Resident Evil 7

A stutter or just a demanding scene? There is a difference.

 

Yeah, the game needs a patch.
I find it funny that with RE7 some people seem to be going out of their way to defend the game's memory usage, while in other games people would tear it apart.

But, there is an issue with how the game uses video memory.
And, the "bright" people on the STEAM forums stating there is no visual difference between 'Medium' and 'High'... either have blinders on, or are simply oblivious.

Claiming that the different settings only affect how the textures are streamed in, how they are stored in your video memory.
Yet, then say "Oh yeah, of course there's a visual difference with Low"...

So, I decided to test this out. I loaded up the game, started on Medium firstly...

Medium:

High:


Medium:

High:


Medium:

High:



Now, after about an hour of playtime there were a few textures that did seem to load in a bit slower in Medium. But, more often then not I ran into certain textures that would drop to a lower resolution when I walked up to them.
But, there is a visual difference between High and Medium.

 

CPY cracked it already..

 

Well who liked the game already bought it. Denuvo is falling apart.

 

Anyone got a working SLI Bits for RE7?

 

try Batman Arkham Origins bits

 

Well got rid of the stutters....newest drivers plus Textures to Med....Shadows back up to High....seems to be all good so far.

Haven't noticed that much of a texture change as in the above shots but might see if I can bring them back to High with the new drivers.

Were those screens just changing Texture Quality or all settings to Medium?

But yeah pays to do the changing from the main menu rather than in game....some thing weird going on there.

 

Already tested..It works like a crap

 

hmmm


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jmlHr_0xK0

 

21:9 hacks or something!??

 

Well, texture detail is one of the few options you can only change from the main menu.

And, to clarify.... initially, Medium will show the same textures as High (mostly). Only loading them in slightly slower.
But, while High will start to hitch, pause and stutter when you run out of video memory as it streams in new texture data.

Medium will, after some playtime, stop loading in the higher resolution textures. I monitored my VRam while playing, and when I first started... I was fine.
But, once the game reached the limits of my video memory, the in game texture detail stopped transitioning to the higher res textures.


This seems... like an odd design decision.
And, given the size of the game, and the overall texture detail on offering (which, don't get me wrong the game looks fantastic)... it just doesn't seem like it should be using as much video memory as it does.

While discussing with a friend on STEAM who has a GTX 1080, he said that while he can run Very High textures, the game filled his video memory to capacity, and would stutter from time to time as it went past his available 8 gigs.
How the game manages and uses VRam is something I personally think Capcom should look into.

 

Didnt you notice the stuttering or thats just me? It looks much smoother with a single card.

https://youtu.be/3jmlHr_0xK0?t=121

 

Can you believe this ? I was this close to buying it ! JK:wanker:

 

Dont worry, you're not the only one. There is any good SLi profile at the moment, stay tuned.

 

This works great for me but I'm on .33 drivers. No stuttering but shadow cache must be off. running 4k.

 

I running this at 3440x1440 ultra settings / latest Whql. With Arkham Origins profile GPu's Usage is awful, as you can see in the pic below. Same NVInsp settings of the guy who made the video (and same hw from what i've seen)

http://i.imgur.com/AXEFyWt.jpg

 

So what have you found to be your sweet spot for Graphic Settings?
Have you left Textures on Medium?