I have, perhaps too indirectly, asked about CPU variations and their impacts on benchmark numbers and gotten little-to-no feedback. It's all about the GPU, I'm hearing. There are two different benchmarks, one of which benchmarks the CPU. That's the one that folks should be posting and comparing whether we think the benchmark is simulating huge unit counts or not, I would think.
People need to run benchmarks at some kind of agreed-upon settings to get answers. My six-year-old quad core with hyperthreading is more than enough to run this game according to the benchmarks I've run. It's the GPU that matters.
I dropped AA to 2x and shadows to medium before the .70 update. Running benchmarks before and after found an increase in framerate for me ([email protected], 12GB RAM, GTX980SC). Perhaps what we're seeing is that some enhancements dropped framerates on certain settings.
This game appears to be, so far, much more dependent on the GPU. That's where you need to spend your money.
Rough topology should be known and readily visible on the minimap. I'm not talking about resources, just the rough topology. Which should have been assessed from orbit, etc. before planting a Nexus.
Let me clarify: I'm not a pissed-off kickstarter at all. I just have my own life and schedule and when I have time to go peek in I always have to wait to do the total uninstall, re-install, patch. I have a very good internet connection and speed. But I have time when I have time. So I've seen next-to-nothing with my own gameplay. Time'll come.
In lieu of an Observer mode, Frogboy, it would be awesome to have some of the dev team (or, especially, you) make a start-to-finish gameplay with play-by-play voiceover or something of the ilk!
Every time I decide to see how things are going I find I can't update and have to uninstall, re-install, and sit through all the updates. Yeah, no thanks. I'll wait a bit longer.
Gah! See, now I'd love an observer mode!
Happened to me once. I retried without rebooting and it worked. Probably a silly question, but: are you on the latest drivers for your GPU? When I did the upgrade to Win10 the GeForce Experience told me my drivers were up to date. I knew differently. And it took a bit of work to get the latest properly installed. If you've upgraded to Win10 and never updated your drivers you might try downloading the latest version from their website and doing a clean install. Sorry if that's not the
I'm doing the Mr. Mom thing tonight so no games so far. But I thought I'd run the benchmarks. My hardware: X58 motherboard, 12GB RAM, i7-920 OC'[email protected], GTX 980SC, Win10/64. DX12 Straight Benchmark: Avg Framerate: v.0.64 - 49.2 / v.0.70 - 52.7 CPU Framerate: v.0.64 - 80.2 / v.0.70 - 89.0 Avg Framerate Normal: v.0.64 - 61.9 / v.0.70 - 60.2 Pct GPU Bound Normal: v.0.64 - 99.8% / v.0.70 - 100.0% Avg F
500+MB update downloading now...
I have one earmarked but I'd really rather not buy it for an alpha of a game that's not out yet, yanno? Theoretically, what's going to happen is framerate goes up but does the GPU bottlenecking decrease? I mean, at what GPU build will the bottlenecking decrease on my particular build?
The recovery's been a complete bust. Can't wait for new policies to get wages, jobs, economy, and truly useful capital flowing again.
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[quote who="Frogboy" reply="11" id="3607164"] 100% gpu bound is what you want. It means you are finally fully us ing your video card. [/quote] So, what that means is that my CPU is up to the task and not creating any bottleneck, correct? Were I to upgrade from the 980SC to a 980 Ti, how would I expect that to impact the DX12 benchmark report, Frogboy? Thanks for your time and input!
... only x 42?
Thought I'd do the CPU benchmark on my i7-920 OC'd to 3.6 just for run. [img]http://s20.postimg.org/opoyc3l6l/Ao_TS_DX12_CPU_Benchmark_i7_920_3_6_GTX980_SC.jpg[/img]
Moreso why I dislike Win10. I like to be in control of my updates. But, after today, I've apparently thrown caution into the wind. It's all Win10 from here. [e digicons]8C[/e]
*Mumbles* No 980 Ti out when I went shopping...
My experience when I was forced to shop a couple of months ago was that 4K TVs display HD content about as well as HD TVs display SD content. In other words, lousy. I want to enjoy my movies, TV, etc. that I'm throwing at my TV. 4K is for when my next TV dies (knocking on wood) IF the content's being delivered. Just my $.02!
It's a six year old quad core, but who's counting? [e digicons]:grin:[/e] That's got two things turned down. I think AA's at 2x and shadows are mid. My point was that a GTX980 SC'd is the limitation. It makes you wonder what it takes to make those numbers much lower!
Still a mess but you can at least see it and click on it to enlarge it!
Sorry for the troubles in getting the image linked up...
[img]http://s20.postimg.org/vjcouynb1/Ao_TS_DX12_Benchmark_i7_920_3_6_GTX980_SC.jpg[/img] I know the game's in Alpha. I know there will be optimizations. I know DX12 may even have some tweaks coming. But damn!