Laptop Performance (ugh, it's hideous!)

[Falkerz]

Specs:
Win 10 Pro
AMD Radeon HD 8730M (Unless it was using the Intel HD 4000, I can never tell the difference between them...)
i7 3537U Dual Core @2.0GHz w/TB up to 3.1GHz and HT
8 gb DDR3 1600
It's a laptop... 4.62A 19.5v = 90.09W (yey...)

Settings:
Res: FORCED 1280x720p
AA: Lowest
AF: Lowest
AO: ON (?!?!) Huh, wow. Glad I took that screenshot now. I should lern to do gud reding mor.
Shadows: Lowest
Effects: lowest
Textures: lowest
Post Process: lowest
Motion Blur: lowest

Performance:
Average fps: 12
Lowest fps: 9
Highest fps: 20

NOTES:

My laptop is a pile of 5#!7

Also, Screenies!

Just to prove I'm running in full potato mode...



Let the --torture-- FUN begin...










And now, for the ever important, HOW to get out of that ever favourite trap on the right hand side of that tiny-under-bridge-passageway-just-before-the-tunnel-by-the-up-high-shortcut-split-after-the-left-side-ramp-split-about-halfway-through-the-industrial-circuit-trick.

STEP 1: Get stuck


STEP 2: Use the darkest of magic to drive along the terrain, avoiding the pitfalls, until you get to a point whereby you can drive under the track (the car kinda just goes there when you reach it).


STEP 3: Drive back under the track in a perpendicular fashion (so, across) and then you inda just hop back up... Feelings, and stuff...




Then you carry on racing!










TADA! And THATS how you prove your machine cannot. It just can't. I think it was only a 3 or maybe a 5 lap race? I cannae remember specifics. Good test though.

(On the side, is there any chance of a [spoiler][/spoiler] tag?

[StickyBassline]

Unreal engine 4 is unfortunately one of the most demanding engines available :/ Probably won't be possible to optimize the game more than 30%.

[KazzyMac]

If you want to force it to run on the dedicated GPU, browse into Steam's local files, find Grip.exe, right click it and look for 'run with - dedicated graphics processor'. or whatever. There's an option on Windows 10, I had to do that for a few other UE games (such as Rocket League).

If I'm getting 200fps on a GTX980 you should be getting more than 20 on that thing even if it is a mobile card. Sounds like it's running from the integrated graphics.

[wantfastcars]

[Falkerz]

[KazzyMac]

I learned the hard way eight years ago that ATI/AMD graphics hardware is not worth the effort. I had a laptop with an ATI Radeon x300 Mobility chip ........ couldn't run sh*t, and then when I foolishly tried to update the drivers I -definitely- couldn't run sh*t because the catalyst control center disappeared and all of my performance-tweaking options disappeared with it.


... This is why I forked out for a laptop with a GTX970 and not an AMD R9 270/290 or whatever. Their driver support is just ........ *climbs on the nopetrain* :/

[tjgcrush]

my potato looks horrible with the current settings on it but i fixed that by putting the game on 720X400 with everything on low and shadows at a med so that i looks pretty and i get around a solid 40-60 fps though the screen gets bars and it looks like a movie and half the hud is gone, ppfft i don't need to know what place im in XD

[Broscar]

Another hater of ATI/AMD mobile products here.
*destroyed a €1000 laptop in blind rage because the drivers ruined my life*

Falkerz, did you try assigning the GPU to Grip.exe yet?
Also, the lowest you can go with resolution is 680x480. Might be able to squeeze out a few more slides for the slideshow ;p

[Justify]

Did you assign the GRIP.exe or the corresponding 64 bit exe to your GPU? By default it was assigned to the Intel HD Graphics.

[Queadah]

[KazzyMac]

[Falkerz]

OK then fancy Mc Beautiful people! I have played around with my laptop, I ran the game at reduced settings, and only saw an average 8 fps improvement by dropping settings to medium / low with AO OFF. Maybe it was on the intel card, but the difference is so minimal it wasn't particularly worth it...

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ama62h0a4rnt ... E8F0a?dl=0