Assassin's Creed III - Performance issues?

[Omaeka]

Getting some issues with AC3, the game regularly drops below 40fps in crowded areas which in of itself isn't an issue but the game feels horrible at 40fps, it feels like 20fps would in other games. 1440x900 resolution, and only have the settings on 'normal' which is the lowest they'll go, with TXAA.

Disappointing really as it's a Nvidia TWIMTBP title, yet doesn't run well at all on a 670, is it a poorly optimized piece of trash? Ubisoft aren't really known for that. :/

 

[IRLeetly]

Had the same prob today at 1080, thought it was the latest beta 5 amd drivers but they work smashingly in other games.

In the woods, near a town or fort, it will struggle at around 18fps, But mid fightting around 8 guys it will easily pump out 60fps.

There was a lil patch last night, so maybe that is the problem.

 

[Omaeka]

Do developers not bother testing patches?

I'd never heard of performance issues in the game until now, pretty unacceptable for a game to drop below 60fps on top of the range cards, not as this kind of visual quality anyway. Wouldn't be so bad if the game didn't feel so awful and choppy below 50fps.

I expected more from Ubisoft.

 

[IRLeetly]

Just had another session cruising about "The Frontier" was averaging about 39fps.

 

[privateeye0]

Playing on a 480GTX but only at 720p with no performance issues maxed out except shadows at high. Performs smoothly except when loading an area sometimes. Other than that stays smooth all the time...