stalker video settings

[King_Weaver]

Could some people list the video card/s they are using and what their max playable res and settings there running on stalker? Im curious because with my system I have to run no AA and no AF with everything at medium except for texture detail (I refuse to lower it), in order to run a 1680x1050 resolution at good frames. It seems like I should be able to play this game with much better settings?

 

[FighterAce124]

Opteron 165 @ 2.5
X1900XTX 512MB
2GB PC3200

I run it with all in game settings maxed, no AA (It is maxed, but doesnt seem to do anything), 8xHQ AF @ 1280x1024, it hovers very close to 30-40, very much playable.

 

[DeChache]

Opty 170 @ 2.0
2 gigs of DDR 400
8800GTS 640mb

I run with full settings except grass shadows @ 1280X1024 I run around 30-40 and it is known to dip into the 20s but its perfectly playable to me

 

[trek554]

Could some people list the video card/s they are using and what their max playable res and settings there running on stalker? Im curious because with my system I have to run no AA and no AF with everything at medium except for texture detail (I refuse to lower it), in order to run a 1680x1050 resolution at good frames. It seems like I should be able to play this game with much better settings?

Dont run it with full "dynamic lighting". Use "object" instead. You cant use AA anyway unless you are running "static lighting" which is DX8 crap. The game engine does not allow AA in the two DX9 modes which are "full dynamic" and "object".

 

[SuperKeijo]

Could some people list the video card/s they are using and what their max playable res and settings there running on stalker? Im curious because with my system I have to run no AA and no AF with everything at medium except for texture detail (I refuse to lower it), in order to run a 1680x1050 resolution at good frames. It seems like I should be able to play this game with much better settings?

Are you using full dynamic lighting? It seems to be ha huge memory hog. the 320mb frame buffer on your card is no where near enough. Full dynamic lighting, 1280x800 rez and all maxed (no aa/af) in the first map of the game local video memory usage is around 460-480mb. With static lighting it's ~220mb. Download rivatuner and use its monitoring tool to see for yourself I'm guessing your fps drops to the teens with full dynamic lighting? But I guess that's what you get for penny pinching on frame buffer LOL.

 

[Snooble]

I run it with everything at Max except for the grass and 1 other setting.

PentiumD 915
EVGA 8800GTS 320meg
2gigs DDR2 667

I'm even running on Vista and my frames don't go below 25ish, but there are other graphical anomalies which I associate with the crappy Vista drivers for NVidia.

Edit : There are a few mods out there that make the game MUCH more playable. I installed these and have seen a performance increase. Just type down STALKER Tweaks in Google and go to the 1st link to find em.