It seems that ATI cards have less trouble running this game.

[Adde]

From what I've noticed, people with nVidia GTX cards get lower FPS, while people with higher-end ATI cards have little or no trouble. I have a 5850, and 4GB ddr3 ram, and an AMD 965 and get a constant 50+ fps, while I've seen a guy with a GTX 480, 6GB DDR3 ram, and an i7 got around 20 FPS.

I would like to compile a list of cards and how they run for you. Provide input please. :)

SLI/Crossfire not supported?

Cards with no problems (unless otherwise noted):
GTX 280
ATI 5850
GeForce 8800 GTX
ATI 4870
ATI 4650 ~ Reported lighting issues.
ATI 4890
GeForce 240m GT
GTX 470
ATI 5870
GeForce 240 GT
GeForce 7950 GT
ATI 5970
GTX 260 ~ Occasional crawling
GTX 480 ~ Reported big frame drops running in SLI mode.
GTX 275
ATI 3850
GTX 260M
ATI 4800
GTX 460
ATI 5650
ATI 5770
GTS 250
ATI x---- (ex: x1900) ~ Reported crawling with this series
ATI HD 2600
GTX 285 ~ Reported problems running the game in fullscreen
ATI 4870 X2
GeForce 9800 GTX+ (SLI)
ATI 5830
ATI 5750
ATI 3650 ~ Reported screen flipping?
ATI 3870


From what I've gathered, the SSAO samples can really drag your system on a lot of different machines, if you're having problems I'd turn that down. Also, the game is resolution-sensitive, more-so than usual on games.

[cmf0106]

Nvidia GTX 280 here, zero problems.

[...]

the old flagship 8800 gtx, zero problems too. :D

[Adde]

It might be interesting to see which people have 0 problems on their graphics cards. Anyone else have input on this?

[gve]

Phenom x4 2.6 Ghz
4 Gb Ram
Ati 4870 1Gb

Zero Problems, loads of scary moments

[spartic]

ATI HD radeon 4650 1gb over here, no single problem and running it smooth on high.

Why not, the card can run modern warfare 2 maxed out smooth.

[FetusZero]

Sapphire Toxic Radeon HD5850, no problems at all.

If it would be true, it would make a change from Penumbra in which nVidia had less trouble than ATI.

[Verwandlung]

i7 920
HD 4890 (OC)
6gb Ram
Vista 64


No problems

[Heathy]

humm i have a 4650 and the games dark as hell, lights not working properly, BFBC2 works fine so does eve, meh playing with drivers atm :(

[FrontlinerDelta]

Nvidia GeForce 240m GT 1 GB.

[darkdeus]

GTX 470 here with an e8400 OC to 4ghz. I have no problems with everything turned on the highest at 1920 x 1080. 50-60 fps.

[Adde]

Keep em coming guys. :)

[DIENER]

GTX 470 no problems on high

[dkbibi]

Intel Q9550 Quad 2.83 ghz
4 gig ram DDR3
ATI HD4890 3 gig DDR5
On Win7 x64

Runs smooth with all maxed out

[TimM]

Radeon 5870
Intel Core I7 960 at 4x3.20 Ghz
X58A-UD3R
12 Gb ram.

Top Graphics, no problem.

[k37chup]

If he couldn't run this game with GTX480 then pc gaming is not for him lol

[Saijin_Naib]

GT 240
e7600
8gb DDR3
Win7 x64

All maxed, except for SSAO off.

[czerro]

BFG 7950 GT
Athlon x2 7750 BE
4 GB DDR2 @ 1066
Gigabyte MA770-UD3
Windows XP SP3

Runs flawless at 1280x1024 on maximum detail.

[ronkmonster]

Radeon 5970
Intel Core I7 930 at stock
12 Gb ram

between 20 and 35 fps. but that's everything maxed.
res: 1680x1050

EDIT: by dropping SSAO samples to 64 i get 40+ fps
and to 32 gets me 60fps

i was using 128 initially.

