greenmedic88 on 29 July 2009
| jefforange89 said: I found that the third section really killed the frame rate as well. |
I found out it's the DX10 flame effects that killed the frame rate on Ati cards in section 3 of the benchmark, particularly with AA enabled.
DX10, 1920x1080, high = 83.7 fps (64.9-103.8)
DX9, 1920x1080, high = 81 fps (74.1 - 88.3)
DX10, 1920x1080, high, 2xAA = 61.7 fps (35.1-95.7)
DX9, 1920x1080, high, 2xAA = 81.3 fps (75.3 - 88.4)
There was no significant frame rate drop on the Nvidia card in DX10 mode.
The lame thing about DX10 is that I wasn't even able to tell the difference/improvement. Unless I saw them side by side or knew specifically what to look for, I wouldn't have a clue which version I was running.
If I wanted to run the game as smoothly as possible, DX10 would probably be the first thing I'd drop on a lower end system.
