Kingdom Come: Deliverance PC performance thread

[GrrImAFridge]

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🖥️ System requirements:

🧰 Latest drivers: (as at 24/02/2022)
AMD: 22.2.2
Nvidia: 511.79

📊 Benchmarks:
GameGPU (Russian; launch build)
Guru3D (English; launch build)
Overclock3D (English; 14/02/2018 build)
PC Games Hardware (German; launch build)
TechPowerUp (English; 14/02/2018 build)

🎩 Tips and tricks:
Cap the frame rate (1)/potentially improve frame times: Download RivaTuner Statistics Server (if you use MSI Afterburner, then you already have it installed), input your desired framerate limit in the "Framerate limit" box, and hit Enter . Alternatively, those with an Nvidia GPU can either cap the frame rate at the driver level via the Nvidia Control Panel (requires the 441.87+ drivers) or use Nvidia Inspector to force a vsync internal lower than one-half (click the small tool icon to open the game profile section).
Note: Useful if your system can't maintain, say, 60fps and you're sensitive to the wild fluctuations, or you're experiencing uneven frame times. The greater window the engine has to render a given frame, if you're imposing a lower frame rate than the game can otherwise provide, may also help in alleviating stuttering related to data streaming.
Cap the framerate (2): Navigate to SteamApps\common\KingdomComeDeliverance, create/open user.cfg, and input sys_MaxFPS = x, where x is your desired cap. (Credit to Arulan.)
Disable vsync: Navigate to SteamApps\common\KingdomComeDeliverance, create/open user.cfg, and input r_Vsync = 0. (Credit to Arulan.)
Reduce texture pop-in: Follow the instructions here. (Credit to artins90 @ Nexus Mods via tet666.)
Improve performance on Vega GPUs: Navigate to SteamApps\common\KingdomComeDeliverance, create/open user.cfg, and input r_BatchType = 0. (Credit to Jupiter @ Beyond3D via icecold1983.)
Increase global illumination quality: Navigate to SteamApps\common\KingdomComeDeliverance, create/open user.cfg, and input e_svoTI_SSDepthTrace = 2. (Credit to Dictator.)
Enable volumetric fog: Navigate to SteamApps\common\KingdomComeDeliverance, create/open user.cfg, and input e_VolumetricFog = 1. (Credit to Dictator.)

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⚙️ Graphics settings:

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Resolution: Self-explanatory
Window mode: Borderless; Fullscreen; Window
Overall image quality: Low; Medium; High; Very High; Ultra High; Custom
Show FPS: Off/On
Vertical FOV: 60 -> 75 in increments of 5
Gamma correction: Self-explanatory

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Object quality: Low; Medium; High; Very High; Ultra High
Game effects: Low; Medium; High; Very High; Ultra High
Lighting: Low; Medium; High; Very High; Ultra High
Particles: Low; Medium; High; Very High; Ultra High
Physics: Low; Medium; High; Very High; Ultra High
Post-process quality: Low; Medium; High; Very High; Ultra High
Shader quality: Low; Medium; High; Very High; Ultra High

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Shadows: Low; Medium; High; Very High; Ultra High
Textures: Low; Medium; High; Very High; Ultra High
Water details: Low; Medium; High; Very High; Ultra High
Volumetric effects detail: Low; Medium; High; Very High; Ultra High
Vegetation detail: Low; Medium; High; Very High; Ultra High
Object distance: Changes the draw distance of objects (no discernible values)
LOD distance: Changes the distance at which finer textures are loaded (no discernible values)

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Vegetation draw distance: Changes the draw distance of vegetation (no discernible values)
Motion blur: Off; Camera; Object

 

[Alexious]

Well, my impressions aren't nearly as bad some of those reviews I've seen. With an i7 6700K (stock clock) and 1080Ti (also not overclocked), I can play at 4K resolution with a mix of High/Very High/Ultra. I'd post a gameplay video, but it would be self-promotion.

