PC Performance Clips from all maps and CPU bound scenario.
Hello. Here's my input to the PC performance issue.
My computer:
Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Geforce RTX4070 (regular, bland non TI)
32GB DDR4 RAM (3200MHz)
Game is installed on an NVME SSD.
I play at 3440x1440 resolution (which does not matter as the 4th clip will show). Nvidia Reflex is On on all the clips, capping fps to 138 (144hz monitor). GPU driver version is 595.79.
On all clips there is an RTSS overlay in the top left where you can see CPU and GPU usage, temps and power draw along with the frametime graph.
I made a 5min run on each of the maps using the same graphic settings. During the runs i pause once, usually in the most demanding area, to swap DLSS from Quality to Ultra Performance and then to DLAA to create, first a low GPU usage scenario and then a (theoretical as the game hardly ever is pushing the GPU to the max) GPU bound scenario.
Lastly i made the 4th clip where in Outpost i create a purely CPU bound scenario. Lower all settings to the low and off, disable DLSS and scale the resolution to a whopping 25 (%?) which creates an interesting mosaic. Often looking at the sky, which is usually the least demanding area to render. Unfortunately even in this "Playstation 2'd" state the game is still extremely CPU bound, and barely pushes above 100fps.
Here are the links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzrN-NFMG-k - Perimeter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYgvTiRQfoQ - Dire Marsh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmRIvhfK6xA - Outpost
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H899Y7xoQEo - CPU bound scenario
What prompted me to do this small benchmark is the recent Discord post that claims the game has been optimized for Low and Mid tier PCs. Frankly, i don't know what tier my 5800X3D is nowadays, but my 4070 is chilling to say the least and that's a MID tier GPU if there ever was one. I rarely ever see my CPU draw this much power in a video game. As evidenced above, there is spare GPU headroom to use. Let me know if i can provide any more info.
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Hi there,
Thank you for the report in sharing your experience and system specs. Rest assured that performance tuning is ongoing!
If you haven't yet, we recommend posting this into one of the following channels on our official Discord as well for the best visibility:
Amazing work. The latest dev update on optimization was pure word salad (ai-generated response perhaps?). The game isn’t optimized for any hardware config, low-, mid- or high-end. The product is objectively broken. I am pushing an insanely choppy 60-70 fps avg. on Outpost during a heat cascade @ 1080p, running a 3080, 5 7600X and 32gb 2x16 6000mhz kit. The other maps also run super poor, tanking when looking at anything else than a wall 1 meter away from you.
I have a 5950x, RTX 3090, also playing in 3440x1440, and the game drops sub 60 on Dire Marsh sometimes, apparently when it's raining.
Doesn't matter which DLSS setting I choose, even with ultra performance it stays around 40fps.
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