Raytracing framerate

[FlyinJ]

I have a 3070.

If I turn on raytracing and use the highest performance DLSS, my frame rate is between 40-50 fps when playing at even 1080p

Is there some trick to get 60 fps with raytracing enabled?

[The_Mafia]

If it makes any of you feel better, I have a RTX 4090 running the game at 1440p on my 2k screen. With the detail turned up to max I get 140fps (vsync, screen is 140hz)

If I turn on raytracing - The FPS drops to 40fps.

If I put raytracing to the lowest level, I get 60fps.

The graphics optimisation of this game is trash. Very disappointing.

I had a 3090 and it did the exact same thing.

[Wayz]

Dont bother with DLSS use fidelity fx.
https://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/mechwarrior_5_performance/2.htm
Damn good guide.
Use DSR Factor in NVIDIA global settings. Set AA in game to TXAA as it goes grainy without & qaulity didnt seem to matter what I chose so just set to low as there is no 'off.'

3070/5800x @ 1440p running at 60fps constantly. No idea what actual frames are as I capped at 60.

RTX is garbage turn it off.

[Solon]

3070ti seems to have little trouble performing, as I understand it.

[BlueBangkok]

Guide how to have great performance and visuals in MW5:

Step 1: Turn off ray tracing.
Step 2: Turn on DLSS Quality.
Step 3: Enjoy 200+ fps and arguably better visuals than with RT on.

RT implementation in this game is a joke and should never have been added.

[sgt_magor]

ray tracing in this game not for me frame rate drops and causes my gpu to over heat so I'm staying away from that, but, i noticed my gpu runs about 5 degrees celsius cooler when when DLSS enabled on ultra performance. average round 49 to 54C, disabled it goes up to over 60c. something really wacky about the game, what kind of calls or code would cause your gpu to overheat on vanilla settings weird!

[Slickstream]

Originally posted by sgt_magor:

ray tracing in this game not for me frame rate drops and causes my gpu to over heat so I'm staying away from that, but, i noticed my gpu runs about 5 degrees celsius cooler when when DLSS enabled on ultra performance. average round 49 to 54C, disabled it goes up to over 60c. something really wacky about the game, what kind of calls or code would cause your gpu to overheat on vanilla settings weird!

Sorry for necro and late reply but; that's normal behaviour. First off ray tracing is more demanding so its normal temperature goes up. Second, DLSS lowers internal resolution (aka makes your GPU render at lower resolution) and upscales using AI, therefore, it's normal that when using it your GPU stays cooler.

Fun fact, in 2023, game still runs like absolute garbage with ray tracing on, even on a 4090 at 3440x1440 i'm getting barely 60 fps.

[Dalinar917]

Well since this was necroed I'll go ahead and post what I do on all of these Ray Tracing posts for Mech 5. Mechwarrior 5 was one of the first games on PC to introduce Ray Tracing and was one of the poster boys for Nvidia. The version of RTX that is implemented into Mech5 is basically experimental and was never updated or maintained by PGI as they updated/changed the game. So basically it is just best to turn off RTX and DLSS in Mech5 as you'll get much better performance.

There are also a few individuals out there that have gotten RTX to work smoothly with the game and it doesn't affect their machines and that's good for them. The majority of us, have issues with RTX and DLSS in Mech5 no matter what kind of machine we have.

[Valen]

Darn It Darlinar917 beat me again to this Necroed Post

Originally posted by Sima | Marco:

Raytracing is now working as intended on steam version.

RTX and DLSS has not - and never worked well for the majority of people - regardless of their system. RTX was added after MW5 was released and is a older (Beta) version. RTX has never gotten a update in MW5 and DLSS has had one update as I remember.

The issue with RTX in MW5 will be performance (Even on high end systems).

DLSS in MW5 has caused memory issues for some people in the past.

What RTX adds to MW5 (little) is not worth the issues that come with it (For Most).

Best bet is to turn RTX and DLSS off in game and in Geforce experience.

Even without RTX - MW5 does have some performance issue - adding big mods can make it worse.

I do not expect PGI to ever fix the RTX (Or even give options as to what features of RTX are enabled). Performance wise - PGI has done some work to improve - but the biggest improvement has come from the Xenopax- Optimize Mod.

The target consistent FPS for this title should be 60 FPS for most. Asking more than that - you may be giving yourself issues.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2582569808

[Nate]

von Biomes mod causes big framerate loss on some of its maps if you have RTX on. Mod dev has a note up on nexus about this.

[pete]

Originally posted by Nate:

von Biomes mod causes big framerate loss on some of its maps if you have RTX on. Mod dev has a note up on nexus about this.

WHAT!!!! Read Mod Dev note or any notes - are you out of your mind?????