Mechwarrior 5 Clans pc performance thread (2025)

System Requirements

Minimum:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 (64-bit versions)
Processor: Intel i5 8400 | AMD Ryzen 5 2600
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: 6GBs VRAM | NVIDIA GTX-1060 | AMD Radeon RX 590
DirectX: Version 12
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 80 GB available space
Additional Notes: SSD strongly recommended, 720p Low Quality Settings. Broadband internet connection is needed to play and host Co-op games. Internet Connection is NOT Required for Single player once the game is downloaded.

Recommended:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 (64-bit version)
Processor: Intel i7 8700 | AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 | AMD Radeon RX 6700
DirectX: Version 12
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 80 GB available space
Additional Notes: SSD strongly recommended, 1080p High Quality Settings. Broadband internet connection is needed to play and host Co-op games. Internet Connection is NOT Required for Single player once the game is downloaded.

When posting how the game runs on your rig please include the following:

*PC specs including: CPU, amount of RAM, GPU, if game is running on SSD, and if you are using Gsync/Freesync.

*All in game settings (screenshots work great instead of having to type it out)

*FPS being experienced with the setup/settings posted above.

*Since it's become such a huge issue on PC games please post if you are experiencing any stuttering.

***Whoever does the OT for this game please add a link to this in the OT.***

Per at least one review they noted performance issues including stuttering. They didn't post specs.

I am really interested in people's experiences when this launches.

Welp, this game runs even worse than MW5 Mercs did. I have a Core i7 12700, 3070 8GB, 32GB of RAM, and I'm having to run the game at Med-Low settings w/ DLSS and my framerate is still dropping below 60 when combat starts.

It's still good stompy mech fun, but I'm hoping there will be some perf improvements coming (though given MW5Mercs's lifetime, probably not).

Steam reviews are already at mixed, looks to be because of the optimization. I can't even get through the tutorial because the game keeps crashing, don't have issues with other UE5 games so It must be this game. Runs like any other UE5 game, I think this is UE5 too, needs upscaling to get proper frame rates. No frame generation on the game pass version, no HDR either. There is traversal stutter and even though the game caches shaders, there is still shader stutter for some things like the first time you shoot a tree down etc.

You can force FSR frame gen with the Optiscaler mod and it seems to work well, but the game keeps crashing regardless for me so not much use.

I went to Fullscreen mode instead of borderless window and it seemed to make a significant difference in how low the framerate dipped when bullets and lasers start flying. It's still not good performance, but better.

Russ Bullock (PGI pres) tweeted that a hotfix is scheduled for tomorrow that will have some performance optimization in it.

View: https://x.com/russ_bullock/status/1846765899874775467

Giolon said:

I went to Fullscreen mode instead of borderless window and it seemed to make a significant difference in how low the framerate dipped when bullets and lasers start flying. It's still not good performance, but better.

Russ Bullock (PGI pres) tweeted that a hotfix is scheduled for tomorrow that will have some performance optimization in it.

View: https://x.com/russ_bullock/status/1846765899874775467

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How long will it take to get past gamepass cert though? If it doesn't even have the frame gen patch yet....

That said, while the performance isn't great and my avg frame rate is lower, I'm not seeing the really rough drops to sub-20 I was frequently getting in mercs, so it's still fairly playable by comparison.

I was/am testing the Game Pass version before deciding whether to buy the game. Here's what I can say so far: DO NOT USE MAX SHADOWS. The FPS becomes highly unstable with them enabled, dropping from 70+ to as low as 20.

Setting everything to 'High' (except for textures and similar settings) seems to be the best approach. That said, there are still occasional drops, likely due to it running on UE5. Also, it doesn't appear to have any shader pre-compilation.

Specs: 7800x3D, 64GB DDR5 6000C30, 4070Ti Super, 3440x1440 DLSS Quality Everything maxed out except for shadows:

• 70-100 FPS while running around
• 50+ FPS in combat
• Occasional stutters and sudden drops, possibly shader-related, but I'm not sure.

Computerbase has a bunch of benchmarks. They recommend not using the highest quality settings unless you have a RTX 4090.

