i7 3770k@4.4
16GB RAM
Radeon 7970 GHz Edition @ 1100/1500MHz 3GB
Win 7 64bit
I'm watching you regarding the perf. Then I might bite the bullet. For the third time.
Running benchmarks in-game.
Settings -
1920*1080
MSAA
x2
Population Density and Variety
full
Distance Scaling
full
Texture Quality
Very High
Shader Quality
Very High
Shadow Quality
Normal
Reflection Quality
Very High
Reflection MSAA
x2
Water Quality
Very High
Particles Quality
Very High
Grass Quality
High
Soft Shadows
Soft
Post FX
Very High
Motion Blur Strength
none
In-Game Depth of Field Effects
On
Anisotropic Filtering
x16
Ambient Occlusion
High
Tessellation
High
Video Memory 2425/3072
Results -
Fairly consistent mid to high 50's, occasionally touching 60. Often dipping down into the 40's - lowest was the high 30's. I'm turning down particles and shader quality a tad. FXAA is not very good and even with MSAA the game is full of jaggies.
I played the first mission, saved, did the benchmarks and left. Trying to get back in took a while - first RSC launched then quit on loading, then several times after that told me there was a Steam error. I kept trying and now I'm back in. I haven't crashed yet, but I did see some graphics corruption during one of the benchmarks. Turned my graphics fan speed up to full, then went back in. Trying new settings now.