I agree, just bought Deus Ex MD a few days ago for almost 1/3 of the original price back in August. Now the game is patched with a good DX-12 API performance as it should have been on release date.
Lately PC games not only are released in a broken/Beta state but they also increased their release price to 60 $/Euros. That is unacceptably for PC Games and especially in that state, PC gamers should boycott all those Broken/Unoptimized games on release.
Dont pre-order, dont buy games that are broken/unoptimized etc, show the Gaming industry what they should do.
I've been doing that for a long time. The developers/publishers continue to launch games that are unoptimized, broken, glitchy, often come with DLC. Why spend $70-120 CDN (
granted on CD Keys the game is $39 USD or $53 CDN) on that when by the time the game is fixed, it's either 50% off or is GOTY material? Not only that, but it's a double win as over time performance improves, CF/SLI profiles may be added, and as a bonus GPUs either get cheaper and/or faster. This also goes hand-in-hand with flagship GPUs --> Why buy launch $600-800 flagship GPUs when in ~12 months these AAA games are finally fixed with all the DLC added, we'll have $650-700 780Ti/980Ti's level of performance in a $330-375 GTX970/GTX1070? I am all for buying online multi-player games or well optimized games around launch but broken and unoptimized games? Nah. We also know since it's Bethesda, there will be $30-40 worth of DLC down the line...
Yeah I think that just goes to highlight what a poor state this game is in right now, performance wise. Hurts even more because this game is on the heels of the remarkably well optimized Battlefield 1, Doom 2016 releases and the very solid Titanfall 2 release
I am actually having a hard time coming up with any 2016 AAA FPS game that looks and runs as bad as Dishonored 2? Even the PC-hated Infinite Warfare looks and performs much better. id Tech 5 showed awful performance vs. visuals in the Evil Within and Rage. This game could have been made in parallel with Doom.
Joker Productions tested the game with FXAA and HBAO+ off and performance still dipped close to 40 fps on RX 480 and GTX1060 6GB at 1080p. Looks like the developer needs to better optimize the game engine. Also odd to see that Adaptive Resolution is by default set to 75% on the PC version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVRvM8k7Emw&t=1s
Other than that, this is probably a good game as the 1st one was enjoyable. Hopefully the developer addresses the performance issues soon or many gamers will just wait to pick the game up during the upcoming Steam Winter Sale.
Since I have only been PC gaming since late 2014, I have to ask: is this the new normal or has it always been like this? Seeing how badly my GTX 970 is falling off in recent games like this, Mafia 3, Deus Ex MD, and so on makes me never want to even think about upgrading to 1440p and be stuck buying a new gpu every year or two.
It was
much worse before. You could not achieve 60 fps minimums at 2560x1440 or 2560x1600 in modern AAA games in any of previous GPU eras. No modern GPU of the era could max out Unreal 1-2, Doom, Far Cry 1, Metro 2033 at 2560x1600, etc. Think about it, $600 8800GTX could not even max out Crysis 1 at 1280x1024 4xMSAA. I guess you were never around when Crysis 1 came out? It wiped the floor with 8800GTX SLI and then GTX 280 SLI and then GTX 480 SLI.
The difference is now, the difference between Ultra and HQ quality settings is very small in games. At least now, with some lowered settings and AA, it's possible to achieve 60 fps average in nearly every game at 1080p on a
$200 RX 480/GTX1060. This was 100% out of the question during GeForce 2->GTX200 eras. The very fact that GPUs such as HD7970Ghz or R9 290/GTX970 are still viable for 1080p gaming in 2016 with some settings turned down already highlights that overall PC gaming has never been more accessible. Back in the days after 2-2.5 years the GPU was completely outdated for next gen games.
If you are going to want 60 fps minimums in every single AAA game, it'll take 10+ years before you upgrade from 1080p. There will always be unoptimized games or next gen demanding games or CPU demanding games that will bring FPS < 60. That's why GSync/FreeSync and 1440p/4K 100-165Hz is the next logical upgrade from 1080p gaming for those who are still on 1080p.
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AA implementation leaves much to be desired in this title -- you either get blurry textures/loss of details or aliasing.
Max with no AA
Max + HBAO + FXAA High
Max + HBAO + TXAA
Max with no AA
Max + HBAO + FXAA High
Max + HBAO + TXAA
The game looks more vibrant and better than part 1 but not the performance inconsistency compared to other modern AAA FPS is unfortunate.
Of course it uses GameWorks. HBAO+ and TXAA are part of VisualFX, which is itself part of GameWorks.
GameWorks isn't some specific piece of software, it's just the name Nvidia uses to describe their suite of proprietary tools and software libraries.
https://developer.nvidia.com/what-is-gameworks
Unfortunately even when both HBAO+ and TXAA are turned off per Joker Productions, the performance is still bad on both NV and AMD.
Guru3D tested with TXAAx1 and HBAO+ off. RX 480 and GTX1060 were unable to even get to 60 fps in their test scene.
Awful showing for the GTX1050Ti, not even beating GTX960, and far behind the RX 470, which can now be
readily found for
$159 on Newegg.