- Check the video description, I'll keep it updated everytime I find something that works. And if you have good tips lemme know I'll pin them here. - Gimme real A-life and Better Perfs so I can die happy plz - I've been too harsh wish FSR framegen, it's actually pretty good BUT you need at least a 60fps baseline for it to shine - ACTUALLY, the mod I'm mentioning in the video (Stalker Optimizer) seems to work, kinda. I had to manually clear my cache and restart my computer to force the game to fully recompile, and it runs a bit smoother (~2 fps gain, but more importantly lower frametime averages, so it feels less stuttery). The cache is in "C:\Users\"user name"\AppData\LocalLow\NVIDIA\PerDriverVersion\DXCache"
I have the same graphics card as Cheeki Breeki and am gaming on a laptop as well (i7-12700H, so a smidge better than his setup). I often feel like as long as it's a laptop I'm playing on, regardless of it being a "gaming" kind of laptop, it's going to be crappy. I've more or less made my peace with it. Still, it's kind of frustrating that games aren't expected to run decently (note: "decently", not even "well" or "brilliantly") nowadays unless you have a 4080 or a 4090. I'm hoping for a performance patch from GSC like everyone else.
I'll probably do a full, extensive guide at some point, but after we get a couple optimization patches, right now it's more some bandaids while waiting for them!
This is the only optimization guide, that has actually made a difference for me. Game feels better to play with less stutters, frame drops and vram shortages. NPCs still tank fps though, that's for the devs to fix.
One correction, Frame Generation didn't look disgusting due to you not using the intended upscaler, you can use any and it will be fine so long as you have at the least 60 fps as a baseline before FG. It's why you saw those visual distortions and you've definitely had a ton of input lag added as well. Running it at 55 to about 60 FPS here and FG really smooths things out, it's not perfect but it is perfect playable and enjoyable.
Thanks for the corrections, that's actually good to know! Not sure i'll ever reach the 60fps baseline to fully experience it, but one can hope if we get decent optimizations in the future.
Can confirm this, Framegen "only" works for settings that already deliver at least 60fps and IMPORTANT it will EAT your VRAM. So if your card is already struggling (8gb at 1080p is already almost capped) it will make the game slower/less smooth because of constant RAM swapping.
My man! Thanks for doing this video. My computer crashes at the complation screen with a BSOD. Been trying every which way to fix but I think it has to deal with the intel Xeon 79 chipset. I will give these tips a shot and see if I can finally play! Thanks again 😊
@ I’ve been looking but to no avail. Pretty much waiting on the patch that is coming. I believe it has something to do with DX 12 on specific chipset but can’t confirm. Try changing to dx11 and see if it can at least boot. If it can, that is good. Then just wait for patches to fix dx12.
That's why I waiting for new gen of cards to upgrade my 1070 and get nice expirience from this title. Thank you, you do good for all of the people by this!
I'm so glad I upgraded my PC before playing this. Without frame generation turned on using DLSS performance, settings on High, I'm getting on average 70 fps. With frame generation on, bumps that up to over 120-140. Ryzen 9700x, 64GB RAM, 3080. The 3080 is the only part brought over from the old build.
Good video, gonna try some things you mentioned. I run it capped at 38 fps with Riva, with no upscaling, at 95% render. Game feels very good, its the way I use to run OG Stalker with tons of mods in my old setup.
I actually wanted to try different settings with no upscaling to see the results but convinced myself it would be a waste of time. Care to share your settings in more details? I'm curious now!
@@CheekiBreekiTv mostly same settings as you, since my setup is a bit weak (r5 3600, 6650xt, 32gb ddr4 and HDD install). I capped at 38 because was a number I could achieve. No FG, no upscaler. Gonna fire it up right now and check in detail what setting Im using. I love you content, big fan
@@CheekiBreekiTv It took so long to compile shaders lol. Diffs in my config are: Effects: Med, Sharpness: 20%- Clouds:Med, Sky:Med, Foliage:low, Draw Distance:Far. I will try your settings today
Privet Cheeki Stalker , Just here to say that Grok and his squad are already (yes now) covering stalker 2 , they got some 'must have' mods (for exemple mutant less spongebullet, mouse input lag etc) to have for quality perf and game balancing. I suppose you already now that, but theyr discord are a gold mine. See you in the zone. (P.S: Having a blast to , but sometimes , even with or without mods i got rare memory leaks, and oooooo'boi , when it's happen , i have to go back at the start menu and reload... no choice.)
Yes I've been using his lower HP mutants mod! So far that's the only thing I found necessary. I'm playing on Stalker difficulty and haven't been bothered by the economy, repair cost, carry weight etc.. I find it pretty much in line with the OG games.
@@CheekiBreekiTv Longer days is imho a must have too. First time in Zalissya when I entered the bar in the afternoon, when exiting after the little cutscene with Zatov it was almost pitch dark outside. Big immersion killer.
My AMD brothers! Go into adrenaline, and turn on Frame Rate Target Control to fix the mouse input lag!! It still feels a tiny bit sluggish but its so much better.
@@kris33451 the unfortunate reality is that most games launch in a early access state nowadays, Microsoft stepping in, as good as it was, probably had alot to do with the overall state of the game, It feels like it got gutted for Xbox.
