Performance Poll

[Rattlehead]

Originally Posted by Vengeanze

My vid settings are on the minimal acceptable level. I hope that optimized patch, better catalyst drivers, upping RAM and perhaps a RadeonPro/ATI Tools profile will give me enough fps to turn some settings up cause I want the game to look good.

When you say minimal acceptable level, what does that mean? Low quality?
You said your game stutters a lot...does that include at 1920x1080 resolution?

I find it really puzzling. Your frame are actually very good in the Black Death track, but if it's at low quality then it's not so good, especially since you have a fine system.
What are your frames per second in the Black Death track if you put all settings on 'high' at 1920x1080?
I ask because for reference I get an average of 26 frames per second on those settings*, and yours should be a fair bit higher than that.

*That's not my in-game settings; I just use those settings for reference.

[camel24hrs]

1920x1080 everything highest setting except for trees. Run 45 to 50 over water, 35-45 over land, 20-25 low over cities. The last Navida upgrade did wonders. Got me 10 more fps to where I am at now.

Just having to much fun flying that other sim right now with the new campaign patch. Solid 60fps in the air on that one.

[Vengeanze]

Originally Posted by Rattlehead

When you say minimal acceptable level, what does that mean? Low quality?
You said your game stutters a lot...does that include at 1920x1080 resolution?

I find it really puzzling. Your frame are actually very good in the Black Death track, but if it's at low quality then it's not so good, especially since you have a fine system.
What are your frames per second in the Black Death track if you put all settings on 'high' at 1920x1080?
I ask because for reference I get an average of 26 frames per second on those settings*, and yours should be a fair bit higher than that.

*That's not my in-game settings; I just use those settings for reference.

Resolution: 2560 x 1440 (native)
Full Screen: On

Model Detail: High
Buildings Detail: Very Low
Land Detail: High
Forest: Very Low
Visual Effects: Medium
Texture quality: Original
Anti-Aliasing: Off
Anti-Epilepsy Filter: Off
SSAO: Off
VSYNC: Off
Damage decals: Low
Buildings Amount: Unlimited
Land Shading: Medium
Grass: Off
Shadows: On
Roads: On

Black Death Result with above settings: 4 / 29 / 62 (min / avg / max)

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Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Full Screen: On

Model Detail: High
Buildings Detail: High
Land Detail: High
Forest: High
Visual Effects: High
Texture quality: Original
Anti-Aliasing: 2X
Anti-Epilepsy Filter: Off
SSAO: Off
VSYNC: Off
Damage decals: High
Buildings Amount: Unlimited
Land Shading: High
Grass: On
Shadows: On
Roads: On

Black Death Result with above settings: 1 / 28 / 72 (min / avg / max)



- Native res of 2560 makes the game so crisp and AA is almost not needed but 2X would make perfect.
So in my case the dream would be to get an average of over 30 in BD with the settings for 1920 above running in native.

- Haven't tried low settings all over but while tweaking I've never managed to get rid of the stutter.

- Tried Kegetys mod with low shadows and it gave me a couple of more frames but the shadows looked awful. Not worth it imo.

- Funny thing is many report that latest Catalyst drivers give them more frames but for me the difference between 8.812.0.0 (2011-01-04) that came with Boot Camp drivers and 8.860.0.0 (2011-05-12) is...not a single frame.
Don't know if this has anything to do with the fact that with Boot Camp I can't remove old drivers completely.

- I wanted my new comp to be able to run CoD on Ultra settings as graphic quality is important to me and I always had to run IL-2 and PF in medium.
However, my wife wouldn't allow me to put a another computer (PC) next to our previous old iMac...so the compromise was the best iMac available (hurt the wallet I tell you. Thank God for creditcards).