Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor

MOOGLEYS · 2 Oct 2014 at 12:04

Halfmad said:
With Crossfire doesn't it only use 3Gb? Essentially mirroring it.

Yes it uses the same amount on both cards so you need to half the figure shown. Or something like that.

TonyTurbo78 · 2 Oct 2014 at 12:04

MOOGLEYS said:
The game uses what you have available as a buffer. My 980 sits at a constant 4GB usage but remains smooth.

If it goes over what you have it will buffer to system ram or HDD.

ah ok, cheers. Never quite understood what happens when you reach the VRAM ceiling.

Mockingbird · 2 Oct 2014 at 12:06

I dunno, folk have been asking for ages for a game that uses the extra power of big gaming PCs. This appears to be using those resources - just not sure what we're getting from it? Is it rendering more frames ahead, or just holding more textures in memory or what?

MOOGLEYS · 2 Oct 2014 at 12:09

TonyTurbo78 said:
yes it does Halfmad, I only use 3GB, I'm just concerned with the really high number. Like I said above, if that figure reads above 6GB, doesn't that mean I've run out of VRAM? and the effect of that would be my game crashing, becoming unresponsive etc

You will get a bit of slowdown. I would not worry too much the whole Vram thing is stupid tbh.

MOOGLEYS · 2 Oct 2014 at 12:11

TonyTurbo78 said:
ah ok, cheers. Never quite understood what happens when you reach the VRAM ceiling.

It's a bit like Y2K everyone expected meltdown but in reality not much happened.

Heisenberg · 2 Oct 2014 at 12:42

Is it not just like we seen with titanfall, where it is caching as much vram as your card has got?

Heisenberg · 2 Oct 2014 at 12:45

Musty Pie said:
What frames have you locked at?

I have most on high (few on medium) on my 670 (@1080p) pretty much no issues unless its raining and a big fight, or in wraith mode which seems the most problematic for me.

I have settled on the high preset with forced SMAA in radeon pro for now until a crossfire profile is released. Locked to a steady 60fps with very little drops compared to the higher settings. Still looks good imo.

MOOGLEYS · 2 Oct 2014 at 12:45

Heisenberg said:
Is it not just like we seen with titanfall, where it is caching as much vram as your card has got?

Pretty much yes.

Walkerie · 2 Oct 2014 at 13:04

I've got a 2500k at 4.5 and a 7950 3gb and can't seem to get 60 constant on any settings - latest drivers, any ideas? usually around 40 mark

Heisenberg · 2 Oct 2014 at 13:10

Walkerie said:
I've got a 2500k at 4.5 and a 7950 3gb and can't seem to get 60 constant on any settings - latest drivers, any ideas? usually around 40 mark

Definitely something not right there. I have pretty much the exact same setup and even at ultra it's pretty much a steady 60fps with drops into the late 40's early 50's in big battles or rain. I'm on 14.7 RC3 drivers iirc and gpu oc'd to 1070/1500. Have settled at high preset for no drops though.

VincentHanna · 2 Oct 2014 at 13:11

MOOGLEYS said:
Pretty much yes.

Not according to Digital Foundry

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2014-eyes-on-with-pc-shadow-of-mordors-6gb-textures

Walkerie · 2 Oct 2014 at 13:18

Heisenberg said:
Definitely something not right there. I have pretty much the exact same setup and even at ultra it's pretty much a steady 60fps with drops into the late 40's early 50's in big battles or rain. I'm on 14.7 RC3 drivers iirc and gpu oc'd to 1070/1500. Have settled at high preset for no drops though.

very weird then - I might see if I've changed something tessellation wise in control panel got a feeling I may have for BF4

elmarko · 2 Oct 2014 at 13:25

Hmm, currently trying to decide if I should get this on the PS4 of the PC...

The PS4 is linked upto my 140" projector/better gamepad. PC on the other hand will have much better graphics.... choices choices...

Adnams Drinker · 2 Oct 2014 at 13:27

Really like the look of this, as it's quite unlike anything I've played before, especially the epic fights and the finishing moves ... don't have a gamepad currently, but I do have a Razer Naga and Nostromo, so do you reckon this would be any good using those? Is it even feasible/possible to map button combos to buttons on the Naga or Nostromo?

VincentHanna · 2 Oct 2014 at 13:36

elmarko said:
Hmm, currently trying to decide if I should get this on the PS4 of the PC...

The PS4 is linked upto my 140" projector/better gamepad. PC on the other hand will have much better graphics.... choices choices...

Link the PC up to the projector and use a gamepad? PS4 is bluetooth isn't it so should work fine.

zer · 2 Oct 2014 at 13:40

Hi everyone! Thinking of buying the game but worried about how it will run..
System is AMD Phenom X4 965BE, 6Gb Ram and a 570GTX.
Any comments?
Many thanks

agnes · 2 Oct 2014 at 14:08

So, my GTX 780 is going to struggle to run this at ultra settings at 1920x1080

MOOGLEYS · 2 Oct 2014 at 14:10

elmarko said:
Hmm, currently trying to decide if I should get this on the PS4 of the PC...

The PS4 is linked upto my 140" projector/better gamepad. PC on the other hand will have much better graphics.... choices choices...

My PS4 version arrived today and it's disappointing tbh. It looks more like a PS3 game. The PC version is far better looking if you have the hardware to run it at high settings.

MOOGLEYS · 2 Oct 2014 at 14:12

agnes said:
So, my GTX 780 is going to struggle to run this at ultra settings at 1920x1080

Not sure, I have found the Ambient occlusion makes more of a performance hit than the ultra textures tbh but thats on a 980.

VincentHanna · 2 Oct 2014 at 14:19

agnes said:
So, my GTX 780 is going to struggle to run this at ultra settings at 1920x1080

Ultra textures, yes.