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[Stasis]

I'm gonna run this on both rigs to see the difference directly...

XFX 4890 (Black Edition, slightly OC'd by me) & MSI TFIII 570 (factory OC, and slight OC by me)

 

[Spawnofmoose]

With regard to the early VPN unlock would I have to then play the game with the settings on Tunnelbear set to the US until the game is released on Friday in the UK or am I ok to launch steam as normal after it's unlocked?.

 

[RadioactiveLobster]

I really need to go nvidia next time around, my 2 6950's are great cards but I'm sick of AMD Driver issues and lack of PhysX

 

[Eideka]

edit: i hope it doesnt turn out to be really badly optimized, poor optimization coupled with physx being physx is brutal

Have you seen the video in which the game runs flawlessly on a 660 ? With Physx on high.

That pretty much confirms the game won't be an unoptimized mess.

No worries there.

 

[nismogrendel]

I want to play 2560x1600 on ultra - I don't think my ATI 6950 will cut it. Was thinking of getting a 660ti for the free copy (for a friend) but not sure if that card will cut it either.

Watching that physx vid linked in the other thread, it looked like the 660ti machine was high 30s - high 50s fps range. I'm thinking it was running at around 1920x1200? Not really sure.

I just want 2560x1600, top settings and around 50-60 fps. My vid card is pretty weak but the rest of my pc is ok (2500k, 16gb ram).

Think a 660 would do it for me?

 

[Big Papa Husker]

I get my GTX670 tomorrow and was wondering which drivers I should download? I hear there are beta drivers as well as release drivers. I'm coming from ATI, so this will by my first Nvidia card since 2003.

 

[Jo-El]

I want to play 2560x1600 on ultra - I don't think my ATI 6950 will cut it. Was thinking of getting a 660ti for the free copy (for a friend) but not sure if that card will cut it either.

Watching that physx vid linked in the other thread, it looked like the 660ti machine was high 30s - high 50s fps range. I'm thinking it was running at around 1920x1200? Not really sure.

I just want 2560x1600, top settings and around 50-60 fps. My vid card is pretty weak but the rest of my pc is ok (2500k, 16gb ram).

Think a 660 would do it for me?

660 Ti is great for 1080p, but I would get something faster if you're wanting to play at 2560x1600.

 

[CheesecakeRecipe]

I get my GTX670 tomorrow and was wondering which drivers I should download? I hear there are beta drivers as well as release drivers. I'm coming from ATI, so this will by my first Nvidia card since 2003.

306.23 WHQL just came out on the 13th. That's the one you should grab.

 

[thuway]

Is this game out?

 

[enzo_gt]

Is this game out?

Tuesday in NA. Release dates are in OP.

 

[Dead Prince]

Is this game out?

1 day 9 hours.

 

[Twinduct]

Dudebrochick, just cause your card isn't the newest one on the block doesn't mean you can no longer run new games.

This is Blands 2, not Crysis 3. See you online Tuesday!!!

I know it'll run fine ... on Physx low, would love for it to run it on high :/

With regard to the early VPN unlock would I have to then play the game with the settings on Tunnelbear set to the US until the game is released on Friday in the UK or am I ok to launch steam as normal after it's unlocked?.

Well you'd have to play it in offline mode until friday .. or you'd have to use the vpn every time you play, until friday.

If you launch, after unlocking it, without the vpn or being on steam online mode, then it'd just got back to it's prerelease state.

 

[iNvid02]

Is it possible to disable SLI on a 690 card?

yeah you can turn off multi gpu mode

Have you seen the video in which the game runs flawlessly on a 660 ? With Physx on high.

That pretty much confirms the game won't be an unoptimized mess.

No worries there.

been trying to avoid gameplay vids though but thats good to hear

 

[Eideka]

I know it'll run fine ... on Physx low, would love for it to run it on high :/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tEHoD9FBauM

You've got your answer I think. Keep in mind that it's a 660 (not the 660ti) in the video.

You should be fine with Physx high then.

