not even my GTX 670 can run CLoD acceptably?

[Blackdog_kt]

Originally Posted by Jatta Raso

i'll add that i have no slowdowns whatsoever when attacking a bomber formation alone, the problems usually start to happen when other fighters appear, so there's not a cohesive logical pattern of hardware demand based on the number of AC alone

If we're talking about AI bombers, the whole thing points to a netcode issue more than a graphics engine issue.

[Jatta Raso]

well i had a fierce fight over Manston with about 5 Spits vs 5 109s, the battle raged on for about 10min plus, with a rain of AA clouds and tracers as we were fighting for the air dominance over the area; the blues really didn't wanna give up but in the end we gave them the run; i got between 12-5 FPS when i was facing the action.

as i can run much heavier missions off line, with the added work load of managing all the AIs and have good to great FPS on very high settings, i say this is definitely a net code issue!

[Liz Lemon]

Originally Posted by Jatta Raso

yeah i know, the old 'bottleneck' issue, well experience has shown me not to fully believe that story, to say that in my case the GTX 670 is at its 30% max, is, without offense, nuts. i don't have these drop downs all the time, in fact with the GTX 570 it run very well most of the times in very high settings. but, as limited as the GTX 670 may be with an older CPU, that limit should show itself by not allowing upper top FPS, and not by going down to crap levels; don't tell me that a 6600 oced to 3.3 doesn't allow for minimum framerates no matter what the rest of the system is, 'cause that's rubbish; it may limit the best you can get, but by all means it gets its part done for decent performance, no matter how CPU demanding the game is;

the problem is in the code...

If your GPU is running at 30% and you are getting stuttering, then it is probably a CPU bottleneck.

Try running the game at a very low resolution. If you still get poor fps and stuttering then the game is CPU bound.

I'd guess the netcode adds enough strain for the CPU to be a problem.

Otherwise check and see what settings your antivirus and firewalls are at since they could be causing problems while playing online.

[FS~Phat]

You might need to turn some settings down..
I did a lot of testing over the last few days and the particle smoke and tracer effects are quite demanding even on my system with everything turned up to maximum with quite a few planes in close proximity.

My normal FPS is 70-90FPS over the channel and when I was doing some bomber intercept practice with 9 bombers my FPS would momentarily drop to 30FPS when lots of smoke or debris were around.

Until some of the code is further optimised your best to turn some effects down.
They dont dramatically change the gameplay or visuals down a notch.
Your CPU is definitely not up to the task for lots of complex models and damage so your only option is to turn down some features.

[Igo kyu]

Q6600 2.4GHz oc 3.3GHz / GTX 570 1280MB (Gainward) / Asus P5K-E / 8GB DDR2 800 / Corsair 850W
Windows 7 64bit / nvidia Driver: 304.48 beta
Samsung-24'' 1920-1080 / Thrustmaster T-Flight Stick X

I'll pick your RAM as the problem. I think your CPU while not modern is probably not that bad, but they're not even putting RAM that slow in laptops these days.

[Canine]

Originally Posted by adonys

also, a 670 is NOT better than a 560Ti or 570. again, Nvidia's naming policy at its best..

I'd put my Gigabyte GTX 670 OC up against a 560i any day.