960 runs it on High @ 1080p and Titan X on Ultra @ 4K

[bullsheet.646]

i hope ill get 50 fps with 970 with hairworks and ultra

 

[Gerudon]

i hope ill get 50 fps with 970 with hairworks and ultra

Without hairworks? likely, specially since "ultra" doesn't mean much.

WITH hairworks? Probably not, that will be the first thing I deactivate.

 

[bullsheet.646]

Without hairworks? likely, specially since "ultra" doesn't mean much.

WITH hairworks? Probably not, that will be the first thing I deactivate.

you know even if it gets me around 40 fps ill put it on, it just looks great

 

[Gerudon]

I would rather activate other stuff like AO.

Yes it looks neat, but it seems to have a tendency to screw your frame rate at the worst times. You really don't want to have a drop below 30, when a bear jumps you.

Honestly this Hair Works seems to be a PR stunt rather then a meaningful and well working addition to the graphics of the game.

 

[Assalander]

Hardly, if you put everything on max, GTA V becomes very demanding as well, specially stuff like grass and MSAA sucks the performance right out of a 980.

Yeah but with FXAA and very few stuff deactivated like high resolution shadows, it ran very well (as far as I can tell) on my laptop 880M, except sometimes under the rain (but only sometimes so not sure why). Grass was at max quality and the nature areas never gave me any trouble.

Now maybe my brain is in constant slow mode or something but it really felt slick even when speeding like crazy with those sports cars. I guess MSAA would be the main culprit then.

 

[octavian123]

Sounds like my GTX 970 will have no problems. My PC and body are ready for the overwhelming rush of pure gaming nirvana.

 

[Gerudon]

Yeah but with FXAA and very few stuff deactivated like high resolution shadows, it ran very well (as far as I can tell) on my laptop 880M, except sometimes under the rain (but only sometimes so not sure why). Grass was at max quality and the nature areas never gave me any trouble.

Now maybe my brain is in constant slow mode or something but it really felt slick even when speeding like crazy with those sports cars. I guess MSAA would be the main culprit then.

Well, it is rather subjective to what one think is still "slick" or "running well". And I also pretty much doubt, you have the grass on max, to be honest.

But I check my fps and by now I feel and see it even without counter, when the frame rate drops from 60 to 40 etc.

 

[Darth-Death]

I'll do what is necessary to achieve 60 fps first, then concern myself with the graphics afterward. A "GTX 960 @ 1080p high details" I'm assuming is at playable frames, and that's good to know.

 

[blizzzilla]

Does a second GeForce card help with Hair Works? Currently I've got an i5 2500k @4.0 Ghz and MSI GTX 970 in my PC, but I can add a GTX 750 Ti and set that card as the PhysX processor. Do you think that will allow me to turn on Hair Works without a hit in fps?

 

[Assalander]

And I also pretty much doubt, you have the grass on max, to be honest. .

Well it does say "Ultra". Extended distance scaling and Extended shadow distance are off though, not sure if that could play a role. Also, as I've said I never check the fps but I'm pretty sure I can't really tell the difference above 40-45, so maybe we just have a different notion of "running well" indeed

 

[blameless75]

Well this is why PC gaming has so much freedom..you can actually tweak the settings to get to the sweet 60fps that we all love and enjoy.

Tbh I think 40-45 FPS is fine personally.

 

[mxYELLOW]

I'm wondering, how do devs optimize their game during development when the OS' driver isn't optimized to begin with.

 

[Siven80]

Interesting.

I currently have a GTX670 and have been pondering whether to upgrade to a 970 or not.

 

[Neew]

*Double Post, looking for the delete function*

 

[eskiMoe]

i expect the game to be on the same optimization level of GTA V for the PC, if not better. i saw before on a website that even a low end GPU like the GT 740, and a mobile one no less, to be able to run the game at medium just fine. http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-740M.89900.0.html

Just remember. Less demanding =/= better optimized.

 

[Neew]

To add some context to what "High" means.

