Plays fine on my end..........
Get the popcorn
@TNA
4k still processing, probably be done later
But in all seriousness when outside and about performance as shown does go to **** using max settings with native/dlss quality, however, performance mode and even ultra performance mode with dlss is seriously good in this (using dlss 2.5.1) so essentially the game is certainly very playable/performing well in this case and still looks great (haven't really noticed any serious texture loading/rendering issues, some pop in but nothing like the bug FC 6 had at the start which then got fixed in a game patch), happy to have paid the premium for a quality feature that just works
Did try FSR and well it's a mess as per usual with anything except the top quality preset.
My observations so far:
- RT reflections is overall very poor, it reminds me of hitman, there is like a mix mash of both SSR and RT reflections happening at the same time (could explain many of the issues) as you can see SSR artefacts happening even though there are RT reflections, not to mention RT reflections have quite a few issues with artefacts, can also see in my video, there is an artefact in some of the reflections, haven't seen this in other 3080 footage though so likely something wrong on my end. Problem is whilst some RT reflections look bad, only SSR looks considerably worse so you can't win here. Also, it's almost like they haven't activated de noising for the RT reflec. as they are very shimmery/ant crawling effect
That and sadly SSR awfulness for bodies of water
Look at all the artifacting on the pillar edges too, talk about immersion breaking
- RT shadows are actually great in this, not perfect.... but non RT shadows looks awful, everything is hard and sharp when shadows should be soft especially with dim weak light sources e.g.
- RT AO seems good too but not a huge difference with it on/off
- fps in certain cutscenes is ****, sometimes it can be 60+ and then even though nothing changed, it can drop to 5 fps
So in 2 minds what to do, at the minute, I'm thinking of just leaving RT off or at the very least only using RT shadows since they have the biggest impact.
Overall though, game play is very good and a stunning game world
In no particular order these ones spring to mind for the top 10
nobody plays that so it doesn't count
that's not how running out of vram works
system error/user error
you need a better cpu/you need more system ram
you'd run DLSS anyway
game is crap anyway
HD pack makes no difference
But you use addons/mods
you are intentionally running Rebar
but AMD 's rubbish at RT'ing
nobody plays that so it doesn't count
No one has really said that, more a case of, just because it is happening in a very niche scenario/game doesn't mean this will apply to every other game like some made out.....
that's not how running out of vram works
When there is a 100% genuine vram shortage, usually this doesn't mean having fps drop to 5 fps and STAY at that forever as I demonstrated in the examples provided many times including my very own scenario. If the fps drops to single digits and stays there until a game restart, this indicates a bigger problem with poor optimisation or/and intentional sabotage just like how portal rtx is a mess on amd gpus
Apparently that only works for one side? e.g. when I highlighted jansn rdna 2 footage stuttering in doom eternal "local system error" from matt and likewise when I highlighted how bang4bucks 3090 had stutters in resident evil village yet on my 3080, it was a flat frame latency the whole way through, in fact, no one came back to that post
you need a better cpu/you need more system ram
As we have seen, if there is not enough vram then the system ram will be used (hence why hogwarts is even worse with 16gb ram). FC 6 patch which fixed the rendering/texture loading issues saw system ram increase by 4gb
Well yeah, most people are using this so again, it's a bit like with fc 6, by not using it, you are just sabotaging your experience. If people with the new current £1300+ are having to use DLSS/FSR, of course someone with a 2 year old £650 gpu is going to have to use it which will likely resolve any possible issues
Yup!
HD pack makes no difference
Arguable, I noticed it made a nice difference tbf but nothing groundbreaking
This has always been valid, I even showed the issue myself
you are intentionally running Rebar
Very valid, given this was the only way I could sabotage my performance in fc 6, you could even see how fps dropped by 20 fps for no reason at the end of one of my videos. Nvidia engineer recently said this isn't a silver bullet as whilst it might boost performance in some areas, at the same time, it could also cause a regression in performance elsewhere, which is also backed up by HUBs video
but AMD 's rubbish at RT'ing
Yup!
There is a lack of upgrade options without having to spend more, the 4070ti has the same problems as the 3080 and the 4080 is overpriced so 3080 owners are between a rock and a hard place. The best upgrade in terms of value for a 3080 owners would be the Radeon 7900xt or 7900xtx
Personally not for me:
- I've had it's RT perf. for the past 2 years and as shown, they are already ******** the bed with the newest and greatest RT games, imagine what they'll be like in 2 years i.e. bit like rdna 2
- nvidia works better/less issues on my AW GSYNC ultimate screen (which I won't be changing anytime soon)
- fsr is too hit and miss still
- power efficiency/consumption is a no no unless they have fixed it?
Only upgrade paths are 4080 and 4090
The only game I’ve had issues with when using 3080 was FFVII as the game had hardly any settings to tweak.
Everything else I was dropping settings anyway do get higher framerate so never reached vram limit.
For £650 it was by far the best option at the time not to mention the card actually earned me money to fund 4090 by mining.
As said before most of the people whining about it are the ones who couldn’t get one at msrp so either bought one and overpaid by a lot, bought AMD card or a 3090…
Few understand.....
Hogwarts is the first game to have caused serious performance issues for me but looking at benchmarks for other gpus, appears to be the case for most gpus, even the best of the best currently are arguably ******** the bed to some extent.
