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    Did COD: WAW ever release a demo?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by MegaMan X, Jan 22, 2009.

  1. MegaMan X

    MegaMan X Notebook Evangelist

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    I wanna see if this will play on my notebook at all, which is pretty weaksauce. LOL

    I have/own COD4, and it runs alright on it, but I can't pull the trigger on buying COD5 to only find out if it runs crappy.
     
    MegaMan X, Jan 22, 2009
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  2. eleron911

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    COD5 runs similarly to COD4...minor improvements,little performance drop.
     
    eleron911, Jan 22, 2009
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  3. hax0rJimDuggan

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    I don't think they did.

    COD 5 definitely doesn't run as smooth as 4 on my 9800m gts - med/high settings on a 1920x1200 resolution. In 4 I probably get 60fps+, in 5 45ish.
     
    hax0rJimDuggan, Jan 22, 2009
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  4. Ghold

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    They had an open beta for the last month before it came out, could have been a little longer
     
    Ghold, Jan 22, 2009
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  5. MegaMan X

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    Well, when I was in the store, it said optimized for multi-core so I thought I could benefit from that.

    I play COD4 right now at 1280 by something resolution, low settings, and I get ~30fps

    If could get the same FPS at the approximate resolution, I think it be worth buying
     
    MegaMan X, Jan 22, 2009
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    The performance loss could be attributed to high settings made even higher, and maybe not effect low as much. But I can't test myself, since I've long deleted the CoD4 demo and I only have WaW. WaW certainly doesn't run like CoD4 on high, and it's more stutter prone. I could play the CoD4 demo at 1600 x 900 without a problem, in WaW it's 1366 x 768 and I have to limit the FPS to 30 to fix stuttering. Multiplayer runs much smoother however, and I'd think you could manage that on low at 1280 x 800. That's where all the fun is found :D
     
    anothergeek, Jan 22, 2009
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  7. exi

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    Yep. They had an open beta program for a short time, but there was no actual demo released in the sense that you're asking.
     
    exi, Jan 22, 2009
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  8. ahl395

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    COD5 uses the same graphics engine as COD4 (with some minor improvements) , so if it can play COD4, it will play COD5 at slightly lowered settings.
     
    ahl395, Jan 22, 2009
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  9. eleron911

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    Pretty much, yep ...
     
    eleron911, Jan 22, 2009
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  10. naticus

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    cod:waw uses shader model 3.0, while cod4 used SM 2.0. There is a drastic reduction in fps at high settings with this game. in cod4 i can avergae 250 fps constant with all settings low, AF16x,trilinear,extra textures,1440x900. COd5 will the same settings maxes me out at about 150 staying closer to 100fps, so yes there is a drastic performance hit from the two games.
     
    naticus, Jan 22, 2009
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  11. aussiek2000

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    I can play it on low settings.
     
    aussiek2000, Jan 22, 2009
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  12. crash

    crash NBR Assassin

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    Unfortunately, there is no demo for COD: WAW.

    It runs similiarly to COD4, so you can play COD: WAW at slightly lower settings than you play COD4 and you should get the same performance.
     
    crash, Jan 22, 2009
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