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Performance rating on options screen

Posted: May 29th, 2010, 9:05 am
by Loriac
Just downloaded the demo and saw this rating in the options screen. Can anyone tell me what numbers I should be seeing here? I am currently running the demo on an i540 laptop with hybrid intel / nvidia 330m graphics and native resolution of 1600x900 (Windows 7 64bit professional) and I'm seeing red numbers in the full screen mode whether I'm running on dedicated or intel graphics.

Using DX 9 I get the following results:

In fullscreen mode, I see ~15 on 330m, which goes up to ~25 if I use intel graphics. In windowed mode the 330m delivers ~2-4 whilst the intel graphics show as ~15

These ratings (based on the colors assigned to them) seem high. What do the ratings mean in practice? Even running on intel graphics with a rating of 25 the graphics don't seem slow as such, so I was wondering if the performance rating is correctly reporting what it should be.

Also, what is the game loading up when a save game is loaded? My laptop is using an ssd drive setup, and I'm seeing several seconds needed to load a game which seems somewhat long.

Re: Performance rating on options screen

Posted: May 29th, 2010, 10:43 am
by Randomizer
The lowest number is best, but as long as it stays in the 20s you shouldn't have too noticeable a lag when playing. There are some places where it will get worse when there are lots of NPCs or in the forests.

I have a really long load time too. It's reloading three files that contain the map, information about the NPCs and monsters, and the minimap that appears in the upper right corner.

Re: Performance rating on options screen

Posted: May 29th, 2010, 11:04 am
by Noru
On my notebook, I have a standard green 8 for performance, windowed. Loading time is about 5-7-10 sec.