Apex Legends BR

Steveocee · 20 Aug 2019 at 13:38

Mickcas said:
Started to save some clips over the last week after hitting some mid air longbow shots that I was pretty please about https://youtu.be/d2gX1rMqzVs

Nice clips, there are a couple in the middle and most at the end where the sound isn't there though, are you aware of that?

SmokeKingGun said:
I think I’m giving up on this game. Usually get 90 FPS on drop ship (1080p everything low) then settles to 144fps with usual drops.
Not stellar performance considering I have 8700k and gtx1080 and have to play at 1080p to get solidify 144fps on 14440p monitor but playable
then suddenly on a different day, like today I get 35 FPS from drop ship and game gets no where near 144fps and feels awful. I always get solid 144fps on training still but performance elsewhere drops through the floor.

It has been a bit variable for me lately as well. I have a similar system running at 1440p (1080Ti though). Sometimes I get a nice 120 and it's quite stable but other times it runs like a dog, a fortnight ago I was getting drops to 80's mid game which felt awful.
I wouldn't advise running at 1080p though if it isn't a native resolution for the monitor.

chroniclard · 20 Aug 2019 at 14:15

Anyone tried the new NVidia driver, supposedly has a good FPS boost for Apex.

"Today, we're celebrating our GeForce gaming community by releasing a special Gamescom Game Ready Driver, at 6am PT, that packs some big software optimizations for Apex Legends, Battlefield V, Forza Horizon 4, Strange Brigade and World War Z, which increase framerates by up to 23%."

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...2-gamescom-special-graphics-drivers.18863168/

Steveocee · 20 Aug 2019 at 14:30

chroniclard said:
Anyone tried the new NVidia driver, supposedly has a good FPS boost for Apex.

"Today, we're celebrating our GeForce gaming community by releasing a special Gamescom Game Ready Driver, at 6am PT, that packs some big software optimizations for Apex Legends, Battlefield V, Forza Horizon 4, Strange Brigade and World War Z, which increase framerates by up to 23%."

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/t...2-gamescom-special-graphics-drivers.18863168/

Increase of framerate isn't needed. It's stability and consistency which seems to be the issue mostly but I'm surprised this is coming from a graphics driver and not a game optimisation.

Mickcas · 20 Aug 2019 at 14:33

Steveocee said:
Nice clips, there are a couple in the middle and most at the end where the sound isn't there though, are you aware of that?

Thanks, yeah I've been using the nvidia shadow play, or what ever they call it now, and for some reason now and then it doesn't record the sound, not sure why

chroniclard · 20 Aug 2019 at 14:48

Steveocee said:
Increase of framerate isn't needed. It's stability and consistency which seems to be the issue mostly but I'm surprised this is coming from a graphics driver and not a game optimisation.

The increase may balance out the dips though. Though I dont really notice an issue at 1440p with a 1080 card.

However I am not very good and probably dont play enough.

Steveocee · 20 Aug 2019 at 14:55

chroniclard said:
The increase may balance out the dips though. Though I dont really notice an issue at 1440p with a 1080 card.
However I am not very good and probably dont play enough.

Look on the bright side, you could be as bad as @Thekwango

Thekwango · 20 Aug 2019 at 15:23

Steveocee said:
Look on the bright side, you could be as bad as @Thekwango

****ing **** you! i am god tier levels of good. it's carrying all you dead weights that holds me back.

Steveocee · 20 Aug 2019 at 16:12

Thekwango said:
****ing **** you! i am god tier levels of good. it's carrying all you dead weights that holds me back.

Knew that'd get a response lol

So who's going to try the new driver and report back? If it does improve FPS by lotzzzz then I'll need a new excuse as to why I'm so awful.

Thekwango · 20 Aug 2019 at 16:37

Steveocee said:
I'll need a new excuse as to why I'm so awful.

oh you need no excuse for being awful. we've all come to realise and accept it!

chroniclard · 21 Aug 2019 at 09:44

Installed and played a few games, I still suck, rubbish driver.

Illuminist · 21 Aug 2019 at 11:06

Pretty weird that they only include the super cards on the slides for this new driver, it almost implies that it didn't do shizz for the non s cards

MissChief · 21 Aug 2019 at 13:11

Looking at my iron crown challenges I need to get seven top 5’s a day on one of them. Not likely.

Mak3R · 21 Aug 2019 at 13:44

Have got one of the 2 free Iron crown packs from the challenges that you get. My rewards were more 'crowns' and a mirage banner

. Was hoping a for a decent skin, oh well.

Steveocee · 21 Aug 2019 at 15:35

chroniclard said:
Installed and played a few games, I still suck, rubbish driver.

LOL so at least we know the driver doesn't make you play better.

Anything to mention about performance on new driver? Noticeable increase?

I'm hoping to get on tonight but my FPS is going to be a bit of a blank canvas, only realised a couple of days ago my overclock wasn't actually working and the VRM's have been holding me back really badly to the point I was getting worse than stock performance. Looking forward to an increase in FPS at stock settings

chroniclard · 21 Aug 2019 at 15:52

Steveocee said:
LOL so at least we know the driver doesn't make you play better.

Anything to mention about performance on new driver? Noticeable increase?

I'm hoping to get on tonight but my FPS is going to be a bit of a blank canvas, only realised a couple of days ago my overclock wasn't actually working and the VRM's have been holding me back really badly to the point I was getting worse than stock performance. Looking forward to an increase in FPS at stock settings

Not really noticed any improvement but I generally dont pay much attention to FPS unless its noticeably laggy/juddery. Running a 1080 @ 1440p and mostly 100 fps+ from what I recall. I also turned on the low latency thing to ultra.

Other more perceptive or more "pro" players may notice.

Steveocee · 21 Aug 2019 at 16:08

chroniclard said:
Not really noticed any improvement but I generally dont pay much attention to FPS unless its noticeably laggy/juddery. Running a 1080 @ 1440p and mostly 100 fps+ from what I recall. I also turned on the low latency thing to ultra.

Interesting. I've been getting some bad drops mid game (to the 80's) but that could have been due to the CPU downclocking. Fingers crossed I can find a stable 100+ as well myself then with the driver update.

chroniclard · 21 Aug 2019 at 16:13

Steveocee said:
Interesting. I've been getting some bad drops mid game (to the 80's) but that could have been due to the CPU downclocking. Fingers crossed I can find a stable 100+ as well myself then with the driver update.

No scientific evidence mind as I generally dont bother running any monitoring or FPS counter other than first setting up a game. I will have a glance now and again, note 100 FPS and then turn it off/ignore it.

Steveocee · 21 Aug 2019 at 16:14

chroniclard said:
No scientific evidence mind as I generally dont bother running any monitoring or FPS counter other than first setting up a game. I will have a glance now and again, note 100 FPS and then turn it off/ignore it.

This is OCUK, everything is taken with a pinch of salt lol

chroniclard · 21 Aug 2019 at 16:16

although, fps drops could explain why I die a lot!........right? either that or I need a giant gaming mouse mat

Steveocee · 21 Aug 2019 at 16:21

chroniclard said:
although, fps drops could explain why I die a lot!........right? either that or I need a giant gaming mouse mat

I have the OCUK XXXL Elite and I still die. Must be the frame drops.