Performance Poll BETA PATCH v1.06.17582

[SiThSpAwN]

Didnt B6 say at some point that the BlackDeath Track wouldnt be a good benchmark anymore as it was recorded with the old engine or am I dreaming that?

[III/JG53_Don]

He said it once yes, but it was more related to general issues that the the new version wont even display older tracks right. This seems to be no problem anymore? I dunno, the track runs fine at my system.
But I dont get more frames in normal gameplay either. Maybe some 5-8 fps more, but nothing drastic.

Anyway the stutters are definitely not gone as well as the serious slow downs at explosions/dust etc.

[simast]

Alright, it seems for half of us the patch did nothing? No magical +50%. Do we log a bug report? Or shall we wait another couple of months for the stable release?

[III/JG53_Don]

I have to revise my former statement about the performance at my rig.

Pre-Patch I played with settings mostly high (except Building details: very low; Trees: Medium, Texture: High; Anti Aliasing 2x; Epilepsiefilter/SSAO/Vsync: OFF) and got reasonable fps with some stutters inbetween.
For example BlackDeath Track test prior to patch installation: 118/41/2

After the Beta I got: 122/48/7, so there was barely a change.

BUT then I decided to just push the details to the Maximum and see what fps I get now just out of curiosity.
And I get nearly the same fps in Black Death: 120/45/4

I can now play with all settings max (except Vsync/Epilepsie/SSAO: OFF; Anti Aliasing 4x) with acceptable fps. Can play some demanding missions with more than 30 planes with an avg of 50. and it looks much better now with more AA und Texture to original

Sure there are still some stutterts as before but right now I'm quite satisfied!

[SQB]

I've found something rather interesting. I was at first disappointed by the meagre fps improvement of only 5-10 but I was stunned that maxing the graphics hardly diminished the fps at all, whereas before it quickly became unplayable!

[III/JG53_Don]

Yes exactly, thats what I wanted to say in my post above
It is really a huge improvement. Before setting the graphics on maximum causes huge stutters und awful fps now it is totally playable!

[TonyD]

I’ve had a similar experience – apart from a huge increase in frame rates, setting the graphics from my previous lower settings to everything on ‘High’ caused a loss of 4fps in Black Death (46 to 42). I wonder how many that have responded ‘Similar performance’ have not picked up on this?