 

[Alexander DeLarge]

Just logged in and ran around the open world a bit (3440x1440 on a 1080Ti/6700K/16GB of DDR4 @ 3200mhz, mixture of high/medium settings on Windows 10 Enterprise 64-bit) and I'm getting a pretty consistent 70+ FPS with dips to the high sixties. Loving the ultrawide support. Definitely a game made with the PC in mind from the ground up.

 

[dragn]

frametimes are really weird in this one, also why does it render the outside when im staring at a wall in a house

 

[GameZone]

Anyone tried this on a GTX 1060 6 GB? How is it?

 

[Zeb]

frametimes are really weird in this one, also why does it render the outside when im staring at a wall in a house

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because engines are complicated things that don't always work properly. sometimes it's not possible to make occlusion culling work like it should. also there may be a plethora of other technical reasons why it's done like that.

 

[Mr. Tibbs]

x

 

[Buttzerker]

Anyone got strong recs on which settings to lower first? Maxing everything drops me way down to 25FPS on my GTX 1080 at 1440p, so wondering what should go first.

 

[Turin Turambar]

PC Invasion has a bit of tech overview on the site, and while a little reserved in their praise, think post-patches the game will be a cult hit.

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That's a good point. The combination of loading times + technical issues/bugs + limited save system + hard combat is a nasty combo.

 

[chrisypoo]

I patiently await impressions from folks with a 980 ti. Also, is this a CPU intensive game? Cause my i7 3820 ain't getting any younger.

 

[dgrdsv]

http://gamegpu.com/action-/-fps-/-tps/kingdom-come-deliverance-test-gpu-cpu

Site seems to be down right now though.

 

[SnakeyHips]

Glad to see this game looks to be developed PC first.

Anyone got strong recs on which settings to lower first? Maxing everything drops me way down to 25FPS on my GTX 1080 at 1440p, so wondering what should go first.

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What CPU do you have and what % usage does it goes to?

 

[Buttzerker]

Glad to see this game looks to be developed PC first.


What CPU do you have and what % usage does it goes to?

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i7 6700K, and usually around 70% or so.

 

[Ilmyr]

Thanks for starting this thread JaseC. I will link it to the OT. Hopefully i can share my impressions in the evening (stuck at work). Cheers.

 

[SnakeyHips]

i7 6700K, and usually around 70% or so.

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Ah okay so no bottleneck there.

I guess try the usual performance eating ones like volumetric lighting and shadows first then try something like shaders as ambient occlusion would most likely be put into there.

 

[Buttzerker]

Ah okay so no bottleneck there.

I guess try the usual performance eating ones like volumetric lighting and shadows first then try something like shaders as ambient occlusion would most likely be put into there.

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Yeah, I tried setting everything to low [around 75 FPS] and increasing each setting one at a time. It looks like shadows, lighting, and post-processing are the most demanding, so I'm fucking with them some, but it's very tedious.

 

[SnakeyHips]

Yeah, I tried setting everything to low [around 75 FPS] and increasing each setting one at a time. It looks like shadows, lighting, and post-processing are the most demanding, so I'm fucking with them some, but it's very tedious.

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Yeah that seems pretty standard and guess AO is in post-processing then. Guess just keep an eye out for a "tweak guide" to come out which goes through the performance difference of each.

Let me know how high you get to because your set up is pretty much identical to mine (7700k instead).

 

[Buttzerker]

Yeah that seems pretty standard and guess AO is in post-processing then. Guess just keep an eye out for a "tweak guide" to come out which goes through the performance difference of each.

Let me know how high you get to because your set up is pretty much identical to mine (7700k instead).

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Sure! I'll letcha know what settings I'm able to manage a solid 60 on.

 

[SnakeyHips]

Sure! I'll letcha know what settings I'm able to manage a solid 60 on.

