We'll have a review up soon, and will update you on the promised patches when they come.Ĭorrection : We originally linked to a site claiming HBAO+ and PhysX caused the performance issues on AMD graphics cards, but upon further investigation this appears to be incorrect. That just isn't true right now: Gears of War Ultimate Edition has all the problems we're used to dealing with, only there's no opportunity for fans to mod in fixes. Right now, it's a poor look for a store and programming interface that Ars Technica argues will bring console-like stability to the PC.

Maybe Ultimate Edition is a harrowing expedition into DirectX 12 that will lay down nicely paved roads for future games. Graphics settings don't have the same meaning from one game to another, but I think it's fair to expect more stability from Gears of War on a machine that can handle a brand new Ubisoft game smoothly. Whatever the framerate, it's smooth, without any stuttering. (To reiterate, FRAPs is better.) I also can't get it to take on the 2560x1080 resolution of my brand-new ultrawide monitor, and there's no chance of forcing it by editing an ini file or using an external program.īy comparison, The Division runs at 2560x1080 (ultrawide support is built-in) at 60 fps on Medium settings and 35-45 fps on Ultra. FRAPs, MSI Afterburner, and Nvidia ShadowPlay are all superior, but aren't allowed to touch UWAs. It won't let me bind the capture button to a single key, and captures the 'screenshot captured' overlay if I grab screens too fast.

One limitation that's especially annoying to me: I have to use Microsoft's built-in Xbox overlay to take screenshots, and it's pretty awful. Ultimate Edition is one of those Universal Windows Apps we keep talking about, which means players aren't able to poke around an executable, among other limitations. It would be nice if modders could take a stab at it too, but that isn't possible. So it sounds like the publisher is aware of the hitching and is working on it.

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