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Far Cry 5 PC performance thread

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I don't know how to run one of these PC threads but since no one is making a PC thread for Far Cry 5, I figured I could make one.

I'll make sure to put important information in this post.

Mention me (Nintendo) if you want me to put something here.

Corsair's iCUE early access is out with Far Cry 5 integration.
More info: https://www.corsair.com/us/en/icue


PC Requirements

MINIMUM CONFIGURATION:
OS: Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (64-bit versions only)
PROCESSOR: Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.1 GHz or AMD FX-6300 @ 3.5 GHz or equivalent
VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 or AMD R9 270 (2GB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0 or better)
SYSTEM RAM: 8GB
Resolution: 720p
Video Preset: Low

RECOMMENDED CONFIGURATION (60 FPS):
OS: Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (64-bit versions only)
PROCESSOR: Intel Core i7-4770 @ 3.4 GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 1600 @ 3.2 GHz or equivalent
VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or AMD R9 290X (4GB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0 or better)
SYSTEM RAM: 8GB
Resolution: 1080p
Video Preset: High

4K 30 FPS CONFIGURATION:
OS: Windows 10 (64-bit version only)
PROCESSOR: Intel Core i7-6700 @ 3.4 GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 1600X @ 3.6 GHz or equivalent
VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 or AMD RX Vega 56 (8GB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0 or better)
SYSTEM RAM: 16GB
Resolution: 2160p
Video Preset: High

4K 60 FPS CONFIGURATION:
OS: Windows 10 (64-bit version only)
PROCESSOR: Intel Core i7-6700K @ 4.0 GHz or AMD Ryzen 7 1700X @ 3.4 GHz or equivalent
VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 SLI or AMD RX Vega 56 CFX (8GB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0 or better)
SYSTEM RAM: 16GB
Resolution: 2160p
Video Preset: High/Ultra
 
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Thanks man.

Really wanna pick this up and wondering how my i5-4460/GTX 980 combo will hold up.

Awaiting impressions
 
ZanderEzekial

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I'm 8 hours in and I have a i5-4690 and a GTX 970. I'm running the game at 144hz and 1080p and it's been an absolute dream outside of a few brief freezes here and there.
 
Mini-Me

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i7-6700k @ 4.5 and GTX 1080 TI. At 3440x1440 I average about 80fps on ultra settings. Running at 4K if I knock shadows and volumetric fog down one notch I can hold 60fps about 90% of the time. Looks really spectacular at 4k/60 with HDR. Great PC HDR support too. It works and is really nicely implemented.
 
CrackaFett

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Uplay says unlock "Be the first to play ! Play your game at 00h00 CET" Which means 7pm EST. Is that actually gonna happen?
 
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Mifec said:
did JaseC give up making these?
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I was asleep when FF15 unlocked (2am local time), didn't think to make one for NNK2 since mid-range GPUs have no trouble hitting 60fps at max settings, and FC5 doesn't unlock on Steam for another 10-and-a-bit hours.

CrackaFett said:
Uplay says unlock "Be the first to play ! Play your game at 00h00 CET" Which means 7pm EST. Is that actually gonna happen?
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Even the AU store page mentions that, so most likely.
 
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CrackaFett said:
Uplay says unlock "Be the first to play ! Play your game at 00h00 CET" Which means 7pm EST. Is that actually gonna happen?
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From my understanding, the Uplay version does unlock at 7PM EST tonight. Steam unlocks at midnight EST.

Unlocked it early via VPN and only played the intro, but so far it runs and looks great at 1440p on a GTX 1080, i5 6600k, 16GB DDR4.

FPS Benchmarks:
Max: 92
Avg: 73
Min: 59
 
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Mini-Me said:
i7-6700k @ 4.5 and GTX 1080 TI. At 3440x1440 I average about 80fps on ultra settings. Running at 4K if I knock shadows and volumetric fog down one notch I can hold 60fps about 90% of the time. Looks really spectacular at 4k/60 with HDR. Great PC HDR support too. It works and is really nicely implemented.
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no overclocked gpu?
 