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Cheers thanks man. This recent article shows that a 1070 is only able to get an average 64fps at 1440p on Medium Settings so I guess the 1080 should be able to do it with a mixture of High and Very High settings:

https://www.game-debate.com/news/24533/kingdom-come-deliverance-pc-performance-report

 

[Buttzerker]

Cheers thanks man. This recent article shows that a 1070 is only able to get an average 64fps at 1440p on Medium Settings so I guess the 1080 should be able to do it with a mixture of High and Very High settings:

https://www.game-debate.com/news/24533/kingdom-come-deliverance-pc-performance-report

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Yeah it's a weird games. Some stuff I can max with no problem. Maxing out textures for example doesn't even affect my framerate. Right now I set everything to medium and I'm raising what I can.

 

[Reinhard]

Looks like 4k is impossible with this title unless you are willing to do 30 fps locked or a highly variable framerate between 30-45 fps ;p. I have a Ryzen 1700x and 1080 Ti, I am forced to run at 1440p to get a decent frame rate at Very High instead of Ultra to get 60 FPS and even then I do see some dips to 55-59 fps. I did set the texture to Ultra - that shouldn't affect frame rate if you have the video ram to spare, correct?

 

[Kuosi]

Looks like 4k is impossible with this title unless you are willing to do 30 fps locked or a highly variable framerate between 30-45 fps ;p. I have a Ryzen 1700x and 1080 Ti, I am forced to run at 1440p to get a decent frame rate at Very High instead of Ultra to get 60 FPS and even then I do see some dips to 55-59 fps. I did set the texture to Ultra - that shouldn't affect frame rate if you have the video ram to spare, correct?

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given you have enough memory bandwidth too, which 1080ti does have

 

[Aeana]

Oops, I didn't see that this thread was made. Anyone have any idea what causes conversations to tank in framerate on very high or ultra high? At least, that's what's happening for me on my 1080 ti.

 

[Isee]

Anybody on a gtx 1080 @ 1440p?

 

[Buttzerker]

Anybody on a gtx 1080 @ 1440p?

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Me

 

[Isee]

Me

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Lol, cool. Thx now I can buy it. I was just afraid I would be the only one on a gtx 1080 @ 1440p. I absolutely wasn't interested in any kind or form in performance/settings impressions.

 

[GrrImAFridge]

Thanks for starting this thread JaseC. I will link it to the OT. Hopefully i can share my impressions in the evening (stuck at work). Cheers.

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<3

 

[Kolle]

Oops, I didn't see that this thread was made. Anyone have any idea what causes conversations to tank in framerate on very high or ultra high? At least, that's what's happening for me on my 1080 ti.

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Do the conversations have depth of field? Some games switch to bokeh on higher settings which is usually expensive.

 

[bobnowhere]

Anybody on a gtx 1080 @ 1440p?

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Me, running anywhere from 45-60+ fps on max settings at 1440p with a 1080 (Ryzen 1700). Ran though the first area smooth as with Gsync but got my first crash about 90mins in.

 

[Buttzerker]

Alright guys, on a GTX 1080 and i7 6700K here's what I've managed to do at 1440p:

Simply put, a hard 60 FPS is impossible. The framerate fluctuates at least 10-15 frames regardless of settings. I don't really mind because I have Gsync, but it might get annoying for others. The following settings let me maintain a 50-65 FPS though:

 

[Isee]

Me, running anywhere from 45-60+ fps on max settings at 1440p with a 1080 (Ryzen 1700). Ran though the first area smooth as with Gsync but got my first crash about 90mins in.

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Performance sounds ok for max settings. The crash isn't very encouraging though.

 

[Arulan]

JaseC

If you want to disable V-Sync and/or limit the frame rate to whatever you want:

Create the file user.cfg where system.cfg is in the directory and add the following:

r_VSync = 0
sys_MaxFPS = 141

You can set sys_MaxFPS to whatever you want.

 

[bobnowhere]

Performance sounds ok for max settings. The crash isn't very encouraging though.

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I think it was more to do with the control system. It's not really a spoiler but first time on a horse I was trying to work out the controls to gallop and they were a little cumbersome with a keyboard so I switched to controller and hit the back button/change view button that advances time, not good on a horse, and it CTD.

 

[leng jai]

Yeah it's a weird games. Some stuff I can max with no problem. Maxing out textures for example doesn't even affect my framerate. Right now I set everything to medium and I'm raising what I can.