[toquio3]

geforce 240gt
1gb ram
x2 2.80ghz
at 1280x1024 runs smoothly with 16 and 32 SSAO channels.

[morons_update]

have a 260gtx 216 no problems
game begins to crawl at some situations with 32ssao
runs flawless @16 everything else maxed.

[Jachal]

Is this an incognito AMD vs nvidia thread? Who is this guy I've seen a guy with a GTX 480, 6GB DDR3 ram, and an i7 got around 20 FPS.

Hell, I've seen flaming gorillas fall from the sky in December.

Kinda perusing through the forums here and I don't see anyone having major problems at all. I'm pondering this is just a troll thread.

But if it satisfies you I'm running a gtx 480 i7 960 12g DDR 3 1800....with no problems, like everyone else in this thread/forum/internet/world/universe....

[Saijin_Naib]

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1423531
Believe this is the thread being referenced.

[ronkmonster]

Might be worth posting what SSAO settings you guys are using.

[Heathy]

ok i fixed my lighting issue with the radeon 4650 hd 1gb, i had to turn off ssao everything else works on high. 40-60~ fps, with the ssao enabled it completely removes the light giving qualitys of light sources.

[Kamasha]

GTX 275 running everything max with SSAO set to 32. Constant 60 fps.

[Bukeagle]

Has anyone else tested Crossfire? As far as I can tell, it's not supported.

I tested briefly using FRAPS and disabling/renabling Catalyst AI. No change. Pity. Hope there's an update to ATI Crossfire profiles soon. Could definitely use my second 5770's horsepower in there.

Great game!

[Michiel23]

all u guys are talking like smooth fps, but u guys forget the setting u playing on i aint getting wiser of those things u all say, i am playing at 1920x1080@ SSAO @ 128 on medium consant 55, 60 fps per sec if i play the game on high with SSAO 128 its unplayable, evrything else is on max btw

my rig is this

i7 950 @ 3.07
ddr3 ocz xtc 6 gig @ 1600
gigabyte gtx 460 sli, well sli dont work on this game so its a single gtx 460

so thats all for now, so please post right and tell me how u all running the game [retail] or the demo.

[zoinks99]

No problems with my 3850.

[Twiggy159]

GTX 480
Core i7 920 @ 4GHz
Everything maxed
SSAO 16 to 32 samples
50+ FPS

But if you use that 100+ SSAO sample it goes to about 20FPS.

[Michiel23]

GTX 480
Core i7 920 @ 4GHz
Everything maxed
SSAO 16 to 32 samples
50+ FPS

But if you use that 100+ SSAO sample it goes to about 20FPS.

sett SSAO te medium and then try 128 ;)

[Spyle]

GTX480 in SLI running nvidia surround 3x1920x1080. Game is unplayable. Strangely, lower settings = lower FPS. Sitting on the menu it will stay steady at 30fps then out of nowhere drop to 16fps - without doing anything at all, not even moving the mouse!

On 1 monitor game is really laggy also, but not quite as bad. Still not playable.

This game does not look nearly good enough to be beating up these cards :rolleyes:

I don't think it likes the SLI at all.

[Nidht]

GTX 260M, utterly flawless!

[ProstheticDonk]

Running the game on a 480, maxed settings, and it's all glass.

[viehrea_siili]

Intel Quad core something at 3ghz
4g ram
ATI hd 4800

no problems at all, all almost at high and running smoothly.

[Paddles]

I think what the OP was witnessing is the SSAO function of the game running at 128 samples.

I tried to do this and even the menu lagged on me

I have:

INTEL Core I5 750 @ 3.50Ghz
ATI Radeon HD5870 1gig
4Gig DDR3 Gskill Ripjaw RAM

Works fine on 4 SSAO samples any higher and i have trouble.

[Racer Of All]

I've got a GTX 460 1Gb and have no problems with everything MAXED out.

[Adde]

Is this an incognito AMD vs nvidia thread? Who is this guy

Hell, I've seen flaming gorillas fall from the sky in December.

