topic Re: Re:Poor performance in God of War 2018 in Intel® Arc™ Discrete Graphics

Poor performance in God of War 2018

The7uphero — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 09:56:23 GMT

God of War 2018 runs really badly on DX11 and has possibly the worst performance of any game running on my Arc A770 16GB LE. I run the game at the highest possible settings at 1080p without FSR. I have attached an SSU report and a CapFrameX capture.

The game runs much better on my 1660ti which is far inferior to the A770. Please fix the performance of the game.

I play the steam version of the game. At the highest possible in game settings. At 1080p.

Re: Poor performance in God of War 2018

RandyT_Intel — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 04:56:27 GMT

Hi @The7uphero,

Thank you for sharing this information. I will begin investigating the issue and attempt to replicate it on our end. I'll post an update here or notify you directly once there are any developments. If I need further details, I'll reach out to you here. I appreciate your patience as I work on this matter.

God of War Performance Issues Intel® Arc™ A770 Graphics

Low Performance in God of War: Ragnarök* with Intel® Arc™ Graphics

Regards,

Randy T.

Intel Customer Support Technician

Re:Poor performance in God of War 2018

RandyT_Intel — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 00:47:21 GMT

Hi @The7uphero,

Based on my checks, the motherboard BIOS appears to be outdated. Could we try updating it to version F67g, which was released on March 11, 2025, and see if it makes any difference?

I also looked into the drivers for the A770 regarding the performance issue. The latest recommendation is to update the drivers. Before you installed version 32.0.101.6989, may I ask did you use DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller)?

Regards,

Randy T.

Intel Customer Support Technician

Re: Re:Poor performance in God of War 2018

The7uphero — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 18:01:34 GMT

Hello!

I updated the BIOS and performance appears to be the same.

Yes I always update gpu drivers after a safe mode ddu uninstallation.

Re: Re:Poor performance in God of War 2018

Mynameforum — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 22:08:51 GMT

Just use dxvk (directx to vulkan).

Put this files where game .exe placed.

The only drawback is, game will run in exclusive fullscreen. Borderless not avialable.

And it will stutter during first launch (shader compilating).

Re: Re:Poor performance in God of War 2018

The7uphero — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 02:48:04 GMT

DXVK used to work many months ago but suddenly any game that I use DXVK with just doesn't boot. It takes up about 100 MB of RAM and stays dormant in the background. No splash screens, no errors, nothing. If yall help me fix DXVK I will be equally as grateful as I would be with a driver update.

Re: Re:Poor performance in God of War 2018

Mynameforum — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 10:18:09 GMT

Here is the story. I have gtx 1050 and intel arc.
And recently i tried to install gtx 1050 to my computer. So i removed Arc without driver deinstallation
and connected gtx 1050 then installed nvidia drivers. Gtx card worked fine.
Then i removed gtx card and its drivers and connected Arc card back.
The Arc card worked fine and drivers too, but my dxvk game Assassins Creed Origins
stopped to work for unknown reason.
And the only solution is an Intel Arc driver clean reinstalation.
Maybe this helps.

Re: Re:Poor performance in God of War 2018

The7uphero — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 10:58:16 GMT

I just did this and it didn't work. I uninstalled nvidia physx using DDU (along with the nvidia driver of course) and even selected clean installation on the intel installer but it still doesn't work. It still lays dormant with 12MB RAM and 0% cpu/disk/gpu usage.

Re: Poor performance in God of War 2018

RandyT_Intel — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 02:51:44 GMT

Hi @The7uphero,

Let me take some time to investigate this further on my end. I kindly ask for your patience while I look into the issue in more detail. I’ll report back to you as soon as I have more information available.

@Mynameforum thank you for your insights.

Regards,

Randy T.

