Update 5 and still poor FPS.

[Mohenjo]

I'd actually be interested to know how you go on ultra in Odyssey?

Planetfall and in stations it rarely gets above 20fps.

I've tried it at every setting, from low to ultra, and interestingly get the same framerate in each case... usually around 10-12 in a settlement, 15 or so on stations, and NORMALLY around 50 in space. Now, I'm getting 6-12 in settlements, up to around 30 in space.

I've just updated my drivers, we'll see if that helps.

 

[CMDR Anastasiya]

I've tried it at every setting, from low to ultra, and interestingly get the same framerate in each case... usually around 10-12 in a settlement, 15 or so on stations, and NORMALLY around 50 in space. Now, I'm getting 6-12 in settlements, up to around 30 in space.

I've just updated my drivers, we'll see if that helps.

I only got my computer in 2018 and Braben has said this thing should run on potatoes so.

 

[Mohenjo]

I only got my computer in 2018 and Braben has said this thing should run on potatoes so.

I wonder if I would get better performance at a HIGHER resolution? I usually run at 1680x1050, which is my desktop resolution...

 

[CMDR Anastasiya]

I wonder if I would get better performance at a HIGHER resolution? I usually run at 1680x1050, which is my desktop resolution...

Worth a shot. I've tried everything. This clusterF$%K of a DLC is the first game that I can't run in ultra at acceptable levels for me. And when you think of what it is. It shouldn't be like this. The original FEAR looks better than the walking part of Elite.

 

[Mohenjo]

Worth a shot. I've tried everything. This clusterF$%K of a DLC is the first game that I can't run in ultra at acceptable levels for me. And when you think of what it is. It shouldn't be like this. The original FEAR looks better than the walking part of Elite.

Ya, I can run Red Dead Redemption 2 at reasonably high settings and never have any trouble... so I would expect a game that's largely empty space and barren planets to run more easily than a game that needs to render millions of blades of grass and process the AI for hundreds of NPCs and animals...

 

[buzzx]

Try running through Exigeous video and adjust your settings down accordingly.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7efYzpquIs


Looking at your settings and based on his video i think you would get some good performance gains with:

Shadows = high
Ambient Occlusion = Medium
Anti aliasing = FXAA
Terrain stuff to high except for quality which can be ultra.

Some good tips also in the first half of JayzTwoCents video below:

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqshaJTI8FQ

 

[Mohenjo]

Updating my drivers seems to have helped... I'm back to 60fps in space, but still only about 25 in stations. Haven't been on the ground yet.

Did a new benchmark run... Still getting only 10-12fps in settlements...

 

[-VR- Max Factor]

Ya, I can run Red Dead Redemption 2 at reasonably high settings and never have any trouble... so I would expect a game that's largely empty space and barren planets to run more easily than a game that needs to render millions of blades of grass and process the AI for hundreds of NPCs and animals...

RDR2 has much smaller draw distance. ED has an infinite draw distance. You can't really compare the two.

 

[Revelation_jeff]

Since testing the update my FPS performance is worse. I seem to have lost around 10-15 FPS in stations now. Disappointing. Is shared missions working for anyone or are players still crashing?

 

[VR Lucian Arkright]

Not sure I ran it the right way, but here's what I got...

View attachment 246759

Looking at that screen shot, it looks like you're running it stereoscopic, and an odd resolution - Try re-running it with 1920x1080, stereo off, and tessellation extreme.

 

[Deleted member 182079]

Read somewhere here about disabling vsync - also set SS to .85 (just to test CAS) while running the game at 2k/Ultra.

Seemed to have made a difference, no extreme FPS drops mostly (relatively) smooth even at the same settlement I had issues at the other night. Will try again later and at SS1.0 to see if it was a fluke or not.

 

[BL1P]

Try running through Exigeous video and adjust your settings down accordingly.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7efYzpquIs


Looking at your settings and based on his video i think you would get some good performance gains with:

Shadows = high
Ambient Occlusion = Medium
Anti aliasing = FXAA
Terrain stuff to high except for quality which can be ultra.

Some good tips also in the first half of JayzTwoCents video below:

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqshaJTI8FQ

Booth very handy thank you.

 

[VR Lucian Arkright]

CMDR	CPU	GPU	RAM	OS	Resolution	Unigine Score	FPS
BL1p	Ryzen 3700x	Nvidia 3060 RTX 12g	32Gb	W10	1920 x 1080	2627​	<30
-VR- Max Factor	i5-8600	Nvidia 2070	16Gb				>40
CMDR The Riz	i7-8750H	Nvidia 2070	32Gb		1920 x 1080		<40 (not ultra)
FalconFly	Ryzen 3600	AMD RX580	16Gb		1920 x 1080		<30
VR Lucian Arkright	Ryzen 3600	Nvidia GTX 980	16Gb	W10	1920 x 1080	1578​	<30
MCCART	Ryzen 2600x	AMD RX5600XT	32Gb	W10	1920 x 1080	2232​	<30
sede	i7-4771	Nvidia GTX 780M				709​
Athlon-uk	i7-10700k	Nvidia RTX 3070	16Gb	W10	1920 x 1080	4307​
Erei	i7-7700k	Nvidia GTX 1070ti	16Gb		1920 x 1080
Sic Mundus	Ryzen 2600x	Nvidia GTX 1080	16Gb		2560 x 1440	1573​
CMDR Anastasiya	Ryzen 1300X	Nvidia GTX 1050		W8	1920 x 1080	857​

Updated table.

