Gears 5 PC performance thread

Etaber · Sep 8, 2019

Just FYI I'm running with an 8700k and 2080ti @1440p and was having real issues with frame times during gameplay. Even though the framerate was around 70-80ish it never felt smooth. On the benchmark test my frame rate graph was all over the place and I was only getting high 80s for GPU utilization, like the game was CPU bound. I tried all the solutions I came across in this thread but there was no improvement. I was finally able to fix it by disabling hyperthreading.

Just another thing to try if you have stutter.

KomandaHeck · Sep 8, 2019

Anybody running this at least decently on a 970? Going to go through it with a friend soon but if you need to compromise with too many settings then I'll probably just opt for the console version.

dgrdsv · Sep 8, 2019

georaldc said:
- resolutions between 91% and 100% run much slower than straight native 4k/100% on my 1080 Ti. Upscaling sometimes causes a performance hit?

Why not? Upscaling is an additional workload and if you add it on top of rendering in an almost native resolution it may result in lower performance than running without upscaling.

GymWolf86 · Sep 8, 2019

V2077 said:
That's weird. I have a much worse CPU than you and it runs fine for me including alt+tabbing and stuff. I would say it's a RAM issue but you have 16GB. Usually when alt+tabbing becomes a slow almost lagfest when switching between programs it's due to lack of RAM and the OS starts moving background tasks to the pagefile which is basically a partition on your HDD which is insanely slow compared to RAM which is why you have the lag when alt+tabbing. Are you running any background cleaner apps or gaming optimiser apps?

You could probably set everything to ultra and be just fine. I also have a 1070 and I'm running it at ultra across the board and achieving around ~90-110 fps average. My CPU is quite a bit worse than yours too with only 4 cores 8 threads compared to your full 6 cores 6 threads.

Yeah i'm trying 1440p with ultra setting except some shadow sett on high, the internal benchmark is encouraging at least.

SaintBowWow · Sep 8, 2019

SaintBowWow said:
I'm getting terrible texture issues in Act 2. Anyone else run into something like this, and if so, how did you fix it?

I'm using a 2060 and i5 6600k @ 4.3

Turning off tiled resources cleared this up for me

leng jai · Sep 8, 2019

GymWolf86 said:
So best mix of settings for 1080p60frame with a 1070/8600k?

I was waiting for my 2070super to arrive but i'm just curious to try the game.

Thanks.

Everyone on ultra besides SSR which you can put on insane.

Deleted member 21996 · Sep 8, 2019

Old Nick said:
Specs:

1080 ti @2 Ghz
6700k @ 4.5 Ghz
16 Gb DDR4 @ 3Ghz
SSD
GSync 165 Hz
Driver 436.15
Windows version

In-game benchmark:

2560x1440, Ultra texture pack, settings max except FOV 85 and motion blur minimum.

Only played about an hour so far, so not reached the skiffing parts, but so far its been a stutter-free experience above 60 fps. Expect it will dip below at some point, it's hovered just above 60 on a few occasions already. I seem to be lucky though judging by this thread..

Thought I'd update now I've completed the game. A couple of areas with heavy volumetric lighting dropped the framerate to low 40s (thinking of Act 2, scene 3 in particular) but never during battles. Vast majority of the game reflected the benchmark and was free of stutters. Occasionally the game would hitch for half a second when loading into a cut scene however.

Deleted member 420 · Sep 8, 2019

Was there any ever workaround to the HDR performance hit?

OldDirtyGamer · Sep 8, 2019

So I figured out my issues. This game says I only have 5GB Vram available....im on a 2060. Anytime I go a touch over 4GB, the stutters happen all the time. Fiddling with settings, the only thing that seems to work is dropping world textures to medium (which looks bad) to keep it under 4GB. This doesn't happen in all acts but Act 4 its unplayable with textures all set to high

First off, is there a reason why it says I only have 5GB when I have a 6GB card? MSI seems more accurate, but I never maxed out my Vram when these stutters were happening. This game is crazy hungry for Vram.

YuriLowell · Sep 8, 2019

I keep having massive stuttering issues with ultra textures. Maybe i should back them off?
2600x and a 1080.

GymWolf86 · Sep 8, 2019

leng jai said:
Everyone on ultra besides SSR which you can put on insane.

at 1440p?

the 2070super that i'm waiting is gonna devour this game on 4k if my 1070 can get such crazy performance...

leng jai · Sep 8, 2019

GymWolf86 said:
at 1440p?

