PC Version of Watch Dogs Launch Issues: Update Drivers

[s1ddy]

1Fps during the intro.., the ubi intro..., on a dual gtx690, 4960x, 16Gb 2666Mhz rig..... without even touching the settings ingame and default settings driverwise... i call that pretty good fail... i'll just wait till the community will get it out of alpha like it usually does because ubi wont listen..., i do not dare to touch the nvsurround option...

Your main problem is likely QUAD SLI. Any time you deviate from a typical setup you're more likely to have issues. That's why consoles are easier to code for with a known hardware configuration.

It's a new game with a lot of new code implementations so it was prone to have issues.

In your case I suggest either waiting or taking out one of your 690's. Considering there are OTHER issues I think you should just put it aside for a month then try again.

Personally, I do understand the issues with coding for a wide variation of PC configurations (both hardware and software) so as long as the game gets fixed in a reasonable length of time I'm satisfied.

I'm not really planning on taking out one of my cards just because watchdogs dont run in quad XD
I have more games to play around with so i wont get bored 😛, i'll just wait and see if "der ubi's" will respond on my tickets.., and if not..., well it would be yet again a nice example of a big corp treating pc gamers like crap..
I'll just play the waiting game..

 

[urbanman2004]

Updating video drivers was the least bit of a solution.

 

[photonboy]

Back to Watchdogs...

The biggest issue currently is that the MASSIVE STUTTERING one your Video memory fills up. It's happening even for people with 3GB of VRAM.

It's a KNOWN issue and being worked on as we speak. The problem stems from being optimized for the new CONSOLES first which can use about 5GB of Shared Memory for the game.

That's really no excuse though since it takes only a few minutes of driving around the city on the PC version to max out 2GB of VRAM. How does a game so many years in development, that is also DELAYED to make sure it's a polished game still have such an obvious issue on launch?