ronindjinnh Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Hi all,Been playing Watch Dogs crazily lately, though it is more frequently coming up with stutters and sometimes even crashes the game, saying that NVidia display drivers crashed. Running the game on MSI GT70 on Win8 with 8gb RAM and stock GTX680m using NVidia recommended settings. Game running of SSD.Kinda new to PC gaming, so looking for advice on PC / GPU performance mods or even game config settings.Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red9350 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Unfortunately it's not optimized for pc hardware yet. If you do a quick search on google you'll see many people raging because of the low fps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurningFiery Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Just wait a bit, till a update comes out. Don't worry about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoLdhAm1967 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Are your Nvidia drivers up to date? Like many have said online, the game isn't really optimized for the pc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgmultani Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 yes its not optimized , even on amd its worst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cresterk Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Watchdogs runs like shit on everything, especially on amd hardware. However, my laptop is similar to yours (gt70, 16gb 1600mhz, 4gb 675mx) and while I do get frequent fps drops while driving and overall bad performance, I never had the game crash on me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronindjinnh Posted June 15, 2014 Author Share Posted June 15, 2014 Unfortunately it's not optimized for pc hardware yet. If you do a quick search on google you'll see many people raging because of the low fpsAMred9350, thanks for the note, I have seen some stuff on google about the FPS. So I understand I may not be able to eliminate the stutter, although this has left me wondering if there are any mods / tweaks I can make to my laptop to minimise the impact. Or is it simply, in Watch Dogs case, purely an issue from the game side of things? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammyjbw Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Watch Dogs is fairly graphic-heavy. Overclocking my gtx670m lets me play on high settings with little stutter (minus the nights with heavy rain). It's a mix of bad optimisation and power hungry graphics. Fingers crossed for some bug fixing updates! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechorpheus Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 I'd recommend the 'medium' texture quality if you want to avoid the texture thrashing problems. Watch_Dogs eats VRAM like its going out of fashion, I get these issues on the 'high' setting and I'm running 4GB VRAM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racer1 Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Is anyone able to run this game with 1GB of VRAM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mheddings Posted June 18, 2014 Share Posted June 18, 2014 Apparently they downscaled the game for the PC version and a modder was able to increase the graphics. You can check the kotaku link for more information. Might be worth a try to fix your problemSee Watch Dogs' Hidden Graphics Options In Action Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronindjinnh Posted June 21, 2014 Author Share Posted June 21, 2014 Apparently they downscaled the game for the PC version and a modder was able to increase the graphics. You can check the kotaku link for more information. Might be worth a try to fix your problemSee Watch Dogs' Hidden Graphics Options In ActionI just installed this mod and it is has actually helped my graphics performance! Was running most settings on medium and still getting stutter, now on high for most and so far so good. Plus it's looking better to boot. Thanks for the tip! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJGriffin Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 I too have the same stutter problem with my gtx 680m. Will give that Hidden Graphics Options and go and see how that turns out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankzero Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 i installed the beta drivers of nvidea, and still no fix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krawall Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 1. Deinstall all your Graphic Drivers + Experience 2. Restart your Computer3. Download the Latest Graphic driver4. Install5. Restart.6. Install Experience7. Try it! , thats my way who have fixxed the Problem.When not please Contact Uplay/Nvidia for more help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronindjinnh Posted June 25, 2014 Author Share Posted June 25, 2014 OK, so have been playing around with graphic settings since installing this. Originally was running smooth on high textures and most other settings high, but dammit I want maximum playable graphics levels!! So far, have got textures on Ultra, Graphics Quality all Ultra except DoF = Off, GPU buffer frames = 3, VSync =1, AA = SMAA. Still driving around testing though early results are promising! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kureman44 Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Is anyone able to run this game with 1GB of VRAM?Shouldn't be able to. 2GB minimum, 3GB recommended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m00nspeell Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Can i play watch dogs on a clevo p151em with gtx 670m? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flagman Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Can i play watch dogs on a clevo p151em with gtx 670m?Medium settings should be about playable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronindjinnh Posted June 28, 2014 Author Share Posted June 28, 2014 UpdATE: A bit more gameplay and discover stutter is still happening mostly noticeable during driving missions (e.g. fixer) with heavy traffic and/or rain. Sadly, texture setting returned to High, AA off, graphics quality as per High except DoF = Off, LoD and Shadows on Ultra. playable wtih only odd brief stutters, not enough to make me want to smash the PC. Also, tried the uninstall / reinstall of NVIdia drivers, etc though don't see any noticeable improvement. Guess this is it until I get round to updating vbios for extra OC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony_almeida Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 I think it all is because of Watch Dogs itself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJGriffin Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Yeah, i think its just a really bad optimized game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtravapd Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 I'm having the same issues. I even tried overclocking both GPU's and my had my CPU at 4.5ghz and was still getting stuttering everywhere. The only times it seemed to run smoothly was when driving for some reason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ithian Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Massive amounts of stutter on high/ultra textures in vanilla. Using the Lunayah mod stutter is just about zero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doertisiebi Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Why don't you try this mod >WatchDogs Enhanced Reality Mod Download>WatchDogs Enhanced Reality Mod V3 Download"Guys this is the most realistic I could get this game to look. Realistic by definition I mean least cartoonist, most natural." Mod created by Lunayah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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