@rvone: Like I said, it's modest for the most part: GTX 960 2 GB, FX 8350 4.0 GHz, 8 GB RAM. And I play on a 1680 x 1050 monitor which gives me a bit of extra wiggle room.
I never expect to be able to hit 60 FPS on this PC when I buy games, but I have been able to for the most part, even at mid-high settings. And even when I can't I can at least get my games running smoother than their console counterparts.
I guess the much higher than usual recommended requirements for Dishonored 2 should have been the giveaway for me, but for some reason I figured they were exaggerating.
I'm definitely going to be much more cautious in the future when buying games.
Yes, while I'm not sure what the game is doing that makes it so demanding (poor optimization, probably) but it can be rough. Most of the different setting don't impact performance that much (HBAO+ seems to impact it the most along with water and shadows). I've seen several people mention that after the second beta patch they're able to gain some additional frames by switching either to borderless or full screen, so perhaps you could fiddle with that some more?
For what it's worth, the game is really good if you get it to run acceptably.
I managed to push through the Royal Conservatory level, and the level after it seems to run quite a bit better. Getting a fairly steady 45 FPS with a few dips here and there, so it's totally playable now. I'm hoping the conservatory level is the worst of it and I can enjoy the rest of the game mostly problem free.
There are some people reporting that their frame rate tanks when they look at glass objects, and the conservatory has a lot of glass display cases and stuff like that. And the Clockwork Mansion, which is another level I had issues with, has a lot of glass. I dunno, pure speculation. I'll have to look into that further.
@rvone: Like I said, it's modest for the most part: GTX 960 2 GB, FX 8350 4.0 GHz, 8 GB RAM. And I play on a 1680 x 1050 monitor which gives me a bit of extra wiggle room.
I never expect to be able to hit 60 FPS on this PC when I buy games, but I have been able to for the most part, even at mid-high settings. And even when I can't I can at least get my games running smoother than their console counterparts.
I guess the much higher than usual recommended requirements for Dishonored 2 should have been the giveaway for me, but for some reason I figured they were exaggerating.
I'm definitely going to be much more cautious in the future when buying games.
So the performance patch for the PC version just came out. Some people are seeing massive improvements, but it's barely helped me at all. It increased my frame rate in the Royal Conservatory from 20 FPS to 25 FPS on low settings. I don't think I'll be able to finish the game at this point, which is super disappointing because Dishonored is one of my favorite games. This is the first AAA game that's been too much for my modest PC since I built it a year ago.
I've played the game for about 5 hours on PC so far. I think the game that's underneath the performance issues is fantastic, but they're making it difficult to enjoy.
I'll continue to play it, but I think I'll start the game over if they release a patch in the middle of my playthrough, because the mouse stuttering and the frame rate constantly fluctuating between 20 and 60 FPS is really distracting.
Harvey Smith has responded to dozens of tweets, saying that they're aware of the issues in the PC version and that they're looking into it. Hopefully a patch is incoming.
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