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    Kane and Lynch 2 Demo performance

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Vitor711, Aug 11, 2010.

  1. Vitor711

    Vitor711 Notebook Evangelist

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    No matter which settings I disable, I cannot get my game to run at a constant 60FPS. Performance is all over the place - as long as there are no armed enemies on screen, I get in the high 80s. Even a large crowd of NPCs doesn't dent the FPS. Yet as soon as enemies appear, the game chugs at low 30s and high 20s and considering the whole thing is meant to have a handy cam, off the web look - anything but a full 60FPS really hurts the experience.

    Since a 360 can run this at 1280x720 at a near constant 60, I find this hard to stomach.

    Is it just me? Turning everything onto Low and cranking the res from 1920x1080 to 1280x720 adds less than 10 extra frames. Yet I still have the same issue - empty room or crowds of people, 100FPS+, with enemies, low 40s.
     
    Vitor711, Aug 11, 2010
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  2. Satyrion

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    i gotta try it out now :)
     
    Satyrion, Aug 11, 2010
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  3. thinkpad knows best

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    Perhaps the 360, but exempt the 360 from gaming, since it doesn't even close to represent what a modern PC CAN do, they've just exploited every single performance loophole in the 360's architecture, so that the ancient X1900XT based GPU can last for a couple more years.
     
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  4. Vitor711

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    How's performance? There's clearly something wrong with the optimisation if turning everything including the res down super low only gets a 10FPS boost. Wondering if its just me or not.
     
    Vitor711, Aug 12, 2010
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  5. SomeRandomDude

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    Game performed much better for me, something must be wrong with your settings. I played with everything on high, at 1600x900 and with 4xAA, and never experienced any slowdowns. However, I really didn't like it very much. Gameplay's ok, your average cover-and-shoot game, but the scenery was really dull. If brown is the word to describe Far Cry 2, grey is the one for the Kane and Lynch 2 demo. And the camera was a bit annoying, everything went pixelated when you got hit.
     
    SomeRandomDude, Aug 12, 2010
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  6. crazysoccerman14

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    I got ~30fps with 1920 resolution and no AA. This game is FUN. The opening cut-scene was really messed up- but that is what makes this series awesome.
     
    crazysoccerman14, Aug 12, 2010
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  7. Lum-X

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    pretty interesting performance and graphics. decent performance i can be better thought.
    I lol so much when i see someone running in game and it seems a we aew going to get a good game.
     
    Lum-X, Aug 12, 2010
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