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[Ghost-Ami]

Sorry for the delay in replying here, my resolution is 1080p, im not interested in anything above that nor could my monitor handle it. my only setting at ultra is textures.

Yeah, if I were you I'd do the opposite of that. Put your textures on high and all other settings on ultra and see how you go.

[Vikk Damone]

Sorry for the delay in replying here, my resolution is 1080p, im not interested in anything above that nor could my monitor handle it. my only setting at ultra is textures.

It’s cool man I’m just trying to give you feedback from my personal experience with such problems.

I would seriously consider a stronger GPU, since the 1080TI‘s are being discontinued prices may go up on those. I would suggest if you could find one for At least $400 to $500 jump on it ASAP. Newegg dot com is your friend.

This game drains a lot of resources due all the eye candy it has @ maxed settings. Decent GPU should really crank the performance up, but if you’re still having small issues the next thing should be is considered a nice 32GB RAM kit. 32GB of RAM it’s basically the standard for most gaming rigs out there if you want to run Eye candy paired with a decent GPU with no hiccups.

[Vikk Damone]

Yeah, if I were you I'd do the opposite of that. Put your textures on high and all other settings on ultra and see how you go.

This may help as well since the textures hit the GPU where hurts 👍

[Frag_Maniac]

On my 7970 with just a i7-950 at stock speed I ran GRW on mostly Medium settings. It was enough to get about 50 in the bench, which translates to more like 40 in game, which is just enough. I thought it looked pretty good for Med settings too.

As for RAM and VRAM, in my experience playing with Afterburner on at 1080p, the VRAM stays at around 6GB, and RAM from 11-13 GB, even on max settings. This is why I think it's more his settings.

It could help some to have 3200 RAM and a 4GHz OC on the CPU (with adequate cooler), but Ryzens do tend to drop framerate some anyway, so you may want to save that money for Intel instead next upgrade.

[Vikk Damone]

On my 7970 with just a i7-950 at stock speed I ran GRW on mostly Medium settings. It was enough to get about 50 in the bench, which translates to more like 40 in game, which is just enough. I thought it looked pretty good for Med settings too.

As for RAM and VRAM, in my experience playing with Afterburner on at 1080p, the VRAM stays at around 6GB, and RAM from 11-13 GB, even on max settings. This is why I think it's more his settings.

No doubt I agree is his settings, no one is arguing that but if he wants to keep playing at those settings he’s gonna have to beef up his hardware

[Ghost-Ami]

It could help some to have 3200 RAM and a 4GHz OC on the CPU (with adequate cooler), but Ryzens do tend to drop framerate some anyway., so you may want to save that money for Intel instead next upgrade.

If a computer's CPU---Ryzen or otherwise---is the bottleneck it means the GPU is hopelessly underpowered. ((((

[Frag_Maniac]

No doubt I agree is his settings, no one is arguing that but if he wants to keep playing at those settings he’s gonna have to beef up his hardware

I tend to think the annoyance of those frame drops and the massive hitches it can cause will lead common sense to prevail, meaning he'll compromise settings once he learns which settings config is best.

If a computer's CPU---Ryzen or otherwise---is the bottleneck it means the GPU is hopelessly underpowered. ((((

The GPU itself, no. What it means is the GPU is not performing to it's full potential because it has to wait to get the rendering data from the CPU. I don't think CPU to GPU power balance is the problem here though. I think it's partly Ryzen's design, which causes lots of frame fluctuation in games like this, and mostly his settings.

This is why the i5-8400 sells so well. You can get it cheap, and even though it won't match some of the higher end Ryzens in ave FPS on some games, it will at least give you playable framerates at consistent FPS, which means smooth gameplay. It's the most commonly paired CPU with the 1060 6GB, for solid reason.

[Ghost-Ami]

The GPU itself, no. What it means is the GPU is not performing to it's full potential because it has to wait to get the rendering data from the CPU. I don't think CPU to GPU power balance is the problem here though. I think it's partly Ryzen's design, which causes lots of frame fluctuation in games like this, and mostly his settings.

This is why the i5-8400 sells so well. You can get it cheap, and even though it won't match some of the higher end Ryzens on some games, it will at least give you playable framerates at consistent FPS. It's the most commonly paired CPU with the 1060 6GB, for solid reason.

Huh. Well, it's early days yet, but the new computer I built in November is based around the highest midlevel Ryzen 2---the 2600x which outperforms i5s and some i7s at a really competitive pricepoint---and I've certainly not had any issues with inconsistent frames playing GRW at 1080p with every setting maxed.

Could just be lucky, I guess.

[Frag_Maniac]

Huh. Well, it's early days yet, but the new computer I built in November is based around the highest midlevel Ryzen 2---the 2600x which outperforms i5s and some i7s at a really competitive pricepoint---and I've certainly not had any issues with inconsistent frames playing GRW at 1080p with every setting maxed.

Could just be lucky, I guess.

There's a few variables there, your 2600X is more powerful than his 2600, you may have faster RAM, you might have it OCed, you may even be more aware of how to workaround hitching via things like waiting a bit for textures to load when launching the game, or fast traveling back to the safehouse you're at. You're also right that it's partly luck. Any processor model can vary in binning quality. However using max settings is more dependent on the GPU than CPU, and you didn't say what model it is. So there's basically not much we can draw from this.

[Ghost-Ami]

There's a few variables there, your 2600X is more powerful than his 2600, you may have faster RAM, you might have it OCed, you may even be more aware of how to workaround hitching via things like waiting a bit for textures to load when launching the game, or fast traveling back to the safehouse you're at. You're also right that it's partly luck. Any processor model can vary in binning quality. However using max settings is more dependent on the GPU than CPU, and you didn't say what model it is. So there's basically not much we can draw from this.

An RTX 2070. If I design a system for myself or someone else interested in gaming I always operate under the assumption that it will be the GPU primarily handling the load, so I will typically overkill there and choose a decent midlevel CPU. My previous system was a 2011 1090t Phenom II build with a GTX 570 and then 770, and that CPU never bottlenecked anything either.

Should the OP be considering an upgrade for their system any time soon I'd obviously recommend leaving most of it alone and just upgrading to a better GPU if they want to use ultra textures at 1080p and stay above 60 frames. XD