PC gamers die aan de slag zijn gegaan met Batman: Arkham Knight ondervinden zowel gameprestatie als gamefile problemen.
Bij de gamefile problemen gaat het vooral om pre-loaded games. Spelers krijgen te maken met crashes en gamefreezes zodra er gespeeld kan worden. Oplossingen waarbij de gamecache word bevestigd, zorgen er soms voor dat Steam de game volledig of grotendeels opnieuw gaat downloaden.
Bij de gameprestaties zijn vooral AMD mensen de lul. Er zijn al een aantal meldingen van mensen waarbij de framerate onder de 5FPS komt. Warner kwam met deze ‘oplossing’ voor mensen, die eigenlijk geen oplossing genoemd mag worden, je moet voor de minimale specs namelijk een nieuwe AMDkaart aanschaffen.
Problemen komen vooral voor bij het gliden en het rijden in de Batmobile. Problemen komen zelfs voor bij videokaarten als de GTX 980, GTX 970 en in sommige gevallen zelfs de Titan X. Ook zijn er gebruikers die melden dat de game automatisch de fps op 30 vastzet na het opnieuw opstarten, dit is waarschijnlijk een bug.
Er wordt in elk geval aangeraden om niet aan de .ini files van de game te komen.
Spelers zijn woedend op de uitspraken van Warner en Rocksteady. De geadviseerde settings zijn lager dan wat hun systeem en de game aan zou moeten kunnen of juist te hoog voor de minimum specs. De nieuwe aanbevolen settings zetten alles automatisch op medium en schakelen de Nvidia’s GameWorks features uit. Voor de medium settings is onder andere een i7 CPU nodig en een grafische kaart die krachtiger is dan dat van de consoles. Het is dan ook volledig terecht dat PC gamers woedend zijn en dat velen van hen hun geld terug willen. De blog post laat ook weten dat mensen met AMD GPU’s ook nog weten dat zij helemaal hun settings naar beneden moeten zetten om onder andere dingen als texture pop-in’s te voorkomen.
Al deze problemen hebben er in elk geval voor gezorgd dat Batman: Arkham Knight op Steam in elk geval een negatief review cijfer heeft.
Dear Batman: Arkham Knight PC owners,
We are aware that there are performance issues for some users playing Batman: Arkham Knight on PC. WB Games is working diligently with our development teams, NVIDIA and AMD, to identify and fix the issues as quickly as possible.
Please know that we value input from those who are playing the game and we are continuously monitoring all threads posted in the Official Batman: Arkham Knight Community and Steam forums, as well as any issues logged with our Customer Support. If you are experiencing any issues with the game, please be sure to report it to wbgames.
In the meantime, we wanted to provide recommended, in-game graphical settings for those with minimum and recommend specs hardware. We will provide recommended settings for the Ultra specs as soon as we are able to conduct more tests. At the bottom of this post, you can find additional information that may help alleviate some of the most frequent issues that some players are experiencing. Also, for reference, we have included a list of the minimum, recommended, and ultra hardware requirements.
If you purchased your copy of the game through Steam and are not satisfied with your experience, you can request a refund here.
Thank you for your patience as we work on resolving these issues and please be sure to check back for updates.
Minimum Hardware Specs
(or equivalent)Resolution: 1280×720
V-Sync: Off
Anti-Aliasing: Off
Texture Resolution: Low
Shadow Quality: Low
Level of Detail: Low
Interactive Smoke/Fog: Off
Interactive Paper Debris: Off
Enhanced Rain: Off
Enhanced Light Shafts: OffExpected: 30fps (capped)
It is incredibly important that users with a min spec video card with 2 GB of dedicated VRAM (or 3 GB on AMD) to keep the Texture Resolution set to Low. Increasing this to Normal will cause significant performance issues.
By default, the game may set the user’s monitor to the maximum output offered. Users should reset to 720p on min spec hardware.
With these settings on Min Spec AMD GPU’s, users can expect some minor texture pops, occasional loading symbols during fast-paced scenarios, and some hitches & stuttering when gliding or driving the Batmobile.
Recommended Hardware Specs
(or equivalent)Resolution: 1920×1080
V-Sync: On
Anti-Aliasing: On
Texture Resolution: Normal
Shadow Quality: Normal
Level of Detail: Normal
Interactive Smoke/Fog: Off
Interactive Paper Debris: Off
Enhanced Rain: Off
Enhanced Light Shafts: OffExpected: 30fps (capped)
The Recommended Spec is intended to deliver an experience on par with the current generation of gaming platforms.
For an optimal experience, users with recommended spec hardware should not set their resolution higher than 1080p.
By default, the game may set Shadow Quality and Level of Detail to High on Recommended Spec hardware. Users should revert these to Normal.
With these settings on Rec Spec AMD GPUs, users can expect some minor texture pops, occasional loading symbols during fast-paced scenarios, and some hitches & stuttering when gliding or driving the Batmobile. To help alleviate this, AMD users using Rec Spec GPU’s should turn Texture Resolution, Shadow Quality, and Level of Detail to Low. We continue to work closely with AMD to resolve these issues as soon as possible; make sure you have the most current drivers and check back here for updates on when the next driver version is available.
Additional Recommendations
We do not recommend that users change anything in the game’s .ini files as this will potentially negatively impact performance, including frame rate, and stability.At this time we do not recommend using NVIDIA’s GeForce Experience or AMD’s Gaming Evolved Optimization tools.
We’re currently working on improving streaming performance from mechanical hard drives (HDD). Addressing this is one of our top short-term priorities.
For users that have an SSD available, we’ve noted increased streaming performance when the game is installed to that type of drive.
Once again, we’d like to stress the importance of having the latest drivers from your graphics card manufacturer. Staying up to date could potentially alleviate many performance issues, and will improve your game experience.
– NVIDIA GeForce users should use GeForce GameReady WHQL Driver version 353.30
– AMD users should use Catalyst 15.6 beta driverCrossfire on AMD is currently not supported. This is to be addressed in a future driver update from AMD.
Eyefinity (multi-monitor) on AMD is currently not fully supported. This is to be addressed in a future driver update from AMD.
When running Nvidia SLI, using the NVIDIA Control Panel to set one card as a dedicated PhysX card may improve performance.
Players should not disable and/or edit the size of their page file. Windows manages this automatically, and leaving this at the default settings will provide an optimal experience when playing Arkham Knight. We strongly recommend that users avoid making edits to this.
Game System Requirements
Minimum Hardware Specs:
OS: Win 7 SP1, Win 8.1 (64-bit Operating System Required)
Processor: Intel Core i5-750, 2.67 GHz | AMD Phenom II X4 965, 3.4 GHz
Memory: 6 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 (2 GB Memory Minimum) | AMD Radeon HD 7950 (3 GB Memory Minimum)
DirectX: Version 11
Network: Broadband Internet connection required
Hard Drive: 45 GB available spaceRecommended Hardware Specs:
OS: Win 7 SP1, Win 8.1 (64-bit Operating System Required)
Processor: Intel Core i7-3770, 3.4 GHz | AMD FX-8350, 4.0 GHz
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 – 3 GB Memory Recommended
DirectX: Version 11
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Hard Drive: 55 GB available spaceUltra System Hardware Requirements:
OS: Win 7 SP1, Win 8.1 (64-bit Operating System Required)
Processor: Intel Core i7-3770, 3.4 GHz | AMD FX-8350, 4.0 GHz
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
Graphics Memory: 4 GB