Watching that physx vid linked in the other thread, it looked like the 660ti machine was high 30s

That was a 660, not a 660ti.

 

[Izayoi]

Ohh yeah lets see how my "state of the art" 4890 handles this mother.

I was able to play the first game with a 4890 pretty decently. I don't think the second game will be too much worse.

 

[thuway]

Running a lowly 460m here. Hopefully it'll run PhysX on high at 720p.

 

[Twinduct]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tEHoD9FBauM

You've got your answer I think. Keep in mind that it's a 660 (not the 660ti) in the video.

You should be fine with Physx high then.


That was a 660, not a 660ti.

Thanks, I've seen that vid. The problem is that the 660 is a Keplar card, which I know has like a shitton more cuda cores or some shit right?

In fact the 660 has 912 or something cuda cores and the 580 only has 512 :/

 

[Dizzy-4U]

GTX580 SLI represent. Tear this sucker down!

 

[Eideka]

Thanks, I've seen that vid. The problem is that the 660 is a Keplar card, which I know has like a shitton more cuda cores or some shit right?

In fact the 660 has 912 or something cuda cores and the 580 only has 512 :/

But the actual performance are pretty much equal.

 

[XAL]

hoping performance is up there with my evga superclocked gtx580...

 

[Atruvius]

EARLY VPN UNLOCK
If your outside US and want to play on 18th you can use a VPN to spoof your IP address and unlock the game. It pretty simple and the risk is minimal if you just want to unlock and play.

1. download free vpn app, install and run (any other vpn tool will work as well)
2. launch steam and click on borderlands 2
3. should go through some checks and if successful unlock the game

Anyone of you ever done this, works with out issues? Friday feels such a long way away... :/

 

[Twinduct]

But the actual performance are pretty much equal.

True. Just hot and bothered by the Physx effects. Would be a shame if I had to pick frames over the pretty :/

 

[Sn4ke_911]

Anyone of you ever done this, works with out issues? Friday feels such a long way away... :/

Of course. I did it with Darksiders 2 and Sleeping Dogs. Worked fine.

 

[nismogrendel]

That was a 660, not a 660ti.

Oh cool didn't realize that.

I see the 670GTX also comes with Borderlands. I thought the promo was only for the 660 range. Gotta check the budget and see if I can squeeze in another $100 for the 670.

 

[Eideka]

True. Just hot and bothered by the Physx effects. Would be a shame if I had to pick frames over the pretty :/

Look, if Batman AC is anything to go by the 660 and the 570 perform exactly the same with Physx high :

Physx élevé = Physx High

I see the 670GTX also comes with Borderlands. I thought the promo was only for the 660 range. Gotta check the budget and see if I can squeeze in another $100 for the 670.

Absolutely worth it. Not to mention that with a 670 you should be able to enjoy very demanding games like Metro Last Light, Crysis 3 or Total War Rome II in their full glory.

 

[Enduin]

I was able to play the first game with a 4890 pretty decently. I don't think the second game will be too much worse.

Ohh yeah I know. I've been able to get by for the past year+ with just about every game thats come out rarely sacrificing things, but it really is time to upgrade at this point. With cards like the 660ti and 7870 being relatively cheap for the performance increases, I'm just hesitant cause I'm slightly broke at the moment.

 

[Gareth Bale]

Does Steam work with Tunnelbear any more?

 

[YagizY]

Hope this works on my 2011 iMac w/ boot camp. I have the top model with an i7 and the 2gb Gpu upgrade

 

[ThaneKrios]

Can someone gift me this game? I'll suck your dick maaaahn'

Where do you live?

 

[Toby]

Still sitting on a lowly GTX260 here :/
Hoping to get my GT440 in to offload physx
Still, should be good. It's all about the loot anyway.

 

[Twinduct]

Look, if Batman AC is anything to go by the 660 and the 570 perform exactly the same with Physx high :

Physx élevé = Physx High


Absolutely worth it. Not to mention that with a 670 you should be able to enjoy very demanding games like Metro Last Light, Crysis 3 or Total War Rome II in their full glory.

