Act 1 and at the first half of Act 2 ran pretty well for me, generally 80ish fps on max settings everywhere (6700xt @ 1440p). It’s after that when it started running like a three legged mare; frequent random slowdowns to about 15fps. I suspect that they got the game mostly finished and then started their optimization pass at the beginning, and just hadn’t got to the end of the game by the release date, which was moved forward last-minute to avoid Starfield.
The end of the game doesn’t look any more complicated than the beginning; suspect they just ran out of polishing time.
I think that’s might be because only act one was available during early access so that received the most playtesting by a broad range of specs
And act 2 had lower requirements. Many fewer NPC’s etc.
I’ve been playing bg3 in nearly max settings at 4k on a RX6700 and it’s been nearly flawless. I noticed a bunch of people commenting about higher end 30 series cards, does the game struggle on those?
The biggest issue I’ve found is the cpu usage. Especially in the city of BG I’ll see 8+ cpu cores really getting a workout.
Have you gotten to act 3 yet?
I’m most of the way through act 3. I have a 3080ti and it’s still pretty smooth for me. I’m maxed out at 1440p with DLSS on quality.
I’m running it on a fuckin Steam Deck without issue. The Deck can’t even run Apex without lagging like hell.
