Placebo patch for high end PC's ?

[Oldschool61]

Originally Posted by StreetGang

I read something about not seeing much of an improvement for higher end pc's in the patch notes, and if my PC were still considered high end then that's about right, I have not really noticed an improvement. Not that I'm complaining mind you, just relaying my experience. Can't wait till it's all smoothed out and solid like 1946 is currently. Here are my specs;

Mobo : Asus Rampage III Extreme
CPU : I7 950 @ 3.07ghz
RAM : 6gb DDR3 Ram
Video : 2 x Gigabyte 470 GTX Super O/C 1.2gb ram each
Storage : Vertex 2 60gb SSD (il2 folder junctioned from D:\ to C:\, Steam is on D:\ )
OS : Windows 7 Ultimate, with Aero off

I have settings at max, AA at 4x (don't notice AA at all) and buildings one below 'unlimited' running at 1920x1080 resolution.

I seem to get around 18-20 fps at it's lowest flying over lots of buildings, though when the fps jumps depending on where I'm looking I still get a lot of micro stutters, which is disappointing considering the system. All I can hope for is a steady stream of patches that don't take too long to make

Btw the game really does look amazing at ground level, but I hope some of the ground colours aren't final, they look a bit bright/washed out.

Lower your resolution to something reasonable like 1400 ish x 700 ish and dont use AA You may actually double your FPS

[Wynthorpe]

Originally Posted by Oldschool61

Lower your resolution to something reasonable like 1400 ish x 700 ish and dont use AA You may actually double your FPS

Why lower your resolution from anythign thats not native to the monitor? Things start to look funny (kinds blurry) if i do that with my monitors.

[DrPepper]

I have a high-end pc and the patch improved the game for me, I still have some stutters though.

Here is my latest test vid, if you jump to about 2:15 you can see some nice ground scenery and the little bit of stuttering I have. Still it did not affect my playing though. Was recorded during play (1920x1080).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_vOXoSmU84

Settings - Everything set to max it can go
1920x1080
Roads / Grass - Off
Shadows - On/Off on some clips.

i7-2600k
16 gb ram
gtx580 1.5gb
game installed on SSD

[lbuchele]

Originally Posted by DrPepper

I have a high-end pc and the patch improved the game for me, I still have some stutters though.

Here is my latest test vid, if you jump to about 2:15 you can see some nice ground scenery and the little bit of stuttering I have. Still it did not affect my playing though. Was recorded during play (1920x1080).



Settings - Everything set to max it can go
1920x1080
Roads / Grass - Off
Shadows - On/Off on some clips.

i7-2600k
16 gb ram
gtx580 1.5gb
game installed on SSD

Hi,mate.Could you post your video settings over cities and over water?

[StreetGang]

I did a reinstall of windows last night and it seems to have helped a fair bit, though no luck with turning off Anti-aliasing, I don't notice an improvement.

[DrPepper]

Originally Posted by lbuchele

Hi,mate.Could you post your video settings over cities and over water?

Do you mean my .ini file?

For the video settings I had everything at the max it could go in the options screen but had roads/grass disabled and in some cases in the video shadows were disabled as well, but not always as I was fooling around with it at the time.

As far as over cities and water I use the same video settings.

[Ataros]

Those who still have stutters try putting Buildings to Unlimited (w. low detail) or my settings below.

Do not complain if you did not put shadows to low or off ))

[Oldschool61]

Originally Posted by Wynthorpe

Why lower your resolution from anythign thats not native to the monitor? Things start to look funny (kinds blurry) if i do that with my monitors.

Because it doesnt get good fps at such high resolutions currently!! keep the aspect ratio the same 16:9 and it shouldnt look funny try 1280x720 or around there. You should see a significant fps increase. And dont use AA unless you can maintain >50 fps. AA at 4x will lower your fps by almost 40-50%

[Wolf_Rider]

Originally Posted by Oldschool61

Lower your resolution to something reasonable like 1400 ish x 700 ish and dont use AA You may actually double your FPS

I had a looksee last night using the Fullscreen option unchecked (ie running @ a windowed 1024 x 76

frame rate tripled and in some cases 5 x increase.
stutters were virtually non-existent on the second run through the same Quick Mission.



downside is a 1024 x 768 (4:3 ratio) window in the top left corner of a 1920 x 1080 desktop

[StreetGang]

Any chance it'd run better in windowed mode as opposed to full screen ?