I did the same thing. I made it to the first village and I think I'm gonna chill there for a while and wait for some hot fixes. I might do some side missions or something just for kicks, but I'm not going to advance the main story until I see some improvements.
i don't use a laptop and i have no issues but i still want to say that if there was a standard for helping out people with settings, this would be the example for a lot of RUclipsrs. thanks!
Frame gen is best when working with a 60fps base on a 120hz VRR display. Native frames may dip into the 40s but it'll still feel smooth. If you can't get anywhere near a consistent 60fps, and are on a 60hz display, it's actually better to cap to 30 and frame gen up to 60, than letting the FPS run unlocked in the 20-60 range because that'll look choppy as hell. Frame delivery consistency is key.
so the dlss fixed me really good. if i can get my asss motivated i can replace a bios chip on my other laptop and have what you have. gen 11 and rtx 3060. thanks man
For us AMD boys framegen looks personally absolutely fine if you dont mind few artifacts here and there. If your option is to play on 40-50 fps without frame gen then i dont know what to say. I would rather go with framegen with slight input lag and enjoy on average 70-80 fps
i have a strong amd card and native with only framegen does it for me. Everything on high (textures on epic) and native 1440p gets me 60 fps. when framegen has a lot of base fps to work with and a lot of detail (no detail lost by upscaling) it works really well
Using my i5-9600k and 3060, i run it at mostly medium, there are times it runs at 60fps no problem. But then lows to 45 or 27 at points when where is no graphical changes. The game wants to run well its just not optimised. I think the devs did this so they could release on time but had to increase the launch requirements like so. I know this example isnt the same but my system runs metro exodus on ultra RTX 1440p smoothly and its still one of the most stunning graphics ive ever seen.
Either metro exodus is the best optimized game in the world (I wouldn't know, haven't played it) or you got the luckiest silicone lottery 3060 ever. I have a 3060 12gb model with 5800x3d, 32gb ram, and there hasn't been a single game that does well with 1440p, much less with RTX AND ULTRA SETTINGS? Alright, I'm starting to think that most people simply don't know what good actually is, maybe it's true that MOST people (80%/20% rule) just don't see any improvement from 30ish-60ish fps, after that any performance improvement is lost on them. And then the 'lucky' few of us can benefit from higher refresh/fps counts... or unlucky because most games releasing now are releasing half-baked, so we only suffer from laggy, low fps experiences.
@K.S-w5s METRO has always been highly optimised (funny how Its a version of XRay engine). I remember playing Metro redux on a GT 720 and a pentium, and it ran amazing on high settings. Exodus is probably the best use if RTX to date and runs well, it even ran ultra on a 2060 I had before, but with the updated graphics last year it dipped but the 3060 handles it.
I have a kinda beefy pc (playing on 4k because i dont have a 1080p monitor) (3080TI, 32 gb ram and so on.. pc is 2y old now) and im playing on mid-high and textures on epic settings. Game runs fine on dlss balanced, get about 60-50 fps (without frame generation) in open world and ofc dumps on me in settelments. But funny thing is whenever i go to a complex of apartements or any other open world location with bulidngs or an abandoned village game runs smooth, so basically game still needs some fixes and optimization. With frame generation i get about 90-70 fps in open world and ofc whenever im entering a settlement i get fps dumps to 45 fps (just for a sec) then it kinda lingers in around 65 fps to 55 fps range, depends on the settlement. Also a funny thing to mention i did put all my settings on epic and used dlss quality with frame generation and it played fine but there was quite a bit of input lagg, same problems with settlements with same fps dips, also its not healthy for the graphic card to push it like that so best play it safe for now and use safe settings configuration. Also im thinking about getting a 1080p monitor so i can set higher settings but im not sure if its worth it..
Framegen works wonders, but only if you already have high fps (like above 60 at least). I have a 3080 and i tried high settings with framegen and the game felt and looked like sh*t. Lowered the settings until i found out the best combo for around 70-80 fps with dlss, then i turned on framegen and not only it doesn't look crap but also input lag is not that bad. You can still notice some weird behavior - mainly in the reflections or narrow distant objects, but i'd rather have that than lower framerate
These are basically all the same changes people recommend for Tarkov and I can tell you they won't give you much improvement, not even in Nvidia control panel. It's mostly all placebo.
I have a 3050 laptop. You have a 3060 laptop. Your game still looks super good and you get like 49 fps. Is the 3050 really that bad? Cuz my game looks like mashed potatoes and blurry as hell. Or is it just an optimisation issue. Because as bad as the 3050 might be, my laptop runs most recent games decently. What do you think?
i also have 4gb 3050 and have same issues. 3050 is still great videocard but game requires mode than 6gb vram but most of the 3050 laptops has 4 that's makes the game unplayable. My next goal is change my laptop with 8gb 4060 now but in 3rd world country it's hard as staying alive in the zone without any firearm.
@@MilvuSe yah same here sadly my 4gb card is holding me back the cheaper option for me rn is just get xbox game pass ultimate and play it from the cloud
Yeah from what I read VRAM has a huge impact on how the game performs and the 4GB difference matters a lot, especially in big openworld games. Which settings are you running your game on rn?
dude i booted it in my old pc, gtx 1080 i7 7700 16 ram played it on medium, and TSR ultra quality, and enabled FSR, it works with a big BUT, every time i loaded the from a save or approaching some settlements, my game freeze for a bit or my game works but all the asset and texture are not loaded ( you gotta wait for 5-20 seconds for all of it to be loaded)
@@dermit381 yeah i think so too, since my actual performance are not really that bad, its just the asset and texture loading time, whenever i load a save or just approached some buildings
Oh yeah I'm not worried, to be fair before release, looking at the min requirements, I was expecting to run the game at low/30fps (if at all), and I'm actually running medium-low at 40-50fps. It still needs a ton of optimization, but I can't complain. A-life is the biggest bummer so far, but i'll wait for the first few patches to see what happens (and if we need the pitchforks or not).