Kinda perusing through the forums here and I don't see anyone having major problems at all. I'm pondering this is just a troll thread.

But if it satisfies you I'm running a gtx 480 i7 960 12g DDR 3 1800....with no problems, like everyone else in this thread/forum/internet/world/universe....

I'm not trolling, neither did I bash either nVidia, or ATI. I did not even suggest one being better than the other. I was merely sharing an observation about in-game performance. Since different cards perform differently in different games, this observation naturally has no impact on nVidia or ATI as they are seen. I think you are trolling.

On another note, I have updated the list with the information given, please anyone else want to share what card they are using and how it's performing for them? I don't care if you already see your card in the list!

[PentagonBlack]

Running on Radeon Mobility 5650. Presets on HIGH, SSAO turned off completely: 60FPS.

Runs great once I actually got it running. Had to do a bunch of driver ♥♥♥♥ery before it wouldn't crash on launch (lesson learned: Sony's VAIO drivers REALLY don't like OpenGL).

[sajuuk]

ATI HD5770 here, the game runs perfectly.

[Miles Snowpaw]

GTS 250 (1GB)
Core2Quad Q9400 @ 2.66 GHz
3 GB RAM - Yes I know, I only have a 32 bit OS so I can't use all 4 =/

1440x900 Resolution
4 SSAO samples, everything else is on max.

Solid 60 FPS all the way :)

[Zorlond]

Sadly, those of us with ATI's x**** series are screwed (x1900 myself), contrary to the OP. All we get (at best) is a 20-second-per-frame slideshow unless we turn off Imagetrails. And even then, we can't open any menus or bam, lockup. Bleh.

[WhiteTigerShiro]

Good to see my card is on the list without a listed exception. Probably won't get the game yet, as I have a lot on my plate right now (still haven't beaten Other M for cripes sake), but I like a good horror game, so it's only a matter of time.

[andours]

The ATI 5650 in my Lenovo Y460 handles this game just fine. Also... Love the game.

[Punisher]

ATI HD 2600 - no problem

[CozmoQ]

EVGA GTX285. Can't play the game in Fullscreen. It loads but endlessly minimizes and crashes windows explorer every time. Only solution is to play the game in windowed mode, which ruins the immersion. In short, this game is bricked on my computer.

[Shebeski]

EVGA GTX285. Can't play the game in Fullscreen. It loads but endlessly minimizes and crashes windows explorer every time. Only solution is to play the game in windowed mode, which ruins the immersion. In short, this game is bricked on my computer.

What drivers?

[iSpaceman]

ATI HD 5770
I'm running it in 1920x1080 and I get the occasional (I don't know the correct technical term for it) line across the center of the screen that stutters :) I got it in the wine cellar

[Paddles]

ATI HD 5770
I'm running it in 1920x1080 and I get the occasional (I don't know the correct technical term for it) line across the center of the screen that stutters :) I got it in the wine cellar

Your problem is screen tearing this happens sometimes when the Frame Rates become uneven and too high.

To stop this happening turn Vsync on it will restrict your frame rates to 60 and stop screen tearing.

[Adde]

List has been updated. Please continue supplying data for this list! What card do you have and how does it run the game for you?

[iSpaceman]

Your problem is screen tearing this happens sometimes when the Frame Rates become uneven and too high.

To stop this happening turn Vsync on it will restrict your frame rates to 60 and stop screen tearing.

Oh really? I thought it was called that, but someone told me its when the fps is all messed up, but thanks anyways :)

+rep

[sfade]

Your problem is screen tearing this happens sometimes when the Frame Rates become uneven and too high.

To stop this happening turn Vsync on it will restrict your frame rates to 60 and stop screen tearing.

Had tearing also, I had to live with the tearing though as enabling VSync made the game extremely jerky on a 5850.

Vsync off and it runs just dandy with everything cranked up though.

[Paddles]

Strange i tend to run all my games with Vsync on and i'm usually always running at 60FPS.

Although i am running a HD5870 the difference in a HD 5850 and HD 5870 is slim to nill almost. Make sure your not running anymore than 4 Samples of SSAO and you should run fine.

