Schmutz
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After tweaking to death I decided the optimal image quality vs performance setting for me is;
Resolution: 1024x768
Settings: All Very High/No shadows
Framerate: 30-40
My OS is Windows Vista Ultimate x64. Shadows and 1280x1024 resolution make a big difference, but the extra 15fps with them turned off finds that 30fps sweet spot to enjoy the game. Alternatively I could go with the recommended All high/1280x1024 but thats like changing from "Real" to "Videogame" because Very high really is that great!
I've suffered from extremely frustrating stuttering here and there. The stuttering means 5 seconds of 30-40fps followed by 1 second of waiting and so on. It appears to be completely random whether or not it occurs bar a few variables;
I did notice the game started working extremely smooth after I stopped playing it with fraps running (not recording, just displaying Frames per second) I have also defragmented/closed Windows Sidebar MSN messenger to see if it prevents stuttering but its still a random occurance.
I'm looking forward to newer drivers/patch support from Crytek to see how things are after that
TOO MUCH DETAIL? READ FROM HERE
And I've made this thread to ask these key questions:
Resolution: 1024x768
Settings: All Very High/No shadows
Framerate: 30-40
My OS is Windows Vista Ultimate x64. Shadows and 1280x1024 resolution make a big difference, but the extra 15fps with them turned off finds that 30fps sweet spot to enjoy the game. Alternatively I could go with the recommended All high/1280x1024 but thats like changing from "Real" to "Videogame" because Very high really is that great!
I've suffered from extremely frustrating stuttering here and there. The stuttering means 5 seconds of 30-40fps followed by 1 second of waiting and so on. It appears to be completely random whether or not it occurs bar a few variables;
- When an explosion happens (grenade, barrels, whatever)
- Turning 90degrees+ very quickly (loading new scenery...)
- Firing a weapon (not melee attacks though)
- Playing a new level (sometimes I restart my computer and the level will work fine afterward, like the cache for the previous level has been purged and the memory is available again...)
I did notice the game started working extremely smooth after I stopped playing it with fraps running (not recording, just displaying Frames per second) I have also defragmented/closed Windows Sidebar MSN messenger to see if it prevents stuttering but its still a random occurance.
I'm looking forward to newer drivers/patch support from Crytek to see how things are after that
TOO MUCH DETAIL? READ FROM HERE
And I've made this thread to ask these key questions:
- What are your Videocard/Settings/FPS - do you get stuttering issues? (I'd like to see what ATI & Nvidia owners have to say)
- Have you overclocked any components and what impacts does this have on the game? (Positive/negative)
- What O/S do you use? Are the stutters a Vista exclusive?
- Does 4gb RAM prevent the stutters? (I tried a friends PC5300 2gb kit with my pc6400 2gb kit and while loading times improved noticably, there wasn't any ingame improvements)
and just for fun...
- BEEP!BEEP!
- thats all folks!