1080p. 1440p is too much for the 1070 in most taxing games these days unless you want to drop a bunch of settings or happy to drop frames from 60.

GymWolf86 · Sep 8, 2019

leng jai said:
1080p. 1440p is too much for the 1070 in most taxing games these days unless you want to drop a bunch of settings or happy to drop frames from 60.

i tried 1440p, everything on ultra except the 3 shadow setting on high and the space reflection on high and i have pretty solid 60 fps.
my 1070 usually is not even enough for 1080p ultra details with taxing games lol...

Altair · Sep 8, 2019

GymWolf86 said:
at 1440p?

the 2070super that i'm waiting is gonna devour this game on 4k if my 1070 can get such crazy performance...

You can't even get that performance on a 2080Ti at 4k. I can't turn up anything to insane at 4k without getting frequent dips. Have to set everything to ultra and you still get dips occasionally. Was still a phenomenal experience though.

leng jai · Sep 8, 2019

GymWolf86 said:
i tried 1440p, everything on ultra except the 3 shadow setting on high and the space reflection on high and i have pretty solid 60 fps.
my 1070 usually is not even enough for 1080 ultra details with taxing games lol...

Yeah I'm not sure it would hold 60 for the entire gamenand under heavy load. On my settings it hasn't dropped a frame outside of random stutters and I've played through up to Act 3. I've only got a 4.2ghz 6600k though.

ss_lemonade · Sep 8, 2019

Old Nick said:
Thought I'd update now I've completed the game. A couple of areas with heavy volumetric lighting dropped the framerate to low 40s (thinking of Act 2, scene 3 in particular) but never during battles. Vast majority of the game reflected the benchmark and was free of stutters. Occasionally the game would hitch for half a second when loading into a cut scene however.

Noticed this as well. Seemed to be one of the more demanding areas too so far, but I'm still in Act 2. Dropping volumetric fog to high (and SSR to Ultra) actually allows my 1080 Ti to do 4k 60fps in those areas but yeah, just for those areas.

leng jai · Sep 8, 2019

Vengeance said:
You can't even get that performance on a 2080Ti at 4k. I can't turn up anything to insane at 4k without getting frequent dips. Have to set everything to ultra and you still get dips occasionally. Was still a phenomenal experience though.

Volumetric fog on insane is like a 25fps hit.

Altair · Sep 8, 2019

leng jai said:
Volumetric fog on insane is like a 25fps hit.

Yea I never touched that one. The one I turned up to insane was screen space reflections, but the dips were far too frequent, especially in act 2. I get about 53fps on average in the benchmark with everything maxed including insane settings.

Deleted member 12635 · Sep 8, 2019

My Benchmark run with my 2700X and Vega 56.

Not to shappy 60 fps at 73% native resolution (3840 x 1600).

I like how the dynamic resolution scaler works in this game.

MrMattamus · Sep 8, 2019

Anyone having weird audio bugs on PC? Dialogue is really low and not sure what to do. All of the levels are up and I don't have this problem in other games, so not sure if it's my headset.

Dreams-Visions · Sep 8, 2019

Colbert said:
My Benchmark run with my 2700X and Vega 56.

Not to shappy 60 fps at 73% native resolution (3840 x 1600).

I like how the dynamic resolution scaler works in this game.

Just drop some things down from Ultra. I think it would be worth it to not have to worry about potential stutter from dynamic resolution switching.

MrMattamus said:
Anyone having weird audio bugs on PC? Dialogue is really low and not sure what to do. All of the levels are up and I don't have this problem in other games, so not sure if it's my headset.

I did not notice any in my play.

OldDirtyGamer · Sep 8, 2019

OldDirtyGamer said:
So I figured out my issues. This game says I only have 5GB Vram available....im on a 2060. Anytime I go a touch over 4GB, the stutters happen all the time. Fiddling with settings, the only thing that seems to work is dropping world textures to medium (which looks bad) to keep it under 4GB. This doesn't happen in all acts but Act 4 its unplayable with textures all set to high

First off, is there a reason why it says I only have 5GB when I have a 6GB card? MSI seems more accurate, but I never maxed out my Vram when these stutters were happening. This game is crazy hungry for Vram.

