Mafia II on m11x :)

Ye, i know that game isn't even released, but we can speculate on its sys requarements posted here:

Mafia II PC System Requirements Announced - Voodoo Extreme

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP (SP2 or later) / Windows Vista / Windows 7
Processor: Pentium D 3Ghz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ (Dual core) or higher
RAM: 1.5 GB
Video Card: nVidia GeForce 8600 / ATI HD2600 Pro or better
Hard Disc Space: 8 GB
Sound Card: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
Peripherals: Keyboard and mouse or Windows compatible gamepad

RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP (SP2 or later) / Windows Vista / Windows 7
Processor: 2.4 GHz Quad Core processor
RAM: 2 GB
Video Card: nVidia GeForce 9800 GTX / ATI Radeon HD 3870 or better
Hard Disc: 10 GB
Sound Card: 100% DirectX 9.0c compliant card
Peripherals: Keyboard and mouse or Windows compatible gamepad

PHSYX & APEX ENHANCEMENTS SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP (SP2 or later) / Windows Vista / Windows 7 Minimum Processor: 2.4 GHz Quad Core processor
Recommended Processor: 2.66 GHz Core i7-920 RAM: 2 GB

Video Cards and resolution: APEX medium settings

Minimum: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 (or better) for Graphics and a dedicated NVIDIA 9800GTX (or better) for PhysX
Recommended: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 (or better)

Video Cards and resolution: APEX High settings

Minimum: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 (or better) and a dedicated NVIDIA 9800GTX (or better) for PhysX
Recommended: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 for Graphics and a dedicated NVIDIA GTX 285 (or better) for PhysX NVIDIA GPU driver: 197.13 or later.
NVIDIA PhysX driver: 10.04.02_9.10.0522. Included and automatically installed with the game.

 

Well, it would be interesting to hear how this game runs on r2? Right now i have my r1 in service (lcd replacement) but from what i saw in first minutes of gaming runs pretty good on all hight but without APEX enchantments.

 

Speculate? Just try the demo . (It's free.)

 

Played the demo (love the game) and on medium settings I got 24-26 fps avg.

 

What is your system UnivHQ?

I also played (and finished in a heart beat, man this game will be so cool) the demo and the in-game benchmark gives me around 30-32FPS on medium settings. I have an i7 R2 with 164OC-CPU and 500/1200/850 OC-GPU.

 

Same as yours with the 259.22 dirvers...I haven't OCed the GPU though. You have on the preset medium settings or did you change anything in custom?

 

The game on its optimal settings (low) looks and runs better than GTA 4 does on my R1. Barley any stuttering though the exact fps I am unsure of, ill give it a go again later tonight. The slight hiccup does occur every now and then but not to the point where it effects gameplay.

Edit: Just realized there was a benchmark, on medium settings I got a 26fps avg with no gpu oc, just the cpu overclocked to 1.73ghz. On low the fps avg was around 35. Maybe I should look into safely overclocking my gpu

 

Yes, 259.22 drivers. OC'ing GPU will definitely have an effect on your results for this benchmark though. And no, I haven't changed anything in medium settings.

 

Got some cracking sounds and low performance on streets when i crash. Its like cpu cant handle physics and sound. When i switched "Default Format" in realtek panel sound disappeared from game, but performance become much more smooth.

 

Are you guys using PhysX? I deleted all AI cloth files in the APEX folder (not Vito's because its so cool) and ran medium settings, windowed, with PhysX on high. I get around 26 fps, which is fine for me considering I have PhysX eating up a lot of stuff.

 

false alarm, updated audio driver and rebooted my pc, all seems to be alright now.

will try physics soon. from msi afterburner i see that game demand cpu in streets and gpu in buildings, so when i was on a mission and all was in fire i overclocked gpu to 550/1300/900 and had +10 fps.

 

WOW! OCing the GPU really helps this game. Now I can run at shadows at medium, geometry details on high with everything else ON except for PHYSX and I get an avg fps of 27-29. The game looks beautiful especially with AA enabled.

 

Has anyone tried these Nvidia Physx drivers: 9.10.0513 it says it fixes bugs in Mafia 2 but I am not sure if its compatible with the M11x R2.

 

It will work with any supported nvidia GPU such as the 335.

 

k thanx alot

 

anyone who play mafia on r1 hear such things:

(i was sitting in car looking on ship in port, but it doesn't matter, same happens when i ride through town)
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5020311/Permanent/mafia2audiofail.mp3
Listen carefully especially after 00:09

 

have you guys fixed the windowed problem on the M11x where it's you're forced to play in windowed mode?

 

I have this same issue. Can't find a fix yet.

 

same here.. did you do the videoconfig file changes? (1 to zero) I wonder if that messed that windowed thing up?

however, it does seem to be something with nvidia overlay though, because when you force full screen the screen goes black.

EDIT: so, I found a way to cheat my brain and eyes into thinking the game isnt running into WINDOWED mode, just change your videoconfig.cfg file to this:

-3 -25 1366 790 0 0 0 1

so, it will look full screen. I think the full screen problem will only be fixed once better drivers are release to M11X so we dont have to edit the videoconfig.cfg file at all.

 

How did you OC it?

 

the fix is here http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-m11x/514053-nvidia-optimus-driver-259-47-whql-r2-only.html

 

play in full screen using Nvidia new driver 260.63...

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