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Baldur's Gate 3 on PS5 is effectively the PC version at ultra settings (www.eurogamer.net)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Happily, PlayStation 5 manages to deliver a creditable rendition of the game, but the now legendary Act Three continues to humble CPU performance - perhaps more than we anticipated going in.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

It's runs on ultra on my 1060 gtx, I'm not surprised it runs well on consoles, the game is pretty nicely optimized

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You probably haven't gotten to Act 3 yet, the game is extremely CPU bound. I have a Ryzen 9 7950X and while Act 1 and 2 were basically locked to 144fps the entire time, in Act 3 I have seen dips down to the 40s.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Try turning off "Dynamic Crowds" in settings. I didn't notice much difference in how the crowds behaved, but it supposedly simplifies their AI and pathfinding to cut down on CPU use. It helped me a lot in the city.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Ah my CPU is pretty modern compared to the 1060, and no I'm not even into act 2 yet

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

2060 super user here. I'm assuming you haven't made it to Act 3? The game has some performance issues there. I happily turned down the graphics to continue playing smoothly but was a tad disappointed.

I'm on my second playthrough though and they have patched it since my first experience so hopefully the evil campaign runs (visually) smoother.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Act 3's issues aren't GPU bound, it's entirely CPU bottlenecked. It's likely someone with a slower GPU won't see as big a drop in performance in act 3 as you, and it's likely you don't see any performance gain from using DLSS in act 3. My 2080 Super was sleeping through it even at 3440x1440 on ultra while my Ryzen 7 3700x was getting thrashed.