hardware?!?!?

[Yoohoo]

WTF what kinda friggen hardware does it take to run this game at more than just low to medium graphics.... i got a monster of a computer and i still can't run at even close to max settings

AMD Phenom II X6 1100T
ATI HD 6970 x 2 in crossfire mode
8 Gb DDR3 Dominator Gaming ram
Sabertooth 990FX motherboard
Raptor hardrive 150gigs

only thing I've not done is liquid cool (yet, but will soon, then I'll over cloak =D)
so what kinda hardware does one need to run at max graphical settings...

[Naylia]

Do you have Ambient Occlusion turned on?
What's your Quality setting? (Hint set it to 8).

[PrettyPrincess]

um, I have an:
AMD Phenom II X4
AMD Radeon HD6770
4 GB DDR3 memory
generic 500 gb HD

I run everything at max settings so I dont know what you problem is (I dont have DoF and AO on, also if you're trying to take general drawing quality above standard you're doing it wrong)

[Yoohoo]

ok i had AO and DoF turned on, thats prolly it, but what do those do and why are the an option if no one can turn them on w/o major video lag?

[PrettyPrincess]

AO uses a LOT of resources, but they are supposed to be optimizing it with the new engine. Ambient Occlusion adds more depth to shadows and lighting (or something close to that) and Depth of Field makes distant object blurry and they become more clear as you get closer.

[Yoohoo]

ah i see, thankyou for telling me, i'll try again when my system is liquid cooled and most likely over clocked (safely)

[Zenaku]

ah i see, thankyou for telling me, i'll try again when my system is liquid cooled and most likely over clocked (safely)

It's ok to leave DOF on i play with a 450gt around the same setting PrettyPrincess said without issue.

Now with AO lol that other story.

[Soukyuu]

Yeah, they screwed up AO in this game, so it will bog down every GPU you throw at it. I also remember something about ATI cards having more problems with it than nVidia (something about shadows being rendered incorrectly) so you're better off turning it off.

[PrettyPrincess]

gawd, cannot wait for the new engine to be implemented lol.

[Geesus]

Yeah, they screwed up AO in this game, so it will bog down every GPU you throw at it. I also remember something about ATI cards having more problems with it than nVidia (something about shadows being rendered incorrectly) so you're better off turning it off.

You can always did what I did with shadows; turn them down. Having them full effect to me made it look to unnatural. What I mean is this. In real life sure you have a basic outline of a shadow but it's NEVER perfect along the edges. So I turned mine down so I can still see them but it gives this really cool rough more "realistic" effect. Just a thought.