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    HAWX 2 Benchmark! Post your score!

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by spradhan01, Oct 24, 2010.

  1. spradhan01

    spradhan01 Notebook Virtuoso

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    ryzeki Super Moderator Super Moderator

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    all high/on, no AA, 1920x1080 and no tessalation run: max fps 84, avg 60.

    I'll run the game with tessalation next time, gotta go play something first!
     
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    ryzeki Super Moderator Super Moderator

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    Alright, Tessalation can't be enabled via the game, gotta force it on the settings ini.

    All high/on, no Vsyc, 1920x1080, tessalation on:
    Max fps:139
    Average fps: 92

    The game doesn't seem to be demanding at all. And I agree with the fire etc, it looks weak compared to the amazing landscapes.
     
  4. Lum-X

    Lum-X Notebook Evangelist

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    everything max out 1440x900, no Tessellation,16x Q CSAA and Vsync on
    Min 40 and MAX 80
    Nice
     
  5. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    So is this any less arcade than the first one?
     
  6. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    The release of this benchmark is great news. I was thinking they would end up canning the PC version altogether. While the original was arcade-like I enjoyed it very much. Of course they still could cancel it but the fact that they took the time to release a benchmark is promising. It seems to run very well. Here's my results (Max 144, Avg 89). 1680x1050, AA off (not needed at native IMHO), Tessellation is off (not supported by my video card), Vsync off (for best performance), everything else high. Sager NP8662, Q9200 2.4GHz, GTX 260m, 4GB DDR3.

    [​IMG]
     
  7. be77solo

    be77solo pc's and planes

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    man, would love to buy the game, really enjoyed the first one, but it's that blasted Ubisoft constant online connection DRM problem again... blasted
     
  8. brochiller

    brochiller Notebook Consultant

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    Here's some results for those of us with slightly weaker GPUs. Still good results, using the laptop in my sig.

    [​IMG]
     
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    wahad Notebook Consultant

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    oh i have same score as you ^ with i3 and 5730 just only with 3gigs of ram at 1366x768 and 2xMSAA
     
  10. wahad

    wahad Notebook Consultant

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    Oh wrong, you can enable tesselation through game just go into hawx2 benchmark directory and runn hawxdx11 or something like that

    I dont think that tesselation can be enable only through ini file if game is not runing in dx11 mode, and if you run from shortcut on start menu or desktop it will surely run only in dx10

    EDIT: Sry for double post, if someone can merge it it would be great :)
     
  11. Ayle

    Ayle Trailblazer

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    Are you sure it uses it? I thought they had learned their lesson with AC2...

    EDIT: :mad: I've just finished downloading it and...Seriously?! Why on earth would you want to put DRM on a demo??? That is just ridiculous.
     
  12. Kingpinzero

    Kingpinzero ROUND ONE,FIGHT! You Win!

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    Heya guysm i did some benchmarks myself too.
    Everyone got really good scores imho :D

    This is the first:
    1920x1200
    Maxed Out/8xCsaa
    No Vsync
    [​IMG]

    This is the second
    1680x1050
    Maxed Out/No AA
    No Vsync
    [​IMG]

    I have too many things running in background (like jdownloader, it eats braaaains) and im still waiting for my X9000 to ship. Anyway ive benched it right away, using T9300 in dualida mode (2,70ghz) and Sli.
    I bet that scores will be better once ive rebooted and cleaned some background things.
    Enabling vsync gives me same results no matter what resolution i use: 64fps Max and AVG 58fps, so i didnt bothered to post it.
    Oh this is on my xps m1730.
     
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    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    Wouldnt want people to pirate the demo now would we?
     
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    Baka (・ω・)

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    Pirating a demo is a crime. A really really bad crime that will cost the company millions :(
     
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    Kingpinzero ROUND ONE,FIGHT! You Win!

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    I guess because this isnt really a *stand alone* benchmark, but more of a little portion of the game itself.
    I bet the same benchmark will be included into the final game as well, like capcom does (its a disgrace that Dead Rising 2 didnt got a benchmark, its an awful port).
    So therefore...if the benchmark is ripped straight from the final game, it uses the same launcher. Thats why it asks to login to ubisoft. Oh well ive enjoyed alot AC2 and had only one freeze due to adsl going down...beside that it was awesome.
    Im not bothered with this DRM as long it works and doesnt mess with peoples life..

    btw, this isnt even a demo...
     
  16. Magnus72

    Magnus72 Notebook Virtuoso

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    I got with my XPS M1730 in signature:

    Max FPS 170
    Average FPS 94

    This at all options on max, vscync off and 8xAA.
     
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    ryzeki Super Moderator Super Moderator

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    You are absolutely right.

