Stalker Extreme Settings...wowsa

Awesome shots speedy. Cordon looks much better than in the first game mostly due to new weather effects.
 
Can somebody check the taskmanager (performance) to see how hard the processor is working? If more than one core is used
 
Yes this should be interesting cause i remember the first one did not use more then one at all, not even difference going from single to quad..
 
It loads one core fully and about 25% of the second one.

Also this game is pretty hard to configure for optimum perf/best iq ratio. On my lone 4870, the fps ranges from 20-70 depending on the time of day and the amount of fancy lighting the game has to do. I suppose you could just turn down the lighting settings but it makes everything look so flat and boring.

Edit: Actually changing from the "improved dynamic lighting" to "full dynamic lighting" setting (basically highest to 2nd highest) greatly improves fps (min 35 vs 15 before) while still retaining a lot of the image quality. Maxing out all the other settings doesnt seem to have much effect at all.
 
Injection of <3 said:
It loads one core fully and about 25% of the second one.

Also this game is pretty hard to configure for optimum perf/best iq ratio. On my lone 4870, the fps ranges from 20-70 depending on the time of day and the amount of fancy lighting the game has to do. I suppose you could just turn down the lighting settings but it makes everything look so flat and boring.

Edit: Actually changing from the "improved dynamic lighting" to "full dynamic lighting" setting (basically highest to 2nd highest) greatly improves fps (min 35 vs 15 before) while still retaining a lot of the image quality. Maxing out all the other settings doesnt seem to have much effect at all.
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Full Dynamic is DX9 while improved is DX10, isn't it? Static is DX8.
 
The 4 lighting options on mine are

Static Lighting
Full Dynamic Lighting
Full Lighting
Full Lighting DX10

in that order, so i believe thats the order from Min. to Max. When i play im using Full Lighting DX10 and thats the setting in which my screenshots are taken with.
 
speedy523 said:
The 4 lighting options on mine are

Static Lighting
Full Dynamic Lighting
Full Lighting
Full Lighting DX10

in that order, so i believe thats the order from Min. to Max. When i play im using Full Lighting DX10 and thats the settings in which my screenshots are taken with.
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DX8
DX9
DX9
DX10

In the original the lower DX9 mode was called Objects Dynamic Lightning (I think).
 
Angelus897 said:
DX8
DX9
DX9
DX10

In the original the lower DX9 mode was called Objects Dynamic Lightning (I think).
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ah, and the DX10 mode should be the fps killer then. Injection said he was playing on a 4870 with the 2nd highest lighting setting and everything else was max and was getting a min 35 while with with all max and the DX10 mode my min is around 25 when theres a lot of objects, shadows, etc on screen and im on a 4870 x2.

Injection what are your specs and avg frames with those settings?
 
Is improved/highest mode really dx10? Because I'm on xp and I still noticed that it looks better and runs a solid 20 fps slower than the 2nd highest mode.

Framerate is all over the place tho. In the camp in the beginning where the sun rises and shines thru all the cracks and stuff is where the framerate is at the lowest. Later on in the day it goes much higher.

My specs are 1920x1200, cd2 at 3.6, 2 gigs ddr2, blah blah blah
I also tried to force AA and AF on the game thru CCC but it doesnt seem to work. Theres no performance hit and all the jaggies are still there.
 
Injection of <3 said:
Is improved/highest mode really dx10? Because I'm on xp and I still noticed that it looks better and runs a solid 20 fps slower than the 2nd highest mode.

Framerate is all over the place tho. In the camp in the beginning where the sun rises and shines thru all the cracks and stuff is where the framerate is at the lowest. Later on in the day it goes much higher.

My specs are 1920x1200, cd2 at 3.6, 2 gigs ddr2, blah blah blah
I also tried to force AA and AF on the game thru CCC but it doesnt seem to work. Theres no performance hit and all the jaggies are still there.
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Yup its DX10 mode and it was made to use the resources of DX10 to make even better shadows, lighting, etc. Also, my frame in the first camp was my lowest also.

I also force 12x Q AD CFAA and 16x AF through CCC and it works for me. it gets rid of all jaggies even if i go straight up to an object and intentionally look for them.

One thing i noticed though, which isnt often, just happens once in a while, is that lets say the sun is shining through a door and the door casts a shadow. Even though the door has no jaggies what so ever, the shadow may have some jaggies. Which makes me think how does the door have the AA applied to it and has no jaggies, while the shadow does. Anyone know why, or is it just a bug that will be fixed in an update, which i completely understand since the game still hasnt been released in the US yet and it might get patched haha.
 
Just sacrifice a few settings, Jesus I have never seen so many freaking out about not being able to run the game at totally unesassary settings. It's called the options menu and you need to make a couple of so called "sacrifices"
 
BioSergeant said:
Just sacrifice a few settings, Jesus I have never seen so many freaking out about not being able to run the game at totally unesassary settings. It's called the options menu and you need to make a couple of so called "sacrifices"
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People who buy $500 cards don't think there are UNNECESSARY settings, lol. An what is this word "sacrifice" that you speak of? I've never heard of it, lol, I'm kidding.
 
speedy523 said:
One thing i noticed though, which isnt often, just happens once in a while, is that lets say the sun is shining through a door and the door casts a shadow. Even though the door has no jaggies what so ever, the shadow may have some jaggies. Which makes me think how does the door have the AA applied to it and has no jaggies, while the shadow does. Anyone know why, or is it just a bug that will be fixed in an update, which i completely understand since the game still hasnt been released in the US yet and it might get patched haha.
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Does deferred rendering even support AA? Just because you can force it doesn't mean it's true FSAA. Either that, it might not be able to be forced on shadows. Another thing to look at is what is the resolution of the shadow as well (low res shadows, even with AA, would still look jagged).
 
Mr. K6 said:
Does deferred rendering even support AA? Just because you can force it doesn't mean it's true FSAA. Either that, it might not be able to be forced on shadows. Another thing to look at is what is the resolution of the shadow as well (low res shadows, even with AA, would still look jagged).
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In DX9 mode, it does not support hardware AA, but DX10 mode fixes that.
 
Simpson5774 said:
In DX9 mode, it does not support hardware AA, but DX10 mode fixes that.
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I am on DX10 mode which is why i was wondering why it wasnt working. Later ill see how it is when i dont force it and just use in game AA and see. As for right now i got to work on my essays that are due tomorow....
 
ihira said:
Reccomended 4GB of RAM?
Does a PC game seriously use this much memory?
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Cinematic Mod for HL2 does...

It requires a 64-bit OS (due to per-process limits in x86) and 3.5GB+ RAM.

yes, it's a mod, but it's still a "game".
 
Clear Sky is my benchmark for begging for a new video card. If my 8800GTX can't handle it I'm doomed because there is no way I can spend 500 dollars a top a of line card this time around. the ATI x2 looks amazing either that or I see SLI 260s but again, I won't get to spend that much. Sigh,
 
Bigbacon said:
Clear Sky is my benchmark for begging for a new video card. If my 8800GTX can't handle it I'm doomed because there is no way I can spend 500 dollars a top a of line card this time around. the ATI x2 looks amazing either that or I see SLI 260s but again, I won't get to spend that much. Sigh,
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Clear Sky plays beautifully on an 8800 GTS 512 on "Full lighting".
 
Wanted to say I tested out Clear Sky on my 4870 and at 1680x1050 I'm playing on DX10 lighting with settings on Maximum with very playable frame rates, generally in the 30-50FPS range.
 
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