I have been messing with every video option available in the game and am fairly convinced they don't affect performance at all.
Let me post my main computer specs before I go on much further:
Intel core duo 2.13 (can't overclock due to Dell being smartasses and locking the BIOS)
EVGA Nvidia 8800GT OC'd to 700/1000
4GB RAM
Windows XP
When I first started the game it was on default settings which must be low, because the draw distance was super small. I got pretty choppy performance on this setting and I was bummed thinking I had upgraded graphics card and memory for no reason. I then clicked "High" settings and was like whoa! It was a whole new game. Weird, I thought.
It seems like every patch I lose a few FPS especially in or near Tortage. The last time I played I was getting 25-35FPS in Tortage and 35+ everywhere else. Only reaching 100+ in the cave south of the lighthouse. My question to you tech-minded souls is, our these FPS normal for a system of my caliber?
I know I don't have the best comp in the world, but I was hoping for at least 40+ everywhere, guess I will have to lower my standards if I want to play this game.
Oh, I did run 3dMark and got like 9600, not sure what that tells you.
Let me post my main computer specs before I go on much further:
Intel core duo 2.13 (can't overclock due to Dell being smartasses and locking the BIOS)
EVGA Nvidia 8800GT OC'd to 700/1000
4GB RAM
Windows XP
When I first started the game it was on default settings which must be low, because the draw distance was super small. I got pretty choppy performance on this setting and I was bummed thinking I had upgraded graphics card and memory for no reason. I then clicked "High" settings and was like whoa! It was a whole new game. Weird, I thought.
It seems like every patch I lose a few FPS especially in or near Tortage. The last time I played I was getting 25-35FPS in Tortage and 35+ everywhere else. Only reaching 100+ in the cave south of the lighthouse. My question to you tech-minded souls is, our these FPS normal for a system of my caliber?
I know I don't have the best comp in the world, but I was hoping for at least 40+ everywhere, guess I will have to lower my standards if I want to play this game.
Oh, I did run 3dMark and got like 9600, not sure what that tells you.