brain_stew
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JRW said:
It'd mean that enabling PhysX high had close to no performance penalty at all I'd imagine.
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Mafia 2 Demo Impressions Thread - Steam, PlayStation Network, Xbox Live
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It'd mean that enabling PhysX high had close to no performance penalty at all I'd imagine.
My benchmark results:
i7@3,6GHz, 480GTX SLI (PhysX setting on auto)
1920x1200, max settings, no AA, PhysX medium: 50fps
1920x1200, max settings, no AA, PhysX max: 42fps
i7@3,6GHz, 480GTX (2nd 480GTX as dedicated PhysX card)
1920x1200, max settings, no AA, PhysX medium: 56fps
1920x1200, max settings, no AA, PhysX max: 51fps
i7@3,6GHz, 480GTX SLI (PhysX setting on auto)
1920x1200, max settings, no AA, PhysX medium: 50fps
1920x1200, max settings, no AA, PhysX max: 42fps
i7@3,6GHz, 480GTX (2nd 480GTX as dedicated PhysX card)
1920x1200, max settings, no AA, PhysX medium: 56fps
1920x1200, max settings, no AA, PhysX max: 51fps
metareferential
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DennisK4 said:
Did a test run: everything max, no aa, no vsync, no 3d vision, physx at high.
32fps on average. 8xaa has virtually no impact on performance, that's really good.
Something is borked with my system. I'm not sure what the deal is. The link speculawyer posted did nothing. I'm running such a low utilization I'm actually dropping into movie mode at times on my card.
Not sure why I played normal the first time without physics. But I noticed I dropped into movie mode during Shatter yesterday and wrote it off. I crashed playing Crysis on Sunday and wrote it off to being overclocking sensitive on my CPU. The game was really pushing the system. And it seems to have been screwy since.
Whenever I change resolutions on my HDTV, I hear a popping static sound. And I just crashed twice trying to change resolutions in Dirt 2. For some reason 1080P is being outputted at 720P to my tv. Actually kind of regretting even buying a 460 for this current system
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Not sure why I played normal the first time without physics. But I noticed I dropped into movie mode during Shatter yesterday and wrote it off. I crashed playing Crysis on Sunday and wrote it off to being overclocking sensitive on my CPU. The game was really pushing the system. And it seems to have been screwy since.
Whenever I change resolutions on my HDTV, I hear a popping static sound. And I just crashed twice trying to change resolutions in Dirt 2. For some reason 1080P is being outputted at 720P to my tv. Actually kind of regretting even buying a 460 for this current system
.brain_stew
Member
dejan said:
Very useful benchmarks, thanks. I suspected this would probably be the case. You might as well force 4xmsaa with a framerate like that.
brain_stew
Member
1-D_FTW said:Something is borked with my system. I'm not sure what the deal is. The link speculawyer posted did nothing. I'm running such a low utilization I'm actually dropping into movie mode at times on my card.
Not sure why I played normal the first time without physics. But I noticed I dropped into movie mode during Shatter yesterday and wrote it off. I crashed playing Crysis on Sunday and wrote it off to being overclocking sensitive on my CPU. The game was really pushing the system. And it seems to have been screwy since.
Whenever I change resolutions on my HDTV, I hear a popping static sound. And I just crashed twice trying to change resolutions in Dirt 2. For some reason 1080P is being outputted at 720P to my tv. Actually kind of regretting even buying a 460 for this current system
May be time for an RMA.
Big-ass Ramp
hella bullets that's true
whoa at the PS3/360 comparisons. Yikes.
Fun demo; not much staying time due to size. I can't wait for the full game.
Does anyone know how many cars will be in the full game?
Fun demo; not much staying time due to size. I can't wait for the full game.
Does anyone know how many cars will be in the full game?
Played the demo on the 360, and the one on the PC and the difference is night and day. With Brain Stew's FPS limiter, I get constant 30 FPS, PhysX stuff all over the place and the graphics blow the consoles out of the water. Looks like I'm getting the superior, and cheaper, version.
PS3 version runs like shit. I honestly cannot believe how shitty the framerate is. It's definitely worse than GTAIV.
Yeah, 360 version it is. Shame it runs poorly too. I wish I had a high end PC.
burgerdog said:PS3 version is missing the awesome grass from the 360/PC version, seems to tear as much as the 360 version, too.
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PS3
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Yeah, 360 version it is. Shame it runs poorly too. I wish I had a high end PC.
Wu-Gambino
Banned
Demo keeps freezing for me on the 360...
MarshMellow96
Member
I think if I saw this game in the flesh running at full I'd cry. It looks fabulous (relatively speaking) running at low resolution, without AA etc on my 4330! :lol
What's this about the 360 version running poorly?
What's this about the 360 version running poorly?
Relaxed Muscle
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MarshMellow96 said:
Tha framemate is barely stable most of the time, I'd say it's around 20fps the whole time, also it tears quite a bit, still looks pretty good and better than GTA IV on the console.
metareferential
Member
MarshMellow96 said:
It seems it runs poorly on both consoles, with the ps3 version looking particularly bad.
