Performance expectations for ARK with a 290x?

[carolkarine]

I run at 1440p, I'm considering purchasing this. I'm okay with any settings so long as I can get 40+ at native resolution. Doable?

[Hero7750]

It recommends a radeon 7870/ gtx 660 so I think you should be fine.

[Humbug]

question- do Nvidia and AMD bother to tweak their drivers for these early access games?

I think they probably ignore them for the most part. Whereas when games like GTA V come out they are scrambling to squeeze every frame of performance out with driver optimizations.

[VortexS]

ARK is still REALLY badly optimised. I got around 30/40 fps on low on 1080p. But it's still in early access so it can all change

[SkilledRebuilds]

Currently still fucked up performance wise without a powerhouse GPU or a mix of LOW to medium settings.

I'm sure the pre-beta patch's and post beta patch's will be aimed for performance, with new features still being added in the Alpha stage (speculation)

[Sharkyx1]

question- do Nvidia and AMD bother to tweak their drivers for these early access games?

I think they probably ignore them for the most part. Whereas when games like GTA V come out they are scrambling to squeeze every frame of performance out with driver optimizations.

Developers should operate within the current drivers

And this is unreal 4,the ark team aren't rewriting the renderer, it's probably just that they don't know how to LOD correctly

[full_force1986]

I have a 780ti at 1440p and get around 40 fps view distance and textures at epic rest low.

[Texhnlyze]

Like 20 in low settings? My friend with 970 gets like 15-20.

[PerfectTemplar]

I would say 1-60 fps on low.