This is the biggest mess of optimization yet, it's ridiculous.

That's pretty reasonable performance. About what I expected. It seems pretty well optimized if CPU load is only at 60% and isn't bottlenecking anything. Of course this game was going to be demanding on the GPU side of things. Running all settings at max--especially the PC exclusive features--is going to put a huge load on the graphics card.

problem with ubisoft games is that they put very huge load on a single cpu core while other cores are not being utilised, also gpu isnt being fully loaded.

Satan, that's true..

Greenmangaming.com sent out keys ahead of it's release date.

Anyway, I don't have a "super" PC, but this is running pretty damn well i must say!

Everything high with fxaa and vsync. Haven't experienced the "stutters" that people mention.

Well, I've yet to buy Watch Dogs and I won't be getting this for awhile.

I'm done buying their games early.

I've said the same thing for years about ea. I bought far cry 3 for PC through steam last year. I had to lower the settings dramatically to get it to run at consistent frame rates. I had the same problem with far cry 2. Mind you my PC isn't a $4000 beast, but it's mid to high end setup. I saw people complaining about other ubisoft games for PC, and have done the same thing I do with ea... I don't buy their games.

People need to learn when you want a game to change, or a company to fix things, you need to tell them with your cash. Buying a new game just to have it, then complaining about it, just shows the developers they don't have to change anything to make a buck. So they never will.

bad PC port? is it running only at 900p 30 fps on PC like on consoles? what am i missing?

@Aleithian

Speak for yourself. I've been wanting to see things like this in games for a long time. This game is the most "next gen" looking game I've seen yet. Not just a shinier version of a last gen game like most games we've got so far this gen.

@Wyesvin

That's patently false. Far Cry 3, Splinter Cell Blacklist and AC4 all looked significantly better on PC than on the consoles. I had the PS4 version of AC4 until I sold it when I got the PC version and realized it looked so much better and still ran better too. Far Cry 3 and Splinter Cell Blacklist on PC are like a half generation ahead of the PS3 and 360 versions. Ubisoft is one of the few developers that actually bothers to make their PC versions significantly better than their console versions.