Spoiler: rendering.xml

<PresetsArray>
  <Preset id="2" displayName="high">
    <Entry varId="Virtual_TexturesOptionVar" value="2"/>
    <Entry varId="Virtual_LevelOfDetailOptionVar" value="2"/>
    <Entry varId="Virtual_WaterOptionVar" value="2"/>
    <Entry varId="Virtual_TerrainOptionVar" value="2"/>
    <Entry varId="Virtual_ShadowsOptionVar" value="2"/>
    <Entry varId="UseHairWorks" value="false"/>
    <Entry varId="Virtual_GrassOptionVar"value="2"/>
    <Entry varId="Virtual_FoliageVisibility"value="2"/>
  </Preset>
  <Preset id="3" displayName="uber">
    <Entry varId="Virtual_TexturesOptionVar" value="3"/>
    <Entry varId="Virtual_LevelOfDetailOptionVar" value="3"/>
    <Entry varId="Virtual_WaterOptionVar" value="3"/>
    <Entry varId="Virtual_TerrainOptionVar" value="3"/>
    <Entry varId="Virtual_ShadowsOptionVar" value="3"/>
    <Entry varId="UseHairWorks" value="true"/>
    <Entry varId="Virtual_GrassOptionVar"value="3"/>
    <Entry varId="Virtual_FoliageVisibility"value="3"/>
  </Preset>
</PresetsArray>
<OptionsArray>
  <Option id="2" displayName="high">
    <Entry varId="CascadeShadowFadeTreshold" value="1.0"/>
    <Entry varId="CascadeShadowDistanceScale0" value="1.0"/>
    <Entry varId="CascadeShadowDistanceScale1" value="1.0"/>
    <Entry varId="CascadeShadowDistanceScale2" value="1.2"/>
    <Entry varId="CascadeShadowDistanceScale3" value="1.2"/>
    <Entry varId="CascadeShadowQuality" value="1"/>
    <Entry varId="CascadeShadowmapSize" value="2048"/>
    <Entry varId="MaxCascadeCount" value="4"/>
    <Entry varId="MaxTerrainShadowAtlasCount" value="4"/>
    <Entry varId="MaxCubeShadowSize" value="512"/>
    <Entry varId="MaxSpotShadowSize" value="512"/>
    <Entry overrideGroup="Rendering/SpeedTree" varId="FoliageShadowDistanceScale" value="16.0"/>
  </Option>
  <Option id="3" displayName="uber">
    <Entry varId="CascadeShadowFadeTreshold" value="1.0"/>
    <Entry varId="CascadeShadowDistanceScale0" value="1.0"/>
    <Entry varId="CascadeShadowDistanceScale1" value="1.0"/>
    <Entry varId="CascadeShadowDistanceScale2" value="1.5"/>
    <Entry varId="CascadeShadowDistanceScale3" value="1.5"/>
    <Entry varId="CascadeShadowQuality" value="1"/>
    <Entry varId="CascadeShadowmapSize" value="3072"/>
    <Entry varId="MaxCascadeCount" value="4"/>
    <Entry varId="MaxTerrainShadowAtlasCount" value="4"/>
    <Entry varId="MaxCubeShadowSize" value="512"/>
    <Entry varId="MaxSpotShadowSize" value="512"/>
    <Entry overrideGroup="Rendering/SpeedTree" varId="FoliageShadowDistanceScale" value="54.0"/>
  </Option>
</OptionsArray>
<OptionsArray>
  <Option id="2" displayName="high">
    <Entry varId="TerrainErrorMetricMultiplier" value="10"/>
    <Entry varId="TerrainScreenSpaceErrorThreshold" value="2.0"/>
  </Option>
  <Option id="3" displayName="uber">
    <Entry varId="TerrainErrorMetricMultiplier" value="6"/>
    <Entry varId="TerrainScreenSpaceErrorThreshold" value="1.6"/>
  </Option>
</OptionsArray>
<OptionsArray>
  <Option id="2" displayName="high">
    <Entry varId="GlobalOceanTesselationFactor" value="32"/>
  </Option>
  <Option id="3" displayName="uber">
    <Entry varId="GlobalOceanTesselationFactor" value="64"/>
  </Option>
</OptionsArray>
<OptionsArray>
  <Option id="2" displayName="high">
    <Entry varId="GrassDensity" value="2000.0"/>
  </Option>
  <Option id="3" displayName="uber">
    <Entry varId="GrassDensity" value="2400.0"/>
  </Option>
</OptionsArray>
<OptionsArray>
  <Option id="2" displayName="high">
    <Entry overrideGroup="TextureStreaming" varId="MaxResidentMipMap" value="6"/>
    <Entry varId="MaxTextureSize" value="2048"/>
    <Entry varId="MaxAtlasTextureSize" value="2048"/>
    <Entry varId="TextureDownscale" value="0"/>
    <Entry varId="DetailTextureDownscale" value="0"/>
    <Entry varId="AtlasTextureDownscale" value="0"/>
    <Entry varId="TextureMemoryBudget" value="500"/>
    <Entry varId="TextureMemoryGUIBudget" value="80"/>
    <Entry varId="TextureTimeBudget" value="10"/>
    <Entry varId="TextureInFlightBudget" value="128"/>
  </Option>
  <Option id="3" displayName="uber">
    <Entry overrideGroup="TextureStreaming" varId="MaxResidentMipMap" value="6"/>
    <Entry varId="MaxTextureSize" value="2048"/>
    <Entry varId="MaxAtlasTextureSize" value="2048"/>
    <Entry varId="TextureDownscale" value="0"/>
    <Entry varId="DetailTextureDownscale" value="0"/>
    <Entry varId="AtlasTextureDownscale" value="0"/>
    <Entry varId="TextureMemoryBudget" value="800"/>
    <Entry varId="TextureMemoryGUIBudget" value="80"/>
    <Entry varId="TextureTimeBudget" value="10"/>
    <Entry varId="TextureInFlightBudget" value="128"/>
  </Option>
</OptionsArray>
<OptionsArray>
  <Option id="2" displayName="high">
    <Entry overrideGroup="Foliage" varId="MaxVisibilityDepth" value="12"/>
  </Option>
  <Option id="3" displayName="uber">
    <Entry overrideGroup="Foliage" varId="MaxVisibilityDepth" value="24"/>
  </Option>
</OptionsArray>
<OptionsArray>
  <Option id="2" displayName="high">
    <Entry overrideGroup="LevelOfDetail" varId="DecalsHideDistance" value="40"/>
  </Option>
  <Option id="3" displayName="uber">
    <Entry overrideGroup="LevelOfDetail" varId="DecalsHideDistance" value="80"/>
  </Option>
</OptionsArray>

 

[guilhermecn]

Lot of room to play with the setting, it seens

 

[Thebull94]

Recently got a 980, hoping for Ultra @ 60fps 1080p

 

[general_hades]

the soon to be owner of an OC'd 960 is happy to hear this

 

[spookypuppy]

Wonder if I should OC my 970 or just run stock?