Kaffeemann said:

Computerbase has a bunch of benchmarks. They recommend not using the highest quality settings unless you have a RTX 4090.

MechWarrior 5: Clans im Benchmark-Test: Benchmarks (FHD, WQHD & UHD), Frametimes und VRAM

MechWarrior 5: Clans im Test: Benchmarks (FHD, WQHD & UHD), Frametimes und VRAM / Das Testsystem und die Benchmark-Szene

www.computerbase.de

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My goodness this performance is dire. A 4060 can't do 1080p/60 and the 4070 barely makes it? Damn.

I gotta wait for RTX 50.

Kaffeemann said:

Computerbase has a bunch of benchmarks. They recommend not using the highest quality settings unless you have a RTX 4090.

MechWarrior 5: Clans im Benchmark-Test: Benchmarks (FHD, WQHD & UHD), Frametimes und VRAM

MechWarrior 5: Clans im Test: Benchmarks (FHD, WQHD & UHD), Frametimes und VRAM / Das Testsystem und die Benchmark-Szene

www.computerbase.de

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How do you screw up the frametimes that badly. Also going by this the steam version does have both vendor's frame generation tech, but game pass has none. The game also defaulted to medium on those taxing settings and now we know why.

Is the mouse feel in this game really weird for everyone? The sensitivity barely does anything and if you move your mouse fast, the camera turns slowly, but if you move your mouse slowly, the camera turns fast. Some kind of reverse mouse acceleration but I could not find any settings to turn it off.

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does the game support DLSS3 frame gen? I know the game pass version does not, I thought the game is supposed to

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The compubase article above says it supports frame generation. Just have to wait a while for it to be patched into the game pass version I guess.

Edit: Here's an image of the graphics settings from another website which shows the frame generation toggle.

XDDX said:

The compubase article above says it supports frame generation. Just have to wait a while for it to be patched into the game pass version I guess.

Edit: Here's an image of the graphics settings from another website which shows the frame generation toggle.

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sigh, another gamepass release with outdated build.

Some PC performance on high settings:
3440x1440, 4070 Ti Super, 7800x3D

I'm trying to play the gamepass version, but the game crashes a lot during the 4th mission, randomly.
It occasionally crashed other times, but 4th missions crashes are so bad I can't finish it.

Basically when the game crashes a new window opens with this message:
"LowLevelFatalError [File:D:\Projects\Kelpie\MW5Clans\Source\MechWarrior\Private\Modes\Automation\KelPerfAnalysis.cpp] [Line: 29] PerfAnalysis was unable to create the directory where logs are printed to." [Game is installed in "C" not in "D"]
Then after a few seconds a blue screen and a reboot.
I've seen others have problems:

I still haven't found a fix.

I will have to buy a new computer to play this.

my current one crashes on anything harder than an overhead strategy war sim

My favorite thing about the main game was playing night missions in full ray tracing mode where the reflections and shadow and light really come alive.

Some online multiplayer would be nice though...

Yeah the latest update seems even worse somehow, now upscaling isn't working, same frame rate no matter how much upscaling you use. No idea what the developers are doing. Probably best to uninstall and come back in a few months.

Edit: Seems to work if you set upscaling and then restart the game.

7800x3d, 7900xtx and 64gb ram. I'm playing at 4K with FSR Quality. Performance is generally fine but later in the game some areas dipped momentarily into the 40s.

when it dips I mean like from 90 to 40. Some areas just seem to not be optimized well. I did have some frame time issues but hot fix 1 fixed the fsr frame time issues I think.

2080ti, 8700k, 64gb, 4k. Running with DLSS at Ultra Performance, most settings at maximum except shadows and AA. Game is 40-60fps in full screen mode, about half of that in borderless. I seem to get better performance from letting DLSS smudge my graphics as opposed to doing it manually via resolution scaling.

It looks like the various effects and environments are a big step up from Mercs, whereas the mechs themselves don't look quite as good IMO. Also, not really a performance thing, but I'm running the EGS version and the online requirement is annoying.