    My DX10 scores all high/on 1920x1080 no vsync and no AA
    Max fps 140
    Avg: 92

    My DX10 scores all high/on 1920x1080 no vsync and 4x AA
    Max fps 145
    Avg: 85

    My DX10 scores all high/on 1920x1080 no vsync and 8x AA
    Max fps 121
    Avg: 81

    DX11 all high/on, 1920x1080, 0x AA, Tessalation On, no vSyc
    Max fps: 76
    Avg: 57

    DX11 all high/on, 1920x1080, 4x AA, Tessalation On, no vSyc
    Max fps: 64
    Avg: 47

    I gotta say, I didn't notice much, if at all, any graphic fidelity change from DX11 from DX10 other than the performance hit. The game looked the exact same to me. No reason to even run in DX11 when DX10 looks the same and brings better performance.
     
  18. Magnus72

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    I ran another run of the benchmark this time with AA disabled, 1920x1200.

    Max FPS 207
    Average FPS 87

    Strangely enough I got lower average FPS with AA disabled than with 8xAA enabled. Though I got an 30+ fps increase in Max FPS :)

    Of course the bench ran with my XPS M1730, X9000 at 3.8Ghz.
     
  19. LaptopNut

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    Funny you should mention that because the benchmark fails for me with an internet connection error. I sure as hell won't bother buying the full version with a ''feature'' like that. I have uninstalled the Demo now. Sure it could be an issue with my firewall or something but you get the point.

    Maybe they are worried about some one pirating the Demo....... :rolleyes:
     
  20. sean473

    sean473 Notebook Prophet

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    when's the game release date? Its was october 11 and it seems to be november 12 now..
     
  21. granyte

    granyte ATI+AMD -> DAAMIT

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    140 fps max 40 moy all maxed no tellselation vsync off
     
  22. mustangless

    mustangless Notebook Geek

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    Acer with 5650 stock speeds.

    Dx11
    [​IMG]

    Dx10
    [​IMG]

    vsync on, I know I could pick up a few more fps, but did not want to re-test.
     
  23. eroslove

    eroslove Newbie

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    Hi,this is my first time on this thread so i just replied to the first score i seen on the first page, my scores below are with dx 10 first of all..

    DX10 maxed out
    1920X1080
    Terrain Tesselation OFF
    AA x 16xQ CSAA
    Everything HIGH
    Vsync OFF

    My Second test was with DX11

    DX11 maxed out
    1920x1080
    Terrain Tesselation ON
    AAx 32xCSAA
    Everything HIGH
    Vsync OFF

    MY RIG

    i7 950 @ 4.0GHZ
    2 X GTX 460 IN SLI (1GB'S)
    8GB G SKILL RIPJAW RAM @ 2000 mhz
    120GB SSD
    1000watt COOLERMASTER SILENT PRO
    WINDOWS 7 64bit
     

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  24. Kingpinzero

    Kingpinzero ROUND ONE,FIGHT! You Win!

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    Thats cool, but desktop benchmarks arent useful into a notebook forum, you know :D
    Well at least it kinda gives a rough idea on what your system can do....and its a crazy one.
     
  25. Bearclaw

    Bearclaw Steaming

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    Why do people keep saying DX10? There's only DX9 and DX11 in this game.
     
  26. ryzeki

    ryzeki Super Moderator Super Moderator

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    Oh, I already uninstalled it but everything pointed to DX10 instead of DX9, which is why I mentioned DX10. Didn't know it was DX9 really.
     
  27. Magnus72

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    Doesn´t it run in DX10 in Vista? I have to check, my benchmark was run in DX9 Win XP SP3.

    I agree posting desktop benchmark scores is kind of useless when it´s a notebookforum.
     
  28. granyte

    granyte ATI+AMD -> DAAMIT

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    i guess it serve to put me back in my place with my little 140 FPS
     
  29. Bearclaw

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    I use Fraps to determine the DirectX version (black background behind FPS means DX10/11 and no background means 9).

    With the default exe it was no background so DX9, with DX11 exe it was black background.
     
  30. Magnus72

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    Sounds about right Bearclaw.
     
  31. eroslove

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    lol i didnt even notice it was just notebook :/ i cant seem to find any desktop forums for this subject if you can i would appreciate you posting a link,thanks
     
  32. eroslove

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    when i right click HAWX exe i get option dx 10 and dx 11 thats why i said that lol
     
  33. Kingpinzero

    Kingpinzero ROUND ONE,FIGHT! You Win!

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    Nah men its fine :D Theres a desktop section as well here, plus we are all good peoples and nice ones :D
    Thats a great score as i said!