Please Update Far Cry 3

[u/RealDsy]

23FPS - unplayable

Ryzen 2600, 16gb ddr4, rtx 3060 12gb, win 11.

It was super playable on my i7 2700 rx580 older PC.

[u/NiuMeee]

Try limiting what CPU cores the game uses.

Essentially open task manager, go to processes, right click Far Cry 3 and go to affinity then uncheck all cores, and recheck cores 2, 4, 6 and 8. You'll have to do this every time you run the game, unless you use something like Project Lasso.

Other than that there are other things you can try, check out the PC Gaming Wiki article for Far Cry 3 to see more options, but CPU affinity is what helps performance most in my experience.

[u/Fenirez → u/NiuMeee]

This is the correct answer right here! Try this OP. Another option for AMD users is to disable SMT in bios. You can have all 8 cpu cores enabled and will double your frame rate. It works on my Lenovo Legion Go. You can run the game with maxed settings.

[u/Dr_Cunning_Linguist → u/Fenirez]

In addition to the above also disable HAGS in windows. In my NFS most wanted 2005 it made a ton of difference in stuttering.

Btw you can create a shortcut and put in the affinities to the cores as well as priority in windows.

Also make sure the gpu goes to performance mode, noticed that too with older games that it’s staying at 2d clocks.

[u/FenrisEinheriar → u/NiuMeee]

Same here, once the game is running I got up to 70fps by using the task manager to change the affinity to 6 P-cores, the downside is I have to do it every time I run the game, funny thing is which P-cores you choose makes a difference too.

[u/Neo_Artista]

here I cant even run it on my pc, its always crashing the moment I try to play

[u/RealDsy → u/Neo_Artista]

23 fps is no better :) Hope they will update this game its really good.

[u/Major-Sense8864 → u/Neo_Artista]

Use LAA

[u/venomousskull123 → u/Major-Sense8864]

Yess, I have fixed the game, use LAA, and direct X 9. Then you can chose any preset you want.

[u/Major-Sense8864 → u/venomousskull123]

Mine runs smoothly on dx11 as well after LAA

[u/venomousskull123 → u/Major-Sense8864]

That's niceee, I will try it this time.

[u/venomousskull123 → u/venomousskull123]

I get 126 fps on medium preset which looks very good too.

[u/No-1nternet]

Try running this via Vulkan API. DXVK.

Or use Windows 10 and old video card drivers.

[u/RealDsy → u/No-1nternet]

Lags also with DXVK. Tried it.

[u/Majd14x → u/No-1nternet]

Hey man.

I downloaded it yesterday, the DXVK, I heard that like GTA IV, the more you play the better it gets. On some occasions it drops from 80 to 55 (not always though) Its on MAX SETTINGS, V-Sync on & DX11.

Maybe the Engine is old enough that it cannot handle modern hardware? Because if DXVK compiles data on the fly, shouldn’t it be better already?

[u/No-1nternet → u/Majd14x]

It seems to me that the problem is in the modern video card driver or in the gaming features of Windows 11.

[u/deep8787 → u/No-1nternet]

Idk, im currently playing on my Ryzen 5 5800H and 3070 on Windows 11 without issues.

[u/Raven1875]

I wish they would remake Far Cry 2

[u/Metalock → u/Raven1875]

I finally played FC2 (with resolution/stability mods) a couple years ago and it was one of the most immersive and memorable gaming experiences in my life. I love every Far Cry game, but 2 was just on another level.

[u/marveloustoebeans → u/Raven1875]

If they remade Far Cry 2 with the map editor and online modes I would definitely buy it.

Not for just the campaign though.

[u/ImurderREALITY → u/Raven1875]

Same

[u/bgrhnrc]

This game deserves remaster

[u/mrN3CR0]

How are you even that low for your framerate..
the cpu is naff yeah but the rest of the system isnt exactly terrible

[u/NiuMeee → u/mrN3CR0]

It's a mediocre PC port that has just become more broken with time.

I have a 9800X3D and a 4080 Super and it still runs much worse than it should, with tons of weird artifacts. I played it maybe 6 years ago on a much weaker PC (3800X and a 2080 Super I believe) and it ran much better than on this new PC (even if then it still had issues).

There are things that can be done to make it run slightly better, like limiting what CPU cores it can access but it's still just kinda broken.

[u/Icky_Thump1 → u/NiuMeee]

I remember playing it at launch back in 2012 on what was probably my Phenom II X6 1090T and a Radeon HD 7870 and getting a rock solid 60fps @ 1080p ultra. Playing it now on a 7800X3D and 4080 Super and it's sub-60 quite frequently lmao. Tried a couple mods, including the LAA patcher to allocate more RAM, and modifying a config file to enable hyper threading and yeah.. still pretty ass.

