Bossco82 Posted September 10, 2010 Posted September 10, 2010 Hi guys, I mainly play SF2V with the gold expansion pack using advanced shaders. In campaign if I am over highly populated areas like Hanoi etc my fps would drop to a stutter. I managed to get round this by deleting some target areas and reducing the AAA. I also changed the maxsecondarystrikevalue=2 to =0 to reduce the amount of ai aircraft in one area. I use the low quality .TOD files in my terrain aswell as only using the flak and afterburner effects from the Gold expansion Pack I also tweaked the flight engine [GraphicsSettings] ZBufferDepth=24 MaxVertexCount=32768 MaxIndexCount=32768 MaxTextureCount=8192 MaxModelType=4096 MaxMeshPerScene=4096 MaxModelPerScene=4096 MaxLightPerScene=512 AspectRatio=1.6 MinPixelSize=1.0 [FarSceneClip] FarClipDistance=80000.0 NearClipDistance=3000.0 [NormalSceneClip] FarClipDistance=25000.0 NearClipDistance=249.9 [NearSceneClip] FarClipDistance=250.0 NearClipDistance=1.2 [LowDetailOption] HorizonDistance=45000.0 DetailMeshSize=3 DetailLevel=0 WaterEffect=0 NoiseTexture=0 MaxTextureRes=128 [MedDetailOption] HorizonDistance=50000.0 DetailMeshSize=4 DetailLevel=1 WaterEffect=1 NoiseTexture=0 MaxTextureRes=256 [HighDetailOption] HorizonDistance=60000.0 DetailMeshSize=5 DetailLevel=2 WaterEffect=2 NoiseTexture=1 MaxTextureRes=1024 And I use the following settings Object Detail=high Object texture=high Cockpit texture =high Mirrors=Off Reflection=Off Shadows=Low Effects=Low Terrain Detail=Medium Terrain Texture=Medium Horizon=Normal Ground Objects=Medium Water Detail=Low 1920x1080res native to my monitor My system specs are Windows 7 64 4Gb PC2-8500 ram E8500 @ 3.6 750w PSU Asus P5Q SE2 motherboard Inno3D GTX 260 192core. 190.38 drivers I was thinking of replacing my mobo with a SLi capable motherboard and another GTX 260 to improve my performance in SF2V, however I would need a new case to do this. I had the chance to buy a GTX 260 and P5N sli mobo at a good price but someone beat me to it. So now i'm thinking of upgrading my GTX 260 to a GTX 460 or even 470 but i'm worried my E8500 would bottleneck it. Believe it or not i'm not a big computer game fan but I love the SF2 series so thats all I use my computer for gamewise. Looking at my system and the settings I use in game what would be better GTX 260's in SLi or a single GTX 460/470? What performance increase would either give me? Any advise appreciated Quote
Fubar512 Posted September 11, 2010 Posted September 11, 2010 (edited) SF2 doesn't take advantage of SLI. OC'ing your processor to 3.6 ghz will yield a bigger bang for your money. Edited September 11, 2010 by Fubar512 Quote
Bossco82 Posted September 11, 2010 Author Posted September 11, 2010 (edited) Thanks for the reply Fubar, I did suspect that Sli was a no go with SF2. I have oc'd my E8500 now I have matched my memory. I use to have 2 sticks os PC2-8500 and 2 sticks of PC2-6400. I now have 4 sticks of PC2-8500 and can run 2.1v on them. I have a stable 3.6 but i'm going to try to get 3.8. Do you think that upgrading to a GTX 460 or 470 would mean I could run higher setting or add more effects/objects in SF2. Or should I shop for a 2nd hand GTX 280. I'm worried that with SF2 only using one core of my E8500 I wouldn't see a benifit from upgrading my GPU, although I do use DX10 now. Keep the GTX 260, buy a GTX 280 or a newer GTX 4** series card. What would you recommend. I have a bit of spare cash to treat myself and in this situation it either goes on my car or a computer upgrade, my evo is finally how I want it so its spare to go on my computer. I just dont know as much about computers as I know about cars so any advise is appreciated. Cheers Edited September 11, 2010 by Boostjunky Quote
Fubar512 Posted September 11, 2010 Posted September 11, 2010 Thanks for the reply Fubar, I did suspect that Sli was a no go with SF2. I have oc'd my E8500 now I have matched my memory. I use to have 2 sticks os PC2-8500 and 2 sticks of PC2-6400. I now have 4 sticks of PC2-8500 and can run 2.1v on them. I have a stable 3.6 but i'm going to try to get 3.8. Do you think that upgrading to a GTX 460 or 470 would mean I could run higher setting or add more effects/objects in SF2. Or should I shop for a 2nd hand GTX 280. I'm worried that with SF2 only using one core of my E8500 I wouldn't see a benifit from upgrading my GPU, although I do use DX10 now. Keep the GTX 260, buy a GTX 280 or a newer GTX 4** series card. What would you recommend. I have a bit of spare cash to treat myself and in this situation it either goes on my car or a computer upgrade, my evo is finally how I want it so its spare to go on my computer. I just dont know as much about computers as I know about cars so any advise is appreciated. Cheers At present, the series is not that graphically demanding, other than running best with a card that sports a 1024 mb frame buffer or greater. Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.