Not even Multi-GPU Support For Batman: Arkham Knight

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#5192694
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With a single 980 Ti this should run well mate. It's SLI and Crossfire that's the problem. The game was awesome fun, in my opinion, especially with the Batmobile, but yeah it would have been even better if my hardware could have been fully utilised. Definitely would have done another playthrough if the CF support was fixed. A damn shame.
It s fine with a single 980Ti @ 1440p, even my 970 was able to handle it.
#5192701
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Yes, the game is amazing. The performance issues are blown out of proportion, it stutters a bit while driving around in the Batmobil, but nowhere near unplayable like some say. It's more of an annoyance. The only think you have to do is disable Interactive Smoke. That setting just murders performance unfortunately. Disable that, crank everything else on max, and you get 60 fps all the time with some stutter while driving around. Because of the crap launch and performance issues, people actually miss the fact that it's an amazing game, definitely the best Batman since Arkham Asylum.
I didn't experience any stutter while driving with smoke and everything maxed out, not on my previous 970 neither my current card, but then again, neither did have stuttering on other games that some 970 users had stuttering with. I did use quite some time with frame-time monitoring to see if it was my eyes that where wrong too, plus used hours trying to figure out why some got stuttering where they really shouldn't have any. Mainly choice of hardware combination, BIOS settings and minor tweaks seems to be the lead, but it differed from system to system, some probably never got their 970 running at full potential, probably mainly because of the way the 500MB partition swaps data. NVidia should have done better homework, cause they just can't expect that people have optimal conditions for a below top end card.
#5192705
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it plays perfect on 980ti, idk how it plays on lower end cards, but that is a bad point. you don't need to have overpowered hardware for a game like that, 960 can easily max it out, or close to max out, 970 should at least run it around 70fps on maxed out. Shame, behind the curtain of the tech issues, there is an awesome game that it's sad cause many player won't see it shine.
#5192709
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Seriously, you can pull it of with ease with a single one of those Titans....
That's not the point, all previous games support Sli, this should also.
#5192711
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Someone dropped the ball on this. In this case, the ball is a second Nvidia GPU.
#5192796
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I dont know what all the fuss is about, im running the game silky smooth with 40fps+ which is fine for a. single player game with all settings on max at 4k with a single 980ti.
#5192812
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I dont know what all the fuss is about, im running the game silky smooth with 40fps+ which is fine for a. single player game with all settings on max at 4k with a single 980ti.
That's not the point, point is the title was suppose to be an Nvidia Gameworks title. Meaning full Nvidia support. It was marketed for SLI support. Now granted for anyone that has a multi gpu setup should expect issues like this every now and then, but this is still a kick in the junk.
#5192831
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As a SLi user, I find the latest trend set by Nvidia to be pathetic, they release game ready drivers for another game full of their tech, Fallout 4, no sli, they then release a new driver yesterday and remove Sli from Total War Attila, which has not had any issues I am aware of before with Sli, and now this. it seems Sli is no longer a big thing for Nvidia, and the consumer has been screwed over. So far any game release with Nvidia Gameworks, is a game to stay far away from, no matter what hardware you have.
The games developers are refusing to work on SLI or CrossFire support, and you are blaming NVIDIA? What do you think, that they develop every single game on this planet?
#5192836
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Got this game with my 980ti purchase, now I can use a $700 video card dedicated solely to physx.
#5192847
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I dont know what all the fuss is about, im running the game silky smooth with 40fps+ which is fine for a. single player game with all settings on max at 4k with a single 980ti.
Turn off Interactive Smoke and you can run it at 60 fps. Why would you sacrifice 20 fps for the occasional fancy smoke effect? P.S: 40 fps is not silky smooth. 60 fps is silky smooth. 40 fps is playable. You kinda need to look up the definition of silky smooth, just saying.
#5192859
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Turn off Interactive Smoke and you can run it at 60 fps. Why would you sacrifice 20 fps for the occasional fancy smoke effect? P.S: 40 fps is not silky smooth. 60 fps is silky smooth. 40 fps is playable. You kinda need to look up the definition of silky smooth, just saying.
60 fps is not silky smooth, 120 fps is silky smooth, 60 fps is smooth.
#5192864
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60 fps is not silky smooth, 120 fps is silky smooth, 60 fps is smooth.
120 is only silky smooth if you have a 120 Hz monitor, most people dont, so 60 fps is the accepted standard. But we are getting off topic. We are talking about Batman not discussing the subtleties of fps. Point is, Batman had a really bad launch and it was one of the worst PC ports ever, but it was mostly fixed, so now it's far from the worst PC port ever, it's an OK port considering the rocky start, anybody still saying is crap proly has not played it in it's current state, the fact that SLI is abandoned is unfortunate, but the game works fine with one card, so why all the hassle?
