Bioshock 1&2 Remastered LOW FPS

[alien]

Hey, so I recently upgraded to a 5070TI – Been wanting to play Bioshock 1&2 Remastered on G3D. Thing is no matter which resolution I put the game on, some scenes depending where I look, game dips below 60 fps – even 50 fps.

I have a Quest 3 – 5070TI paired with a i7 12700K – 64GB RAM – installed on nvme – so I thought I’d be getting a stable 90fps but no. I usually play Z3D games at 4096×3072 resolution – but w these 2 remasters, even if I set the res 1600×1680 ; I get the same fps as 4096×3072. Tried all kinds of resolutions, same effect. I don’t understand.. any help? Using OPEN XR Virtual Desktop – tried w link cable too but that has the same fps drops.

[Boblekobold]

I recommand to play the original ones (more optimized, works very well in VR, you even have 6dof in Bioshock 2).

Bioshock 2 original is more beautiful (especially in VR because of relief) with hidden options (better dynamic lighting, etc.) and has more atmosphere anyway. It has a better physics (spear gun doesn’t have any effect in Remasted and feels censored) and also more soundtrack :
http://www.vorpx.com/forums/topic/bioshock-2-fixed-crash/

You can easily get max FPS with better graphics and experience.

VorpX enhances original textures anyway (ClarityFX, Sharpness and Texture Enhancement filters are very effective). Original textures are often more details (dirt on the glass, etc)

Bioshock 1 original has a great mod (Silver’s mod) and so has a better gameplay and is more balanced, especially at end game. I never liked some of the changes they made in the Remastered anyway (for example, the giant kelp makes the city tiny at the beginning).

Bioshock 2 original difficulty can be manually edited too and it can be really great to replay the game.

[fubar]

I played the first remastered recently and easily got 5000×4000 at 90FPS G3D on a 5090, could probably go higher so performance is pretty good, should be able to get it to run ok even on a 5070ti. Something must be wrong on your end.

[Boblekobold]

With Bioshock 2, I personnally got much higher FPS (90/max) with the original than with the Remastered with G3D enabled.

(And 3D looked better / more comfortable in the original. In fact I used Z3D in Minerva’s Den Remastered. I played the DLC with the Remastered because I didn’t have the Original Minerva’s Den and I really prefered the experience with the original game and 6dof G3D. I also missed the spear gun physics. In the remastered, it doesn’t pin the ennemies to the wall, they don’t even move…)

I have an RTX4090, so better than an RTX5070ti.

So no, I don’t think there is anything wrong. Just the RTX5090 is probably insanely powerful.

Anyway, the original is still more beautiful and better in a lot of ways (at least for the second game).

[Boblekobold]

(I must precise I played original Bioshock 1 and Bioshock Infinite with a “simple” Desktop GTX1080 and a 13 years old CPU and it worked very well in G3D 2880p on Reverb G2 / WMR / OpenXR).

So for those who don’t have a good PC, don’t worry, these games should be good choices and are quite impressive and stunning, especially compared to their performences.

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