So a user on Reddit (ed: u/Yoraxx ) posted on the Starfield subreddit that there was a problem in Starfield when running the game on an AMD Radeon GPU. The issue is very simple, the game just won’t render a star in any solar system when you are at the dayside of a moon or even any planetary object. The issue only occurs on AMD Radeon GPUs and users with the Radeon RX 7000 & RX 6000 GPUs are reporting the same thing.
The issue is that the dayside of any planetary body or moon needs a source of light that gets it all lit up. That source is the star and on any non-AMD GPU, you will see the star/sun in the sky box which will be illuminating light on the surface. But with AMD cards, the star/sun just isn’t there while the planet/moon remains illuminated without any light source.
That really just means AMD gave them a lot of money, and they just made sure FSR2 worked. lol
I’ve got a 7900XTX Ultra, and FSR2 does literally nothing, which is hilarious.
100% resolution scale, 128 FPS.
75% resolution scale … 128 FPS.
50% resolution scale, looking like underwater potatoes … 128 FPS.
I don’t know how it’s possible to make an engine this way, it seems CPU-bound and I’m lucky that I upgraded my CPU not too long ago, I’m outperforming my friend who has an RTX 4090 in literally all scenes, indoor, ship, and outdoor/planet.
Creation Engine has always been cpu-bound since gamebryo era.
I have noticed it’s better anti-aliasing than the forced TAA (once I forced it off)
Some of the benchmarks definitely pointed out that it was CPU bound in many areas (eg. the cities).
I think the HUB one mentioned that some of the forested planets were much more GPU bound and better for testing.
I’m on a tv so capped at 60fps, but I do see a power usage difference with FSR - 75% vs FSR- 100% that’s pretty substantial on my 7900xt.
#include “fsr2.h”
Ok, can we have the monies please?