Are my FPS right?

[Gianlupo]

Rgr that, I'll do it ASAP.


EDIT: Actually, I could have understood that, my fault!

3) Go to field V2 and sit in the tower.

[Skuzzy]

Not your fault.  I changed the post after you asked the question.

[Gianlupo]

Not your fault.  I changed the post after you asked the question.

Cheater!!!  (Gee, I missed this guy! )

Ok, followed the protocol:

Pre alt-tabbing: forward 52/53 fps, back 45/46 fps;

Post alt-tabbing: forward 51/53 fps, back 46/47 fps;

the above are stabilized values, of course (after about 1 min), initially they were lower and fluctuating.

Let me know if you need other tests and if you want me to post a Dxdiag.

Oh, btw, I don't have Windows Aero turned on, I knew it is a resources hog.

[Skuzzy]

Cheater!!!   (Gee, I missed this guy! )

Ok, followed the protocol:

Pre alt-tabbing: forward 52/53 fps, back 45/46 fps;

Post alt-tabbing: forward 51/53 fps, back 46/47 fps;

the above are stabilized values, of course (after about 1 min), initially they were lower and fluctuating.

Let me know if you need other tests and if you want me to post a Dxdiag.

Oh, btw, I don't have Windows Aero turned on, I knew it is a resources hog.

I need to know the exact game configuration (Video Settings, Options->Graphic Detail, and Options->Graphic Detail->Advanced) and any options that are being forced via the ATI driver.

Actually, could you just email me your "video8.cfg" file?

After that, I would like for you to return all settings back to thier defaults in the game (rename the "video8.cfg" file) AND in the video card driver.  Then try the above test again.

[Noir]

I tried to do the same, but somehow I can't change my offline map to ndisles, the option is grayed out. 

I was sill surprised to see that my unlimited fps in the tower with max anti alias and the settings I posted in the bug section is ~93

[Skuzzy]

I tried to do the same, but somehow I can't change my offline map to ndisles, the option is grayed out. 

I was sill surprised to see that my unlimited fps in the tower with max anti alias and the settings I posted in the bug section is ~93

You probably have an older version of the ndisles terrain installed.

I would like for you to do the same test I outlined above.  Before doing so, please rename the "video8.cfg" file in the games "settings" folder and use the defaults for the game and make sure to reset any driver tweaks to thier defaults as well.

[Noir]

You probably have an older version of the ndisles terrain installed.

I would like for you to do the same test I outlined above.  Before doing so, please rename the "video8.cfg" file in the games "settings" folder and use the defaults for the game and make sure to reset any driver tweaks to thier defaults as well.

I was trying to change the terrain via CM tools, doesn't work offline
I did the procedure, including deleting the file. I could'nt reset my driver settings as catalyst is uninstalled.

Pre alt-tabbing: forward 155 fps, back 135 fps;

Post alt-tabbing: forward 155, back 135 fps;

[Noir]

 and the dxdiag you were asking for

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[Gianlupo]

I need to know the exact game configuration (Video Settings, Options->Graphic Detail, and Options->Graphic Detail->Advanced) and any options that are being forced via the ATI driver.

I already thought about that, so I've been doing a bit of screen printing and photoshopping! Here you are:

CCC Settings:





AH Settings:





Keep in mind that, when I made the testing, the Disable Vsync box was checked. After taking the screenshots above, I noticed that I hadn't check the "Enable ground clutter" option in game, so I went through the procedure you told me again: here are the results.

Pre alt-tabbing: forward 48/49 fps, back 37/38 fps;

Post alt-tabbing: forward 49/50 fps, back 38/39 fps.

Actually, could you just email me your "video8.cfg" file?

After that, I would like for you to return all settings back to thier defaults in the game (rename the "video8.cfg" file) AND in the video card driver.  Then try the above test again.

If you still need it, I'll do this procedure, too.

[Noir]

I did a sortie online without changing any settings, we had about 20 people around the airfield

my fps went from ~50's right next to the field with a few hangars smoking, to ~170 when looking to the sky. AA is off of course.

[TequilaChaser]

CCC Settings:

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AH Settings:

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AH Settings:



Gian,

setting the Shadow Texture Size to 8192 , will seriously put a performance hit on your VC and computer

I use the 4096 for shadow texture size

if I recall what Skuzzy has previously posted

at 4096 per texture uses something like 64 MB each................ while setting it to 8192 each texture uses something like 256 MB per texture

I too can run my PC with the 8192 setting ( and 2048 in the login clipboard video settings ) and run around 38 to 48 fps .......  on my 6950 2 GB video ram GDDR5  videocard.....

edit: and that is with all boxes checked including "smooth shadow"  and "Enable Ground Clutter "  with  al Disable checkboxes  unchecked

just saying....

hope this helps

TC

[FLS]

Change the AA mode setting in CCC to Performance instead of Quality and turn your terrain view distance slider down to the middle position. Also, as TC mentioned, turn down shadow texture.

[Gianlupo]

I too can run my PC with the 8192 setting ( and 2048 in the login clipboard video settings ) and run around 38 to 48 fps .......  on my 6950 2 GB video ram GDDR5  videocard.....

edit: and that is with all boxes checked including "smooth shadow"  and "Enable Ground Clutter "  with  al Disable checkboxes  unchecked

TC, if I didn't misinterpret the above, that's exactly what is bothering me... you can run the game with a 6950, with the 8 MB shadow texture, all boxes checked and you have the same framerate I have with a 7970, which is a faster GPU with an additional GB of VRAM... it just doesn't sound right to me.

Then again, maybe it's just a matter of how the game processes the graphics (it would seem that different GPUs don't make a big difference - with same CPU, you and I have similar fps -), I don't know; I just feel that, with the configuration I have, I should be able to run AH with everything maxed out and a steady 60 fps with Vsync on.

[Skuzzy]

I would like you to remove the "video8.cfg" file in the games "settings" folder, then revert the ATI drivers back to its defaults and try the test again and report those results.

[Gianlupo]

I'll try that as soon as I get home, Skuzzy!