- Jun 12, 2012
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(Technically this post has spoilers for the first 20 minutes of the game)
Hello there, I just got a new video card to replace my old 560ti. Here's my system:
Core i5-2500k
ASRock Z75 pro3
8gb G.skill DDR3 1600 ram
Antec 80 certified 620w PSU
Kingston 120gb SSD
EVGA SC GTX 770 ACX 2gb.
So I loaded up Metro Last Light for the first time, as I wanted to christen my new 770 properly. Fired up the game in 1080p with "very high" settings and SSAA set to 2x; I was delighted at the incredible visuals during the opening scene where you're in the tunnel with 3-4 dudes and you get set upon by those freaky monsters...you appear to hallucinate and wind up killing your squad and stabbing the last dude in the neck as they phase in and out with monster bodies. At this point....game looked stunning and smooth as I expected with this card. Then things got weird.
The next part of the game starts up where you are in a station/base and you meet that dude who gives you your first items and weapon loadout; he then instructs you to try out the firing range. During this entire area, the game bogged down to 15fps, even after lowering the settings to "high" and turning off ssaa & tessellation; I also set textures to normal - still 15 frames/sec. I was horrified...I thought the 770 was supposed to be fairly gnarly? I slogged on until I had to follow the snarky sniper chick to the train. With the ride on the train and the next area, everything was back to smooth, silky goodness. I ratcheted the settings back up, and it was smooth sailing, back to 60-80fps. Got to the surface, had an intense fire-fight with a bunch of mobs, and interfaced with the baby dark-one. Totally smooth and ran as I expected this card to.
The card is running VERY cool...idles at 25-29c, never got above 65 under load. The minimum recommended PSU for the GTX 770 is a 600w, so I should be ok there.
Has anyone else encountered this? Is that part of the game like super un-optimized or something? Could something be wrong with my card?
note: Afterwards, I ran BioShock Infinite totally maxed and got like 90-100 fps. Stunning perfection.
tl;dr: Got new GTX 770. Fire up Metro, looks amazing at first; get to area where you get your first weapons, game runs unplayable at 15fps on medium-ish settings, get to train, everything smooth and creamy again, able to crank settings back up, still smooth. Unsure why.
Hello there, I just got a new video card to replace my old 560ti. Here's my system:
Core i5-2500k
ASRock Z75 pro3
8gb G.skill DDR3 1600 ram
Antec 80 certified 620w PSU
Kingston 120gb SSD
EVGA SC GTX 770 ACX 2gb.
So I loaded up Metro Last Light for the first time, as I wanted to christen my new 770 properly. Fired up the game in 1080p with "very high" settings and SSAA set to 2x; I was delighted at the incredible visuals during the opening scene where you're in the tunnel with 3-4 dudes and you get set upon by those freaky monsters...you appear to hallucinate and wind up killing your squad and stabbing the last dude in the neck as they phase in and out with monster bodies. At this point....game looked stunning and smooth as I expected with this card. Then things got weird.
The next part of the game starts up where you are in a station/base and you meet that dude who gives you your first items and weapon loadout; he then instructs you to try out the firing range. During this entire area, the game bogged down to 15fps, even after lowering the settings to "high" and turning off ssaa & tessellation; I also set textures to normal - still 15 frames/sec. I was horrified...I thought the 770 was supposed to be fairly gnarly? I slogged on until I had to follow the snarky sniper chick to the train. With the ride on the train and the next area, everything was back to smooth, silky goodness. I ratcheted the settings back up, and it was smooth sailing, back to 60-80fps. Got to the surface, had an intense fire-fight with a bunch of mobs, and interfaced with the baby dark-one. Totally smooth and ran as I expected this card to.
The card is running VERY cool...idles at 25-29c, never got above 65 under load. The minimum recommended PSU for the GTX 770 is a 600w, so I should be ok there.
Has anyone else encountered this? Is that part of the game like super un-optimized or something? Could something be wrong with my card?
note: Afterwards, I ran BioShock Infinite totally maxed and got like 90-100 fps. Stunning perfection.
tl;dr: Got new GTX 770. Fire up Metro, looks amazing at first; get to area where you get your first weapons, game runs unplayable at 15fps on medium-ish settings, get to train, everything smooth and creamy again, able to crank settings back up, still smooth. Unsure why.
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