Truant

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Also people, remember to set your aiming reticle in to "Centered" if you're playing with MB+K. The game defaults to an off centered reticle more suited to gamepads. It also makes the guns look tiny in the FPS view, and fuck that shit.
 
Roytheone

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Anyone with an older/weaker cpu? These results are good but everyone seems to have a high end cpu.
 
Mifec

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JaseC said:
I was asleep when FF15 unlocked (2am local time), didn't think to make one for NNK2 since mid-range GPUs have no trouble hitting 60fps, at max settings, and FC5 doesn't unlock on Steam for another 10-and-a-bit hours.
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It's just not the same unless the thread is yours T_T
 
BLLYjoe25

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Anyone running it on a 1070?

My specs are what's in the official 4K30 config except a 6700K. Don't want that though and instead will aim to play at 1440p 60fps.
 

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The 4K 60fps recommended specs don't seem to tally with benchmark results I've seen. Unless they mean no drops under 60. I can live with dipping into the 50s though.
 
Silencerx98

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Anyone rocking a 1060 6GB? Game seems to be pretty well optimized on PC so far, so I'm not concerned, but curious to see if I can hit 1080/60 on Ultra settings. Just hope my i5 6500 doesn't bottleneck performance
 
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So it sounds like an i5 7400 + 1070 should be able to maintain a constant 60 fps @1080p?
 

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Truant said:
Also people, remember to set your aiming reticle in to "Centered" if you're playing with MB+K. The game defaults to an off centered reticle more suited to gamepads. It also makes the guns look tiny in the FPS view, and fuck that shit.
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Mouseboard and keys? Sorry.

Hoping for an almost solid 60fps with 4670k@stock and 980ti at 1080p.. Anyone playing with that config?
 

ymgve

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Is there any mouse smoothing/acceleration/inverse acceleration? And if so, can it be disabled?
 
Reinhard

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Any recommendations regarding mouse vs controller for this game? FC4 had some weird acceleration even with settings turned off so mouse controls felt horrible.
 
MattyG

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Getting some stuttering on both my systems no matter what settings I use. One is a desktop with a 970 and an i5-3570k @3.4ghz, the other is a laptop with a 1060 and i7-6700HQ @2.4ghz. I thought it was vsync related, but it happens even on my desktop with gsync. Maybe my CPUs are just bottlenecking it.

Edit: looking at the reccomended specs, yeah, it's probably CPU. I don't know if there's anything I can do about it, may have to just lock it at 30, as much as I hate doing that. Seems to run great on the laptop 99% of the time though, so I'm wondering if one of the settings turned to low would help. Maybe volumetric lighting?
 
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MattyG said:
Getting some stuttering on both my systems no matter what settings I use. One is a desktop with a 970 and an i5-3570k @3.4ghz, the other is a laptop with a 1060 and i7-6700HQ @2.4ghz. I thought it was vsync related, but it happens even on my desktop with gsync. Maybe my CPUs are just bottlenecking it.

Edit: looking at the reccomended specs, yeah, it's probably CPU. I don't know if there's anything I can do about it, may have to just lock it at 30, as much as I hate doing that. Seems to run great on the laptop 99% of the time though, so I'm wondering if one of the settings turned to low would help. Maybe volumetric lighting?
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Try adjusting the Geometry, Environment and Terrain quality settings, try setting them all to low and working your way up with them.

Also, do you have MSI Afterburner with Rivatuner Statistics Server? You can see your GPU usage among other things with them.
Usually if your GPU's usage is below below 98% then performance is being limited, this is often a sign of being CPU bound.
 

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Anyone else getting a microstutter whenever you loot something? Almost seems like it's tied to the text that appears on the right side of the screen when you pick something up.

1080 Ti, i5 6600k and on an SSD

Reinhard said:
Any recommendations regarding mouse vs controller for this game? FC4 had some weird acceleration even with settings turned off so mouse controls felt horrible.
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This seems to have 1:1 mouse movement as opposed to FC4 where I had to edit xml files to get anything remotely resembling that.
 
