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    Gothic IV

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Alienowner, Sep 26, 2010.

  1. Alienowner

    Alienowner Notebook Geek

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    Has anyone tried the new Gothic IV demo? On native resolution (1366x768) and all on high settings (except shadows) the game looks gorgeous but barely playable with low FPS.

    What are you guys getting? My system props are in the sig.
     
    Alienowner, Sep 26, 2010
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    Alienowner Notebook Geek

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    Here is my FRAPS benchmark with all setting on highest, shadow setting at lowest, I start running from the shack (where you start the game) to the middle of the village down the road.

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    It seems to bottom out at 10, but it's still quite low. Curious to see what you guys will get (since I'm now sick of synthetic benchmarks :) )
     
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    Alienowner Notebook Geek

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    Finally here is the same exact benchmark results using medium settings with low shadow setting. 5 FPS difference doesn't mean much. I'm thinking just another CPU bottleneck. God how I hate low voltage CPUs :(

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    I keep posting in my forum but these minimum/recommended system requirements are from their own website.

    PC Minimum Requirements
    Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.8 GHz / AMD Athlon II x2 @ 2.8 GHz
    Graphics:GeForce 8800 GTX

    PC Recommended Requirements
    Processor:Intel Core I7 @ 3 GHz / AMD Phenom II x4 @ 3 GHz
    Graphics: GeForce GTX 295

    ~From the official game site

    Hot cakes.
     
    Alienowner, Sep 26, 2010
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    Wow, those are high recommended settings.
     
    drows, Sep 26, 2010
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    Iolas Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yeah, the Gothic series seems to have pretty high requirements, but if I remember correctly...Gothic 3 ran like a turd.
     
    Iolas, Sep 26, 2010
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    Ye, i've got on r1 about 20-23 fps in general with gpu oc and with SSAO and shadows on medium.
     
    vorob, Sep 28, 2010
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