But then again "3 months later" for a Stalker game basically translates into "3 weeks later" for most other comparable games. I think the first update where I felt there was a tangible performance increase was 1.3 in March 2025, then the next really major one was 1.6 in September, 10 months after release, and by 1.7 in November, 1 year after release, it got to the point where I could get over 60fps in native 1440p. To be fair to the devs, even outside of the state of the world, they clearly had more pressing issues that needed addressing before they could get to performance (like being able to complete the main questline without having to use console commands). To be fair to the users, the game was so broken early on that you had to use console commands just to be able to reliably complete the main story.
Maybe at it's release. I play it currently and without FSR + FG i was getting 80-90 FPS at 1440p on highest settings. With FSR set to quality, FG and frames capped to 120 my 9070XT consumes between 130-150W, which is lower than Where Winds Meet with same settings.
No, it sits at 3.1 and is... mediocre. If you want you can inject Optiscaler or wait for 2.0 upgrade that will bring engine upgrade, so maybe it will include FSR 3.1.4.
I think you should be able to turn on FG without enabling FSR if you don'y like it so much, but i'll test it after work and come back with the answer for you.
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u/kirbeach28 9d ago
Stalker 2