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    Bad Company 2 on DV6t Quad Edition!?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by HTWingNut, Jul 18, 2011.

  1. HTWingNut

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    Can someone post their impressions and benchmarks on Bad Company 2, preferably in 32-man servers and what settings and performance you get on a DV6t Quad Edition? I can't seem to find any real good info on this. Thanks.
     
    HTWingNut, Jul 18, 2011
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    I get about 30fps on 1366x768 with DX11/hbao/AA x4 and AF x8.
     
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    Thanks. So with Dx9, hbao off, it should run with much higher fps then? Doesn't it ever pause or stutter or have slowdowns like with lots of smoke and explosions?
     
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    I'm sure using MLAA instead of 4xAA would enable higher settings.
     
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    how do I do this?
    I wouldn't run it in DX9 mode as this turns off many options. I'd recommend turning off hbao, bloom, and AA, and you should get very good performance. I need to play around more with the settings, but I haven't had time lately to play.
     
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    I've played on DirectX 9 and it looks and plays fine to me. Gets me playable on my M11x even, albeit with massive slowdowns in heavy firefights and explosions.
     
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    Is there a pc demo of this game? Also just in genereal where is a good place to download all pc demos?

    Thanks
     
    michaelearth, Jul 18, 2011
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    Demos are few and far between these days. Check Steam for demos or Gamespot.com or IGN.com. But there is no demo for Bad Company 2.
     
    HTWingNut, Jul 18, 2011
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    I ran it comfortably at 1080p at medium settings. It's not perfect, but certainly playable. This was on a dual core, so the quad should fare a little better (BFBC2 uses the extra cores nicely).
     
    awaizy, Jul 19, 2011
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    Catalyst control panel should have that.
     
    soguxu, Jul 20, 2011
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