#5192878
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This is easily going to get WPC-GOTY award 2015 worst PC game of the year 60fps is the minimum for a PC for good game play Just uninstalled I will re-try in a few months. It is better but still needs a lot of work dropping multi-GPU will hopefully give them more resources to enable them to improve the game.
#5192890
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I don't even understand how an Nvidia Gameworks triple A title can not support SLI. What a joke that is. I personally don't like SLI but for those who do use 2/3/4 cards i feel sorry for you. Especially those who bought Nvidia cards with the game bundled. Hopefully one day consoles will get multiple GPU technology as i don't see why they shouldn't since they already have 8 CPU's.
#5192902
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Turn off Interactive Smoke and you can run it at 60 fps. Why would you sacrifice 20 fps for the occasional fancy smoke effect? P.S: 40 fps is not silky smooth. 60 fps is silky smooth. 40 fps is playable. You kinda need to look up the definition of silky smooth, just saying.
Okay, 40fps+, the "plus" is an important factor . For single player games, 40fps + is more enough and I consider it smooth. But if you're going to say that 40+ isn't silky then I can accept that, but 80+ would be silky and not 60. I demand a minimum of 80fps for multiplayer games.
#5192918
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Take no notice of 40+fps isn't or can't be Silky smooth because of course it can. Smoothness and being able to distinguish between individual frames is a different thing. If you go below 30 fps then maybe you will see gaps in between frames and we call this stutter but in reality it's just a slide show. Most people, especially those that have never had the pleasure of seeing 75-144hz will see 40+ fps as silky smooth. Just as long as there's no freezes, hitching or a sudden loss of fps. With my system i sometimes play a certain game at Ultra settings with a constant 40-50 fps and you say that it's not Silky Smooth, BS.
#5192924
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Well, I'm glad I didn't actually pay for this game - got it free with my 980Ti's! I heard its a pretty decent game underneath all the issues, which is a bigger shame really - I definitely wouldn't have paid for it with all the problems.
#5192952
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Yes, the game is amazing. The performance issues are blown out of proportion, it stutters a bit while driving around in the Batmobil, but nowhere near unplayable like some say. It's more of an annoyance. The only think you have to do is disable Interactive Smoke. That setting just murders performance unfortunately. Disable that, crank everything else on max, and you get 60 fps all the time with some stutter while driving around. Because of the crap launch and performance issues, people actually miss the fact that it's an amazing game, definitely the best Batman since Arkham Asylum.
What you fail to realize is with us PC gamers (Seems clear you haven't been one your whole life like some of us) performance is half of the game. If a game has stuttering issues AT ALL, I will not play it. I didn't spend $4k on my desktop and $3k on my laptop for stutters. Period. The game is a joke and people like you are a problem, I'm sorry to say. WB needs to be completely boycotted for this game. It's unacceptable.
Take no notice of 40+fps isn't or can't be Silky smooth because of course it can. Smoothness and being able to distinguish between individual frames is a different thing. If you go below 30 fps then maybe you will see gaps in between frames and we call this stutter but in reality it's just a slide show. Most people, especially those that have never had the pleasure of seeing 75-144hz will see 40+ fps as silky smooth. Just as long as there's no freezes, hitching or a sudden loss of fps. With my system i sometimes play a certain game at Ultra settings with a constant 40-50 fps and you say that it's not Silky Smooth, BS.
Even 40fps on my G-Sync monitor is unacceptable. 60fps is the absolute minimum I will play any game. Should be that way for everyone too. This has been a standard since 3Dfx Video Cards bro, you aren't changing anything with that little speech. Also, I call BS on your BS. 😉
#5192967
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It will be interesting to see how PC gamers receive any future Batman game.
#5192979
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Given the relatively small number of people who use multi-GPU setups compared to those that don't, I am amazed that any developers bother to support SLI and CFX at all. It's a technology that is just as dependant on support from NVIDIA and AMD as well as the developers and with the PC market being so much smaller in terms of games sales compared with the consoles it is not surprising to me anyway that so many games have poor or non-existent support. It's why I will no longer bother with SLI or CFX having had experience with both. Personally, I don't think either NVIDIA or AMD put as much effort into multi-GPU support as they should. Thankfully, I have no desire to game at 4K yet or across several monitors so a high-end single GPU is all I need. And let's be honest here, it's pretty much the way to go if you want the most hassle-free gaming experience on PC, right? 😉

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