Watchdogs pretty much unplayable with GTX 470 and an Intel i7 970 | Forums

[KaezePhoenix]

Hi there,

I, apparently, made a bad decision in purchasing watchdogs as when I attempted to "play" it, it was more or less unplayable.

I have done the following:

1. Disabled the Page File Check
2. Changed all settings to low (EVERYTHING IS LOW OR OFF)
3. Got the updated drivers from NVIDIA
4. Got the day one patch for uplay
5. Set my audio to stereo on windows
6. Verified File Integrity
7. Restarted my computer with minimal drivers set
8. Searched everywhere else for a fix but none found.

My Specs are the following:

• Intel i7 970 (8 CPU's) @ 2.8GHz
• GTX 470 1200 MB Video Memory
• 16 GB Memory Ram
• Monitor Resolution: 1680 x 1050

Clarifying my Game Settings:

• Resolution: 1680 x 1050 (I've also tried 1280 x 960 etc but no major increase in performance)
• Texture Level: Medium (Lowest possible)
• Anti Aliasing: Diabled
• Reflections: Low
• Water: Low
• Shaders: Low
• Level of Detail: Low
• Shadows: Low
• Depth Of Field: Disabled
• Motion Blur: Low
• Ambient Occlusion: Disabled
• Vsync: Off
• Window Setting: Borderless
• GPU Max Buffered Frames: 3

My Problems:

FPS when walking around in the city: approx. 18-23
FPS when driving: approx. 7-12

When turning SFX Audio to 0:

FPS when walking around in the city: approx. 19-24
FPS when driving: approx. 11-19

Regardless of any setting:

I have constant audio lag and the only time audio plays normally is if Aiden is outside of the car and physically standing still. Otherwise, the audio stutter is immense to the point that, sometimes, the audio is delayed for 5-10 seconds, or in the worst case doesn't even play and gets skipped over. (I'm not exaggerating).

My CPU usage is at 50%

Any advice? Maybe the game doesn't utilize all 8 cores? I should be okay at minimum settings with a GTX 470 and with a 1680 x 1050 resolution monitor...

I really want to play the game, but, with fps like, I would rather play something that was actually playable than try to play a game which just won't run at an acceptable level.

Links to screenshots with MSI Afterburner:

http://imgur.com/a/olPbK

Or here are the images directly:

SFX Audio set to 0 - All graphic options are off or set to low:
(FPS at top left corner)



SFX Audio set to 100 - All graphic options are off or set to low:
(FPS at top left corner)



Thanks,

~ Kash

[MastaGIazy]

You should be able to play it, its not your pc's fault.
I have a AMD FX-8120 and 8GB of RAM and a AMD R9 280x graphics card and the game runs horrible on it, i have mostly everything on high and i still get 25-30 fps avarage.
Ubisoft needs to fix this!

[Dellers]

The CPU is probably a bottleneck no matter the settings. I've got a 950, and it's holding me back a lot. I'm not getting a constant 60 fps even with everything turned down.

[KaezePhoenix]

The CPU is probably a bottleneck no matter the settings. I've got a 950, and it's holding me bakc a lot. I'm not getting a constant 60 fps even with everything turned down.

What is your fps? You'd think with a 970 vs. your 950, I would get better fps in that case (unless your GPU is better than mine).

I average 20 fps walking around, 17 when sprinting, and 11 when driving.

Yourself?

[Mr_Shade]

Hi,

Have you contacted support? - if not, please do : www.support.ubi.com

[KaezePhoenix]

Yeah, I've sent in a question if that is the way to contact you guys.

Yes, I've also checked the FAQ.

[qwerty333]

Helllo,

I have the same problem and I have i7 920 and a GTX 570 Superclocked.
Add this thing:
sometimes there's a freeze for 5/6 seconds, mostly during driving.

[maxlehot1234]

Hi,

Have you contacted support? - if not, please do : www.support.ubi.com

Why you dont answer AMD PC bug??? We need to fix errors, game start and crashed after ubisoft logo...

[KaezePhoenix]

Helllo,

I have the same problem and I have i7 920 and a GTX 570 Superclocked.
Add this thing:
sometimes there's a freeze for 5/6 seconds, mostly during driving.

Similar situation. I'm guessing it's a CPU issue as we have similar CPU's (I have a 970). What's your average FPS approximately?

[popstarstudios]

Get a new computer OP your pc is ancient relic