Hi All,
I have just got a new notebook which I'm struggling a little to optimize for OFF. Specs are as follows:
Clevo/Sager NP8690
Core i7-620M, 2.66-3.33GHz
6GB DDR3, 1333MHz
ATI Radeon HD 5870, 1024MB DDR5
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
Catalyst 10.7
Generally OFF runs very well, but there's this exception: when the sky is fully overcast, and only when looking upwards such that the sky fills the display (no or little terrain/airframe rendering), framerates drop dramatically, into the high-teens. To no avail, I've tried resolving this via game settings as well as Catalyst Control Centre settings. For instance, the cloud detail slider has little impact. In dense cloud, a setting of one produces nearly the same framerates as a setting of five. Reducing screen resolution produces mildly positive gains, but I'd rather not lower the resolution due to fuzziness when running outside of native resolution.
Again, this trouble only occurs during heavy overcast, and only when the overcast sky fills the display.
Failing a proper solution, would it be possible to simply remove the dense overcast texture, or to replace it with a lighter version?
Any help will be warmly received.
Cheers,
Greg