dude..come on ...literally first link you get after googling - http://steamcommunity.com//app/243470/discussions/0/540743032558655712/
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i have a way better system, and i still get stutter while driving - even on minimum settings. the game just runs like crap.
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I know you have a WAY better system then me... i'll consider your answer mate :)
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Try to install the mod that restores the pretty graphics. The game will look better, and it is also likely to run better.
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I have installed " theworsemod" , it indeed made the game more playable but driving lag still.
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I'm afraid there's not much to do considering your setup. Desperate measures you could try :
- try fiddling with "GPU max buffered frames" in the graphic settings,
- try switching to windowed borderless if you're fullscreen,
- try lowering other settings
- try shutting down any unnecessary software running in the background,
- try updating your drivers
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My laptop can run the game just fine on medium/high settings... watch a youtube video. I am updating my drivers and i have installed a mod ( theworsemod) that made the game run way better , but cards lag still.
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Will upgrade my ram from 4gb to 8gb solve the issue or not?
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Agree 100%. The game is not 64 bit dependent and will not exceed use of your current RAM (though it certainly is capable of pushing it. Check Hardware Monitor while running (or even Task Manager) to see what your RAM load is while in game. Unfortunately, you are running a laptop so upgrading the CPU/GPU are a non-option sans replacing the system.
I notice your references to a YouTube vid that features a lower end rig than yours. He is actually not necessarily running an inferior rig. Although there may be some situations where this is true, it is not in all of them. I ran a comparison of your chip v. the two possible chips on the video's rig. The only variance here is the Intel Turbo Boost Technology (TBT) and 200 MHz.
If you are not familiar with how that works it increases (much like an overclock) the frequency of your cores if a program is not using all of them. Your CPU has two cores. If a program is only using one of those cores then TBT will step up the frequency to the one core. In this case making your chip run at 2.7 GHz. If it is using both cores, then you are left at the default of 1.7 GHz (unless you are doing your own overclocking). The i3 does not have TBT so it will never increase the frequency on it's own. You'll notice that this technology is the primary variance in the i3 and i5 where almost all other characteristics are the same. This means that the i3 in this video is constantly running at 1.9 GHz constantly. Although it is not much, the YouTube system it is faster than yours when running both cores. My guess is that Watchdogs does use both and that you are indeed running on a slower system.
I must admit I am not certain that this will help, but it may be worth a shot. I suggest setting the affinity for the game to just one of the cores. If TBT will step up the performance of the single core regardless of whether or not you are manually limiting the program to just the one or the program is configured to use just one... then you will be running at 2.7 GHz v. 1.9 GHz. I hope this helps you out bro... sounds like it is getting a bit frustrating. Let me know if there are questions, or better yet, if it works out for you.
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I simply don't think your specs are enough to run it =/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E24tF8paSS8 he has a cpu that is crappier than mine and runs it better than me....
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Just thought so, because I have an I7-3537u and I can barely run it.
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You have a seriously underpowered laptop: slow dual core + even slower gpu + only 4gb of ram.
You won't be able to play any modern AAA game at decent fps, try minimum quality at 720p and hopefully you'll get 30-ish fps with a lot of stuttering.
Anyway, Watch Dogs runs like crap even on high end hardware so don't expect any miracles when you upgrade to 8gb of ram.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E24tF8paSS8 the cpu sucks more than mine and the guy handles the game better than i do... explain please?
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Not so sure about worse CPU. An i3 with xx50 or xx70 has a lot better performance than an i5 with xx10. You have the lowest-end laptop i5, that i3 may be a mid-high level one.
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The fact is i can run the game just fine at 30-40 fps but it suddendly drops to 20 or 8 fps while driving... i don't know why.
EDIT : same specs than me , except for the ram that is 8gb instead of 4gb... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Idkzin5GWc runs smoothly at 30-40 fps , mine doesn't even at lowest.
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Try running it on Borderless Windowed mode? Weird as that sounds, it helped for me.. Haha
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Idkzin5GWc same specs than me except that he has 8gb of ram and i have 4gb of ram... i know my laptop can't run it on high or ultra... but i was trying to run it on medium and it didn't work... low-medium and still lagging... low and still lagging ... fak u ubisoft :C
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Anyway "Outch Dogs" is well known for really bad optimization so don't expect miracles.
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i am getting higher fps on medium than on low .... i mean it helped a bit , now i am no longer having driving lag and i can play 25 fps on medium ... but isn't it strange that i am getting 10 fps at low and 25 fps at medium ?
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What about the high XML ?
Try to limit your FPS to 30 or 35 and force vsync, then play with Nvidia Inspector settings.
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Gonna close this thread since the lag while driving is gone .. the minimum fps i get is 25-26 which is still kind of playable ( when compared to the 10 fps i was getting before... yeah) and i can run it on medium settings :) thanks for the help and enjoy the upcoming steam summer sale ! :D
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I bought watch dogs for 2 euros on g2a and activated and downloaded it on uplay... but now when i play it it starts lagging when i start driving the cars ! it's ok tho when i run or when i walk and stuff... can somebody help me out?
SPECS:
CPU : Intel i5 4210U 1.70 ghz / turboboost to 2.70 ghz
GPU : Nvidia gt 840m 2gb
RAM : 4gb ( i'm gonna upgrade it to 8gb... i don't know if this is the problem since the minimum req. are 6gb... but people with 4gb of ram like me can run it fine :C )
Please help me? :C
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