Borderlands 2 + MSI 670 oc + Physx High

Screenshot exactly where it happens for reproduction purposes?

 

I tried the game out on my 5820k/980Ti system and it still has issues when the engine is displaying too many particles, the framerate can still take a dive no matter how much power you throw at it. Even without PhysX on, some scenes near the end of the game with dozens of robotic enemies and far view distances, it can still drop below 60 occasionally. UE3 was never built to handle thousands of draw calls a second, nothing we can do about it unfortunately.

 

There is absolutely nothing wrong with your system, no one has ever been able to max out PhysX in Borderlands 2 and maintain decent framerates. Turn it down already.

 

I'll bite. I've been playing the game with Physx on high since the game came out. With my old Core2Duo, I turned other video features down to let Physx rock (and even then, there were occasional slowdowns), but my current rig hasn't. I also "play" with the Physx a lot. I'll drop a bunch of Physx goop in front of PWR Loaders so their blades will spray it around when they walk through it. I'll drop a bunch of Physx goop on the ground in front of me, and kite an enraged Goliath into a ground pound in the middle of the puddle to send it flying. I'll send a tidal wave of Physx goop at an enemy by Executing through a fresh puddle. I'll go "bowling" with Hyperion e-tech shotguns (where you shoot low so the "ball" winds up bouncing very close together, where each bounce will cause a little explosion of Physx goop so you get a brief fountain near the end of the "roll". I don't know how many times I've thrown singularity grenades at these puddles just to see the goop get sucked into the air and then sprayed around. I'll shoot the ground around warping Rift Threshers just to throw more particles into their singularity. Hand to god, I was just doing this not half an hour ago.

Physx is my favorite eye candy in this game... let me fire some of these things up with an FPS counter on. If you have a known Physx situation that causes a slowdown, let me know.

edit - I'm in Thousand Cuts with corrosive weapons throwing green goop, Scorn throwing purple goop, ground particles flying everywhere and I'm 60+ FPS. I see brief slowdowns whenever I hit a checkpoint though. Let me try a fire weapon (sometimes they throw a lot of ash).

 

Use Notepad to open Willowengine.ini located here:

C:\Users\username\Documents\My Games\Borderlands 2\WillowGame\Config\Willowengine.ini

To get a small boost, change

Physxlevel=2
MaxParticleResize=512

For a larger boost, change

Physxlevel=1
MaxParticleResize=256



Still won't alleviate 40 fps when Gunzerking dual DPUH at point blank range...

Hehe!

 

I should mention that I did change the rendering engine to Ryan (as opposed to Cinematic or the default). I'm not sure if that's helping or hindering this, but I prefer the way this looks. I'll try gunzerking like that.

edit - I do see a difference in framerate with Physx on or off, but not so much that I'd turn that eye candy off. That's just me though.

 

You're gonna have to rebut everyone else along with me with these claims. The game is years old by this point and the issues with PhysX are beyond well documented. All you need to do is a google search. If you have a fix or if somehow this does not affect you, document it and pass it along. If only you weren't a few years late.
My game used to dip below 60 FPS at points which I found to be unacceptable- I looked it up and it was due to High PhysX.

Well, I don't think a game from 2012 warrants those framerate drops- especially when it runs perfectly well at 4k with PhysX turned down only a notch. I guess tolerance levels vary.

 

I'm running a GTX 980Ti with a GTX TITAN SC dedicated to PhysX and I get slow downs below 60FPS (chugging) when too many PhysX effects are on screen. Everyone does. It is inherent in the game, period.

 

The next time I kite a wounded HOT Loader around so I can splash around in his fuel and ash spray where the framerate doesn't dip below 80, I'll keep that in mind.

 

Right. You have a magical system that doesn't have the inherent issues with the PhysX implementation that pretty much every review ever written for the game mentions. Got it.

 

I also have exactly the same issues as others here and reviewers. I want a magical system too.

This is with two different systems and cards (980ti and other 970+970 for PhysX).

 

Maybe they think we are dissing PhysX. The effects look great. However it has issues. I'm doing another play through on Arkham Asylum at 4K with every setting maxed. It looks amazing. It's almost like a different game when you can play it at that high of visual fidelity.

 

one thing that helped Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel physx framerates on windows 10 for me , was installing the legacy physx driver, explained in this thread:

http://steamcommunity.com/app/261640/discussions/0/613941122599432170/

 

just change MaxParticleResize from 0 to 256 if you want minimum PhysX fps to go from ~35 to 60

 

Not sure if this has been mentioned (didn't read through this entire thread from 2012). But as much as I love the pretty physx in Borderlands 2, I usually have it off because it can cause items to fall through the floor. Go to pass an item to a friend and *bloop* through the floor it goes. Farming bosses, "ooh I saw a legendary!" aaaand it's gone.

 

Yeah, that's another known issue.

 

Got Borderlands 2 this sale, and as i'm enjoying it the PhysX blows.

Can't even maintain 60 FPS at Medium PhysX including INI Tweaks for it.

That's on a 4770K @ 4,5 GHz and GTX 1070 (1920 x 1200)

 

Somethig isn't right. My wife runs that game at 1920 x 1200 with one GTX 980 with in game settings fully maxed, including Phys x. The 980 is also fully maxed, and DSR at maximum resolution. Maybe a driver issue? Try an earlier driver. Can't hurt.

 

Naah it's issue with the Game i read.

No one can run a steady 60 FPS when intense action happens, not even people with a 1080 and Titan.

 

That kind of performance would be an indicator that PhysX isn't activated and early on in the game. There are some spots in the middle to latter part of the story mode that can dip even with PhysX turned off and using lowered settings due to the sheer amount of draw calls that are being processed by an engine that wasn't built to handle it.