980ti cannot achieve max settings on Crysis 3 at 1080p?

saintdefender · 20 Aug 2015 at 10:03

stooeh said:
Just stick them in spoiler tags when they are that massive

Less than half the FPS - didn't quite expect that much of a hit but CPU is almost 100% and GPU usage plummeted

I don't know of a single other game that is this affected by CPU though

Holy Moly, so i7 needed for Crysis 3 confirmed?

stooeh · 20 Aug 2015 at 10:07

Maybe I should re test with 4 cores 8 threads

saintdefender · 20 Aug 2015 at 10:10

Well I guess this means I should just give up on Crysis 3, never gonna happen unless I upgrade to an i7, and that is never gonna happen either.

Oh well, hopefully their next game is better optimised.

VincentHanna · 20 Aug 2015 at 10:11

40 fps isn't exactly unplayable...

Turn V-sync off and you will barely notice.

saintdefender · 20 Aug 2015 at 10:12

VincentHanna said:
40 fps isn't exactly unplayable...

Turn V-sync off and you will barely notice.

i notice, and its not what I purchased a 980Ti for, I like to play games at 60fps even if it does mean turning down settings. I cannot achieve that with Crisis 3, I have tried turning down settings.

Dirk Diggler · 20 Aug 2015 at 10:14

It's down to your resolution too, as 980Ti is better @ 1440. At 1080, the CPU is a bottleneck.

1920 x 1080

2560 x 1440

So, pretty much the same FPS at a higher resolution. This is why I suggested you DSR to 1440 and drop a few settings.

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saintdefender · 20 Aug 2015 at 10:15

String said:
It's down to your resolution too, as 980Ti is better @ 1440. At 1080, the CPU is a bottleneck.

So, pretty much the same FPS at a higher resolution. This is why I suggested you DSR to 1440 and drop a few settings.

I'll give it a try

saintdefender · 20 Aug 2015 at 10:24

I cannot achieve 60fps, even with medium settings at 1440p apart from being in doors or looking at a wall.

Its hopeless, this game seems to require an i7 which is bonkers : /

Dirk Diggler · 20 Aug 2015 at 10:49

saintdefender said:
I cannot achieve 60fps, even with medium settings at 1440p apart from being in doors or looking at a wall.

Its hopeless, this game seems to require an i7 which is bonkers : /

To be fair, my i7 at 4.6 was jumping between 80 and 90% usage in those tests I did.

saintdefender · 20 Aug 2015 at 10:51

String said:
To be fair, my i7 at 4.6 was jumping between 80 and 90% usage in those tests I did.

Well I just give up, I think its more down to just poor optimisation, I mean why would they not spread the usage out between the CPU and GPU instead of having most of it CPU bound?

I guess there are reasons, but doesn't really make use of my 980ti either way, so I guess i'll just call it a day on Crysis.

nashathedog · 20 Aug 2015 at 10:59

stooeh said:
Should've got the i7?
If i can be bothered I'll try it on mine with 4cores/HT off in the grassy area =]

That's what I don't get, If he is so bothered by the performance of this particular game and he was told how it benefits from hyperthreading why move from an i5 to an i5?

@ saintdefender. It would have made more sense to get the i7 if this titles performance bothers you so much.

saintdefender · 20 Aug 2015 at 11:01

nashathedog said:
That's what I don't get, If he is so bothered by the performance of this particular game and he was told how it benefits from hyperthreading why move from an i5 to an i5?

This was before I realised about an i7, and to be honest why should I go out of my way and spend £100 more just to play Crysis? Its not worth it. I am happy not playing it, and now glad that i have confirmation what the issue was.

Again, this isn't MY problem, this is a problem with the game not utilising enough GPU usage, I won't spend money on trying to fix problems that the developers can fix on their end. Though I know that won't happen, but since I played Ryse and it performed really well, I am going to assume that the guys behind Crysis have learned their lesson on this.

Twirlywoos · 20 Aug 2015 at 11:05

Crysis 3 from what I can remember was a very multi threaded, loved as many cores as you could throw at it game. Maldo looked into this and that was his conclusion, unfortunately I can't find his blog or video on it anymore.

However, a quick search on YT brings up this:

So much for that other thread that says an i5 is all you need :rolleyes:

. Some games and upcoming games like Hitman will definitely see a performance improvement with an i7.

lude1962 · 20 Aug 2015 at 11:06

saintdefender said:
Well I just give up, I think its more down to just poor optimisation, I mean why would they not spread the usage out between the CPU and GPU instead of having most of it CPU bound?

I guess there are reasons, but doesn't really make use of my 980ti either way, so I guess i'll just call it a day on Crysis.

DX11.... or is it using 9 or 10, either way...

saintdefender · 20 Aug 2015 at 11:09

Twirlywoos said:
Crysis 3 from what I can remember was a very multi threaded, loved as many cores as you could throw at it game. Maldo looked into this and that was his conclusion, unfortunately I can't find his blog or video on it anymore.

So much for that other thread that says an i5 is all you need . Some games and upcoming games like Hitman will definitely see a performance improvement with an i7.

Really? Well looks like i'll be selling this CPU at some point and buying an i7. Why do people mislead us when it comes to these purchases, I should have done my own research than relying on people saying "i5 is more than enough".

Nickolp1974 · 20 Aug 2015 at 11:17

saintdefender said:
Really? Well looks like i'll be selling this CPU at some point and buying an i7. Why do people mislead us when it comes to these purchases, I should have done my own research than relying on people saying "i5 is more than enough".

People mislead because they probably base there facts on the games they play, COD and such like, allowing no headroom for present and upcoming titles, i wouldn't like to see my cou run at 100% just to play my fave game its just asking for trouble in my opinion, they should stick to consols, overkill is good! As you never know when you might need those extra cores or gpu grunt.

saintdefender · 20 Aug 2015 at 11:22

Nickolp1974 said:
People mislead because they probably base there facts on the games they play, COD and such like, allowing no headroom for present and upcoming titles, i wouldn't like to see my cou run at 100% just to play my fave game its just asking for trouble in my opinion, they should stick to consols, overkill is good! As you never know when you might need those extra cores or gpu grunt.

Just had a thought, perhaps DX12 will not require me to purchase an i7 after all? Overkill is good my man, but only if you can afford it..

Cooper · 20 Aug 2015 at 11:24

Twirlywoos said:
So much for that other thread that says an i5 is all you need . Some games and upcoming games like Hitman will definitely see a performance improvement with an i7.

But both are running at less than 60fps..so equal fail as far as I'm concerned, 45fps is just as crap as 36fps when compared to 60fps.

If i7 meant the difference between a rock solid 60fps or not then I would have got one...but I've yet to see an example where it does.

All it means is a slightly better frame rate where its actually used and the gap to 60fps is still too big to make spending the extra £80 worth it just for games.

Far better to spend the extra £80 on a better GPU.

Twirlywoos · 20 Aug 2015 at 11:41

The max overclock was 4.2 on that test. I'll give my results later in the evening

saintdefender · 20 Aug 2015 at 12:22

Twirlywoos said:
The max overclock was 4.2 on that test. I'll give my results later in the evening

Which further proves our point, if you need 4.2 and beyond for the game to perform optimally, then there is something wrong with the game.