[LordArchantos]

HD4870 here w/ Cat 10.8, enabling vsync causes extreme jerkiness on my system as well. Also Edge smoothing causes the frame rate to drop quite clearly when there's water, in other areas it's fine.

So Edge smooth and vsync disabled, SSAO on medium and 16 samples, everything else maxed. Smooth sailing.
I've tried disabling SSAO and enabling vsync and edge smooth (one at a time and both together), but there's no difference. Vsync still causes jerkyness, and edge smoothing w/ water still drops FPS clearly.

Also, if I switch SSAO to high res with samples between 4 and 16, it's still smooth generally, but getting really close to a surface (wall, floor, etc.) or a light source causes a sharp drop in FPS while looking at it. I back up a step and it's fine.

[cyborg34573]

Asus Mobility Radeon HD2600 = all good
Asus HD 4870 x2 2Gb(single card) = all good

[Right2Live]

It's the other way around... Lots of people with ATI can't launch the game, or even if they do, they freeze when they open the inventory, etc.

[Verwandlung]

It's the other way around... Lots of people with ATI can't launch the game, or even if they do, they freeze when they open the inventory, etc.


I run the game without any problems (4890) but I had an inventory bug. Don't know if that's related to the type / brand of card though.


Small spoiler:



It was the hand drill, I had one part equipped and tried to assemble it. Made the game crash every time. When not equipped assembling worked..

[GamerSam]

HD5970 Crossfire

Win7 64bit, Catalyst 10.8, everything works flawlessly :)

[Retailnothx]

2x Geforce 9800GTX+ @SLI


no probs here, everything maxed out

[dubel_07]

My ASUS ATi 5830 rocks this game on 2 simultaneous monitors at 1440x900 and 1920x1200 on max settings; one for me and one for the audience I draw when I scream like a little girl.

[Adde]

List updated.

[chronox12]

XFX Radeon HD 5750
Everything on... Zero problems.

[HL2-4-Life]

Playing it @5760x1200, maxed out and it plays tolerably, FR's in the 20's but for a slow moving game like this, it's OK. I doubt CFX is working though, will wait for another driver update (including ATi App profile) to see if there's an improvement in FR.

[finalmix]

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650. My screen turns upside down

[The_Ophidian]

ATI RAdeon 3870.. all maxed out, no problem at all

[Void(null)]

nVidia GTX 280, not a single problem encountered from start to finish.

[Sleepl3ss]

Cpu: Intel Core 2 Quad 6600 (g0 slacr) 2400mhz @ 3514MHz
Mobo: Abit IX38 QuadGT Gfx: Gainward GTX 295 1792mb
Snd: Auzentech X-Fi Prelude 7.1(64mb ;E)
Mem: 4gb Corsair Dominator DDR2 XMS2-8500C5D dualchannel 1066
Os: Windows 7 Pro 64bit.
Psu: Fractal Design Newton R2 1000W
Zero issues so far :o

1600x1200/1920x1440 everything maxed (ssao medium samples 8 i think)

Silky smooth <3

[razmatazzz]

Absolute no problem with ATI HD 4200

Regards, raz

[keeveek]

ati radeon x1350 here, game won't start.

[Mouseraider]

i7 950
GTX 295
6GB DDR3
Win 7 64bit

Runs very smooth, settings at high but lowered samples to 8 to prevent lag spikes.

[Nickq2007]

Was running the game perfectly with an HD 4870. However, after updating to 10.9, Amnesia will not even launch. No error message either.

Anyone else getting this problem? I want to see if there's any sort of fix before rolling back, as this is the only game I've had any problems with since the update.

AMD athlon 5200+ 2.7ghz dual code
ATI Radeon HD4870 1gb
4gb ddr2 ram
Windows XP 32bit

[ozku]

GTX 260
No problems, unless I turn SSAO on high which makes the game unplayable.

[divine_skills]

Gigabyte GTX 460 1GB OC, no problems.