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Forspoken - PC Performance Thread
- Thread starter M. Wallace
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On PC you need at least an SSD, and a GPU with a minimum of 10GB of vram.
My 3070 is having a bad time, it runs well (most of the time) but the texture quality has a mind of its own.
At least you can try the demo, or buy the game and use Steam Refunds if t doesnt run well on your machine.
Depends a lot on your GPU. Honestly even though a 10 GB GPU is fine, I would not do it even there. As 10GB does not ensure perfectly quality at higher resolutions. 12 GB minimum GPU since this port is so awful.
I'd go PC if you've got half decent hardware. The PS5 version is pretty ugly in perf mode and doesnt even hold 30 fps in quality.
A 3070 will have tons of FFVII Remake door style textures, no matter how low you put the settings. Not all the time and not all of them, but enough that it's problematic. I don't consider the game playable on it, even thought the framerates are totally fine.
The requirements sheet shouldn't have said 1440p 30, should have said 1440 60 but with n64 graphics at least some of the time
The requirements sheet shouldn't have said 1440p 30, should have said 1440 60 but with n64 graphics at least some of the time
you've got something further going on if you cant even crack 30 with those specs.
All my games work perfectly fine. Only this one is giving me this bad performance and if you look at different opinions online everyone is complaining
Yeah even on a 3080 10900k 32gb ram rig the game still drops into the 40s/50s fps during battles at 1440p WITH dlss at balanced and the useless rt settings turned off not to mention it drops fps when panning the camera. I refuse to play at a lower res as it looks like shit otherwise so i said fuck it and capped the frame rate at 40fps at 4K dlss set to quality. Having the nerve to charge $70 for this trash port along with the game itself being as mediocre as it is justify this game being shitted on the way it is.
For what it's worth with the new patch I had to verify integrity to get back the performance I had pre-patch. I just got constant micro-stuttering in the new patch without verifying. Was really odd.
Thanks for the heads up!
Yeah, I didn't see a difference in the bechmark test just now either (4K/DLSS Quality/Max Settings):
- XMP Disabled, Rebar Disabled: 63 FPS average
- XMP Enabled, Rebar Disabled: 65 FPS average
- XMP Enabled, Rebar Enabled: 65 FPS average
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Was this behavior ever explained? Is it still a thing even with latest version of the demo?
From what I briefly saw from Digital Foundry video, this isn't tackled.
Looks like DirectStorage has a nice boost to not only the frame rate, but to the consistency of the frame time. Also allows for higher GPU usage.
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DirectStorage ON vs OFF | DirectStorage Makes a HUGE Difference in Forspoken at 1080p
DirectStorage on vs off comparison. At 1440p and higher resolutions, DirectStorage has virtually no impact on frame rate. When CPU limited at 1080p, however,...
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try the pps5 n steam demo n see which one you like perf/quality wise
Tried the demo on both, went with the PS5 version instead. Plays much smoother for me
Thankys for all your advice folks
interesting, as some reports here have noted that moving off an SSD has improved their frame timing issues.Looks like DirectStorage has a nice boost to not only the frame rate, but to the consistency of the frame time. Also allows for higher GPU usage.
DirectStorage ON vs OFF | DirectStorage Makes a HUGE Difference in Forspoken at 1080p
DirectStorage on vs off comparison. At 1440p and higher resolutions, DirectStorage has virtually no impact on frame rate. When CPU limited at 1080p, however,...
Looks like DirectStorage has a nice boost to not only the frame rate, but to the consistency of the frame time. Also allows for higher GPU usage.
DirectStorage ON vs OFF | DirectStorage Makes a HUGE Difference in Forspoken at 1080p
DirectStorage on vs off comparison. At 1440p and higher resolutions, DirectStorage has virtually no impact on frame rate. When CPU limited at 1080p, however,...
I noticed the same when I forced it off, I had a much lower frame rate and worse frame times.
4K Native vs. 4K DLSS 2.5.1 Performance + Reshade CAS:
DLSS 2.5.1 is amazing!
DLSS 2.5.1 is amazing!
So, I upgraded my ram from 16 GB -> 32GB today.
I have had such a massive improvement in frame stabilization in this game, it is boggling my mind. This game is really ram dependent. I have immediately upped the resolution and some effects and it's still holding well.
If you're playing on PC and you have 16GB, I will say: upgrade your ram immediately if you can.
I have had such a massive improvement in frame stabilization in this game, it is boggling my mind. This game is really ram dependent. I have immediately upped the resolution and some effects and it's still holding well.
If you're playing on PC and you have 16GB, I will say: upgrade your ram immediately if you can.
New update dropped with a bunch of technical improvements
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1680880/view/3672161126000264028?l=english
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1680880/view/3672161126000264028?l=english
Woot, looking forward to jumping back in this weekend after Fatal Frame. Was loving the gameplay and the open world visuals looked pretty good. Definite crazy drops in the city tho.
