I was wondering if anyone else is having this issue. So I just purchased Nier Automata, and I found that is was running horribly! I was getting very chopped frame rate even with texture quality turned down and AA turned off. I was very surprised at this because I'm running a GTX 1070, which I thought should be more than enough to get a solid 60. I alt-tabbed to look up some benchmarks, and when I went back to the game, it had defaulted by to windowed mode. To my surprise, it suddenly ran at a solid 60 fps, even when I jacked everything up to max.

This is extremely consistent. I always get poor performance whenever I switch back to full screen (even in cutscenes), and smooth as butter performance in windowed mode. It's not dropping the resolution in windowed. It's still 1080p which is what my monitor runs at. No idea what's going on. Never had this issue with any other game. Anyone else?

Fullscreen won't even work for me on my GTX 1080, it immediately bumps me back to windowed. The fix is to us an app to force borderless fullscreen window. Just google 'borderless fullscreen' and the first thing that comes up is an app that will do it for you. Works great. I get a solid 60fps and 1440p on my GTX 1080. Don't enable anti aliasing though. Their implementation of AA seems to blur the image and takes a huge hit to performance.

It's insane to me how many issues I have with full screen vs borderless windows. I've had several games now which hang or blackscreen upon quitting or starting when in fullscreen but work fine in borderless windowed mode. I also have a 1070. PC gaming I guess haha.

use the FAR fix:

https://github.com/Kaldaien/FAR/releases/tag/far_001

more info here: http://steamcommunity.com/app/524220/discussions/0/135512104777399045/

I also got SLI working using the Rise of the Tomb raider profile.

Download / Install

• Automatic Method

Automated Installer (SKIM)

• • [github.com]

• • Manual Method

(Use if auto-install fails)FAR v 0.0.1.1

• • [github.com]

• • • Extract to your NieR: Automata install directory

Overview of Settings in dxgi.ini

[Compatibility.General]
DisableBloatWare_NVIDIA=true	Disables GeForce Experience / NVIDIA Shield Features, since they are broken for some people.

[Render.FrameRate]
TargetFPS=60.0	Use my framerate limiter, since it performs better - SET TO 0.0 to disable
LimiterTolerance=0.3	Lower values increase CPU load of framerate limiter for more consistent framerates
BackBufferCount=2	Triple-Buffered (2) instead of Quad-Buffered (3: Game Default)Lower values reduce input latency in fullscreen mode
PreRenderLimit=3	Pre-Rendered Frame Limit, set lower for less input latency but possible stutter
PresentationInterval=-1	VSYNC (-1 = Game Preference, 0 = OFF, 1 = ON, 2+ = 1/<n> Refresh Rate)
RefreshRate=60	FORCE 60 Hz instead of game's default (59 / 50); Set to -1 to use game's original behavior

[Render.DXGI]
MaxRes=0x0	Maximum Resolution Listed in-game (0x0 = Unlimited)
MinRes=0x0	Minimum Resolution Listed in-game (0x0 = Unlimited)
Scaling=Unspecified	Fix Fullscreen Scaling, don't touch this setting

Keybinds

• • The OSD can be turned off by pressing

Ctrl + Shift + O

• • , various Special K features can be configured by pressing

Ctrl + Shift + Backspace

Thanks for the Rise of the Tomb Raider tip! FWIW, the AMD Crossfire also seems to works with this profile. Haven't tested it yet with any other one. The cards I am using are GCN 1.0 ones, old HD 7950s.

nice that it works in crossfire too. Odd that didn't just add it in. I talked to a buddy an nvidia and they thought the issue the CPU limiting perf. But that doesn't look like the case on my system.

here is it running in 4k and 60fps (perf is on the top left)

So are these issues fixed by now?

fixed via the mod patch.. which is actively being worked on..

but nothing from the dev

Finally! i have the same problem too and thanks for sharing this now its working normally.

The FAR patch caused crashing for me so I opted out for Borderless gaming instead.

@humanity: :( maybe try again. Almost every day there is an update for it.

So i gather by looking in the news section of Nier Automata on Steam that there hasn't been an update to fix any of this shit yet? Bought the game two weeks ago and i still haven't booted it up, kind of want to play the game without having issues. But chances of the developers actually fixing their product seems very slim.

At least you people got it. Still waiting on SE Asia release...

I think the devs have stated that they are working on a patch? But yeah, who knows how long that will take. Luckily for me the FAR fix worked perfectly. Bummer for those who can't get it to work though, personally I could not settle for playing in windowed and I would probably demand a refund if that was my only option.

Played it through with just the borderless gaming app to make it fullscreen and its a real shame others are avoiding it til its patched, I'm just happy its better than most pc ports from Japan in the type of games I play.