Is CoD worth getting?

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Originally Posted by Hippy Druid

In it's current state (today) how is its performance?
Does it run well?
Does it still suffer from awful FPS I have seen stated so often in these forums?
or on a high end rig is this now negligible?
Does it prefer Nvidia cards, AMD or no preference?
Should I just wait until the update mentioned in this thread, and ask again?

Thanks in advance to all intelligent responses.
Hippy

Performance - hard to say, really ; people with strong i7 processors have encountered big problems with performance ; too much jitter and lockups ; most other users suffer from problems such as : crash to desktop after ~2 hrs of playing the game ; big FPS slowdowns when close to smoke/exposions, minor graphic issues such as square lakes mostly seen from higher altitudes, very big FPS drop when heavy clouds are enabled ; SLI/Crossfire is a big no-no.

Does it run well? - at minimum specs nearly doesn`t ; it is playable for most users ; when you tweak the video settings it is ok on any medium hardware, thought the main problems I listed above are real show stoppers.

Does it still suffer from awful FPS I have seen stated so often in these forums? - this is caused by many people misinforming others for some reason ;other people just can`t be bothered to look for a thread with usable tips - as a result people try to run the game with SSAO enabled, anti-epilepsy enabled and highest texture settings. Cuts 70% fps from my point of view.

or on a high end rig is this now negligible? - I`ll tell you the truth ; some of us expect it will be like with the old IL-2 - that no high end rig will max CloD out for another 2-3 years, even with the graphic engine rewrite (supposedly doubles FPS)

Does it prefer Nvidia cards, AMD or no preference? - I`ll tell you one thing - if you aint got a fast CPU, no vid card will help you ; the thing I noticed is that people can be happy with Gf560Ti, whereas the supposedly faster AMD HD6950 gives some people poor performance (like me, I`m unhappy with it);

Should I just wait until the update mentioned in this thread, and ask again? - you best wait for the big patch that is coming ; OTOH, CloD is so cheap now, that if you didn`t mind some problems, you would enjoy it in its current state; although from the looks of the typical minded people complaining, I recommend you save yourself the problems and buy when the patch comes out. I would put it like this - you would be able to enjoy CloD now, only if you are the glass-half-full type of person.