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Dead Island 2 is finally here, but how well does it run on PC?
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Dead Island 2 PC Performance Review and Optimisation Guide
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AlienALX
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I thought my 2080Ti was easily cutting it at 4k ultra. And it was, sort of. I started out on FXAA but it looked a bit jagged on the 75" TV. That said I played through many hours of it without a single hitch or stutter. Until it got to the night time. It then ran like hot ass.
This is the first time I have ever used FXR? is it? AMD's DLSS and I have to say it works stupendously. It doesn't seem to hurt the image at all and it now runs like absolute stink come day or night.
It has crashed three times. However, oddly it seems to crash when in the inventory. I think that menu is a little buggy tbh. It also stutters in that too no matter what settings I use. I thought at first it was a bad overclock as I pushed my card to nearly 2200mhz, but yeah even with the OC turned off it still did it again.
TBH I think the worst part of it is simply that it has to build the shaders absolutely every time I play it. Which seems a bit odd. If you skip that? it runs like hot bottom.
Either way I am absolutely loving it. Fair chunk through it now too (about half way IIRC) and yeah have had many a laugh out of it.
Oh and another oddity. When you run in front of a mirror.... Nothing happens lmao. There is no reflection of your character at all, so sometimes I try kicking it through thinking it is a glass door or window but nope. How on earth did they miss that out
Oh yes I forgot. This is the first time I have ever used HDR. You absolutely need it in this game. Makes the night time a whole different kettle of fish.
This is the first time I have ever used FXR? is it? AMD's DLSS and I have to say it works stupendously. It doesn't seem to hurt the image at all and it now runs like absolute stink come day or night.
It has crashed three times. However, oddly it seems to crash when in the inventory. I think that menu is a little buggy tbh. It also stutters in that too no matter what settings I use. I thought at first it was a bad overclock as I pushed my card to nearly 2200mhz, but yeah even with the OC turned off it still did it again.
TBH I think the worst part of it is simply that it has to build the shaders absolutely every time I play it. Which seems a bit odd. If you skip that? it runs like hot bottom.
Either way I am absolutely loving it. Fair chunk through it now too (about half way IIRC) and yeah have had many a laugh out of it.
Oh and another oddity. When you run in front of a mirror.... Nothing happens lmao. There is no reflection of your character at all, so sometimes I try kicking it through thinking it is a glass door or window but nope. How on earth did they miss that out
Oh yes I forgot. This is the first time I have ever used HDR. You absolutely need it in this game. Makes the night time a whole different kettle of fish.
AlienALX
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I thought you said that this was the first game in a decade that "just works". Doesnt sound like it to me
It does. TBH the problems I am experiencing could just be mine. I am on a brand new rig with no miles on, so there could be something else causing it. Either way? it hasn't affected me at all.
There is a difference between the odd crash (which could be for multiple reasons) and game breaking bugs. Given I have completed half of it? I would say there's nothing game breaking in there. Not like Fallout New Vegas, where ED got stuck after 21 hours of gameplay and it was unfixable and you had to start over again
AlienALX
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BTW as I mentioned the night time mode is FAR more demanding graphically than in the daytime. I would imagine because of the lighting effects and so on. Looking around the 2080ti barely cuts it at 4k ultra (like 30 FPS to 45) so that is why when it got dark it tanked. Not because of the game, the GPU wasn't man enough. However, with FSR or whatever it's called on it absolutely flies along.
I just like to be honest is all. Call a spade a spade etc. But yeah, in no way has it hampered the experience at all. Mate is picking it up soon, so I will start another character and play through with him. Should be way easier when you get a tank or four or a boss.
Man that screaming woman was hard :/
I just like to be honest is all. Call a spade a spade etc. But yeah, in no way has it hampered the experience at all. Mate is picking it up soon, so I will start another character and play through with him. Should be way easier when you get a tank or four or a boss.
Man that screaming woman was hard :/
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