Ah thanks for this. Oh well, will know in 2 days if I should start saving up for a 670 anyways.

 

[paischtu]

Radeon HD 4875.. No problem!

 

[StopMakingSense]

Hope this works on my 2011 iMac w/ boot camp. I have the top model with an i7 and the 2gb Gpu upgrade

I think you'll be okay . That 6970m is no slouch. (Have the same except 1gb VRAM)

 

[Mupod]

I like 120 fps better than particle effects, but I'll see how far an overclocked Asus Matrix 580 gets me.

 

[Sethos]

Where do you live?

Denmark, c'mon by.

 

[kms_md]

bought an EVGA 670 FTW to upgrade a 6870 - BL2 will be my first game on my new 27" IPS panel.

 

[AndyMoogle]

I'm still on a GTX460, but hopefully I can play with most stuff on high except for PhysX. Still using a 1680x1050 monitor, so I should be fine.

 

[Alcoholikaust]

My 670 is ready...

when can we finish our preload on steam?...

 

[CheesecakeRecipe]

Will easily sacrifice the PhysX on my GTX 460 to maintain framerate smoothness. Fluidity in motion is more important to me than goofily rendered fluids.

 

[Dead Prince]

My 670 is ready...

when can we finish our preload on steam?...

when steam decides to unlock the game.

 

[JordanKZ]

Anyone of you ever done this, works with out issues? Friday feels such a long way away... :/

As someone's already said, I also did this with Sleeping dogs and Darksiders 2. Although YMMV, we have no idea if this will also work, but I'd imagine so.

 

[The Mana Legend]

I have an HD Radeon 6970, so lets hope it doesn't run like shit like a lot of launch games using this.

 

[Alcoholikaust]

when steam decides to unlock the game.

well played

 

[Grumbul]

Completely new rig here sporting a GTX670. This is pretty much the first game I'll be hitting heavily since I made the migration from consoles earlier this month.

Eagerly looking forward to this.

 

[ChimpBottle]

How do you guys think a 560 Ti will handle this game? I'm using an i7 2600K @ 3.4GHz with it

 

[Harbinger of War]

I'm still on a GTX460, but hopefully I can play with most stuff on high except for PhysX. Still using a 1680x1050 monitor, so I should be fine.

Will easily sacrifice the PhysX on my GTX 460 to maintain framerate smoothness. Fluidity in motion is more important to me than goofily rendered fluids.

Another GTX 460 (768) user here. The PhysX look great but I'll gladly sacrifice it for consistently high FPS, which shouldn't be much of a problem at 1600x900.

 

[Eideka]

How do you guys think a 560 Ti will handle this game? I'm using an i7 2600K @ 3.4GHz with it

Maxed out + Physx on medium at a very good framerate.

 

[Felix Lighter]

I decided to upgrade my AMD driver from 12.3 to 12.8, which I've been avoiding because of an annoying HDMI audio issue that causes my receiver to disconnect constantly. The solution to the HDMI issue is to setup a preset that ups the Memory clock when in 2D mode to around 310Mhz up from 150Mhz. For some reason they downclock the memory so far that it interferes with HDMI audio.

Heres the guide I used:
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=117633

I left my Core clock alone but upping the Memory Clocks to 310 Mhz in 2D mode has completely fixed the problem.

I decided to post this here in case anyone else was experiencing the issue (it's been in both 12.6 and 12.8 and a lot of people using HDMI surround receivers have been complaining, maybe 7XXX card specific) and in anticipation of possible BL 2 performance drivers that may not have fixed this particular problem.

How do you guys think a 560 Ti will handle this game? I'm using an i7 2600K @ 3.4GHz with it

That card can handle every game.

 

[iNvid02]

if tunnelbear doesnt work try spotflux

or cyberghost vpn, pretty much any vpn app can do the job

 

[ipitydatfu]

4870 represent

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