Watch_Dogs Lag on Decent System and Lowest Settings

[Daniel Gauldin]

Hello all,

I just purchased Watch_Dogs on the Steam Summer Sale, and have been trying to play it. However, the lag on this game is horrendous on my computer, getting about 1-12 FPS. There are two issues that I have with this that are rather strange. One, my computer actually meets all of the recommended specs. Two, I have all of the in-game settings set to minimum, even the resolution.

My System:

CPU: AMD FX 8120 (3.11 GHz)
GPUs: ATI HD 7770 1Gb (X2 in CrossFire)
RAM: 8 Gb (DDR3)
OS: Windows 7 X64

My Settings:

Display:
Resolution: 1366x768
Refresh Rate: 60
Aspect Ratio: Auto
VSync: Off
GPU Max Buffered Frames: 1
Textures: Medium
Anti-Aliasing: Off
Widescreen Letterbox: Off

Graphics Quality:
Overall Quality: Low
Level of Detail: Low
Shadows: Low
Reflections: Low
Ambient Occlusion: Off
Motion Blur: Off
Depth of Field: Off
Water: Low
Shader: Low

Any ideas on a solution for this?

 

[Daniel Gauldin]

So, I found the solution to my problem.

After some testing with the game, and monitoring my Hardware Usage, I found that it was being bottle-necked by the RAM. Watch_Dogs needs more than 8 GB of RAM, even if you are not running at 1080p.

I have ordered 8 more GB of RAM, and will install it as soon as I can. This will be an upgrade to 16GB for my system, which will hopefully solve the issues.

Thanks!