EA Sports PGA TOUR Impressions (PC)

[scagwi]

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I have a GTX 1080 and i7-9700K with 32GB ram. Seems fairly smooth to me. Getting around 75FPS on 1440p. Everything is on HIGH except shadows at medium as shadows demand a lot.

There are some dips when ball first takes flight which is weird. But everything else is fine so far. Initally had stutter on gameplay swipes in between holes, but after a quick restart, its fine.

Could be issues with AMD drivers
Wouldn't be the first time
I'm definitely not alone on PC with some issues, as reddit and the FB group can attest to.

Been demoing on PS5 which is accomplishing all I need anyhow

[pokerlife]

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Could be issues with AMD drivers
Wouldn't be the first time
I'm definitely not alone on PC with some issues, as reddit and the FB group can attest to.

Been demoing on PS5 which is accomplishing all I need anyhow

I have a 2070 super and tried on PC first thing this morning. Kept getting a red screen and distorted graphics and some weird error.. All my other PC games work fine.

[scagwi]

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Seeing folks discovering the "keyboard swing" and their reactions to it...
...Is really entertaining.

This is from EA forum

[SituationSoap]

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I turned everything down to bare minimum -- all graphics settings to lowest and 1080p/30fps locked -- not smooth for me

I mean -- c'mon

I feel like you're not reading what I'm writing. There are potential causes for stuttering on your PC that would be irrelevant to the graphical settings that you're doing. If the bottleneck is not your GPU, setting the game to 640x480 at 30 FPS wouldn't make a difference, because the problem isn't the resolution or the settings you're choosing. If the problem is that the game is expecting a 16-thread CPU and you're only giving it a 12-thread CPU, you're going to experience stuttering regardless of what other settings you change. If the problem is that the game requires 12GB of RAM to deal with what it's loading, if you only have 8GB of RAM, you're going to get stuttering no matter what you do. If the problem is that AMD's drivers aren't playing well with the game, you're going to get stuttering no matter what you do.

It could also be that the game is very poorly optimized and won't play well no matter what happens.

But when it comes to PC gaming there are a lot of variables that are in play and your attitude thus far has been one of a profound rejection of curiosity, making up your mind that the problem is with the PC port and tossing any idea that the problem could be in a configuration that regardless of your insistence, doesn't strictly meet the recommended requirements.

[scagwi]

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I feel like you're not reading what I'm writing. There are potential causes for stuttering on your PC that would be irrelevant to the graphical settings that you're doing. If the bottleneck is not your GPU, setting the game to 640x480 at 30 FPS wouldn't make a difference, because the problem isn't the resolution or the settings you're choosing. If the problem is that the game is expecting a 16-thread CPU and you're only giving it a 12-thread CPU, you're going to experience stuttering regardless of what other settings you change. If the problem is that the game requires 12GB of RAM to deal with what it's loading, if you only have 8GB of RAM, you're going to get stuttering no matter what you do. If the problem is that AMD's drivers aren't playing well with the game, you're going to get stuttering no matter what you do.

It could also be that the game is very poorly optimized and won't play well no matter what happens.

But when it comes to PC gaming there are a lot of variables that are in play and your attitude thus far has been one of a profound rejection of curiosity, making up your mind that the problem is with the PC port and tossing any idea that the problem could be in a configuration that regardless of your insistence, doesn't strictly meet the recommended requirements.

Got it
I'm not new to PC gaming

I have no trouble running anything other than this game
Hopefully it's drivers or something EA can patch (if it's on their side)

I'm not alone here -- internet is full of people with various PC issues.

[Thadeus]

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I have a 4090 with an i9 processor, and the game runs great for me with everything set to ultra/high. I love the game so far.

[scagwi]

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I have a 4090 with an i9 processor, and the game runs great for me with everything set to ultra/high. I love the game so far.

It’d be fun to see some YouTubers running the min and also recommend specs from EA …and testing that

(Won’t go well)

[CujoMatty]

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I have a 4090 with an i9 processor, and the game runs great for me with everything set to ultra/high. I love the game so far.

Me too except a 4080. Silky smooth and gorgeous.

[sawicki]

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Me too except a 4080. Silky smooth and gorgeous.

same with 3090 and 3900xt

[iztrumental]

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4090, 13700k, 32gb ram and of course the game runs like butter for me for the most part. There's some hiccups, stutters and framerate spikes so I'd say the game either is poorly optimized and/or needs a day one patch and/or new drivers (no pun intended). With that said, the game to me looks amazing. I guess some may subjectively think the graphics are meh but with my setup, this feels like a true next-gen game.

This just makes me wish EA would bring all their sports games on PC. Hopefully Madden 24 will be current-gen version and NHL makes it comeback to PC as well. Maybe we'll also get NCAA Football on PC.

[fsufan4423]

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Well! waited all day to play and finally get home to discover there's a LG OLED/Dolby Vision issue. The screen looks like Splatoon with all these weird colors.

I guess I'll be trouble shooting this issue for god knows how long.

[scagwi]

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Well! waited all day to play and finally get home to discover there's a LG OLED/Dolby Vision issue. The screen looks like Splatoon with all these weird colors.

I guess I'll be trouble shooting this issue for god knows how long.

Feels rushed out, especially on the PC side

[fsufan4423]

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Just lovely....this issue is all over the EA forums. It also crashes my drivers and I have to reboot my PC.

[scagwi]

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@FSU

Your copy of the game literally has frostbite

Lol!!

[fsufan4423]

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@FSU

Your copy of the game literally has frostbite

Lol!!

I literally had to install some third party software to disable Dolby Vision to get it to work.