Wolfenstein on PC apparently has severe performance issues

So...

the thing’s all but unplayable on my system, even on its lowest settings. I’m not alone in this, but while troubles are reported on a myriad of systems, AMD-ATI graphics card users have been hit particularly hard. I even bought a Radeon R290 yesterday for the express purposes of this and Watch Dogs, but I’m looking at 10-20 FPS most of the time.

The guy says Nvidia owners are a bit luckier:

By and large NVIDIA owners are doing a little better, and patches and driver updates are no doubt being feverishly worked on (following a 10GB day-one patch already). Buzz about the game itself from consoleland’s reviews falls mostly into the ‘quite good’ camp (though there are a significant number of dissenting opinions), so this is a bit of a shame.

Sauce. (RPS)

Andy began playing the game during its midnight launch last night on a 64bit system with a 3.2Ghz i7-950, 6Gb of RAM and a Radeon HD 6890. Initially, he couldn't load the game at all - the game would boot into a white screen and then crash with a Windows error.

Both Andy and I encountered extremely low framerates when playing through the tutorial - 2-5FPS, unplayably bad. Andy's issue may be due to AMD's Catalyst software, which reportedly causes problems in its current version.

In my case, I resolved it by knocking the settings down to their lowest for this opening sequence, in which case I got 25FPS for most of the tutorial and 10-15FPS for a sequence involving cloth physics. This is on a 64bit system with a 3.3Ghz i5, 16Gb of RAM, and a GeForce GTX 560 Ti.

Every machine we've tested the game on has nontheless had problems with texture pop-in when you turn quickly. Remember RAGE? It's not as pronounced as it was in the first id Tech 5 game, but it's the same issue. Higher graphics settings help the issue slightly but don't solve it entirely and come with their own FPS issues.

It seems likely that the most serious issues are being caused by drivers, and as such it's likely that updates from AMD, NVidia and the game's developers will be able to resolve the issue.

Sauce. (PCG)

Well, we meet you again crappy console port.

Seems like Bethesda did everything they can to lure people away from the PC version.

What do you think?

Consoles the superior platform confirmed

Yeah that's a shame, game is getting reasonable reviews so far as well so I wouldn't mind picking it up, but not if it runs like poop.

Get used to it this gen hermies. PC isn't relavent to big time devs and publishers and they will prioritize consoles for the big bucks. Why dedicate extra resources for PC when the average hermie is a Mandarin speaking gold farmer? Doesn't make financial sense.

And to think, hermies were bragging that the ports from Console would be better this gen or that you'd be able to emulate ps4 and xbone games on PC in the near future. ahahahaha!

After the shit storm with the PC port of RAGE I cant say that I am surprised by this news, though it will probably be fixed within a week. Oh and so much for console ports being optimized better for AMD.

Yeah it's pretty bad I'm running a GTX 680 with a Intel 3770k and getting FPS drops as low as 40-30 in some areas it's a real shame.

so wtf was the point of a 10gb day one patch then?

The PS4 has "issues" too.

http://gamingbolt.com/wolfenstein-the-new-order-ps4-vs-xbox-one-gifscreenshot-comparison-shows-sharper-x1-version

try to look for a more random website next time please xd

on topic, consolites will have a field day with this, then it will be patched in a few days and balance will be restored, consolites under master race boots.

So who else thinks the engine is a piece of crap

Typical cow. You will take anti-Xbox info anywhere you can get it though. And Gamingbolt isn't as obscure as you say so keep dreaming.

Xbox one gets another superior multiplat over PS4.

the sad state of the industry is that this is completely standard for pc games.

Probably "we care about you" PR stunt.

really? if it isn't as obscure i am sure more important aand professional gaming sites are reporting this.....oh wait.

Also i'm no cow, i am a pc gamer, who also happens to like playstation and think xbone is a piece of garbage, sorry to hurt your feelings.

"If you look closely, the Xbox One version seems to be slightly sharper"

Congratulations on your MASSIVE ownage over cows

TCHBFO

50GB game.

10GB day one patch.

God knows how many more patches of God know what size down the line.

Dat all-digital fuchur.

Wasn't planning on getting this game till its $15 on steam. It will be fixed by then lol

lol another compressed GIF from an obscure website. Meanwhile GamePro in Germany says the PS4 version runs smoother and the Xbone version has weaker textures.

Keep hoping, lemming. All you have so far is Strider (barely), Thief (barely) and Call of Dogs (barely).

Not surprised.

