Farcry 3 not running very well (stutter, general lag)

[Archean_0]

CPU: AMD FX-8350
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Motherboard: ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 16GB DDR3 1600
Storage: OCZ Solid 3 120GB
Additional Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2 TB HDD
Video Card: ASUS MATRIX-R9280X-P-3GD5
Case: Fractal Design Define R4
Power Supply: XFX TS Edition PRO650W
Optical Drive: ASUS 24X DVD Burner
Operating System: Windows 8.1 Pro

Playing on Ultra-Low or Optimal settings nets me about 130FPS, but the game is far from smooth. I've tried playing on other setting as well, but the game is still pretty choppy. I've also tried forcing V-Sync on and off, but I get the same results.

Any suggestions?

 

[RookieOfTheYear]

Hmm, I have a very similar setup as you and get smooth game play at around 40 fps on ultra settings. I was having a similar problem before though. I ended up re-installing windows, and it fixed the problem.

 

[theycallmeIRISH]

CPU: AMD FX-8350
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Motherboard: ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 16GB DDR3 1600
Storage: OCZ Solid 3
Additional Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2 TB HDD
Video Card: ASUS MATRIX-R9280X-P-3GD5
Case: Fractal Design Define R4
Power Supply: XFX TS Edition PRO650W
Optical Drive: ASUS 24X DVD Burner
Operating System: Windows 8.1 Pro

Playing on Ultra-Low or Optimal settings nets me about 130FPS, but the game is far from smooth. I've tried playing on other setting as well, but the game is still pretty choppy. I've also tried forcing V-Sync on and off, but I get the same results.

Any suggestions?

I experience this same issue with my system, even if I change graphics settings, so I believe it is the game. If someone else has another solution I'd be interested to know.

CPU: i7-3820, 3.60 Ghz, LGA2011, 10MB Cache
CPU Coolor: Corsair H100
Motherboard: ASUS Sabertooth X79
Memory: 32GB Corsair DDR3 1600
Storage: Samsung 840 512GB
Addt: 600 GB WD Velociraptor and 2TB WD Black
GPU: Gigabyte AMD Radeon HD 7970 crossfired with Sapphire Radeon HD 7960
Case: Colossus
Power: Corsair AX 1200
OS: Windows 8.1 Pro

 

[Archean_0]

Its been a year since I did a clean install, perhaps that will fix it...I'd like to think this game is in the same pile as GTA 4 and Metro 2033 (runs poorly on everything)

 

[RookieOfTheYear]

After I did the clean install, it runs great. It's actually my favorite game to play right now. I am getting an average of about 40 fps on ultra settings with my 8350 and 7970.

 

[Archean_0]

After I did the clean install, it runs great. It's actually my favorite game to play right now. I am getting an average of about 40 fps on ultra settings with my 8350 and 7970.

I'm tempted to do a fresh install, but I'm in the middle of a few projects right now so I guess I'll see how it runs in a VM.

 

[RookieOfTheYear]

There you go. Do you have back up drives you can store all your files on. I use a SSD for my operating system, and two 2tb hard drives to store my files on.

 

[Mithness]

Shooting out something completely random, but you may think it's not smooth because you have Mouse Acceleration on. I personally hate it and for me, makes the game feel less smooth and less responsive. I forget what menus its in but probably look in the keyboard and mouse settings. I remember when FC3 first came out a lot of people were complaining about it because it's default is 'on'.

Hopefully this is your problem and it's fixed from here on out.

Have a good day, Clay.