[Update Coming Up] Bethesda: Only Use 1440P Resolution in Dishonored 2 PC with GTX1070/1080 or Equivalent

[Update]

Bethesda only posted the following on the official site. An update is on its way.

Nosotros have been monitoring the PC forums and social channels and while we're excited to hear that many of you are enjoying the game, we are disheartened that some of you are experiencing PC performance issues on some systems.

Nosotros are actively working to provide an update to accost your concerns. The patch and its release notes will be available in the coming days.

With the feedback our support group as received, nosotros are preparing a patch intended to provide improvements to allow for more consistent framerates on affected systems and provide an update to the mouse code for smoother input.

[Original Story]

Yesterday nosotros reported some first Dishonored ii PC impressions from a colleague in the press who was able to play the game early on and they weren't good.

Unfortunately, we've since been able to verify that the port has significant performance issues. A machine worth more than a grand (i7 6700K and GTX 1080 OC) cannot play the game at 4K resolution even by reducing the settings. Worse than that, the game also exhibits frequent frame rate drops at 1440P resolution as y'all tin can see in the video embedded at the commodity's cease. That's even subsequently disabling TXAA and using merely FXAA High, which is extremely weak and leaves plenty of aliasing on the scene overall.

Bethesda prepared the following FAQ, simply it doesn't assistance much. What would help is a lot of optimization work, because clearly there's something wrong in the code here. Dishonored ii PC looks good but not groundbreaking by any means, there are games with far better graphics and performance bachelor right at present that our test car can run at 4K resolution and close to 60FPS.

This is even more than aggravating considering the game itself is every bit every bit outstanding equally its predecessor. Let's hope that Arkane and Bethesda can work together to improve performance in Dishonored two PC rather rapidly; keep watching these pages for a more thorough assay in our review.

PC Launch FAQ

Check to ensure that your auto meets the game'southward minimum requirements and that yous are non running whatsoever other programs in the background.

If your PC meets the Recommended Specs we encourage you to play with High settings for a more consistent 60fps feel. Only PCs that far exceed those Recommended Specs should opt for Ultra settings.

Windows Ready

Dishonored 2 was tested against the latest updates for Windows seven/8/10. Delight check your system to ensure you have the latest Windows updates for your OS version.

Please visit our support page for more information on how to update Windows - https://support.microsoft.com/en-the states/help/12373/windows-update-faq

DirectX

Dishonored two was tested confronting the latest update for DirectX - please check your system to ensure you have the latest version of Directly X. Please visit the following support page for the latest version of DirectX -https://support.microsoft.com/en-usa/kb/179113

Update Your Graphics Card Drivers

To ensure you are getting the best performance out of your graphics card, you can download and install latest drivers (based on manufacturer) here:

NVidia: 375.lxx

NVIDIA - http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx

AMD: sixteen.10.two

AMD - http://support.amd.com/en-us/download

Full general recommendations

o   Avoid using Alt-Tab when playing. Relaunch the game if you run into functioning dropping after using Alt-Tab.

o   Avoid having background applications running in add-on to the game.

Video Settings

o   If you lot have performance issues, try lowering the resolution.

Use 1440p resolution only if you take a very loftier-end GPU ( GTX 1070/1080 or equivalent)

o   Keep the Five-Sync activated, specially if y'all have big framerate fluctuations.

o   If you have framerate under thirty fps, suit the "Adaptive Resolution" between minimum (l%) and default value (75%).

Advanced Settings

o   Apply the "Auto" presets: this should arrange your visual settings without impacting your framerate.

o   If y'all still have performance issues with "Auto" presets:

Attempt deactivating the "TXAA Anti-Aliasing"

Try lowering the texture details

Let us assistance!

If you lot feel performance issues, you can contact Bethesda Customer Support at http://aid.bethesda.internet/ with your DxDiag file for further troubleshooting.

Information on creating a DxDiag file and contacting customer support can be institute here http://assist.bethesda.net/app/answers/detail/a_id/25236/session/L2F2LzEvdGltZS8xNDc4Nzk3NDQzL3NpZC9INVB4Rmozbg%3D%3D

You can visit the Bethesda.net Dishonored 2 Technical Support forums here - https://beta-community.bethesda.internet/category/39/pc or contact us on Twitter @BethesdaSupport.