First impressions of the update
- 8GB cards should be fine on standard textures/models now, the vram used is consistently under 8 GB now (though you'll probably want to close out of anything that could be using vram). Ultimately will have to wait on 8 GB GPU users to test. RT will be out of the question.
- They added a "new" form of AO (90% sure it's the regular AO from FFXV) as the "standard" option, with the original options being called fidelityfx. It applies much larger pockets of shade which helps aesthetically, though it's far from accurate and the larger pockets mean object occlusion is obnoxious. Will come down to preference really.
- RT AO still sucks completely, RT Shadows still kinda suck
- Game runs much better for me in the area I'm currently in anyway (the citadel)
- HDR calibration added? At least I don't think it was there before but I could be misremembering here, so someone correct me if so.
Yes lil forspoken patch:
(edit:) ENG blog post: https://www.square-enix-games.com/e...utm_campaign=forspokenupdate_photo_SQEXSOCIAL
JP Blog post: https://www.jp.square-enix.com/topics/detail/2530/
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1680880/view/3672161126000264028
· Adjusted the lighting of certain areas in Cipal.[Left=old patch, Right=new patch]
* Adjusted the texture and shading for certain objects.
* VRAM Usage reduction (PC version)
·Reduce CPU processing load on specific maps (some scenes achieve 30% reduction):
2K Graphics Preset Standard
PS5 will have the same performance tweaks, curious how much the perf. jump is on the quality mode 🤯
edit; woops did not see it was already linked 😳 , my bad ;')
(edit:) ENG blog post: https://www.square-enix-games.com/e...utm_campaign=forspokenupdate_photo_SQEXSOCIAL
JP Blog post: https://www.jp.square-enix.com/topics/detail/2530/
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1680880/view/3672161126000264028
· Adjusted the lighting of certain areas in Cipal.[Left=old patch, Right=new patch]
* Adjusted the texture and shading for certain objects.
* VRAM Usage reduction (PC version)
·Reduce CPU processing load on specific maps (some scenes achieve 30% reduction):
2K Graphics Preset Standard
| PC Hardware | Version 1.02 | Version 1.10 |
| Ryzen 7 3700X + Radeon RX 5700 XT | 54fps | 75fps |
| Intel i7 8700K + GeForce RTX 3060 Ti | 59fps | 74fps |
| Ryzen 9 5900X + Radeon RX 6800 XT | 96fps | 119fps |
PS5 will have the same performance tweaks, curious how much the perf. jump is on the quality mode 🤯
edit; woops did not see it was already linked 😳 , my bad ;')
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FF15 used a now-depreciated form of AO, so it'd be weird if they went back to that.
Their official website/blog did mentioned more updates coming.
Yeah that's why I don't buy PC games on day 1 anymore and wait for them to be patched up later...unless it's a smaller game like Cuphead, SOR4, TMNT Shredder's Revenge and such.
It would be weird but overall I think it was better than how they used fidelityfx ao and it visually looks kinda similar. I'd have boot up ffxv again to be sure though.
This patch is a massive improvement. Much crisper, textures are good and sharp, framerate is up, lighting seems more vibrant?
I'm now playing the game on higher resolution with high shadows and much smoother framerate. It's quite good. Still a few frame dips in tense moments but... it's like night and day. I'm on an 8GB 3070 (laptop card). Crazy that this happened. Feels like this was a layer of polish that was supposed to go into the game before launch but SE pushed the button early. Glad at least it runs nicely now.
I wonder how the PS5 version performs with the patch.
I'm now playing the game on higher resolution with high shadows and much smoother framerate. It's quite good. Still a few frame dips in tense moments but... it's like night and day. I'm on an 8GB 3070 (laptop card). Crazy that this happened. Feels like this was a layer of polish that was supposed to go into the game before launch but SE pushed the button early. Glad at least it runs nicely now.
I wonder how the PS5 version performs with the patch.
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What's crazy is how games are being released on PC in a state which is basically totally broken these days.
Thanks for this. I had issues with camera pan stutter. FSR3 with frame generation on is able to make the game stutter free as long as the FPS is constantly at the display's refresh rate. But because FSR3 with FG does not work with VRR yet, if your GPU dips below the refresh rate, there is a stutter.
My GPU could not keep the FPS at the refresh rate constantly, so the only solution that worked for me is to set texture memory to Standard, like you've suggested.
EDIT: I ended up using the Standard preset, setting Model and Texture Memory to Standard, and using FSR3 with Frame Generation. Can get constant FPS at refresh rate now (120 FPS) with no camera panning stutter.
EDIT2: I troubleshooted further. It turns out my PCIE linkage was at x4 4.0 instead of x16 4.0. I checked using CPUZ and GPUZ. I reseated my GPU and now no more camera stutter with max settings (no RT) and max Model and Texture Memory.
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