Thanks for all the help, even if it comes to nothing, it's very interesting to see.

 

[galahad2069]

RDR2 has much smaller draw distance. ED has an infinite draw distance. You can't really compare the two.

Infinite draw distance??

So while you're walking around on a planet surface in the Wyrd system ED is busy drawing a station orbiting a planet 128 lightyears away? Or a stone on the ground 57 kms from you?

Sorry, but while it's true that a space flight game is not the same thing as a first person shooter, it absolutely makes sense to compare one fps (RDR2) to another (the walking about part of Odyssey).

 

[Deleted member 182079]

Infinite draw distance??

So while you're walking around on a planet surface in the Wyrd system ED is busy drawing a station orbiting a planet 128 lightyears away? Or a stone on the ground 57 kms from you?

Sorry, but while it's true that a space flight game is not the same thing as a first person shooter, it absolutely makes sense to compare one fps (RDR2) to another (the walking about part of Odyssey).

Yeah, no.

While I see noticeable object pop in in EDO (sometimes right next to me!) RDR2 not only looks miles (hur hur) better but I don't notice any of that at all. Consistent and believable prettiness as far as the eye can see.

 

[CMDR Anastasiya]

RDR2 has much smaller draw distance. ED has an infinite draw distance. You can't really compare the two.

Maybe that is something FDEV need to look at. Virtually every single game out there only renders out to the distance that matters for the player. Beyond a certain distance objects instead of having a high LOD have a minimal LOD. It's still there. You can do funny things with free camera in FO4 for example.

Take these screenshots of FO4 for example. Take not of Revere Satellite array. It's a very rudimentary render with minimal LOD. From a distance it doesn't matter.

 

[lysan]

Poor Fdev.

Someone else (a forum layman, not Fdev mind) yesterday suggested to underclock the CPU as that seems to keep flooding the GPU with data (I'm a noob so no idea myself). The more powerful the CPU the worse it pushes the GPU. I have an i7 9700 and RTX2060s.

I tried it for a laugh and lo and behold, setting the CPU at even 80% (often sits at 40-50%) reduced GPU load by 20-30% (mine is usually running at 98-100%). Frame rate drops as well (even though both CPU and GPU loads hover at 70% utilisation) but not by much, maybe 5-10 from 40ish.

The game is comically broken - it's not the player's fault for running a more potent CPU, it's FDev for writing software that doesn't utilise it correctly. I'm so sick and tired of people defending them for this train wreck of a DLC and saying it's "fine". You're just lucky.

And on top of this the fact that none of the gfx detail settings make much of a difference at all, only resolution does so noticeably. That's not normal either but we're stuck with this crap now for at least several months. What a crap show.

my CPU is an old i7 4960X and I removed the OC so it's all stock now, I actually got a small bump in FPS LOL WUUUUT! this is just ridiculous

 

[-VR- Max Factor]

Infinite draw distance??

So while you're walking around on a planet surface in the Wyrd system ED is busy drawing a station orbiting a planet 128 lightyears away? Or a stone on the ground 57 kms from you?

Sorry, but while it's true that a space flight game is not the same thing as a first person shooter, it absolutely makes sense to compare one fps (RDR2) to another (the walking about part of Odyssey).

Nope as its in view. But it will draw a while side of a planet you can fly to and land on, if you're close enough.

RDR2 is not a FPS and neither is Odyssey a FPS. It's like comparing apples and oranges.

 

[-VR- Max Factor]

my CPU is an old i7 4960X and I removed the OC so it's all stock now, I actually got a small bump in FPS LOL WUUUUT! this is just ridiculous

Yup, there seems to be no real logic to the issues. I've seen people with better CPU (not by much) but worse GPU then me and get better performance.

Now if my CPU was bottlenecking my GPU I would understand, but it isn't. I should be getting better or very similar performance.

The whole thing is completely bizarre and I don't think it's all about the culling or the glass issues (but they don't help).

 

[Athlon-uk]

Just ran the training mission twice, all settings to their highest value taking an fps sample at roughly the same location each time. Weird thing is 1920x1080 against 3440x1440 other than looking at fire they where almost identical in places, up to a max of an extra 10fps for 1920x1080 in certain areas.