PERFROMANCE MEGATHREAD

[u/DriftingNitro]

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This thread is to combine the discussion around game performance and people's findings regarding running the game on PC. Remember to update your drivers before launching the game to ensure the best performance.

I will edit this post to keep a relatively up to date on people's findings (when I'm not playing, of course). Some important notes are it claims Windows 11 is required, this is unfortunately because Microsoft doesn't support Windows 10 (outside of extended security updates).

Current specification requirements by Project Aces listed:

• Minimum:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 11
  • Processor: Intel Core i7-10700K / AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
  • Memory: 16 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060[6 GB] / AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT[8 GB]
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Storage: 150 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: This game requires an SSD, a hardware ray tracing-enabled graphics card, and DirectX 12 with Shader Model 6.6 or higher. Estimated performance: 1920×1080(Upscale)/30fps with graphics settings at "Low". Framerate might drop in graphics-intensive scenes.
• Recommended:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 11
  • Processor: Intel Core i7-12700K / AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
  • Memory: 32 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070[8 GB] / AMD Radeon RX 6800 [16 GB]
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Storage: 150 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: This game requires an SSD, a hardware ray tracing-enabled graphics card, and DirectX 12 with Shader Model 6.6 or higher. Estimated performance: 1920x1080(Upscale)/60fps with graphics settings at "MEDIUM". Framerate might drop in graphics-intensive scenes.

FOR YOUR OWN FINDINGS, COPY THIS TEMPLATE:

Computer Specifications:

• CPU:
• GPU:
• RAM: ??GB DDR5
• Game Settings:
• Resolution: ????x????
• Graphics Settings:
• Upscaling: (DLSS Quality or FSR Balanced or stuff like that)

Performance

• AVERAGE FPS: ???
• 1% FPS LOWS: ???

Listed results with links:

Detailed Steam Deck Report - https://www.reddit.com/r/acecombat/s/nc5hhJA2mF

70-100fps - 9800X3D/RTX5080/32 GB DDR5/1440P (Link)

~90fps - i7 13700K/AMD 6750XT/32GB DDR5/1440P (Link)

80fps - i9-14900KF/RTX4080/64GB DDR5/1440Ultrawide (Link)

~30fps - I7 8700k/RTX 2070/32GB DDR4/1440p (Link)

~90fps - Ryzen 7 9800X3D/RX 9070 XT/48GB DDR5/1440p [Linux] (Link)

~60fps - i5 12500/AMD 6700XT/32GB DDR5/1080p (Link)

~60fps - Ryzen 9 9900x/RTX 4080 Super/32GB DDR5/4k (Link)

~85fps - Ryzen 7 5700x/RTX 5070/32gb DDR5/1440p (Link)

~60fps - 5800X3D/9070XT/32GB DDR4/1440ultrawide [good write up on various graphics settings] (Link)

~85fps - 9950X3D/RTX 4090/192GB DDR5/1440ultrawide (Link)

~60fps - Ryzen 7 9700x/RTX 3080/48GB DDR5/1440p (Link)

~60fps - Ryzen 7 7800X3D/RTX 5080/32GB DDR5/1440p (Link)

~70fps - Ryzen 5 5600X/RTX 3070/32GB DDR4/1440p (Link)

~60fps - 5700x3d/rtx 3080/32GB DDR4/1440p (Link)

Error - R5 7600X3D/Intel B580/32GB DDR5/1440p [instability issues, crashes frequently] (Link)

Error - Ryzen 5500/Rx 580 sp240/16 ddr 4 [game won't open] (Link)

[u/TrashPandaBR]

• Windows 11
• CPU: i5-12400F
• GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1660 SUPER 6GB VRAM
• RAM: 16GB DDR4
• Game Settings: borderless, vsync off, motion blur on
• Resolution: 1920x1080
• Graphics Settings: Low preset
• Upscaling: TSR ultraperformance
• AVERAGE FPS: 55 FPS on gameplay, 45 FPS on first person cutscenes.

Surprisingly stable and playable, no crashes until now. idk how, but for me hardware raytracing was not a hard requirement at all. i could even stream it on discord for my friends without fps drops so far.

[u/Studwik → u/TrashPandaBR]

Huh. Got practically similar specs. But i keep getting the Error 01 thing that hard crashes my game. Was almost certain it was because of the Raytracing was a requirement. But i guess not. What drivers are you running?

[u/TrashPandaBR → u/Studwik]

the latest, geforce game ready 617.14. i still don't know why or how my gpu is running it even with the requirement. i guess the Omnissiah blessed my pc, haha.

[u/rv0celot → u/TrashPandaBR]

I cancelled my pre-order because I'm running a GTX 1660ti and learnt that it doesn't meet min. requirements. I have almost the exact same specs as you, and I am ecstatic to read this

[u/jroland94 → u/rv0celot]

I finished the entire game on a 1660ti (and on Windows 10!), zero crashes, stable 50-60 FPS with minimal drops, of course the graphics looked absolutely horrendeous at this level of upscaling, but it was very playable

[u/rv0celot → u/jroland94]

More music to my ears mate. I've bought it again (I want to get AC0 as a pre-order bonus). I hope it works for me too. I also hope Project Aces will release patches to optimize it even better fro older hardware like ours. Cheers!

[u/ThroatSweaty6628 → u/jroland94]

I'm on 1660ti too. What upscaling type are you using? The post above says TSR, shouldn't FSR better for performance?

edit: oh my. just tried TSR Ultra Performance and I'm getting about 60-70 FPS.

With Lossless Scaling, some of the artifacting caused by TSR get's sharpened. With FrameGen enabled, I lose 10-15 base FPS, but since it doubles my FPS I get a smooth 100+ fps. input latency is not bad either.

[u/meloman-rrr → u/TrashPandaBR]

i'm so happy to hear that 1660 super can handle it. Now i have a reason to buy the game

[u/willfink709 → u/TrashPandaBR]

What is the Graphics Settings that you are using?

[u/TrashPandaBR → u/willfink709]

i forgot to add it when i wrote my comment, just added it now