I’m running a lower end gaming laptop to yours and initially there was no issue it ran smooth at like 30/40FPS which I’m used to, but then all of a sudden I hit a barrier and the game would drop to 5FPS which made it unplayable, I couldn’t even get out of the the first bit with the scanners, I reinstalled the game last night through the xbox pass and managed to get past the first part and into the first town but it was so laggy in the first town like unplayable again, I just don’t understand 😂😂 people are saying memory leaks but a lot of people are still playing the game on a low end machine with no problems, it’s like the Microsoft pass version is super bugged compared to steam.
@@R-C-ONE Yeah I have this issue too in towns, during cinematics sometimes etc...less so with all the optimization but it still happens. Definitely a bug/leak or something. Generally pressing esc to open the main menu and wait 10-15s there solves it.
I tweaked some settings on my 1650 laptop and the best for me was everything on low except AA being epic, FSR quality and with vsync on at 900p or 1080p. It gives nearly 30 to 35 fps (sometimes drops to 27s but its alright) which i clipped to 30. If it always runs like that it is i mean, playable. But after some time FPS drops to like one digit frames and turns into a slideshow until i reboot the game. i was suspecting of thermal throttle and tweaked my machine but after i saw some people with way higher rigs than me has the same problem, i think it has to be something with the optimization. I will wait for patches, hope it gets rid of that and at least makes it playable.
both of the frame generation settings make your mouse movement feel like youre fighting against an elastic band to get your aim to go where you want. this game also struggles on higher end harware as well. got a 4060 and ryzen 9 and if i go above medium settings i get 30fps LOL. i tried both mods you mentioned before you made this video and neither seem to do anything for steam version. steam version seems to not read 'engine.ini' AT ALL !!!
I'm taking a break from this game until the performance gets patched a bit. I have the 11th most powerful GPU that exists, and it still runs at 55fps at best with the settings up, even with DLSS Quality.
@hannibalbarkas1350 fr. I've been playing with XeSS in this game, and it is way too better than FSR. I want to see if it is the latest version of XeSS, if not, I will try to replace the dll with a newer version.
For some odd reason, if I lock my fps in in game settings to 30fps and enable the framegen i will get 60fps ingame (except for menu and pda or buying in trader etc.) And for some odd reason i dont get input lag which is weird. Execpt (again) if i got fps drop due to traversing a new area. RX6600 user here. Not sure if will work on Nvidia gpu's.
I use TSR, because FSR produce a lot of ghosting and noice. Though TSR has some weird visual bug. It's hard to explain but when you look closely, you can see a weird weapon outline near the crosshair (middle screen). Dont know how to explain it properly.
I'm on Amd with a 6700xt and frame gen doesn't do that effect with frames but the input lag it's a bit too unbearable also i'm using Xess on UltraQualityPlus and it's alright with 50 fps average but 25-30 dips in major PoI. I want to point out though that using AFMF on the amd drivers (frame gen outiside the game) crashed and corrupted my drivers so i had to reinstall them, refrain from using.
My opinion is that this shouldn't even be a choice for a player to make. We all pay a subscription to gamepass or buy the game. This game has been in development for at least 5 years. We're buying something to enjoy the experience when it's released, we're not buying something so that we can play it properly in 5 years' time. Although I'm a big fan of Stalker, this shows how used people are to buying defective services or goods, as it's the best-selling game on Steam.
Good afternoon guys, a question: having an I7 8700 3.70GHZ + ram 32 corsaire vengeance DDR4 3200 MHZ + Nvidia 1080 TI Asus Rog 11 GB + Maiboard Rog Maximus. Can I play it? Thanks for any answers. If you want to be neighborhood friends you could also explain to me how to set the game to the best of my computer's capabilities. Thank you very much. Sorry for my English.
I've got 3070ti but still had to switch to TSR cause only it gave me smooth frames and no lighting artifacts. With DLSS i got random bright spots shimmer on environament. With FSR i get similar shimmer but on edges of environment. And only TSR got me image that was stable and without any flicker.
@ because its stupid and a tech demo that nobody can run, its a dumbed down xbox game now bro im sorry for yall that paid, adding A-Life to something that is already so demanding would be impossible
yeah, without FSR the game is unplayable for me. With FSR, the broken quests, broken and resetting controls, freezes and crashes make the game unplayable for me. Guess I'm gonna have to wait another year to try it. Thats IF they ever properly implement a real A-Life. Bummer man.
Really enjoying the game BUT for goodness sake...why is there mouse acceleration and mouse smoothing in 2024?! Why are we in 2024 having to look up videos on how to disable these settings when everyone disables them? Why?
3060 is perfectly fine, 3060 on a laptop s a whole other story! I have my old desktop with a 1060 in it, If I get bored maybe I'll try to run the game on it eh xd
I thought the FSR implementation in this game was pretty good, personally. Granted I only used quality and native mode at 1440 and 4K, so this entire video doesn't really apply to me.
