Baldur's Gate 3

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Baldur’s Gate 3 is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, where your choices shape a tale of fellowship and betrayal, survival and sacrifice, and the lure of absolute power. (Website)

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Baldur's Gate 3 PC tech review: polish that puts other AAA games to shame (www.eurogamer.net)

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Baldur's Gate 3 is a game of the year contender - but how does its PC release stack up in terms of visuals and performa…

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (10 children)

(Thankfully, you can use the launch command --skip-launcher to boot straight into the DX11 version of the game, or use --skip-launcher --vulkan to boot straight into Vulkan.)

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In terms of overall recommendations then, I'd suggest DirectX 11 is a better choice than Vulkan for most users with Nvidia and AMD graphics cards, especially those with relatively modern CPUs that meet BG3's recommended specifications. While Vulkan did run better in static scenes when CPU-limited, its poorer performance than DX11 in NPC-rich areas is problematic, making DirectX 11 a better choice overall.

Looks like these guys say DirectX 11 is usually the better pick. I've been running Vulkan and the only negative I've seen is there is a large block that will flicker slightly on the right side of the screen in cinematics. I've going to try DirectX 11 and see if I get the same FPS and quality today. Vulkan with DLSS on quality I get around 100+ FPS. I have a Nvidia 3080TI and intel i7 12700KF.

Edit: I'm running the game on a 4k TV with 120hz. Looks great.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I got to baldur's Gates but I said huge stuttering issues. I've got a 3080 TI and no problems anywhere else in the game. I switch from direct x11 to Vulcan and had no more issues.

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