Ok so here's a list of possible solutions to your PC's performance while running SIege. These fixes are for Nvidia users only.

*NOTE* If you have the 100% CPU then none of this will help you and you're at the mercy of Ubisoft.

To preface this post it's good to note that your CPU and GPU are co dependent. Make believe your CPU are the tiny fish that stay close to a great white shark. They eat all the scraps and clean that dude's gills yadayadayada. The great white is the GPU, a killer, he can smell a drop of blood from a mile away. If your CPU is maxing out it's usage it's gonna limit what your GPU can do and vice versa so finding that balance is key.

Download RivaTuner
http://www.guru3d.com/files-get/rtss-rivatuner-statistics-server-download,14.html

This program will allow you to monitor temps, usage, etc. It will also allow you to cap your FPS. Any frames that exceed your monitor's refresh rate equates to more strain on your CPU. I personally have a 144 Hz monitor and cap my FPS at 144 to ease the strain on my CPU. Your overall experience will be much smoother as well as it has a similar effect to running v-sync without the input lag it causes. Keep in mind your PC needs to be able to maintain those frames for this method to be effective.

Alternatively if your CPU usage is too high you can downscale your monitors refresh rate to lets say 120 Hz. Or change your in game refresh rate to 120 Hz and enable V-Sync. This would all be done in game. The V-Sync setting you'd want is "1 Frame". Yes V-Sync can cause a bit of input lag but for the most part it isn't too noticeable.

You can also change your monitor's refresh rate to 120 Hz through the Nvidia Control Panel. Nvidia Control Panel can be accessed by right clicking on your desktop. You would also apply the same setting in-game as I mentioned above.

Now that we're in Nvidia control panel I want you to change the following settings to whats depicted below. I probably should've started with this but whatever I just woke up after 4 hours of sleep because I'm the Coach of the People and duty calls. Go to "Manage 3D Settings" in your Nvidia COntrol Panel.

Ambient Occlusion - Off
Anisotropic filtering - Off
Antialiasing - FXAA - Off
Antialiasing - Gamma Correction - On
Antialiasing - Mode - Off
Antialiasing - Setting - Use global setting
Antialiasing - Transparency - Off
CUDA - GPUs - Use global setting (All)
DSR - Factors - Off
DSR - Smoothness - Off
Maximum pre-rendered frames - 1
Multi-Frame Sampled AA (MFAA) - Off
Multi-display/mixed-GPU acceleration - Single display performance mode (Multiple if using a second monitor)
Power management mode - Prefer maximum performance
Preferred refresh rate - Highest Available
Shader Cache - On
Texture filtering - Anisotropic sample optimization - On
Texture filtering - Negative LOD bias - Allow
Texture filtering - Quality - High performance
Texture filtering - Trilinear optimization - On
Thread Optimization - On
Triple buffering - Use global settings (Off)
Vertical Sync - Off
Virtual Reality pre-rendered frames - 1

These settings should help with overall performance.

Settings in game should all be Low or Off. This all depends on your specs of course. Some PCs will obviously be able to handle higher settings but to achieve your rigs highest frames and to maintain them at your monitor's refresh rate I suggest using these settings to ensure a smooth gaming experience. Also if you can't run the game and meet this criteria with T-AA Off then your settings for T-AA should be as followed:

Sharpening Factor 100
Render Scale 80-100 (This setting will help ease the strain on CPU and I wouldn't go lower than 50)

This is the best I could with 4 hours of sleep. If you have any questions please feel free to ask.

Reply · Report Post