Cyberpunk2077 runs like shit on release day even on high end cards. Bannerlord which I personally have waited for, runs like total shit for release day. The first one improved greatly after 2 months and second one needed longer time but improved greatly too. Stalker 2 needs time too 😊
Nothing is going to improve my gtx 1070 😂 I only have money for a gtx 3050 6G OC... but yes SSD is also a must. The rest I have Intel i7 k series and 16Gb ram
Btw, use r. Raytracing =0 (Not sure which part of the words gets censored) As by default it uses raytracing. Find a mod that lets you access the console so you can input it easier than relying on a text file mod.
I'm just hoping there's a mod that reduces foliage, another that replaces the current textures with 1k textures or lower, another that remodels things with lower polygons, I can play Stalker 2 with the lowest settings looking garbage at a pretty nice stable framerate over 60 fps, then a lot choppier in towns (performance is really bad in populated places). I'm holding off playing Stalker 2 until I get a new PC next year, or if there happens to be some substantial performance updates during that period or if mods come out like the ones I want above.
Cheeki how can you accept this hot garbage pretending to be a stalker game is beyond me. It was fun watching you but I can’t deal with the copium everyone seem to be puffing on. Back to Anomaly for me I guess
I think everybody would love optimisation patches, but i dont think the devs can do a lot there... the game has incredible graphical fidelity and that sadly comes at a cost...
I honestly regret having bought the game as it is right now. The spawning system alone is enough to completly turn me off. You can run laps in a military base and have enemies just pop in. I couldnt even spot them from 1 tower to another they just appeared once I got closer. The game is far from finish and asking for triple A price is insulting. I hope the dev fixs the issue and I hope the mods will help, but right now AI life is a lie.
- Check the video description, I'll keep it updated everytime I find something that works. And if you have good tips lemme know I'll pin them here.
- Gimme real A-life and Better Perfs so I can die happy plz
- I've been too harsh wish FSR framegen, it's actually pretty good BUT you need at least a 60fps baseline for it to shine
- ACTUALLY, the mod I'm mentioning in the video (Stalker Optimizer) seems to work, kinda. I had to manually clear my cache and restart my computer to force the game to fully recompile, and it runs a bit smoother (~2 fps gain, but more importantly lower frametime averages, so it feels less stuttery).
The cache is in "C:\Users\"user name"\AppData\LocalLow\NVIDIA\PerDriverVersion\DXCache"
@@CheekiBreekiTv now to rush Grok to get Gamma to 1.0 see we can get Gamma 2 0.1
@@CheekiBreekiTv Hopefully modders can make a full A-Life system and completely new AI that isn’t braindead, otherwise yall got scammed lmao
"crappy laptop"
"I'm playing with a 3060"
*Me staring at my 1050*
BRO ME TOO
I have the same graphics card as Cheeki Breeki and am gaming on a laptop as well (i7-12700H, so a smidge better than his setup). I often feel like as long as it's a laptop I'm playing on, regardless of it being a "gaming" kind of laptop, it's going to be crappy. I've more or less made my peace with it.
Still, it's kind of frustrating that games aren't expected to run decently (note: "decently", not even "well" or "brilliantly") nowadays unless you have a 4080 or a 4090. I'm hoping for a performance patch from GSC like everyone else.
A 3060 mobile?
Thank you! Were hoping you'd upload an optimization guide like you did with GAMMA
I'll probably do a full, extensive guide at some point, but after we get a couple optimization patches, right now it's more some bandaids while waiting for them!
@@CheekiBreekiTv thank you these optimization won't be left ignored
The input lag fix is insane. Absolute game changer thank you Cheeki
This is the only optimization guide, that has actually made a difference for me. Game feels better to play with less stutters, frame drops and vram shortages. NPCs still tank fps though, that's for the devs to fix.
The mouse fixes and launch commands made the game playable... thanks Mr. Breeki! :)
One correction, Frame Generation didn't look disgusting due to you not using the intended upscaler, you can use any and it will be fine so long as you have at the least 60 fps as a baseline before FG. It's why you saw those visual distortions and you've definitely had a ton of input lag added as well. Running it at 55 to about 60 FPS here and FG really smooths things out, it's not perfect but it is perfect playable and enjoyable.
Thanks for the corrections, that's actually good to know! Not sure i'll ever reach the 60fps baseline to fully experience it, but one can hope if we get decent optimizations in the future.
@CheekiBreekiTv That's my hope too, I'm excited to see the patches and free content roadmap they mentioned. Stalkers are eating good. :D
Can confirm this, Framegen "only" works for settings that already deliver at least 60fps and IMPORTANT it will EAT your VRAM. So if your card is already struggling (8gb at 1080p is already almost capped) it will make the game slower/less smooth because of constant RAM swapping.
Might had to restart the game unless it ain't like other game that doesn't apply well until you restart it
My man! Thanks for doing this video. My computer crashes at the complation screen with a BSOD. Been trying every which way to fix but I think it has to deal with the intel Xeon 79 chipset. I will give these tips a shot and see if I can finally play! Thanks again 😊
Can you let me know if you find something, crash at New Game after selecting save slot. (Intel Iris Xe graphics)
@ I’ve been looking but to no avail. Pretty much waiting on the patch that is coming. I believe it has something to do with DX 12 on specific chipset but can’t confirm. Try changing to dx11 and see if it can at least boot. If it can, that is good. Then just wait for patches to fix dx12.
