some observations and musing from first day and a half of COD.
Have installed on desktop, vista, quad core Q9550, 4 gig ram and most importantly 480 gtx
Also installed on an Asus G73J, windows 64 bit, 8 gig ram, 5870m ati
to run any air battle with more than a few planes I have had to drop the resolution down dramatically.For the 480GTX, dropped down to 1440 x 900 , all settings medium. The benchmark is the instant mission where as a group of hurricanes you get to kick some Ju87's up the butt.All other flight sims, I can run at 1980 x 1200 , extreme settings
Interestingly still looks great at the lower resolution until we approach land whilst chasing. Looks worse that rise of flight when very first released. Something amiss here, tried using nvidia control panel put it wont recognize the exe and thinks its LOMAC instead. Wonder what Nvidia drivers they tested on as Im using the latest Windows tested drivers, 266.58. Its as if anistropic filtering isnt working.I am not changing drivers for 1 game when the rest run fantastically.
Guess for the time being i'll have to fight over the channel, water looks fab.
On the laptop, the game looks better, still with much lower resolution, however it staggers all over the place and air to air combat is a waste of time as , as soon as I fire , staggers like a drunk
On the same laptop, DCS Warthog looks a treat and no slow down when firing its big@#$% cannon on maximum settings
For both PC's, have epilepsy filter off
So where to from here.
Most games, sims have launched with problems recently even Civ 5 and Shogun 2 however they have big development teams behind them and problems being eliminated quickly. is the same possible here? The sim has fantastic potential and its as if they have built an "engine" that can be used for ground, sea and air warefare. However if the engine is running on 3 cylinders, when you drive it home from the salesroom, you take it straight back to the garage.
Am I glad I bought it? Yes definitely, as I can see what is possible, I want to see expansions where we can fly in North Africa, Typhoons over normandy, mossies on ship strikes etc.
Am I worried? Yes as well as the problems I and many, many people are experiencing could damage the "brand". Can the developers get on top of the problems? If they can quickly, then I think we will be in a positive position. Unfortunately it is down to them and how we can feedback postively.
Before I get jumped on that i dont know how to set up my system, or my system isnt up to it, or some other infered issue,I have FSX, with REX ,Lomac, Lomac 2, DCS Blackshark, Warthog, Strikefighters ( all variants), Rise of Flight , and yes for fun I have Wings of Prey ( fun can come in many ways). Also Theatre of war series, company of heroes, Total War series etc and they all work , smooth as silk in the max resolution with max settings.
So there is something strange going on, is it software to driver issue, as COD should run much better when I look at the models, landscape, sky etc.
I an hoping it turns out to be something simple because I cant believe anyone would launch knowingly in such a condition. Did the last minute changes due to the filter actually break something else? That is what i'm hoping for as it would be impossible to even test more than 10 planes in an air battle in its current condition.
I am staying optimistic, as I have seen broken product before that turns into gold.
Lets hope so here, oh well off to have a beer