SuperAwesome
Member
I'm pretty surprised, I tried that physx fix posted on the steam forums and my FPS average with it on high went from around 18 to 37 with a gtx 460 (2048x1152). Now...how do I cap the frame rate?
kinda game that makes me wish i had a top end pc to really appreciate the setting and world design. the game looks really rough on 360 in the open world, full of jaggies and with poor draw distance, whereas the pc screens i see posted here are stunning and seem to make the game sing. oh well.
i really like the game though. the attention to detail is very good; the general sense of place in how everything looks right, lots of little details in the world (playing with the radio, pillars reacting when you shoot at them), how it sounds, the way the characters animate, the feel of the weapons, the handling of the cars. it's effective at drawing you in, though the mobster talk was a bit over the top, though that might be my brain putting suburbia-city and that kind of architecture/design and expecting mad men or revolutionary road (yes, i know i'm off by 15 years) not mafia. scenario was short but effective, with very solid gunplay indeed. i liked the aggressive allied a.i and the fact that you weren't a bullet sponge, the ending escape through the fire was well done. miles better than most gunplay missions in gtaiv, i might add too.
i really like the game though. the attention to detail is very good; the general sense of place in how everything looks right, lots of little details in the world (playing with the radio, pillars reacting when you shoot at them), how it sounds, the way the characters animate, the feel of the weapons, the handling of the cars. it's effective at drawing you in, though the mobster talk was a bit over the top, though that might be my brain putting suburbia-city and that kind of architecture/design and expecting mad men or revolutionary road (yes, i know i'm off by 15 years) not mafia. scenario was short but effective, with very solid gunplay indeed. i liked the aggressive allied a.i and the fact that you weren't a bullet sponge, the ending escape through the fire was well done. miles better than most gunplay missions in gtaiv, i might add too.
Just tried the ps3 version. As suspected it doesn't have any AA. When you start the game inside your house, it has some awful tearing. Frankly, I haven't seen that much tearing since the FF13 comparison thread.
Once you're get out of your house, tearing is a lot less noticeable..unless you're right next to a building or go inside a building. Will try out the 360 version later.
Once you're get out of your house, tearing is a lot less noticeable..unless you're right next to a building or go inside a building. Will try out the 360 version later.
Danne-Danger
Member
So do I need to do some profile trickery to force AA with Nvidia drivers? Tried both Nhancer and the official stuff and didn't see much improvement even when going all-out, wouldn't drop by more than ~10FPS in the benchmark either.
Lostconfused
Member
So nvidia is probably going to release new drivers now that the demo is out, promising some physx or performance improvements.
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
Sorry if old
comparison of all 3
comparison of all 3
Manos: The Hans of Fate
Banned
I actually paid for it. :lol I like how the prices realistically reflect the time period.DennisK4 said:
Day 1 Purchase. I love how the guns handle. The feel real, like they have weight to them, sort of hard to describe. I LOVE the music. Best part is my wife loves music from the time period so that makes it even easier to purchase.
I just love the whole period feel to the game.Persona7 said:
PS3 version seemed worse in the house at the beginning, lots of screen tear there, but that was the worse, after that it seemed fine.
DodgyGeezerFella
Member
Question for console demo players, does it perform and look roughly as good as GTA IV ?
Hmm, PC performance is very good, but there is a slight hitch to the framerate that occurs at all times. Any thoughts? It's so minor that most people won't notice it, but it is slightly annoying when it should be perfect.
The benchmark gives me an average framerate of 59.9 fps (locked at maximum of 60 fps). Happens whether or not D3D Overrider is enabled. Framerate is always perfect, but it just doesn't look completely smooth. Close, but not quite.
Other than that, though, it looks very nice.
The benchmark gives me an average framerate of 59.9 fps (locked at maximum of 60 fps). Happens whether or not D3D Overrider is enabled. Framerate is always perfect, but it just doesn't look completely smooth. Close, but not quite.
Other than that, though, it looks very nice.
No. I also tried the 360 version and, unfortunately, it does not look or run as well as GTAIV. It's much jaggier, has lots of tearing, and runs at a lower framerate. Plus, it lacks all of the nice post filtering effects that made GTAIV so delicious. An unfortunate step down.
Meh. PS3 demo is wonky, but nothing that would dissuade me from getting it.
The aiming system is kinda fucked up. But I blame that on the slow speed than anything. And the tearing is kinda bad. But eh...
Can't really care about "DERP GRASS" so the 360 version isn't magically special for me.
Still, decent game. Gives me a GTA vibe that GTA4 didn't really do.
I'm surprised the demo had tits/nipples in it, meanwhile. ESRB getting lax on nudity? :lol
The aiming system is kinda fucked up. But I blame that on the slow speed than anything. And the tearing is kinda bad. But eh...
Can't really care about "DERP GRASS" so the 360 version isn't magically special for me.
Still, decent game. Gives me a GTA vibe that GTA4 didn't really do.
I'm surprised the demo had tits/nipples in it, meanwhile. ESRB getting lax on nudity? :lol
Dead Prince
Banned
i don't get why the mirror reflection shows an ugly pixelated character on there ;x
Wu-Gambino
Banned
Wow this is annoying, it plays for less than 5 minutes then freezes
brain_stew
Member
dark10x said:
Well the FPS limiter works, you could see if using that to cap it at 30fps or something gets rid of the hiccup.
LordPhoque
Banned
Is physX working with an ATI card ?
SuperAwesome
Member
brain_stew said:
Do you have a link to the program?
EvilDick34
Banned
LordPhoque said:
Nope, physX is an Nvidia thang.
MrPink93485
Member
So were those earlier impressions I heard in this thread about the PS3 version supposedly being better a bunch of crap? Because the impressions right now seem the exact opposite (and the foliage to boot).
brain_stew
Member
SuperAwesome said:
.brain_stew said:
brain_stew
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MrPink93485 said:
Looks that way. Its always the same! :lol
Kabuki Waq
Member
dark10x said:
you have a 5870 too correct? I get 59.9 on the benchmark but during most of the indoor shoot outs it goes down to 45 ish also when things explode with lots of flames indoor it goes down to 30fps for a minute.