@@darkalleywaystudio3975 I got it on game pass so trying to sort out launch settings for that. But i'll let you know if it works.
Bro, your game looks way better than many of us.
yeah but its 30fps
@@bogdanwalewiadro5717 with good frametimes
Absolute legend, since I downloaded the game it has been unplayable but this seriously help me! Thank you!
That's why I waiting for new gen of cards to upgrade my 1070 and get nice expirience from this title.
Thank you, you do good for all of the people by this!
I'm so glad I upgraded my PC before playing this. Without frame generation turned on using DLSS performance, settings on High, I'm getting on average 70 fps. With frame generation on, bumps that up to over 120-140.
Ryzen 9700x, 64GB RAM, 3080. The 3080 is the only part brought over from the old build.
Good video, gonna try some things you mentioned. I run it capped at 38 fps with Riva, with no upscaling, at 95% render. Game feels very good, its the way I use to run OG Stalker with tons of mods in my old setup.
I actually wanted to try different settings with no upscaling to see the results but convinced myself it would be a waste of time. Care to share your settings in more details? I'm curious now!
@@CheekiBreekiTv mostly same settings as you, since my setup is a bit weak (r5 3600, 6650xt, 32gb ddr4 and HDD install). I capped at 38 because was a number I could achieve. No FG, no upscaler. Gonna fire it up right now and check in detail what setting Im using. I love you content, big fan
@@Ramón_b23 Ok cool thanks! I'm gonna try out of curiosity, who knows!
@@CheekiBreekiTv It took so long to compile shaders lol. Diffs in my config are: Effects: Med, Sharpness: 20%- Clouds:Med, Sky:Med, Foliage:low, Draw Distance:Far. I will try your settings today
@@Ramón_b23 Dude, never install games and the OS on an HDD. The slow random access speeds of will cause stuttering
Privet Cheeki Stalker , Just here to say that Grok and his squad are already (yes now) covering stalker 2 , they got some 'must have' mods (for exemple mutant less spongebullet, mouse input lag etc) to have for quality perf and game balancing. I suppose you already now that, but theyr discord are a gold mine. See you in the zone. (P.S: Having a blast to , but sometimes , even with or without mods i got rare memory leaks, and oooooo'boi , when it's happen , i have to go back at the start menu and reload... no choice.)
Yes I've been using his lower HP mutants mod! So far that's the only thing I found necessary.
I'm playing on Stalker difficulty and haven't been bothered by the economy, repair cost, carry weight etc.. I find it pretty much in line with the OG games.
@@CheekiBreekiTv Longer days is imho a must have too. First time in Zalissya when I entered the bar in the afternoon, when exiting after the little cutscene with Zatov it was almost pitch dark outside. Big immersion killer.
My AMD brothers! Go into adrenaline, and turn on Frame Rate Target Control to fix the mouse input lag!! It still feels a tiny bit sluggish but its so much better.
I hope you are enjoying the game, after a few hours i decided to take a break and wait for some patches, the zone feels shallow.
why i dont play on day 1 even 10
@@kris33451 the unfortunate reality is that most games launch in a early access state nowadays, Microsoft stepping in, as good as it was, probably had alot to do with the overall state of the game, It feels like it got gutted for Xbox.
Because there is no A-Life just a basic spawning system
I did the same thing. I made it to the first village and I think I'm gonna chill there for a while and wait for some hot fixes. I might do some side missions or something just for kicks, but I'm not going to advance the main story until I see some improvements.
@@Supernautiloid theres a video what gona do some fps fix and mouse lags if it helps ruclips.net/video/Q--1LShWQHo/видео.html
i don't use a laptop and i have no issues but i still want to say that if there was a standard for helping out people with settings, this would be the example for a lot of RUclipsrs. thanks!
A yes i love playing this game 1080p 30fps when i usually run cp2077 at 2k 120
thats the same resolution
2k is 1440p @@xracecar
Literally this
@@itzstone no its not. 4k isnt actually 4k, therefore 1080p is 2k
The hero we needed.
This was super helpful! I have the same exact pc so everything worked
Frame gen is best when working with a 60fps base on a 120hz VRR display. Native frames may dip into the 40s but it'll still feel smooth. If you can't get anywhere near a consistent 60fps, and are on a 60hz display, it's actually better to cap to 30 and frame gen up to 60, than letting the FPS run unlocked in the 20-60 range because that'll look choppy as hell. Frame delivery consistency is key.
Ok, i need to try this input lag fix!
Un grand merciiiiiii !
so the dlss fixed me really good. if i can get my asss motivated i can replace a bios chip on my other laptop and have what you have. gen 11 and rtx 3060. thanks man
For us AMD boys framegen looks personally absolutely fine if you dont mind few artifacts here and there. If your option is to play on 40-50 fps without frame gen then i dont know what to say. I would rather go with framegen with slight input lag and enjoy on average 70-80 fps
thank you, it felt like my aim was muddy lol
FSR with frame gen made a massive frame rate improvement on my AMD system. I don't know if you Nvidia bois will see the same thing though.
solving the crazy pop in with trees and A life being fixed is all i want...it feels like we'll be waiting until feb 2025 at this point tho :x
There is no a life, just a bubble around you where the games rolls a dice on what will spaw
@@bitofbeer devs themselves said the A-Life is bugged to hell and are working on a fix.
