This game has terrible performance. FACT.

[The Alchemist]

Before I rant, I want to say this is by far my favorite AC game since BF. Despite my better judgment, I've bought and beaten every AC game near launch. My low expectations were smashed after about two hours in when I discovered how different Origins is from its predecessors. It's the re-boot this franchise needed.

However -- the pedigree of poor optimization continues in Origins and it's extremely sad to see.

My Specs:
1080p 144Hz Monitor from ASUS
16GB DDR4 @ 2133MHz
i7 6700k @ 4.4GHz
GTX 1080 Ti
500GB SSD

On ultra settings, at 1080p, this game runs at a perfect 60FPS, but the frametiming is absolute♥♥♥♥♥♥ Some of the worst I've seen in a non-MMO title before. The only time I see a consistent 16.7ms is out in the desert. If I go ANYWHERE NEAR a village, it bounces between 16.7ms-30ms.

Alexandria, one of the most beautiful cities ever realized in an AC game is marred by terrible stuttering. The uneven framepacing robbed me of an otherwise great experience. Instead of thinking "Wow, Ubisoft really put work into realizing this ancient city!", I spent the next two hours fiddling with refresh rate/vsync/FPS caps.

Nothing solves this issue and it's ruining my time with AC:O.

*Before you comment "LOL runs smooth on mine PC 60FPS solid", I DON'T CARE* post your frametime graph and PROVE you don't have stuttering. There isn't a SINGLE youtube benchmark video that shows even frametimes.

Examples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDUzVLcG3h8&t
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v35rjnvoQuw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXvjE4hgQRA&t=174s

This is unacceptable. It makes the game look like hot garbage in the cities.

[EbonHawk]

I reverted back to Nvidia driver version 388.00 because of stuttering that showed up, but I was getting higher framerates. That timing thing you mentioned is new to me. Can you explain it?

Has to be the gpu number, I'm assuming, that the performance tool shows, and not cpu I would think..

[Just_Robby]

Originally posted by EbonHawk:

I reverted back to Nvidia driver version 388.00 because of stuttering that showed up, but I was getting higher framerates. That timing thing you mentioned is new to me. Can you explain it?

Has to be the gpu number, I'm assuming, that the performance tool shows, and not cpu I would think..

Did reverting back to that driver version fix the stuttering? Im getting it terribly now and I never used to a few weeks back!

[Felotus]

Does your monitor support G-sync by any chance?

I've been playing at 3440x1440, Ultra settings on a 1080Ti and it's buttery smooth. Unfortunately Alexandria is the most compute intensive zone in the entire game.

[EbonHawk]

Originally posted by Rob:

Originally posted by EbonHawk:

I reverted back to Nvidia driver version 388.00 because of stuttering that showed up, but I was getting higher framerates. That timing thing you mentioned is new to me. Can you explain it?

Has to be the gpu number, I'm assuming, that the performance tool shows, and not cpu I would think..

Did reverting back to that driver version fix the stuttering? Im getting it terribly now and I never used to a few weeks back!

Oh yeah, major improvement. I'm sticking with 388.00 for my current system until I stop playing ACO:

Win 10
GTX 970, 388.00 drivers
i7-8700k
16GB DDR4 ram

My previous system a week ago:
Win 7
GTX 970, 388.59 (pretty sure)
16GB DDR3 ram

(still waiting for the gpus to be available again before probably getting a 1070 Ti)

[EbonHawk]

Originally posted by Felotus:

Does your monitor support G-sync by any chance?

I've been playing at 3440x1440, Ultra settings on a 1080Ti and it's buttery smooth. Unfortunately Alexandria is the most compute intensive zone in the entire game.

No, no gsync yet for me. :-(

[Cobrazi]

i7 6800K@4.2ghz
1080Ti Poseidon@2050/12 000
4x4GB@3000.
Maxedout and 150% resolution scale.
and buttersmooth experience, even in cities:)

[The Alchemist]

Originally posted by Cobre:

i7 6800K@4.2ghz
1080Ti Poseidon@2050/12 000
4x4GB@3000.
Maxedout and 150% resolution scale.
and buttersmooth experience, even in cities:)

God, why do you even bother? Do you think for one moment I'll believe that somehow you're the ONLY person in the world who can run the game without stuttering, even on lolstupidly overpowered hardware?

Take a look at your post. It's literally a stroke-off.

Post a video or ♥♥♥♥ didn't happen.

[The Alchemist]

Originally posted by Felotus:

Does your monitor support G-sync by any chance?

I've been playing at 3440x1440, Ultra settings on a 1080Ti and it's buttery smooth. Unfortunately Alexandria is the most compute intensive zone in the entire game.

Instead of saying "buttery smooth", provide numbers, videos, photos, ANYTHING. I hate when people dismiss REAL issues in the game to stroke their own egos.

[Kabob]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1276634758

Most spikes were passing Rebel vs Guards, I just mowed on through.

[ØGThor]

I've been noticing FPS drops ever since the last patch, it was fine before.

My Specs:.
Monitor ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q G-Sync
i7 5930k @ 4.2GHz
Nvidia TITAN Xp
32 GB DDR4 @ 2133MHz
500GB SSD

[Felotus]

Originally posted by Distance03:

Originally posted by Felotus:

Does your monitor support G-sync by any chance?

I've been playing at 3440x1440, Ultra settings on a 1080Ti and it's buttery smooth. Unfortunately Alexandria is the most compute intensive zone in the entire game.

