Friday Update, January 27, 2012

Originally Posted by bongodriver

TBH particle effects have always had a hit on most systems for most games, my modest machine runs everything I have well on max but it will slow down when smoke effects and dust etc are there.

Im not talking about minot slow down. It becomes a slideshow as soon as I look into the ball of fire or into the dust.....Sometimes it gets a bit slower (spec. over cities or when more planes are near)....memory issue? CPU core utilization? I hope the game will utilize all the CPU cores and memory as it should so well see some smoother gameplay...

[Sutts]

Originally Posted by Tvrdi

Ahh I think I mistaken u with some other guy...TBH Im at 1920x1200 (was at 1680x1050 before)...Like I said game runs fine on my system as long as theres no effects near or sometimes when the more planes are in low level dogfight...or when memory "leaks"....

No worries mate.

[SlipBall]

Originally Posted by Sutts

Nope, wish I did though. I'm in the same boat as you Tvrdi and have to run at 1280 (or something like that) on mainly low settings.

I have an i7 920 2.66Ghz but only 2GB memory and an ancient GeForce GTS 250 1GB card - and running XP too.

I think you misunderstand me....I definitely support them fixing the core performance issues with the graphics rewrite - it will benefit me a great deal I hope. I was just pointing out that the big list of outstanding issues that they appear to be ignoring is probably due to them wanting to get the core fixed first.

The game seems to run the same on my XP 64 bit vs. my W7, so I think you can move W7 to the bottom of your to do list. In your case getting a 2 gb card would give the most immediate benefit, followed by cpu then the memory...but the 2gb card may be enough for you to be content for awhile

[Sutts]

Originally Posted by SlipBall

The game seems to run the same on my XP 64 bit vs. my W7, so I think you can move W7 to the bottom of your to do list. In your case getting a 2 gb card would give the most immediate benefit, followed by cpu then the memory...but the 2gb card may be enough for you to be content for awhile

Thanks SlipBall....I'll definitely be getting a new card soon but I'm hoping for a bit of a price fall when the new models come out.

My XP is 32 bit so I might still benefit from a windows upgrade.

I won't be spending much before the patch comes out though.

Cheers.

Hey I saw such 3D models of planes here before.....