance boost, make sure SSAA is off. I took lots of screenshots and 1080p recordings and couldn't tell a difference between it being on/off. That will get you a good FPS boost. After that, I would worry about disabling Physx, but hopefully you won't need to.

As for the Vsync, personally, I can't remember. This Performance Guide[www.gamefront.com] has a screenshot showing the Vsync option, so I guess it's there.

[Dr. Gregory House, M.D.]

Lyme lähetti viestin:

I played with Physx on the whole time. It's quite enjoyable watching debris pile up during firefights. It just adds a little extra something. Preference and performance really. My buddy turned it off because he said he didn't care about seeing the advanced physics, and he would rather have the FPS boost.
If you need to get a performance boost, make sure SSAA is off. I took lots of screenshots and 1080p recordings and couldn't tell a difference between it being on/off. That will get you a good FPS boost. After that, I would worry about disabling Physx, but hopefully you won't need to.

As for the Vsync, personally, I can't remember. This Performance Guide[www.gamefront.com] has a screenshot showing the Vsync option, so I guess it's there.

Alright, thank you for the information! :D

[trek554]

the game refuses to use all of my gpu. it will never go over 95% no matter what even if crank the settings to an playable level. on the settings I use it will even drop into the 80% range at times for no reason. and no its not a cpu bottleneck as I have a 2500k at 4.4. I googled this the other day and it seems common.

and btw the physx here is mostly the same old silly chunks of debris that look more like an out of place tech demo than anything else.