Scratch this haha still getting stutters under 4GB. OH well.

Deleted member 12635 · Sep 8, 2019

Dreams-Visions said:
Just drop some things down from Ultra. I think it would be worth it to not have to worry about potential stutter from dynamic resolution switching.

I noticed no stutter so far. The game runs on a Freesync monitor and there are no memory issues....

Dreams-Visions · Sep 8, 2019

Colbert said:
I noticed no stutter so far. The game runs on a Freesync monitor and there are no memory issues....

If you notice some during cutscenes, you'll know why. Adjust accordingly from there if desired.

Teamocil · Sep 8, 2019

Dreams-Visions said:
Never saw anything like that, no. What GPU are you using?

People with < 4GB of VRAM have reported issues with textures.

Yeah this is my issue. My old ass GTX 970 can run it at 4K30, but the textures take AGES to load in. Even at 1440p textures can take a min to load. Wonder if it's a memory bandwidth issue since it's only using 3GB of VRAM

Lockjaw333 · Sep 8, 2019

Mullet2000 said:
How do you turn on HDR? Can't seem to get it working.

Have to turn it on in Windows before you start the game. Typical of xbox/MS games.

Right click on desktop --> Display Settings

RedSwirl · Sep 8, 2019

1070, 1080p TV. What is going to happen?

GymWolf86 said:
my 1070 usually is not even enough for 1080 ultra details with taxing games lol...

Like what? I've gotten ultra details in most games with mine, but then again I've passed up a lot of AAA games these days. I think the last really intense game I ran on this thing was RE2, where I was able to get ultra for everything except volumetric lighting at 1080p, with image quality at 130%.

krg · Sep 8, 2019

MythicReclaimer said:
I've been able to play 3+ hours in total since turning off "Tiled Resources" and the game hasn't had a hitch or stutter in gameplay or cinematics, absolutely buttery smooth. Almost done with Act II so I'm hoping it continues as is into Act III and beyond, so far so good, fingers crossed.

This is with the enhanced textures installed.

yeah, this actually improved things quite a bit.

WhtR88t · Sep 8, 2019

Mine keeps stalling after I select "Campaign" from the main menu. Tried restarting multiple times, rebooting etc. I can't get into a game.

ABK281 · Sep 9, 2019

Turning off tiled resources almost entirely fixed my stutter so I can vouch for that.

dodo · Sep 9, 2019

really impressed with this port. curious if anyone with a similar setup to mine has any tips to really maximize things, either things i can turn up or things i should turn down:

GymWolf86 · Sep 9, 2019

Vengeance said:
You can't even get that performance on a 2080Ti at 4k. I can't turn up anything to insane at 4k without getting frequent dips. Have to set everything to ultra and you still get dips occasionally. Was still a phenomenal experience though.

Oh i don't mind tuning some setting down to achieve 4k60 frame.

Poison Jam · Sep 9, 2019

I played the tutorial last night, and this is the most impressive case of pre-defined settings I've seen on a PC game.

georaldc said:
Some rather strange things I've noticed:

- resolutions between 91% and 100% run much slower than straight native 4k/100% on my 1080 Ti. Upscaling sometimes causes a performance hit?

Do you have a minimum framerate set? Because I noticed the dynamic rendering only seem to trigger when the render resolution is set to 100% and a minimum framerate is set.

Meaning "100%" will scale based on load, but 90-something will not.

At least that seems to be the case for me on a GTX 1080.

Buenoblue · Sep 9, 2019

? I'm getting 4k solid 60 on insane no dynamic res with 2070 super and ryzen 2600. I do get the odd loading stutter entering a new area but otherwise silky smooth.

Poison Jam · Sep 9, 2019

xeecee said:
really impressed with this port. curious if anyone with a similar setup to mine has any tips to really maximize things, either things i can turn up or things i should turn down:

Set minimum framerate to 60 and let the dynamic resolution scaling do its thing.

Poison Jam · Sep 9, 2019

Buenoblue said:
? I'm getting 4k solid 60 on insane no dynamic res with 2070 super and ryzen 2600. I do get the odd loading stutter entering a new area but otherwise silky smooth.

Could you post your benchmark results?

dodo · Sep 9, 2019

Poison Jam said:
Set minimum framerate to 60 and let the dynamic resolution scaling do its thing.