Paul

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Anyone trying this with 2500K? Can it sustain 60fps? I have it clocked to 4ghz.
 
Isee

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Another Ubi game that hits CPUs hard it seems. At least that's the impression I'm getting from the 1080p PCGH.de benchmarks.
Rapid Packed Math (half precision FP16 rendering) seems to be doing some work here for AMD cards. They seem to outclass their Nvidia counterparts by ~10%. At higher resolutions at least.



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Ubisoft video showing of the ingame settings.
 
SnakeyHips

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7700k with 1080. Average 70fps with minimum above 60 when running on Ultra at 1440p.

Game looks great but strange there are no AO options. Usually Ubi games gives you a few but there's no options in this. I presume it's using their own SSBC one but strange to not have HBAO+ (also a shame as that's my fave). The reflections seem to be a bit iffy too but they can be turned off. I'm hoping we can extend the shadow/LOD distance too as there's noticeable pop in when you're moving quickly.

Overall, very impressed especially considering Ubi open games usually have some sort of CPU related issue like stuttering or 100% max usage. I also use Nvidia's Adaptive Vsync and Max Pre-Rendered Frames set to 1 which I'd recommend to anyone who does have stuttering.
 
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SnakeyHips said:
7700k with 1080. Average 70fps with minimum above 60 when running on Ultra at 1440p.

Game looks great but strange there are no AO options. Usually Ubi games gives you a few but there's no options in this. I presume it's using their own SSBC one but strange to not have HBAO+ (also a shame as that's my fave). The reflections seem to be a bit iffy too but they can be turned off. I'm hoping we can extend the shadow/LOD distance too as there's noticeable pop in when you're moving quickly.

Overall, very impressed especially considering Ubi open games usually have some sort of CPU related issue like stuttering or 100% max usage. I also use Nvidia's Adaptive Vsync and Max Pre-Rendered Frames set to 1 which I'd recommend to anyone who does have stuttering.
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Exactly my pc setup and resolution. Good to hear, this and the benchmarks are enough. I think I can buy it,
About the rest: FC5 is an AMD and not Nvidia sponsored game. It even uses some AMD unique features like half FP16 rendering, Vega cards perform very well here, it seems.
 
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Exactly my pc setup and resolution. Good to hear, this and the benchmarks are enough. I think I can buy it,
About the rest: FC5 is an AMD and not Nvidia sponsored game. It even uses some AMD unique features like half FP16 rendering, Vega cards perform very well here, it seems.
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Ah didn't know they partnered with AMD on this instead of Nvidia. Shame, I love HBAO+ and it'd look awesome in this. Wonder if there'd be a way to hack it in using FC4's flag via Nvidia Inspector?
 
GavinUK86

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I unlocked it via VPN and it's working great on Ultra at 1080p so far. I guess when combat get's hectic it'll tank but I'll adjust the settings if/when that happens.

i7 2600k 4ghz
16gb RAM
GTX 970

I can't seem to get 21:9 working properly though. Selecting it in the menu just flattens the image. I'll have to tinker around with it a bit more later to see what's going wrong.
 
Conkerkid11

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That's unfortunate that the early unlock is only for Uplay, and that Uplay doesn't acknowledge that you own it through Steam yet.
 
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Hopefully my system is good enough to run this in ultrawide 3440x1440

Intel Core i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz
Vega 64
32GB Ram

the cpu will throttle it I think :(
 
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GavinUK86 said:
I unlocked it via VPN and it's working great on Ultra at 1080p so far. I guess when combat get's hectic it'll tank but I'll adjust the settings if/when that happens.

i7 2600k 4ghz
16gb RAM
GTX 970

I can't seem to get 21:9 working properly though. Selecting it in the menu just flattens the image. I'll have to tinker around with it a bit more later to see what's going wrong.
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Whoa mama! I have a 4790k + GTX 970 and have a preorder in for my X but I am now leaning PC looking at these...
 
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