[H] Far Cry Primal performance review

[96Firebird]

Huh, and here I thought criticizing the source was "threadcrapping"...

 

[poofyhairguy]

Wow those screenshots are amazing. This game looks fantastic.

 

[moonbogg]

Game looks fairly pretty. Seems to be pretty demanding GPU wise. I can pimp it, but I'll spare my ring hand and let this one go. Too many damn games coming out. Have to quit my job and abandon my family to play them all.

 

[3DVagabond]

I find it very interesting, almost entertaining, the way the graphs and visuals aren't matching the narrative lately with [H]'s reviews. Ever since the Nano debacle where [H] went on a rant before they got the card and then AMD didn't send them one.

 

[Bacon1]

I find it very interesting, almost entertaining, the way the graphs and visuals aren't matching the narrative lately with [H]'s reviews. Ever since the Nano debacle where [H] went on a rant before they got the card and then AMD didn't send them one.

Yep, there is a good post over on reddit about it. Shows their bias between when Nvidia is faster vs when AMD is.

 

[thesmokingman]

You know that poster that called them out is gonna get the banhammer.

 

[swilli89]

Taking [H] off my bookmark bar. I really dislike vendor bias, including any AMD bias (although it seems to be a bit more rare for whichever reason).

Like its been from the very start almost two decades ago, unless you are one of the general gamers that plays every latest AAA release, you should seek out the games you play and judge a potential purchase on those games.

 

[Elixer]

This is typical of that site, has been going on a long time.
Question them about their neutrality? They ban you.
Bring up proof that they are doing skewed results? They ban you.

They are just paid shills. Nothing more.

 

[Madpacket]

I used to shrug off people saying the [H] are a bunch of biased **** but after this review it's fairly obvious what they're doing here. With AMD turning the tide lately it's pretty embarrassing watching how desperate the pro green camp is becoming.

 

[thesmokingman]

It's kind of refreshing a benchmark thread not littered with trolling.

 

[maddie]

I suppose everyone read their forum thread salivating at moving away from framerate measurements and using purely subjective values. I suppose no one can point to hypocrisy in their reviews then.

 

[Mercennarius]

Hawaii in Crossfire is beast.

 

[Bacon1]

I suppose everyone read their forum thread salivating at moving away from framerate measurements and using purely subjective values. I suppose no one can point to hypocrisy in their reviews then.

Yeah it was sad how badly they wanted it to be just on "how we felt the gameplay was".... they were good when they were the only ones doing actual in game testing, except it was still upto their preference on IQ settings for cards. Finally after pressure they added Apples to Apples testing, but always hated it and downplayed it or used obscure settings that didn't run on either card.

They've also brainwashed half their fanbase to believe that Ashes is only a benchmark and not an actual game, let alone one that is releasing in two weeks.

Brent's post saying the Primal graphics are a downgrade is... yeah...

Far Cry Primal is a visual downgrade from Far Cry 4, I stand by that. All the features I mentioned that were in Far Cry 4, are not in Far Cry Primal, that is a fact.

The visuals feel hollow to me, compared to Far Cry 4. I've been using Far Cry 4 for over a year now, so I have a pretty good idea how that game feels visually, and this one doesn't add up. It's not the worse looking game, and at 4K, and from a distance, it looks ok. Up close, examining each feature, it doesn't add up.

It is missing things that modern games visually have today, and this one just flat out doesn't, point of fact. It is a game that could have been released several years ago, visually, it doesn't represent or come near to the features implemented today in games like Rise of the Tomb Raider, Hitman, and other DX12 forward looking games that we will be adding to our gaming suite. Those games are better addtions to our gaming suite as they push the gaming industry forward, so we will be adding them, this game, Far Cry Primal, does not. I stand by my analysis.

 

[IllogicalGlory]

Ironically, one of the best looking games ever, Star Wars Battlefront, runs at 60 FPS high settings at 4K with a single 980 Ti/Fury X.

Just the fact that a single-GPU can potentially play this game at the highest possible game settings at 4K just shows how non-graphically challenging Far Cry Primal truly is.

That line is just utterly baffling. You can find plenty of terrible looking games that run at 10 FPS at 4K (most Unreal 4 games), doesn't make them worthy benchmarks. That thinking just makes absolutely no sense, whatsoever. My brain just can't understand the "thought" that went into that. Can't wait for them to add ARK to their benchmark suite! I mean, a 980 Ti gets 9 FPS on 4K Ultra. Must be a really great looking game. There's a DX12 patch on the way too.

 

[Bacon1]

Yeah their idea of "Game runs well, not worth of benchmarking" was apparent when they did Alien Isolation which they gave major props to and even liked how it used open technologies, yet didn't include it in benchmarks because it was so optimized...

And yeah, they never even tested Star Wars Battlefront did they?

 

[Raising]

What's the point of a benchmark without overclocking both cards ? the 980ti can get at least 20% more performance..

 

[littleg]

Maybe the devs should code it to clock the GPU down to 100MHz, they'd get glowing reviews from [H]. Everyone without a brain knows the lower the fps the better the game.

 

[Erenhardt]

My vote goes for Cryptomining in the background for the devloper.

1 Make games cheaper,
2 Include mining troyan,
3. ?????
4. profit ฿฿฿
5.Get better reviews for killing perf,
6. Be on the front page every time new GPU is reviewed.

 

[Innokentij]

Nice performance on the game, but sadly without HBAO+ and hairworks im not gonna bother, will just look like a consoll game without and wont make me feel special pc master race.

 

[3DVagabond]

What's the point of a benchmark without overclocking both cards ? the 980ti can get at least 20% more performance..

Depends on what card they are using, never mind silicon lottery. A lot of cards boost to 1300-1400 right out of the box. Especially the ones they send reviewers. No 20% more perf from O/C'ing happening there.

 

[Mahigan]

Nice performance on the game, but sadly without HBAO+ and hairworks im not gonna bother, will just look like a consoll game without and wont make me feel special pc master race.

“To have the choice between proprietary software packages, is being able to choose your master. Freedom means not having a master. And in the area of computing, freedom means not using proprietary software.” — Richard Stallman

Oh and Happy Birthday, Richard Stallman, born on March, 16 1953.

 

[AtenRa]

My vote goes for Cryptomining in the background for the devloper.

1 Make games cheaper,
2 Include mining troyan,
3. ?????
4. profit ฿฿฿
5.Get better reviews for killing perf,
6. Be on the front page every time new GPU is reviewed.

 

[AtenRa]

I actually care a lot about new technologies and better graphics but I want to be able to have the same options with every GPU vendor. One year I may have a AMD GPU and then I may get a new NV GPU. I want to be able to play the same games with the SAME GRAPHICS ON BOTH GPUs and be optimized for both of them.

If NV want proprietary on PC Games we will make them forget about it.

To NVIDIA, better spend our money (you do know it is our money you are spending for the GW crap do you ??) for better GPU designs and open software for every Gamer. Spend our money to make better products and let Game devs create beautiful Games with lots of new graphics features optimized for every Gamer.

 

[Innokentij]

“To have the choice between proprietary software packages, is being able to choose your master. Freedom means not having a master. And in the area of computing, freedom means not using proprietary software.” — Richard Stallman

Oh and Happy Birthday, Richard Stallman, born on March, 16 1953.

Your master is DirectX so duno what u on about, linux threads > that way

 

[3DVagabond]

Your master is DirectX so duno what u on about, linux threads > that way

Vulkan works in Windows.