Assassin's Creed Syndicate thread.

Amatsubu · 19 Nov 2015 at 23:08

savagesam117 said:
He's got everything on very high he says. So that'll be why

Thought so

Highest settings in games usually aren't worth it, so it's always best to settle for very high/high instead of ultra. There are countless examples where we'd be hard-pressed to spot a difference unles staring at a rock for 15 minutes. PCSS looks realistic but no way is it worth the performance hit, same with HBAO+ Ultra.

Tell him to dial in my settings and report back, should be a lot better and without a significant visual hit

savagesam117 · 19 Nov 2015 at 23:14

Amatsubu said:
Thought so Highest settings in games usually aren't worth it, so it's always best to settle for very high/high instead of ultra. There are countless examples where we'd be hard-pressed to spot a difference unles staring at a rock for 15 minutes. PCSS looks realistic but no way is it worth the performance hit, same with HBAO+ Ultra.

Tell him to dial in my settings and report back, should be a lot better and without a significant visual hit

I'm watching him now and I've toned it down a bit still looks great, really impressed with the graphics and solid 60fps now.

But bragging rights of max tho?

Anyone gone swimming yet? The after effects are great.

Mensy · 20 Nov 2015 at 06:38

Amatsubu said:
Thought so Highest settings in games usually aren't worth it, so it's always best to settle for very high/high instead of ultra. There are countless examples where we'd be hard-pressed to spot a difference unles staring at a rock for 15 minutes. PCSS looks realistic but no way is it worth the performance hit, same with HBAO+ Ultra.

Tell him to dial in my settings and report back, should be a lot better and without a significant visual hit

Does settings matter for cutscene ??

Admiral Huddy · 20 Nov 2015 at 08:29

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cheesyboy · 20 Nov 2015 at 09:16

Game certainly doesn't like working with a dual core athlon. A whopping 10 fps when moving around the opening factory scene

Might be time I swapped in the Phenom x4 I've had in the drawer for the past year....

Indie · 20 Nov 2015 at 10:01

Was looking forward to it after playing it at EGX... but then I saw the price on Steam

Garfo · 20 Nov 2015 at 12:50

i think its best one yet

runs good on my comp as well thats in 2k

GG

DaleTheWhale · 20 Nov 2015 at 12:51

Indie said:
Was looking forward to it after playing it at EGX... but then I saw the price on Steam

£17.99 on cdkeys + 5% discount with facebook page.

Gregster · 20 Nov 2015 at 13:13

Performance on my Titan X and a ROG Swift monitor.

redline · 20 Nov 2015 at 13:40

I paid £24 for the SE via Gamesdeal which I had used before with no issues... £17 seems a real bargain though.

I started it last night and have been playing slowly all morning and I'm loving it so far. I'm using the 'High' settings preset, and get a reasonable 35 to 60 with that, even though my VRAM (GTX670 2GB) is exceeded by over 700MB according to the menu [I've not measured usage]... despite that I've not had any serious stuttering issues, but may see if a 30fps lock keeps those I have been getting a bay.

For the most part I think the game look great... the only thing is I thought the time was fully dynamic?... I've stood in one place for a few minutes and did not see the shadows move even a tiny bit... maybe I didn't give it long enough :confused:

ValiantUK91 · 20 Nov 2015 at 15:59

Just bought this going to take 7hours to download

thanks to my talktalk cant wait for my contract to be up so i can swap to someone else

Gregster · 20 Nov 2015 at 16:01

I am really enjoying it and the graphics are fantastic. Drops to 28 fps at times though

Usher · 20 Nov 2015 at 16:39

Just installing from the DVD version, why it's called the Rooks edition I'm not sure. It comes with a map of London, a booklet full of ingame photo's & two additional missions & for some reason it's £10 less than the download version :confused:

Gregster · 20 Nov 2015 at 17:02

Usher said:
Just installing from the DVD version, why it's called the Rooks edition I'm not sure. It comes with a map of London, a booklet full of ingame photo's & two additional missions & for some reason it's £10 less than the download version

What's a DVD?

Usher · 20 Nov 2015 at 17:05

Gregster said:
What's a DVD?

It's the answer for all those who have a crap internet connection

Gregster · 20 Nov 2015 at 17:12

Usher said:
It's the answer for all those who have a crap internet connection

Yer and fair. Been there and done that :mad:

cheesyboy · 20 Nov 2015 at 17:20

Took me a little over 24 hours to download. It's not so bad when you're pre-loading, you just need to leave it going overnight and all day.

redline · 20 Nov 2015 at 17:27

Usher said:
It's the answer for all those who have a crap internet connection

And Ubi have put the full game on the DVD's unlike some other publishers, who force you to dl' GB's of data... I would have gone for the physical release, but was uncertain as to how my PC would handle the game, but as it transpires I'm pretty happy... and glad I didn't get it for the PS4.

I've now locked it to 30fps and upped the Environment Quality to Very High and AO to HBAO+ and I've yet to see it drop below this, and 30fps is fine for this type of game for me.

Now I just need to get better at playing it... it takes me multiple attempts to get through each mission. I spent two hours on the prologue, sneaking and killing every soul

faheemrazzaq · 20 Nov 2015 at 19:37

I think SLI scaling on this is better than AC Unity. I am playing at 4K with the following settings and fps average around 50fps.

Nvidia Gameworks are very taxing in this game and truning them off doesn't affect my gaming experience but adds valueable fps. HBAO+ doesn't hurt much. About 3fps hit going from SSAO to HBAO+. But PCSS for shadows seem to be the major culprit. HBAO Ultra / PCSS ULTRA are just an overkill and give massive performance hit.

2x SLI Gtx 980 HOF @ 1520/2000 MHz
4790K @ 4.8 GHz

2160P - 4K

MadMouse101 · 20 Nov 2015 at 19:54

Them screenshots look great. I have to wait for my next pay day to get this.