@@Cynic_6489The bubble is how its supposed to work bro there is no A-Life like the old games
@@giacomobucciarelli7143 once again the developers have mentioned that the a-life is broken as shit right now
THANK YOU!
i have a strong amd card and native with only framegen does it for me. Everything on high (textures on epic) and native 1440p gets me 60 fps. when framegen has a lot of base fps to work with and a lot of detail (no detail lost by upscaling) it works really well
If you have problems with widescreen stuttering, try playing on 1920x1080 with 16 by 10 aspect ratio
Using my i5-9600k and 3060, i run it at mostly medium, there are times it runs at 60fps no problem. But then lows to 45 or 27 at points when where is no graphical changes. The game wants to run well its just not optimised. I think the devs did this so they could release on time but had to increase the launch requirements like so. I know this example isnt the same but my system runs metro exodus on ultra RTX 1440p smoothly and its still one of the most stunning graphics ive ever seen.
Either metro exodus is the best optimized game in the world (I wouldn't know, haven't played it) or you got the luckiest silicone lottery 3060 ever. I have a 3060 12gb model with 5800x3d, 32gb ram, and there hasn't been a single game that does well with 1440p, much less with RTX AND ULTRA SETTINGS? Alright, I'm starting to think that most people simply don't know what good actually is, maybe it's true that MOST people (80%/20% rule) just don't see any improvement from 30ish-60ish fps, after that any performance improvement is lost on them. And then the 'lucky' few of us can benefit from higher refresh/fps counts... or unlucky because most games releasing now are releasing half-baked, so we only suffer from laggy, low fps experiences.
@K.S-w5s METRO has always been highly optimised (funny how Its a version of XRay engine). I remember playing Metro redux on a GT 720 and a pentium, and it ran amazing on high settings. Exodus is probably the best use if RTX to date and runs well, it even ran ultra on a 2060 I had before, but with the updated graphics last year it dipped but the 3060 handles it.
I have a kinda beefy pc (playing on 4k because i dont have a 1080p monitor) (3080TI, 32 gb ram and so on.. pc is 2y old now) and im playing on mid-high and textures on epic settings. Game runs fine on dlss balanced, get about 60-50 fps (without frame generation) in open world and ofc dumps on me in settelments. But funny thing is whenever i go to a complex of apartements or any other open world location with bulidngs or an abandoned village game runs smooth, so basically game still needs some fixes and optimization. With frame generation i get about 90-70 fps in open world and ofc whenever im entering a settlement i get fps dumps to 45 fps (just for a sec) then it kinda lingers in around 65 fps to 55 fps range, depends on the settlement. Also a funny thing to mention i did put all my settings on epic and used dlss quality with frame generation and it played fine but there was quite a bit of input lagg, same problems with settlements with same fps dips, also its not healthy for the graphic card to push it like that so best play it safe for now and use safe settings configuration. Also im thinking about getting a 1080p monitor so i can set higher settings but im not sure if its worth it..
Framegen works wonders, but only if you already have high fps (like above 60 at least). I have a 3080 and i tried high settings with framegen and the game felt and looked like sh*t. Lowered the settings until i found out the best combo for around 70-80 fps with dlss, then i turned on framegen and not only it doesn't look crap but also input lag is not that bad. You can still notice some weird behavior - mainly in the reflections or narrow distant objects, but i'd rather have that than lower framerate
hey cheeki thanks for the video! btw im trying to find the music you used in the video and can't find it... can you help me out?
Cheeki Breeki 🤘
These are basically all the same changes people recommend for Tarkov and I can tell you they won't give you much improvement, not even in Nvidia control panel. It's mostly all placebo.
I have a 3050 laptop. You have a 3060 laptop. Your game still looks super good and you get like 49 fps. Is the 3050 really that bad? Cuz my game looks like mashed potatoes and blurry as hell. Or is it just an optimisation issue. Because as bad as the 3050 might be, my laptop runs most recent games decently. What do you think?
i also have 4gb 3050 and have same issues. 3050 is still great videocard but game requires mode than 6gb vram but most of the 3050 laptops has 4 that's makes the game unplayable. My next goal is change my laptop with 8gb 4060 now but in 3rd world country it's hard as staying alive in the zone without any firearm.
Yes. Keep away from all entry-level cards if you want to game at anything over 30 fps. xx60 minimum. The xx50's are very bad.
@@MilvuSe yah same here sadly my 4gb card is holding me back the cheaper option for me rn is just get xbox game pass ultimate and play it from the cloud
I have a 3050ti laptop, the game is unplayable and I doubt it will be but only time will tell
Yeah from what I read VRAM has a huge impact on how the game performs and the 4GB difference matters a lot, especially in big openworld games. Which settings are you running your game on rn?
dude i booted it in my old pc,
gtx 1080
i7 7700
16 ram
played it on medium, and TSR ultra quality, and enabled FSR, it works with a big BUT, every time i loaded the from a save or approaching some settlements, my game freeze for a bit or my game works but all the asset and texture are not loaded ( you gotta wait for 5-20 seconds for all of it to be loaded)
16 GB ram may not be enough... i play on medium 1080p and it always uses about 20-22 GB ram
@@dermit381 yeah i think so too, since my actual performance are not really that bad, its just the asset and texture loading time, whenever i load a save or just approached some buildings
what is the music playing in the background? i heard it in Anomaly but i couldnt ever find it
It's better to limit fps, and enable V Sync in Nvidia Control Panel (and disable them in game).
