What power do you need for watchdogs??

Techen · 27 May 2014 at 14:32

I just got watchdogs today, Free with my Nvidia 780TI.

I was expecting to play it on max and my gosh I was wrong. CPU Core I5 Gen 3 running at 4.5GHZ sits at 90-95%, Ram sits at 7GB and the GPU is maxing out. Also, I can't even run 4X AA, Can only do 2X AA and even then you get massive dips in FPS.

Is this a lack of driver support, Bad game or something thats so demanding that even I with these decent hardware can't play max settings at 1080p?

snips86x · 27 May 2014 at 14:33

The game has serious performance issues which are being reported & investigated! I think you'll just have to wait it out!

~>Dg<~ · 27 May 2014 at 14:34

unoptimized mess. ubisoft are kings at it.

Techen · 27 May 2014 at 14:34

snips86x said:
The game has serious performance issues which are being reported & investigated! I think you'll just have to wait it out!

i thought it was me, With it recommending a Core I7 I thought it was going to be a very demanding game and it is, But if its the games issues thats causing my entire hardware to be used up on it then gezz

arc@css · 27 May 2014 at 14:40

Check out TotalBiscuit's video.

Confused · 27 May 2014 at 14:42

snips86x · 27 May 2014 at 14:43

Techen said:
i thought it was me, With it recommending a Core I7 I thought it was going to be a very demanding game and it is, But if its the games issues thats causing my entire hardware to be used up on it then gezz

Users running crossfire 290x and SLi 780Tis are getting worse performance over a single card :confused:

Techen · 27 May 2014 at 14:43

Guess am slow to catch up, No shockers then. Guess I should be lucky I only have one 780TI

Drollic · 27 May 2014 at 14:52

Another big release that's a total mess upon launch?

snips86x · 27 May 2014 at 14:53

Drollic said:
Another big release that's a total mess upon launch?

That sounds like another game which has taken 260 hours of my life............

Sasso · 27 May 2014 at 15:40

apparently to run on high/max settings you need >2-3GB of VRAM o.O so those with a 4GB cards "should" be ok (so long as the rest of the card is powerful enough

). no sli/crossfire yet? (I heard)

Techen · 27 May 2014 at 15:51

Sasso said:
apparently to run on high/max settings you need >2-3GB of VRAM o.O so those with a 4GB cards "should" be ok (so long as the rest of the card is powerful enough ). no sli/crossfire yet? (I heard)

There is but it gives you worse FPS than more

Atlas23 · 27 May 2014 at 16:03

Upon the release of Assassins Creed Black Flag, the PS4 version looked the best, because the PC one was so horribly un-optimized

what do people expect from Ubisoft

Sasso · 27 May 2014 at 16:17

Techen said:
There is but it gives you worse FPS than more

that -50% scaling xD haha

bakes0310 · 27 May 2014 at 16:29

snips86x said:
That sounds like another game which has taken 260 hours of my life............

Rome 2?

Techen · 27 May 2014 at 16:37

Well it quickly became unplayable. HUGE Fps drops, lag and random people invading me and loosing uplay connection. Lovely

Sasso · 27 May 2014 at 17:12

Techen said:
Well it quickly became unplayable. HUGE Fps drops, lag and random people invading me and loosing uplay connection. Lovely

maybe it's the "hacking" gameplay being taken too far.....

"you successfully hacked joe blogs, his internet is now being DDoSd and GPUs hijacked for dogecoin mining"

Techen · 27 May 2014 at 19:23

Sasso said:
maybe it's the "hacking" gameplay being taken too far.....

"you successfully hacked joe blogs, his internet is now being DDoSd and GPUs hijacked for dogecoin mining"

Haha, No doubt

I went out and bought another 8GB of ram from my PC and now can't connect to Uplay. Le sigh!

TonyTurbo78 · 27 May 2014 at 19:29

Sasso said:
apparently to run on high/max settings you need >2-3GB of VRAM o.O so those with a 4GB cards "should" be ok (so long as the rest of the card is powerful enough ). no sli/crossfire yet? (I heard)

Sasso, with ultra details and Ultra textures mate, it's using over 5GB VRAM lmao, and crossfire is working. took a screenie. I still think after patches it's going to be way more optimized, should be getting more frames than I'm getting at the moment IMO

Techen · 27 May 2014 at 19:31

My god, How can one game use 5GB of it, What are you running 1080p?!?!