Official OC3D Just Cause 3 Gaming Thread

[WYP]

This thread is about discussion and sharing our experiences in Just Cause 3, so share your stories, screenshots, gameplay and anything Just Cause 3.

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Want to know how well Just Cause 3 performs on both AMD and Nvidia's high and low end GPUs? Let's have a look.

Read more on Just Cause 3's PC performance.

 

[TPC]

concerning the performance of the game, did you notice any memory clock decreases while playing? I mate of mine has this peculiar problem where his 980 only runs at 3.300mhz instead of his 3.500mhz.

 

[WYP]

concerning the performance of the game, did you notice any memory clock decreases while playing? I mate of mine has this peculiar problem where his 980 only runs at 3.300mhz instead of his 3.500mhz.

I did have GPUz open while playing and when I checked it the clock speeds of all the GPUs were as normal.

 

[Permafrost]

i'm really starting to like these "PC performance" reviews

 

[Mysterae]

"Upon booting up the game alarm bells began ringing, once i saw the Nvidia's GameWorks logo appear I recoiled like a vampire to a cross, but hoped that perhaps this time things will be a little bit different.

Really? You shouldn't have such biased preconceptions when testing.

Good review though, and the predisposition implied above didn't go any further, in at least proved that performance is better on Nvidia hardware. Why even mention the accusation of implied competitor borking?

I would like more game reviews to state if they are SLI or Crossfire compatible upon release (a rarity these days) and if ultra widescreen (3440x1440) is natively supported or a hack is required. Some scores at the resolution would be nice too - go as TTL for some more hardware for your reviews !

 

[jimma47]

"Upon booting up the game alarm bells began ringing, once i saw the Nvidia's GameWorks logo appear I recoiled like a vampire to a cross, but hoped that perhaps this time things will be a little bit different.

Really? You shouldn't have such biased preconceptions when testing.

Good review though, and the predisposition implied above didn't go any further, in at least proved that performance is better on Nvidia hardware. Why even mention the accusation of implied competitor borking?

I would like more game reviews to state if they are SLI or Crossfire compatible upon release (a rarity these days) and if ultra widescreen (3440x1440) is natively supported or a hack is required. Some scores at the resolution would be nice too - go as TTL for some more hardware for your reviews !

Plus one for the Sli or Crossfire support and Ultrawide compatibility desirability.

Of course I understand that without two of each of the cards in your possession it's not easy to comment aside from whether the game purports to work or not.

Maybe if you have a couple of lower tier cards donated you can at least see whether it works or not, regardless of performance you would be able to ascertain whether both cards are working and if there's an improvement. The cost of course would be that it would take additional testing however you wouldn't need to run it at every resolution.

Whether that would be worth the time and expense or not is up to you. I'd like to see it but I understand the limitations. Still a very good review.

i'm really starting to like these "PC performance" reviews

Agreed I'm really liking these comparisons. Despite not having the game it's nice to see how they compare and I was happy to see how there was such little difference at all but the most demanding resolutions.
I think you could probably put this down to the fact that if it's a gameworks title then NVidia would have certainly had input and early access to write the drivers for it.

Any chance on an update once AMD release their driver? Once again it could be just at max resolution to measure the improvement.

One last thing:



Clearly there is a significant difference. Team Red changed the colour of the car. Or maybe it's just coincidence

 

[WYP]

I think my work here is done for today. Gotta love the new grappling hook.

 

[Nafees]

nice work there bro

 

[barnsley]

"Upon booting up the game alarm bells began ringing, once i saw the Nvidia's GameWorks logo appear I recoiled like a vampire to a cross, but hoped that perhaps this time things will be a little bit different.

Really? You shouldn't have such biased preconceptions when testing.

Kinda hard not to feel worried when you see a Game Works logo appear seeing as pretty much every game released this year that has gameworks branding has been a complete pile of crap. (excluding Witcher 3 and this -to some degree-).

Its not an issue that it causes AMD cards problems anymore as most Gameworks branded games never actually run well in the first place. Its partially nVidia's fault for letting certain developers continue to use it without being able to create a decent port in the first place. Its also partially the fault of the publishers who seem to either demand the PC port gets released in a stupidly short amount of time or give it to a team who don't know what a computer is. Then again, it could just be that nVidia get money for letting Ubi/whoever use their resources.



This game has been a bit of a let down for me in a few aspects. Graphically its not a massive leap forward that the last one was. The story in JC2 was just the right balance between stupid action and self aware for it to not be a cringe-fest. This one is really trying too hard. Gameplay wise they've managed to ruin cars even more and somehow they've managed to make the map feel unfinished and empty compared to JC2. I got my money out of it in terms of playtime but I don't think it'll ever be as much of a game for exploring as the previous one was.