Games tend to do a shitty job with those
Anyone notice once you go into a cutscene, your fps drops like...30 frames?
Got simmilar laptop...There is a mod on nexus mods that HELPS A LOT :D
do you want us to guess which one it was?
Should i even try an play it if I have a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB. If i remember right thats what I have but it is in that range atleast
Remember hotfixes are coming soon, CSG devs are working as fast as they can ❤
Oh yeah I'm not worried, to be fair before release, looking at the min requirements, I was expecting to run the game at low/30fps (if at all), and I'm actually running medium-low at 40-50fps. It still needs a ton of optimization, but I can't complain. A-life is the biggest bummer so far, but i'll wait for the first few patches to see what happens (and if we need the pitchforks or not).
I’m running a lower end gaming laptop to yours and initially there was no issue it ran smooth at like 30/40FPS which I’m used to, but then all of a sudden I hit a barrier and the game would drop to 5FPS which made it unplayable, I couldn’t even get out of the the first bit with the scanners, I reinstalled the game last night through the xbox pass and managed to get past the first part and into the first town but it was so laggy in the first town like unplayable again, I just don’t understand 😂😂 people are saying memory leaks but a lot of people are still playing the game on a low end machine with no problems, it’s like the Microsoft pass version is super bugged compared to steam.
@@R-C-ONE Yeah I have this issue too in towns, during cinematics sometimes etc...less so with all the optimization but it still happens. Definitely a bug/leak or something. Generally pressing esc to open the main menu and wait 10-15s there solves it.
This work 15 years
CSG?
Cheeki, where did you get viper with drum mag?:o
I have found a drum mag for Viper in one of the stashes (quest reward) in Lesser Zone.
I tweaked some settings on my 1650 laptop and the best for me was everything on low except AA being epic, FSR quality and with vsync on at 900p or 1080p. It gives nearly 30 to 35 fps (sometimes drops to 27s but its alright) which i clipped to 30. If it always runs like that it is i mean, playable. But after some time FPS drops to like one digit frames and turns into a slideshow until i reboot the game. i was suspecting of thermal throttle and tweaked my machine but after i saw some people with way higher rigs than me has the same problem, i think it has to be something with the optimization. I will wait for patches, hope it gets rid of that and at least makes it playable.
both of the frame generation settings make your mouse movement feel like youre fighting against an elastic band to get your aim to go where you want. this game also struggles on higher end harware as well. got a 4060 and ryzen 9 and if i go above medium settings i get 30fps LOL. i tried both mods you mentioned before you made this video and neither seem to do anything for steam version. steam version seems to not read 'engine.ini' AT ALL !!!
I'm taking a break from this game until the performance gets patched a bit. I have the 11th most powerful GPU that exists, and it still runs at 55fps at best with the settings up, even with DLSS Quality.
6:00 holy shit this spawn XD
I can recommend XeSS + FSR3 Frame Gen for AMD users.
Yea XeSS destroys FSR upscaler in this game.
@hannibalbarkas1350 fr. I've been playing with XeSS in this game, and it is way too better than FSR. I want to see if it is the latest version of XeSS, if not, I will try to replace the dll with a newer version.
So can i run stalker 2 with your optimization with my gt720m ?!?!?!?!
Real A-Life wont happen it seems. The performance problems with NPCs will just be worse if they are simulated more out of player sight.
Yeah its fucked bro, sad as hell for people that paid
Next can you tell me how to make it so bloodsuckers aren’t spawning every 15 seconds.
More Videos pls lol
For some odd reason, if I lock my fps in in game settings to 30fps and enable the framegen i will get 60fps ingame (except for menu and pda or buying in trader etc.)
And for some odd reason i dont get input lag which is weird.
Execpt (again) if i got fps drop due to traversing a new area.
RX6600 user here. Not sure if will work on Nvidia gpu's.
I use TSR, because FSR produce a lot of ghosting and noice. Though TSR has some weird visual bug. It's hard to explain but when you look closely, you can see a weird weapon outline near the crosshair (middle screen). Dont know how to explain it properly.
"low end gamers" na bro the game needs a beast of a machine
I'm on Amd with a 6700xt and frame gen doesn't do that effect with frames but the input lag it's a bit too unbearable also i'm using Xess on UltraQualityPlus and it's alright with 50 fps average but 25-30 dips in major PoI. I want to point out though that using AFMF on the amd drivers (frame gen outiside the game) crashed and corrupted my drivers so i had to reinstall them, refrain from using.
My gpu is always at 120 fps how do I lower it?
My opinion is that this shouldn't even be a choice for a player to make. We all pay a subscription to gamepass or buy the game. This game has been in development for at least 5 years. We're buying something to enjoy the experience when it's released, we're not buying something so that we can play it properly in 5 years' time. Although I'm a big fan of Stalker, this shows how used people are to buying defective services or goods, as it's the best-selling game on Steam.
Good afternoon guys, a question: having an I7 8700 3.70GHZ + ram 32 corsaire vengeance DDR4 3200 MHZ + Nvidia 1080 TI Asus Rog 11 GB + Maiboard Rog Maximus. Can I play it? Thanks for any answers. If you want to be neighborhood friends you could also explain to me how to set the game to the best of my computer's capabilities. Thank you very much. Sorry for my English.
