Day 2 review 1

[Thee_oddball]

before i start let me put up my system spec:
ASROCK 870 extreme 3
AMD Phenom X3 3.2ghz
4gb kingston 1066
ATI 5750 1GB
CORSAIR 750 WATT PSU
WIN7 UL 64BIT (stripped down, set to performance looks like win98 )
windows index is 5.9 HD CPU 6.9 and the rest are 7.2-7.4
all tests were done at 1360x768x32. AA off
I got the Russian version of the game yesterday and have been doing some testing what i have discovered is that with default setting's and the epi filter disabled
/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/il-2 sturmovik cliffs of dover
it is playable with a limited number of planes (no more than 12) there are some dips in FPS but on the whole it is good even on the ground i have a decent FPS


I did a 6 vs 6 dogfight at medium settings and it was fluid for the most part


now where it taxes my system is over a city


and graphically intense situations



After this i went and set all settings to as low as they will go in the game and also went to my ATI control center and set everything to performance where as it was quality before and it made the game very fluid and smooth...but at a price...


the same 6vs6 dogfight at low settings was VERY smooth



I tried a succession of the default missions and that any mission with a JU88 almost froze my computer even at low settings, plus when you are approaching 30 aircraft in a mission the FPS will drop to below 30 and dip into the teens when action is heavy (even at low settings).

the most interesting thing i found was when i was chasing down some DO17,s and the parts started flying off them from my fire the game would lag real bad till the parts passed me.

All in all i am impressed and hopeful that after the teething problems are over we will have a great sim