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    COD4 gameplay

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by marxs, Jan 24, 2008.

  1. marxs

    marxs Notebook Enthusiast

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    just curious - what resolution are you guys running COD4 on your mbp's (if you play COD4). I have all max settings with x4 AF and it seems i get decent fps at 800x600 only (30-40fps). at 1024x768 it slows to around 20-30 fps, too much lag for me.
     
    marxs, Jan 24, 2008
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    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    1280x800, Med-High settings.

    Turn of AA. That's killing the framerates.
     
    Lithus, Jan 24, 2008
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    Turn off AA. That really kills performance. You should be able to play 1024x768 at 30-40 fps in single player, with occasional dips when theres a million things going on.

    EDIT: D'oh, I've been beat!
     
    Arquis, Jan 24, 2008
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  4. marxs

    marxs Notebook Enthusiast

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    do the higher resolutions make up for AA? i never thought of it until now :p
     
    marxs, Jan 25, 2008
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    i has a 128mb card, you have a 256mb, maybe that makes some of the difference
     
    wildmilne, Jan 25, 2008
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    coyoteunknown Notebook Consultant

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    Are you using AA (Anti-Aliasing) or AF (Anisotropic Filtering)? Your topic post stated 4x AF. That wouldn't bring the frame rates down that much.

    AA will kill your frames, but you can generally run up to 8x AF and have little frame loss and it'll improve the graphics significantly.
     
    coyoteunknown, Jan 25, 2008
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    yeah it was actually AA. Turned it off, set the res to 1200 something, turned off the dynamic lighting then it was blazing at 50fps or so. i think the dynamic lighting has a big impact on fps, at least in mine... and yeah, the game is rather short.
     
    marxs, Jan 25, 2008
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    AA lowers your frames alot
     
    macdo, Jan 25, 2008
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    It won't have as much impact as AA, but higher res still reduces jagged edges by a significant amount.
     
    Arquis, Jan 25, 2008
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