The most recent Helldivers 2 PC patch has acquired PC gamers begging for efficiency optimizations on Reddit and the Steam Group discussion board. Despite the fact that efficiency isn’t straight addressed within the newest patch, plainly some gamers are reporting worsening circumstances with little clarification.
These ongoing points aren’t concentrating on any particular piece of {hardware}, which means even in case you have among the finest graphics playing cards, you may expertise a downturn in efficiency for the reason that newest Helldivers 2 patch arrived late final week. In truth, regardless of upgrading my GPU since I final performed, my efficiency has additionally taken a success, which I element under.
When checking the Helldivers Reddit, it turns into clear that gamers are combating the efficiency of the sport on PC, provided that 12 posts have gone reside within the final 24 hours, describing points with PC efficiency, with much more going reside simply after the replace dropped on March 25.
That is mirrored over on the Steam Group put up, the place gamers are venting frustrations over what is often being known as “efficiency degradation.” That is the concept after every main replace, PC efficiency will get worse and worse.
Whereas there is no such thing as a publicly gathered information to counsel that the PC efficiency of Helldivers 2 is actively getting worse, the considerations of gamers carry appreciable weight. When taking a better have a look at participant complaints, I seen that numerous them have been utilizing gaming laptops, however shortly after the replace was launched, there have been loads of high-end desktop gamers struggling too.
I dropped again into Helldivers 2 after nearly a 12 months to take a look at the efficiency, leaving my settings precisely how they have been after I initially compiled the perfect Helldivers 2 settings, solely on a greater graphics card (RTX 4070 in comparison with RTX 3070), and located that efficiency has completely gotten worse.
When initially testing at 1440p, I might get a median body charge of 76fps, with a 55fps 1% low. Regardless of upgrading to the RTX 4070, the body charge has improved to 94.3fps, however the 1% lows have dropped to 29fps, whereas the 0.2% is a dismal 5.3fps. You may really feel this within the moment-to-moment gameplay, too. There are clear moments the place the sport grinds to a halt, or stuttering progressively will get worse, particularly as I entered fight, earlier than smoothing out once more after 10-15 seconds.
One ongoing criticism from PC gamers is in regards to the lack of Nvidia DLSS or AMD FSR upscaling, largely as a result of the default anti-aliasing and determination scaling within the sport ends in a very blurry picture. This was additionally a scorching matter when Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt said that “gameplay > cool tech” in reference to requires the upscaling tech to be included because it has grow to be a primary characteristic in video games.
For now, Helldivers 2 and its mysterious PC efficiency points stay unsolved, so let’s hope Arrowhead comes out with a particular patch to deal with (and even acknowledge) them.
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