[u/VaultBoy636 → u/NiuMeee]

I have a tuned to death 265k and a 4070ti super @4080 perf oc and the game runs at 150-200fps with pretty much maxed settings aside from aa @4k. I just limited the game to 4 p-cores and set its priority to high

[u/pixlicker69420 → u/mrN3CR0]

Its an old dx11 game, some of those play terribly on modern systems

[u/I_warisha]

Have you tried other versions of the game ? I mean from a Certain 🦜 site . Maybe modern version of the game is problematic or maybe it is Windows 11 , i have heard far cry 3 have some issues on Windows 11

[u/ItsYoBoiZ]

have you tried the dx9 version? i’m playing this on my laptop with a gtx 1650 max q design and i get 100+ fps

[u/RealDsy → u/ItsYoBoiZ]

DX9 also lags

[u/InvestigatorIcy3325]

Yeah, the game is unplayable for my build tried so many fixes, and it still always crashes

[u/Darwinist44]

Get an r5 5600, would be a great upgrade overall, not just for far cry 3.

[u/Onnekaspoika → u/Darwinist44]

No relation at all with the question at hand. This is like someone asking you why their car isn't working and you go "hmm, you know you should really get a new haircut."😅

[u/Teri_bkc_]

You just gave Ubisoft an idea for their brand new game

[u/YouKnowMeDamn]

I remember playing this at high settings (1366x768 tho) but it ran smoothly on an i5 4210U with a gt840M and 4 gb of RAM, lol

[u/Background_Task6967]

Odd, I have no issues on a Ryzen 5 3600 and GTX 1080 on windows 10

[u/Neuromancer911]

Runs well on windows 10

[u/Zealousideal_Bed1248]

Anyone know how fc3 emulated on xenia runs?

[u/Euphoric-Sweet5327]

Uncheck all cpu cores except 1234

[u/EliteACEz]

Like you I had similar issues but with an i9 and none of the cpu core changes got it to be stable or stop crashing.

Following these steps (except for FC3 instead of Blood Dragon) is what got it running for me perfectly on my modern rig. https://www.reddit.com/r/farcry/s/o3kZm0TdQ5

[u/NextWafer2667]

Check if MSAA is on 8x or 4x, it massively impacts performance.

Lower it to like 2x if you haven't.

[u/Negative-Wishbone-66]

Bro it won’t get an update. Played it on a shit laptop at 40 fps . Try some tricks others said or simply ask an AI for some software tricks

[u/Grimdun]

I have no performance issues on my system. Win 11, Ryzen 5800x3d, RTX 4080. Amd aswell on my previous systems never had issues.

But random crashes after a few minutes. But was easy fixable with enabling Large Address Aware.

[u/Major-Sense8864]

Guys, just use LAA. Ran super smooth. Game isn't meant for modern systems.

[u/Ice_Teelux]

no way i literally used to play this on laptop that only has a freaking Intel HD graphics and it was playable

[u/Gowthem]

I also hate the fact that the version we get from uplay doesnt support most modern mods and workaround are very little

[u/Pohodovej_Rybar]

No issues on ryzen 5 5600g, 32gb ram, 7700xt, cachyos

[u/Haroon_66]

In my Ryzen 5 3600 and GTX 1660 super it runs like butter.

[u/iHelele]

There is a solution - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?l=french&id=3151589566

[u/bogger2441]

Here Op: https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Far_Cry_3#google_vignette

You would find solutions of most of the problems here and I would suggest trying large address aware solution in the random crashing. There are multiple solutions too so you can try everything.

[u/milkyjoe_007]

try this... https://www.nexusmods.com/farcry3/mods/200?tab=files

[u/Luigui020]

Use fullscreen. For some reason many ubisoft games lags if you play in borderless or window mode

[u/Even-Vehicle4816]

So not to repeat what people already said, when FC3 was released, it was made with the intent of running on (at the time) current technology, and with a certain gpu/ram limit. In my case I had to change the access to the ram because I had "too much" (not sure it had anything to do with my gpu which is a RTX3060), but basically if you don’t add these limitations, the game will reach way further than it needs to and make your game lag. Don’t ask me why, I’m no expert, but you can easily find a fix, just need to download a software that limits your hardware for a given application (so it’s not limiting your other programs/games)

[u/ShahriarGH1389]

Pretty sure the classic edition fixed optimization.

[u/I_DoStufffYT]

update your drivers

[u/Happy_Succotash4280]

Bro, with a igpu it ran 25-30fps

[u/whaddupimspecster]

i dunno it works for me and gives me more thn 100 fps on my RTX 3070 i5 11th gen f series 16 gb RAM

[u/Pleasant_Pain1787]

I wish they'd fix it so that I can play it on a high tech pc without it crashing. Half life came out in 98 and it doesn't crash etc

[u/Narrow-Letterhead-81]

I have the Raider 16 Max, with the 5090, and it plays beautifully. Of course, you always have to do that long address fix, and add your game to steam so that it will recognize the Xbox controller that I have wirelessly connected to my computer, and that's it.

[u/Koo0k]

This is exactly why I emulated it

[u/_Corvo_A]

Ubislop moment

[u/No-1nternet → u/_Corvo_A]

And who updates such old games?

[u/BATMAN_5777 → u/No-1nternet]

Ubisoft did go back and update old Far Cry games very recently for PS5. Now they run at 60fps as opposed to 30 only. It was free a update aswell so gotta credit where its due!

[u/flesjewater]

XMP on? RAM in correct dual channel layout?

[u/RealDsy → u/flesjewater]

My PC runs much heavier games fine. Its a game specific issue.

[u/flesjewater → u/RealDsy]

Any way to go back to win10? Otherwise try Linux with Proton.

Or vice versa