Gigabyte GTX 780 Windforce GHz Edition can't handle Watchdogs on Ultra

[MCWarriorz]

I have an i7 860, 8 GB DDR3 RAM, and a GTX 780 running at a boost clock of 1072, but for some reason, it can't handle Watchdogs on Ultra display settings with 1 GPU Frame Buffer and TXAA 4x/Temporal SMAA. I'm averaging less than 30 FPS just walking around. Why is this?

 

[bradsctt]

Watch Dogs is badly optimised. With one GTX 760, i get about 20-25 fps on ultra @1080p with the same AA settings. Are you at 1080p?

 

[MCWarriorz]

Watch Dogs is badly optimised. With one GTX 760, i get about 20-25 fps on ultra @1080p with the same AA settings. Are you at 1080p?

I'm on dual 1280x1024 monitors, but I'm only playing watchdogs on fullscreen on one monitor.

 

[bradsctt]

Hmm, thats strange.

 

[hass34]

just a guess.. could it be because you are playing at a lower res you are pushing more of the work onto you cpu? try turning up the res and see what happens.

 

[MCWarriorz]

just a guess.. could it be because you are playing at a lower res you are pushing more of the work onto you cpu? try turning up the res and see what happens.

Really? I hope you realize that I can't I'm playing on the highest res.

 

[BrandonCSLC]

The game sucks! I have 2 x 770(4gb sli) @ 1920 x 1080p with 2 monitors and I get 40-60fps (if I'm lucky) on the same settings as you. Its the game buddy, not your rig.

 

[hunter315]

Watch Dogs seems to be very CPU dependent
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/watch-dogs-pc-performance,3833-8.html

Try reducing particles/particle effects as those are CPU dependent, if that results in a notable difference in performance then you are CPU bounded. If it does, but removing AA/AF does then you are GPU bounded. Isolate your variables!

 

[leeb2013]

personally, I've not found it to be CPU intensive, only using about 50% of Xeon (I7), but my R9-290 1000MHz is at 100% on one 1680x1050 monitor and I get from 20-60fps.

 

[MCWarriorz]

The game sucks! I have 2 x 770(4gb sli) @ 1920 x 1080p with 2 monitors and I get 40-60fps (if I'm lucky) on the same settings as you. Its the game buddy, not your rig.

Can't see why you're dissapointed. :/ As long as it's 30+ fps, you should be happy. Your eyes can only see that fast.

 

[leeb2013]

The game sucks! I have 2 x 770(4gb sli) @ 1920 x 1080p with 2 monitors and I get 40-60fps (if I'm lucky) on the same settings as you. Its the game buddy, not your rig.

Can't see why you're dissapointed. :/ As long as it's 30+ fps, you should be happy. Your eyes can only see that fast.

you should Google that, it's been proven that eyes can see many 100's fps. What fps looks fine is down to the individual though. We've been watching movies at 25fps for years, but it's not necessarily ok for games.

 

[BrandonCSLC]

Even if I get 60 fps it isn't stable. Both GPU's and CPU are running at 100%, all my fans are running 100% to manage the heat and the game studders and skips. I can max out Crysis 3 at a solid 60 fps without that much load being put on the system. This game for some reason makes my computer go nuclear!

 

[bradsctt]

Have a look on the Toms Hardware Watch_Dogs hardware review, as Hunter315 said. You can see that even a GTX 780 struggles. Your i7 860 is good, but it would probably be slower than a modern i5.