Our reader ‘Dirty Dan’ has informed us about a possible performance boost for Wolfenstein: The New Order. According to our reader, by renaming the executable filename from WolfNewOrder_x64 to WolfNewOrder_x32, PC gamers will notice a huge performance increase.
Unfortunately, we could not confirm this as we’re already GPU-bound and the game is running with 60fps most of the times. Still, we did not notice any stuttering issues (not that we were experiencing much before this tweak). We’ll be sure to further test this workaround later (in order to find specific areas in which we had some framerate drops to 50fps) and we’ll update this story.
As Dirty Dan told us:
“I am using the latest Nvidia drivers but that boost still happened strangely enough. Just the rename made my game run butter smooth. I have an i7 3770 3.4 ghz and a GTX 660 1.5 GB and 32 GB of RAM. I had read on forums that the rename have a huge FPS boost, and I can confirm it’s a world of difference. It went from horribly stutters to barely any streaming to butter smooth and no pop in”
Dirty Dan has been providing with lots of tweaks in the past, meaning that he’s a trustworthy source.
So, if you are experiencing any performance issues with MachineGames’ latest FPS, make sure to give this workaround a go and feel free to share your thoughts!
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yesssss !! a lot better now
Weird, I didn’t think the name of an .exe could affect how it ran. Or is there is a Wolfenstein profile in the Nvidia/AMD drivers for a 32-bit .exe that wasn’t included, but that profile is better optimized?
it for some reason uses that name for the optimization. it really really moronic on their part but it works xD
Yeah I didn’t think there would any chance of it actually working for me. I figured I had about the same chance as finding the last living unicorn, I heard it’s in Africa somewhere (they love the heat!). But I’m glad it worked! I wasn’t getting over 15 fps and now I’m at least 30.
ill keep in mind when my order finally arrives.
btter now
anything about watch dogs :p
Better, but not as i wish considering my rig (i72600k@4.6 – 16GB memory – SLi780GTX) Hope for a quick patch!
The Rage engine doesn’t work with SLI so you’re going to have to rely on only one of your 780’s.
32Gb Ram and i7 3770k processor!!!!!!!!!!!!!
but look at GPU gtx 660 1.5Gb!!!!!!! ur choice for gpu sucks man…
I was working a minimum wage job that was seasonal, lol i got waht i could get xD now i know better xD My 660 has been a workhorse tho. I dont use much AA, AO, Shadows or anything so it maxes what i want and plays stuff at 60 or 120, im gonna upgrade but its a damned good card.
Yeah im not sure what Ali is so mad about, 660 is not a bad card lol.
With a minimum wage job you could afford an i7-3770k and 32GB Ram?
Damn, I must move to your country…
Doesn’t work for me. It says missing executable. : /
the name shoul only change. change the target for your shortcut. change it from 64 to 32
I change the name of the exe and it says missing executable when I try to run it. My shortcut is from Steam so it doesn’t has a pathname. A direct shortcut from the exe makes no difference.
I missed/didn’t read this reply… I thought you were running the game from a shortcut on ur desktop, not running it through Steam, so my previous comment doesn’t help. Sorry
Same for me.
It worked for me… Just make sure you rename the file in the folder, and not the shortcut. Or you’re using a different pirate version and if that’s the case I don’t have any suggestions 😉 The version I’m familiar with is RELOADED.
will try wend get the game.
BTW, From now on I’ll try to rename my games 64 to 32 and see if there is any improvement :p
i can confirm this works on my old ass 5870.
You’re using an illegal copy of the game, right? The game won’t start through Steam if you rename the executable.
That’s what I thought.
For me is downgrade of performance try this http://www.mediafire.com/download/aiudd2j3at03j12/LargePage_util.zip
Its a Large Page for Game you choose 😉 It’s recommend to have 64bit Windows + 8gb+ Ram, You can add as many Games/programs as you wish, in Watch dogs i have +4FPS average
I played it for about 3 hours and so far I feel a little disappointed with graphics, even if i’m on maximum details. There is a lot of texture lag and a lot of aliasing. Luckly the framerate don’t go below 45 fps.
Still searching a way to make steam run the .exe renamed to x32…
That’s interesting..changing the number to a lower factor makes the PC recognize as a lower version and run it better from what he’s saying. btw can someone remind me what exactly is an executable file again except for the fact that it on the surface means it can be erased?
Nope, one and the same to me. Shucks.
As far as I know, renaming should not be necessary. The only thing renaming does is make the driver “forget” which profile to use (you could use any name you want in theory).
The same result can be reached by using nvidiainspector to delete the “WolfNewOrder_x64.exe” from the official profile for the game.
OMG my friend I wanna kiss you!!!! such a simple fix…i play on a laptop so best results are at 720p but it beats the ps3…when i started out with this game it didnt even start…
Didn’t work for me. Also Steam don’t let you start the game.
I tried this
1) Set MAX PPF to 16.
2) Set Shadow resolution to 2048.
and did the trick
From here http://in2gpu.com/2014/05/20/wolfenstein-the-new-order-performance-issues/
Experimenting i can confirm the name change works, which leads me to believe that the real issue here may be AMD/Nvidia profile made for this game which causes the lag, Wolfenstein Dev team needs to pay attention to this
I tried everything, EVERYTHING over the internet, I did this (hopeless) but guess what… IT WORKED! It seems senseless, but it god damn worked. Texture pop-in completely removed.
That gpu is such a fail. Wish people who want to game would focus on that rather than spending money on 32GB of RAM which is rather pointless unless you’re rendering.
If you had a 4GB GPU like me you wouldn’t have any issues running this game buttery smooth. I run it on all High/Ultra settings and get over 50FPS most of the time. Who needs more than that lol
God Bless you man, I was getting so frustrated!! I have no idea how this changed anything, but now the game runs like a dream!!