Hope they fix it soon. This stuff is not cool.

Since the game is flop, and since they are attempting to charge £34.99, never picked it up and thus, won.

I was never interested in this game to begin with, but I must admit, this is no surprise given the history.

Who deemed the game a flop ?

You are the first person to call it that.

I did, about a month or two back. And I will be right. Obviously.

Oh noes! Nothing a patch can't fix :)

the sad thing is, even with terrible ports pc always gets the better version. I havent got the game and i dont plan on getting it as its not that interesting.. But i wouldn't be surprised the OP is selectively choosing posts to push his agenda. On neogaf forums people who are playing it on PC are reporting that its playing quite well.

Just look at Ac4.. When it released people were saying , Oh look such a terrible port.. Yet when digital foundry got to work on it.. they showed pc version still is the better version..

Another bait thread

@GrenadeLauncher: Neither Thief nor COD Ghosts were given the nod for Xflop over PS4. Ghosts runs like poop on Xflop after after patch earlier this year.

Yeah, I read about the patch **** ups (plus it was terrible on everything other than the 360) and they barely gave Thief to the Bone. That game was just a mess all round.

So in other words, Xbone multiplats only compete when they're poorly coded and optimised messes. NEXT GEN IS HERE.

The PC patch is going to be released today that will resolve the issues. I have no major problems running the game on GTX 770. Awesome game.

Well...the game runs awesome for some people link. In my experience, only a small fraction of PC community have issues with running games, but they are usually the loudest though, which is ok as the game doesnt run for them. I would be pretty annoying as well if some game didn´t run for me. That is, your thread is nothing new in PC universe.

So the PS4 version has not had a sharpness filter and crushed black filter applied and this is a bad thing... Next you will be telling us the texture, object streaming issues on the Xbox One make is a better version.

But it sounds like they could have used more time developing the game, so every version will probably have issues if they have cut corners to release the game.

and thus all is well in the world and #SDC. Another superior mulit plat for the quad, which we all know is THE place for console mulit plats this gen.

Flawless experience on the X1 for me. Game is a lot of fun. Moreso than I anticipated.

I'm getting it today right after work. It scored as I expected & I can't wait to play it. Some of my best gaming experiences are from games that score in the 8s.

You were just on here a day or 2 ago saying it would score 7 or less and would hardly sell. You were basing it off of the last Woflenstein that was made by a different company. LOL

I have to disagree. It's Id5 and by far is the best engine I've seen. (Remeber "Rage")

the guys at machinegames probably don't know how to use it though.

PC master race

lel

I'm sure there will be driver updates to fix all of this way before I ever get around to buying the game.

Reading news like this is like being delivered a meal that doesn't have enough salt. All it takes is a little time to season the pot, and suddenly the problem ceases to exist.

This is non-news.

Oh is this game using ID5 engine?

That would explain it, like Rage it's probably using OpenGL. It will probably need some hotfixes from AMD/Nvidia as OpenGL seems to be a bit neglected. Be better if they sorted these problems out with both companies before releasing the game though, RAGE was unplayable at release too.

I haven't purchased an Xbox One game in a while. Maybe I will pick this up.

A flop in what aspect ? Score wise ? Nope

Sales wise ? Way too early to tell...

I'll wait for digital foundry or lens of truth on this

Good to hear. I was debating on whether to wait for a price drop or not.

Doesn't seem like a lazy or rushed PC port to me.

They were recommending an i7, but I'm playing ultra on an i5 and HD7950 just fine.

There will always be performance issues for some people, and it's a real shame because they were looking forward to enjoying this. Hope it gets patched soon.

But don't make it out to be that everyone is having performance issues...

Thats my one criticism of the review, Would have been nice to get some idea on the legth/replayability but I just took a stab in the dark and I would say its probably worth full retail. Theres a fair few difficulty levels which should tick the replayability box as its a straight as they come shooter.

I assume you have been around here long enough not to be expecting great things as far as story line and depth are concerned :P

However saying that, what it does, it does very well.

It's still not acceptable. Some would go as far as saying that we're being sold a broken/unfinished product, and it's bound to hurt their sales.

Just wait for the drivers.

NVIDIA new beta drivers have wolfenstein and watch dogs.

It's too bad, for sure, and I wouldn't advise anyone sell a product that didn't work exactly as advertised. That being said, in the end this is a video game and it'll get fixed. I'm not too concerned.

I'm sure there's little reason to be concerned, it'd just be nice if the bar was set a little higher, in general.