Instead of saying "buttery smooth", provide numbers, videos, photos, ANYTHING. I hate when people dismiss REAL issues in the game to stroke their own egos.

As much as I'd like to post something to back up my claims, it's impossible to capture what G-sync does as it wouldn't show up in the video.

The closest would be to take a mobile phone and shoot a video of the display while playing to illustrate how it works.

I'm not saying the game is well optimized (the frame rate is all over the place), I'm just saying that G-sync really helps by hiding it.

And hey sorry if it sounded pretentious or what not, that wasn't the intention ;-)

[EbonHawk]

Originally posted by Felotus:

Originally posted by Distance03:

Instead of saying "buttery smooth", provide numbers, videos, photos, ANYTHING. I hate when people dismiss REAL issues in the game to stroke their own egos.

As much as I'd like to post something to back up my claims, it's impossible to capture what G-sync does as it wouldn't show up in the video.

The closest would be to take a mobile phone and shoot a video of the display while playing to illustrate how it works.

I'm not saying the game is well optimized (the frame rate is all over the place), I'm just saying that G-sync really helps by hiding it.

And hey sorry if it sounded pretentious or what not, that wasn't the intention ;-)

I didn't think that, just stating facts. And everyone "sees" graphics differently, I think. I can sometimes see the barest "microstutter" and others won't. Sometimes it only shows up in the "feel" of a game.

[ØGThor]

Originally posted by Felotus:

Originally posted by Distance03:

Instead of saying "buttery smooth", provide numbers, videos, photos, ANYTHING. I hate when people dismiss REAL issues in the game to stroke their own egos.

As much as I'd like to post something to back up my claims, it's impossible to capture what G-sync does as it wouldn't show up in the video.

The closest would be to take a mobile phone and shoot a video of the display while playing to illustrate how it works.

I'm not saying the game is well optimized (the frame rate is all over the place), I'm just saying that G-sync really helps by hiding it.

And hey sorry if it sounded pretentious or what not, that wasn't the intention ;-)

I have a titan XP and a G-Sync monitor and the game still plays like crap. My average fps is 81 and there's constant drops of fps during cut scenes etc,,, When in all reality my average fps should be much higher than that.

The game is not optimized at all, I play plenty of current gen games at 120 fps or higher with no drops below 90. I have seen my fps dip all the way to 30 wiht AC origins.G-Sync or no G-sync it's very notable.

[revolver-22]

Originally posted by Distance03:

Before I rant, I want to say this is by far my favorite AC game since BF. Despite my better judgment, I've bought and beaten every AC game near launch. My low expectations were smashed after about two hours in when I discovered how different Origins is from its predecessors. It's the re-boot this franchise needed.

However -- the pedigree of poor optimization continues in Origins and it's extremely sad to see.

My Specs:
1080p 144Hz Monitor from ASUS
16GB DDR4 @ 2133MHz
i7 6700k @ 4.4GHz
GTX 1080 Ti
500GB SSD

On ultra settings, at 1080p, this game runs at a perfect 60FPS, but the frametiming is absolute♥♥♥♥♥♥ Some of the worst I've seen in a non-MMO title before. The only time I see a consistent 16.7ms is out in the desert. If I go ANYWHERE NEAR a village, it bounces between 16.7ms-30ms.

Alexandria, one of the most beautiful cities ever realized in an AC game is marred by terrible stuttering. The uneven framepacing robbed me of an otherwise great experience. Instead of thinking "Wow, Ubisoft really put work into realizing this ancient city!", I spent the next two hours fiddling with refresh rate/vsync/FPS caps.

Nothing solves this issue and it's ruining my time with AC:O.

*Before you comment "LOL runs smooth on mine PC 60FPS solid", I DON'T CARE* post your frametime graph and PROVE you don't have stuttering. There isn't a SINGLE youtube benchmark video that shows even frametimes.

Examples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDUzVLcG3h8&t
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v35rjnvoQuw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXvjE4hgQRA&t=174s

This is unacceptable. It makes the game look like hot garbage in the cities.

Bro, try to explain frame timing to the average Steam user is like trying to teach a monkey how to use a keyboard and even then, at the end the monkey would do better. The average Steam user even gets mad when you mention frame timing. I saw someone telling me that frame times are perfect on PC always with v-sync on and that programs such as MSI Afterburner are fake.

Frame timing is a basic thing for frame rates but most PC gamers have no idea what it is, how it works, what solves it or what makes it better. Most people don't even use RivaTuner to stabilize their frame time or they don't even know that the GameBar at the latest update from Windows 10 Creators Update does the same RivaTuner does without you having to use it. Basically, good to perfect frame times. On the contrary, you see a bunch of moronic monkeys at Reddit telling each other to disable this, some ♥♥♥♥♥♥ even said the frame times are "worse", yet he didn't even seem to know what they are.You could try this one since you are aware of frame times. It does help a lot. It actually amazed me how it fixed frame times at full screen.

Most PC users have no idea how truly PC gaming works. Most people have a PC now because it has become a trend in the last years, not because they want a better gaming experience.

Also, are you aware that frame times become A LOT better by simply playing any game on borderless full screen mode? You can also try this.

With the Game Bar enabled, frame times are 16.7 or 16.6 ms always, I am telling you, try it! Or you can also use RivaTuner, its pretty good too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yeROJQR_qE&t=1s

[pasta37meatball]

lmao and people wanna go to ROME