I’m doing 30 fps with a 5800x3d and 4070 super at 60% usage
In some areas
I've got 3070ti but still had to switch to TSR cause only it gave me smooth frames and no lighting artifacts. With DLSS i got random bright spots shimmer on environament. With FSR i get similar shimmer but on edges of environment. And only TSR got me image that was stable and without any flicker.
Bro, no video will help... until devs fix it.
nah bro i'm waiting for actual A-Life 2.0 implementation, at the moment i'm disappointed but hope they won't flee with the money...
bro half the team didn't even flee an invasion of their country, no-one's running anywhere
Buddy they rugpulled you, A-Life doesn’t exist and can’t in UE5
@@giacomobucciarelli7143 can't ?? why it can't do something a 15 year old engine could ??
@ because its stupid and a tech demo that nobody can run, its a dumbed down xbox game now bro im sorry for yall that paid, adding A-Life to something that is already so demanding would be impossible
My only problem with the game is I get 100+fps until after an hour of playing it drops to 5 and then crashes...
with my 1650ti i wish that it would look like this
2:36 oh yeah, 30 fps, come to papa :P
yeah, without FSR the game is unplayable for me. With FSR, the broken quests, broken and resetting controls, freezes and crashes make the game unplayable for me. Guess I'm gonna have to wait another year to try it. Thats IF they ever properly implement a real A-Life. Bummer man.
Really enjoying the game BUT for goodness sake...why is there mouse acceleration and mouse smoothing in 2024?! Why are we in 2024 having to look up videos on how to disable these settings when everyone disables them? Why?
i hope it helps me i dont have low fps just sometimes random get down to 14 fps for solid 5 min then back to 100 :/
The game runs great but every now and then It suddenly plummets and it's Incredibly annoying...
I have decent performance half of the time, and half of the time it dips to literally 5 fps. I'm on 4060Ti and amd ryzen 5 7500f
XESS is way better than FSR , its not even close. If you dont have DLSS use that one.
Finding it hard to bind keys
What if I have a shitty i3 8100 an RTX 4060 and 40 GB of RAM?
then you need a new cpu regardless, that's a pretty big bottleneck to have a 4060 and 40gb ram but only an i3
@Murfy_ money is a bitch isnt it
Potato means 3060 hahaaha, think about the 900 and 1000 series owners
3060 is perfectly fine, 3060 on a laptop s a whole other story! I have my old desktop with a 1060 in it, If I get bored maybe I'll try to run the game on it eh xd
if you're running a 900 series card in 2024 that's your problem 🤣🤣
I thought the FSR implementation in this game was pretty good, personally. Granted I only used quality and native mode at 1440 and 4K, so this entire video doesn't really apply to me.
Then why say it, it looks like shit otherwise
@Terminated_Account All upscaling looks like blurry shit below 1440p, honestly. DLSS included
@@rollerrfrom my experience FSR looks the worst, i use TSR in this game and you can notice it but it isnt as distracting.
why even try torture my poor gtx 1650 to death its time to upgrade
Cyberpunk2077 runs like shit on release day even on high end cards.
Bannerlord which I personally have waited for, runs like total shit for release day.
The first one improved greatly after 2 months and second one needed longer time but improved greatly too.
Stalker 2 needs time too 😊
Nothing is going to improve my gtx 1070 😂 I only have money for a gtx 3050 6G OC... but yes SSD is also a must. The rest I have Intel i7 k series and 16Gb ram
Mod the game. Hope you can see the msg b4 youtube deletes it.
It looks like Epic games is a big advertiser on youtube as my post gets deleted lots when talking about a controversial feature that is a lie.
Btw, use r. Raytracing =0
(Not sure which part of the words gets censored)
As by default it uses raytracing.
Find a mod that lets you access the console so you can input it easier than relying on a text file mod.
DLSS in this game looks really bad and I m on a 4090
Real a life and more guns that’s it pls
No real a-life will ever come in UE5
I'm just hoping there's a mod that reduces foliage, another that replaces the current textures with 1k textures or lower, another that remodels things with lower polygons, I can play Stalker 2 with the lowest settings looking garbage at a pretty nice stable framerate over 60 fps, then a lot choppier in towns (performance is really bad in populated places).
I'm holding off playing Stalker 2 until I get a new PC next year, or if there happens to be some substantial performance updates during that period or if mods come out like the ones I want above.
Use the performance mods on nexus. Screw these guides.
Cheeki how can you accept this hot garbage pretending to be a stalker game is beyond me. It was fun watching you but I can’t deal with the copium everyone seem to be puffing on. Back to Anomaly for me I guess
the game looks like ass and runs like ass, im gonna be playing metro exodus and call of pripyat untill they fix this clownshow
Honestly I'm less excited for Stalker 2 and more waiting for a "GAMMA 2" in whatever shape that may take.
Hopefully the modders can add actual A-Life but I doubt it
I think everybody would love optimisation patches, but i dont think the devs can do a lot there... the game has incredible graphical fidelity and that sadly comes at a cost...
I honestly regret having bought the game as it is right now. The spawning system alone is enough to completly turn me off. You can run laps in a military base and have enemies just pop in.
I couldnt even spot them from 1 tower to another they just appeared once I got closer.
The game is far from finish and asking for triple A price is insulting. I hope the dev fixs the issue and I hope the mods will help, but right now AI life is a lie.
Game sucks ass