Feedback: nvidia users and shadows/performance
 

Just curious - I hear constant reports that nvidia cards are getting poor framerates inside the boat, while other people also note that it's the shadows that do it.

Could this be confirmed? Just wondering since I think that's an important issue to bring to the devs' attention if it indeed exists. I'm running it on an ATI 5770 and the frame rates are just fine, and oddly the interior is actually better than exterior as far as frame rates go, with or without the shadows.

45fps without shadows...14-17 with shadows

I think this is clearly a bug and needs some attention, nothing a patch can't fix

What kind of video card do you have ?
14-17 fps is on medium/high quality ? , interior/exterior/bunker ?

Im getting about 20-25fps in the control room. That's the compartment that hogs down my card.

Everything maxed at 1680x1050, with full AA
With shadows -> Exterior: 40-60 fps, Interior: 10-15
Without -> Exterior 40-60 fps, Interior 30-130 ( really dependends on compartment)

Drivers tried: 191.07, 196.75

Other specs:
GeForce GTX260
Q9400
8 Gigs RAM
Auzentech Prelude
Win 7 x64.

Newest drivers shadows turnned down to half way.

Get a little laggy inside control room everyonce in awhile.

Outside is pefectly fine though. Seems to need to optimize the insides to me some more.

Yep, running everything at max, including AA, at 1280x960 but shadows disabled: smooth as silk.

Enable 1 notch on shadows: looks slow and jerky, control lag.

Seems like it's constanly rendering the whole sub interior as soon as you go down the hatch, instead of just rendering what is visible.



People asked for shadows, and they got 'm. But you need to turn them off for a playable experience. :rotfl2:

* 8800GTS 512 btw

E8500, ATI 4890 (win xp, cat 9.12), 27" monitor, 1920x1200, max settings w. shadows but no AA, fps never dips below 40 either inside or on deck, even at the beginning of the Narvik mission.

8800gts 640 here, i tried the newest nvidia drivers last night but it really didnt seem to help...Im still getting the framerate jumping around 30-70 fps...Command room 10-20fps... Though I did notice one time I loaded the game up the studdering stopped but came back the next go around....:damn:

I just turned them off. I don't miss them. The lower frame rates weren't so bad as the stuttery mouse movement. Was making me feel a bit nauseous. Running 1920x1080. Got everything but shadows at max

GTX 260
E8600 Duo 3.33GHz o/c to 4.35 GHz

One comment, the final game was a huge improvement over the preview in framerate. Optimization for the win.

I also noticed a wierd 'sticking' when looking at the middle of one of the torpedo racks in the bow compartment. No characters or shadows in view, just literally the texture. It's 100% reproducible and literally feels like the mouse is physically sticking to the pad.

1920 by 1080 Widescreen
AA slider half way.
Shadow slider half way.

In the CR it slows down to high teens low twenties.
Everywhere else high 20's, low 30's.

Smooth enough to play well.

AMD X2 4800
Nvidia 9800GT
WinXP Pro SP3

I was surprised at the smoothness, played the St. Lawrence river single mission. Driving rain, rough seas, plenty of pitch and roll and the frame rates are smooth on the CT!

Happy camper!

GTX250 here and no issues with frame rate and shadows. Smooth as can be.