Need For Speed Most Wanted - PC Performance Thread

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Similar results on my i7-2600K, too - utilization rarely tops 40%.
 
Okay so it's definitely GPU-bounding then.

Yeah, I'd say the best hope is a patch from Criterion along with a game specific driver patch from NVidia/AMD.

HP was GPU bound and it's not hard to do what sethos did to show it. Like I mentioned it's another borked port and people have to wait and see how it performs on their rig whether it's powerful or midrange.
 
can someone do a comparative benchmark with HP? so those of us with that game might be able to get a feel for how MW might behave?
 
Wasnt/isnt there a similar problem with Need for Speed Most Wanted? I own MW and on my 680 i get drops to 45fps and stuff with everything on max, etc. Similar style games no?
 
It's quite GPU bound because I havent seen my GPU heat up like this since a while. BUT It's totally using my 4 cores as well (HT off).

Anyway AO to medium is enough and saves some FPS. I wouldn't turn down reflections tho as they look quite nice.

Since we can't get a solid 60 fps I just decided to downsample it a bit and call it a day. Might as well...
 
Wow pretty disappointing. Kind of tempted to just get the console version then.. :(

Sethos would you recommend a getting pc version and then holding out for a patch for sli I was looking forward to this ugh
 
Wow pretty disappointing. Kind of tempted to just get the console version then.. :(

Sethos would you recommend a getting pc version and then holding out for a patch for sli I was looking forward to this ugh

u crazy mahn.

Definitely get the PC version. SLI profile support is coming for sure and even with the performance snafus, you can turn down a few options and still have a better looking game than the console versions at 60FPS.
 
Wow pretty disappointing. Kind of tempted to just get the console version then.. :(

Sethos would you recommend a getting pc version and then holding out for a patch for sli I was looking forward to this ugh

Hold out for the patches. I forgot who mentioned HP being patched 5 times but criterion will get to the performance for sure considering it will be unavoidable again. These games with supersampling and negative lod jacked up are some of the best racing experiences you can get.
 
I'll give my impressions tonight after the game unlocks, hope it turns out for the best! I'll be on a fresh Windows 8 install with the latest nVidia BETA drivers.

Core i7 3.6 ghz
6GB RAM
Gigabyte Geforce GTX 670 2GB
Installed on an SSD
 
I was so looking forward to crushing this game with my newly built rig (i3570K and GTX 680). Cranking up the settings with no regard to the consequences is half of the fun! This is highly disappointing.
 
Yikes. 2 year old Hot Pursuit looks better, runs better and can support SGSSAA (probably a better game too). I'll probably give the game a miss now.
 
Well this is the last time I pre order a game through GMG. I love using the vouchers but I keep getting fucked by shit ports. :/
 
Well this is the last time I pre order a game through GMG. I love using the vouchers but I keep getting fucked by shit ports. :/

Dude you probably got the game at half the cost of the console version on GMG. I got it from them for $34.

I mean, at worst I bet I'll still get the PC version to look and run better than it does on Xbox. At Worst.
 
At this point I'm assuming the dirt filter (which, as far as I can tell, is the exact same image in every game) is part of EA's internal certification process.

Very good sir, got a hearty chuckle from that; one may also find that it is part of EA's style guide.
 
At this point I'm assuming the dirt filter (which, as far as I can tell, is the exact same image in every game) is part of EA's internal certification process.

Though this holds some true, I think that the post process image is different from BF3 / NFS The Run.
 
The game definitely uses some form of AA, it looks nowhere near as bad as vanilla Hot Pursuit.
But the frequent framedrops are just horrible and i don't think there's gonna be a day one patch to fix that mess
 
We need to breach those bndl files and annihilate the filter texture. :( I can't find anything that will open them.
 
This is my rig:

CPU: AMD 955
RAM: 8 GB
GPU: HD 6950

The game runs horrible with high settings (60 fps with huge drops, below 20 fps). With medium settings I get 45 fps but with drops too.

Huge mess.
 
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