Help me gain performance

shadow85 · April 3, 2018, 3:54pm

WOW, This game is demanding at 4K + Ultra High + HD Texture pack!

My Rig:
i7-5930K @ 4.4GHz
4x4GB HyperX DDR4 @ 2400MHz
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB SSD
2x ASUS GTX 1080Ti STRIX OC (Sli) @ 2025
Windows 10 x64 Insider preview

I am running with all ‘Ultra High’ settings, AA (off) and I am struggling to get over 43 fps.
Sli is being utilised well but still cannot get over ~43 fps. With one card it is around 30 fps.
MSI AB reports 6GB GPU memory usage, doesn’t seem alot for such a demanding game.

Does anyone know, what settings I should tone down for the least visual quality loss to gain some performance?

Grubocap · April 3, 2018, 4:08pm

Shaders. :o)

shadow85 · April 3, 2018, 4:14pm

Any comparison screenshots between the different shader settings?

Grubocap · April 3, 2018, 6:42pm

Ultra (~22-24 fps)

All ultra, shaders low. (vertical sync enabled - 30 fps max)

Ultra

Shaders low, v-sync off

З.Ы. 2600 approx 4GHz, 16Gb, 1080, ssd.

shadow85 · April 4, 2018, 12:27am

so shaders do bugger all?

Does anyone have a comparison screenshot of shadows Ultra high vs high?

Keegan · April 4, 2018, 1:36am

Shaders are supposed to be primarily for metal textures, if I understand the way they’re being used in KCD. So, the biggest difference you might see is on armor and other reflective surfaces (other than water).

Whitedragem · April 4, 2018, 2:45am

Wish I had some comparison shots of Shadows in Ultra vs High.

The next step down from High really flattens the game. High still has most grasses and plants casting shadows.

I personally use everything on Ultra, with just Shadows lower. (No lower than High)
I game in lowish res (by PC standards 1920x1080 or 2560x1080).
On the 21:9 I have to lower Shadows to High and might drop the antialiasing.

Antialiasing is what you turn on when you have framerate to spare.
The edge aliasing in this game is so minimal that running less AA is an easy framerate grab (if it helps).

I run on an 3 year old system comprised of midrange (enthusiast) parts. I get 50fps average with a typical swing of 40(my freesync low)-to 60(my typical cap)

shadow85 · April 4, 2018, 4:08am

Ok so I used the crysis 3 nvidia inspectoer sli fix for kcd and that improved my performance considerably!

I am now at a good 45-60fps in most areas/scenes
@4K all (ultra)