I'd honestly rather not if I can avoid it; I'd prefer to hit 60 at a solid 1080 if I can. the temporal scaler is impressive but the blurriness can really hurt my eyes sometimes

Rickyrozay2o9 · Sep 9, 2019

Two questions.

Does vsync work when enabled from the Nvidia cp?

Does the judder I see from character movements come from playing co-op with console players due to their locked 30fps?

ss_lemonade · Sep 9, 2019

Poison Jam said:
I played the tutorial last night, and this is the most impressive case of pre-defined settings I've seen on a PC game.

Do you have a minimum framerate set? Because I noticed the dynamic rendering only seem to trigger when the render resolution is set to 100% and a minimum framerate is set.

Meaning "100%" will scale based on load, but 90-something will not.

At least that seems to be the case for me on a GTX 1080.

I tested this without using dynamic resolution. Also, dynamic res scaling works fine for me even without using 100% render res.

Poison Jam · Sep 9, 2019

georaldc said:
I tested this without using dynamic resolution. Also, dynamic res scaling works fine for me even without using 100% render res.

Interesting. Perhaps I was seeing the same thing then, and figured it was dynamic resolution turning off causing the drop in performance. Because I had it set to on and still saw a large reduction in performance (~10 fps avg). Could be a bug.

Firefly · Sep 9, 2019

xeecee said:
really impressed with this port. curious if anyone with a similar setup to mine has any tips to really maximize things, either things i can turn up or things i should turn down:

Either what the user Poison Jam said, or just choose the Recommended preset and you're good to go if you don't want to compromise on resolution.

Buenoblue · Sep 9, 2019

Poison Jam said:
Could you post your benchmark results?

I'm at work I'll post later. Honestly I've just turned everything up to max at 4k no dynamic res. I have dof at high cause I prefer the look of it. High res textures. 2070 super clocked at 1950mhz ryzen 2600 at 3.8ghz. Samsung q7000 tv. Bin super smooth. Im sure there might have bin a few drops here and there but I try not to let it ruin my enjoyment and just play.

shinbojan · Sep 9, 2019

Playing on 8700k + 1080ti in 4k/ultra/60/dynamic.
I've got to level 2.4 and no drops so far. Really happy with the performance.
I did have to turn off vsync as the lag was really noticeable.

FunMouse · Sep 9, 2019

Play on a UW monitor and just raised the field of view to 100. Looks glorious but now instead of a solid 80fps it's between 69-80 lol. I'll take the hit though, I love how the game looks.

BraXzy · Sep 9, 2019

I didn't have too many performance related issues besides the odd frame rate dip during heavy fights.

I did have a few odd bugs though; one where geometry didn't load for a few minutes so I just endlessly fell through the floor. The other during a cutscene where a platform that had collapsed reappeared along with a few NPC's in T-poses.

Rickyrozay2o9 · Sep 9, 2019

I started getting all kind of stuttering in act 2 so I disabled ultra textures and it was good after that. Hopefully we get a patch or the official Nvidia drivers help with it because we shouldn't have to do that.

Serious Sam · Sep 9, 2019

This game makes my computer sweat like never before. I'm seeing almost 600W power draw when playing in 4K. Sure glad I went with 850W Corsair PSU years ago, it might have been overkill at the time, but now it's paying off!

xXSecretAgentXx · Sep 9, 2019

Where is this "dynamic 4k" option everyone keeps talking about? I see a window resolution scale that I've set to 1620p on my 4k TV to keep it at 60fps,is that it or am I missing something?

noomi · Sep 9, 2019

Old Nick said:
Thought I'd update now I've completed the game. A couple of areas with heavy volumetric lighting dropped the framerate to low 40s (thinking of Act 2, scene 3 in particular) but never during battles. Vast majority of the game reflected the benchmark and was free of stutters. Occasionally the game would hitch for half a second when loading into a cut scene however.

I have the same specs, thanks for posting this. Lookign forward to play 1440P @ 60FPS :)

Hoping the game ready drivers give a little extra FPS.

lazerfox · Sep 9, 2019

xXSecretAgentXx said:
Where is this "dynamic 4k" option everyone keeps talking about? I see a window resolution scale that I've set to 1620p on my 4k TV to keep it at 60fps,is that it or am I missing something?

It's in the graphics settings menu under "minimum frame rate". Be aware that turning it on can introduce stutters.

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