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Textures never affect frame rate until you don't have enough video memory. Don't think there's any game that goes past 8GB.

 

[Cliff Steele]

R9 290X
FX8350
16GB RAM
User here.

I can play the game on High Settings with roundabout 30frames+

Looks okayish to good. But I get the feeling that cryengine is not the best choice for an RPG.

 

[HeRinger]

Game keeps crashing in the intro for me...

 

[Einherjer]

R9 290X
But I get the feeling that cryengine is not the best choice for an RPG.

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Yeah that's the first thing i thought when they announced they would be using it back then, i always hoped they would maybe switch to the now much better developed amazon lumberyard engine like star citizen but unfortunately they didn't.

 

[PJsprojects]

Anyone tried this on a GTX 1060 6 GB? How is it?

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Maxed at 2560x1080 on a ROG 1060 6gb overclocked has me at 26fps. Tbh the game still dont look fantastic imo.

 

[Loganclaws]

Anyone with an i7700k and 1080ti can comment on performance at 1080p?

 

[BigTnaples]

Doing most of my PC gaming on my Surface Book 2 15" these days out of sheer convenience.


Hopefully it runs well enough on it. Haven't had much of a problem running anything yet.

 

[HeRinger]

My biggest concern is that the tutorial area might not really push the hardware enough, so by the time I'm past it I can't get a refund anymore.

 

[GrrImAFridge]

JaseC

If you want to disable V-Sync and/or limit the frame rate to whatever you want:

Create the file user.cfg where system.cfg is in the directory and add the following:

r_VSync = 0
sys_MaxFPS = 141

You can set sys_MaxFPS to whatever you want.

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Ta, added.

 

[Hamster Plugin]

Someone in the OT is saying that there issome restrictive DRMso you must be online to launch the game. Strange when it's supposed to come to GOG soon.

 

[GrrImAFridge]

Someone in the OT is saying that there issome restrictive DRMso you must be online to launch the game. Strange when it's supposed to come to GOG soon.

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Yeah. The beta is the same.

Edit: I've asked about the lack of Offline Mode support in the bug/technical issue thread and will post the response if I get one.

 

[dragn]

Looks like 4k is impossible with this title unless you are willing to do 30 fps locked or a highly variable framerate between 30-45 fps ;p. I have a Ryzen 1700x and 1080 Ti, I am forced to run at 1440p to get a decent frame rate at Very High instead of Ultra to get 60 FPS and even then I do see some dips to 55-59 fps. I did set the texture to Ultra - that shouldn't affect frame rate if you have the video ram to spare, correct?

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in 4k i get 50-60 fps with everything on medium and ultra textures + sliders on max. 1080ti + 8600k

playing in 1080p ultrawide for now with smooth 75fps on very high settings

 

[lsarmiliato]

man, the UI looks awful

 

[Kain-Nosgoth]

The framerate tanks in the interiors i don't really know why, it's not like it's more demanding than the exterior?

Also what should be the best settings for a GTX 980Ti to get 60fps at 1080p?

 

[GameZone]

Maxed at 2560x1080 on a ROG 1060 6gb overclocked has me at 26fps. Tbh the game still dont look fantastic imo.

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Tried 60fps?

 

[Ohto]

Someone in the OT is saying that there issome restrictive DRMso you must be online to launch the game. Strange when it's supposed to come to GOG soon.

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I think that's why they release it later on GOG. There will be a bunch of torrents as soon as the GOG version comes.

I'll buy from GOG today, I like the DRM free future.


Has anyone tried with not-so-optimal HW? I have the min req rig and would like to know if it actually runs with it?

And also, has anyone tried to meddle with .ini file if possible? Through that you can usually tweak things further than from inside the game.

 

[Deleted member 1759]

I kept getting DXGI_Error_Device_Hung and the game crashed in the main menu/when I tried to change the graphics settings. Disabling both the Steam and Nvidia in-game overlay seems to have fixed that issue for now.