Intel Customer Support Technician

Re:Poor performance in God of War 2018

RandyT_Intel — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 21:46:41 GMT

Hi @The7uphero,

As I continue to investigate the issue you're experiencing with God of War 2018, I kindly ask for your assistance in gathering some additional information. This will help me troubleshoot the problem more effectively:

Could you please let me know which digital distribution platform you are using to play God of War 2018?
Please provide a screenshot of your current game settings. This will allow me to replicate the issue on my end.
I understand there is a report of a 4-second low FPS, despite the CapFrameX results showing no stuttering. Could you specify the exact performance issue you are experiencing?
You mentioned that the 1660ti runs better. Could you clarify what you mean by this?

I am requesting this information to further investigate and resolve the issue you are facing. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated and will help me address your concerns more efficiently.

Regards,

Randy T.

Intel Customer Support Technician

Re: Re:Poor performance in God of War 2018

The7uphero — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 03:41:25 GMT

Answers to the first 2 points have already been given in the initial post. I have a 1080p monitor running at 120hz and i cap my fps at 60 for all singleplayer games. GOW 2018 fails to even hit the 60fps mark often which is similar to Ghost Recon Wildlands, another game which i have personally reported for such poor performance. Highest possible settings across the board for 1080p seems like a very doable job for an Arc A770.

Point 3: FPS drops often to 35-37 when looking in certain directions, a problem that has plagued multiple games and which I have personally reported multiple times.

Point 4: The 1660ti does not go down to 35 fps when looking in the same directions and has much more consistent performance overall

Re:Poor performance in God of War 2018

RandyT_Intel — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:15:45 GMT

Hi @The7uphero,

Understood. I’ll continue my investigation on my end and will post an update here once my analysis is complete.

Regards,

Randy T.

Intel Customer Support Technician

Re:Poor performance in God of War 2018

Felipe_Intel — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 21:08:14 GMT

Hello all, this has been reported to our drivers team. While we investigate this we appreciate your patience. I will report back when there are news about this.

Re: Poor performance in God of War 2018

Felipe_Intel — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 20:11:16 GMT

@The7uphero could you please clarify which direction the FPS drops (35-37) were observed in, so we can try to repro the issue in the same spot to isolate and analyze the issue better? Thanks in advance for the details.

Re: Poor performance in God of War 2018

The7uphero — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 05:10:16 GMT

In midgard, on the realm bridge there is a platform that goes up to the horn that calls Jormungandr. It is on this platform that looking around gives major fps dips.

Re: Poor performance in God of War 2018

Felipe_Intel — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 19:09:18 GMT

Hello @The7uphero I know this isn't the outcome you expected. Our priority is to target the most popular games and apps to focus our efforts on providing a high quality, stable experience for the broadest set of users. We will continue to improve our software performance and compatibility throughout this year and beyond. While we can’t accommodate your request at this time, please watch this article on our website for any possible changes to this situation.

Re: Poor performance in God of War 2018

The7uphero — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 05:11:57 GMT

This is the exact same outcome of two other cases I made regarding underperforming games on my Arc A770. What is the point of reporting issues at all if this is what is going to happen in the end? From my position I can't do much except be upset. Death Stranding isn't even on DX11 for me to understand that this is an architectural issue. Ghost Recon Wildlands which runs on DX11 faced the same outcome as these other two.

Well, thanks guys for at least checking it out. I can only hope these games get fixed sooner or later.

Re: Poor performance in God of War 2018

gasoline — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:57:18 GMT

Hi.

Wait, are you talking about a game that came out on PC in January 2022?
It came out on PS4 in 2018.
They don't want to support it because it's old???????
What about Cyberpunk 2077? It's not old? It came out on PC in December 2020. But they support it.

It seems Intel is being selective.

Intel, you guys are weird.

Re: Poor performance in God of War 2018

The7uphero — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:54:59 GMT

I know, right? Death Stranding Director's Cut, which came out in March 2022, was one of the first games advertised as having xess support and yet Intel has archived my case of bad performance in it.