Darkest of Days Demo - Page 6

Kaguya · 08-13-09, 10:29 AM

Sorry double post:

I noticed while playing this demo that it uses OpenGL... does OpenGL work properly in SLI? I'm still boggling at the performance as I think this game should run better than it did.

Fuku2 · 08-13-09, 10:56 AM

Game ran at 50 fps for me at 1680x1050 no AA but full detail minus the occlusion stuff.

NarcissistZero · 08-13-09, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Fuku2

Game ran at 50 fps for me at 1680x1050 no AA but full detail minus the occlusion stuff.

Not bad, really, for a more budget processor and a 2 generation old card. What is the performance issue for you, Kaguya?

Kaguya · 08-13-09, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by NarcissistZero

Not bad, really, for a more budget processor and a 2 generation old card. What is the performance issue for you, Kaguya?

I ran at 1920x1200 with 2xAA and 4xAF with full PhysX and it was hovering around the 30fps mark. When I turned off AA and AF, I saw no difference in performance. Same with PhysX, it stayed about the same whether it was off, low or high. The only thing that seemed to affect performance was the graphics quality:

Very High and High both had about the same 30fps.
Medum and below it shot up to 60fps immediately.

I just have a feeling that SLI and OpenGL isn't working properly. I'll try it again tonight and fool around with some settings, but I think my system should be able to destroy this game!

NarcissistZero · 08-13-09, 12:37 PM

I'm pretty sure it was already said the game only uses one GPU... and you have the same Q6600 processor. It's odd the Physx did nothing for you, but then the second GPU was used for it and is not being used for anything else with it off.

I'll know more tomorrow when I can play the demo.

Kaguya · 08-13-09, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by NarcissistZero

I'm pretty sure it was already said the game only uses one GPU... and you have the same Q6600 processor. It's odd the Physx did nothing for you though.

I'll know more tomorrow when I can play the demo.

Odd that it has an SLI profile in the 190.38 drivers (as listed on EVGA's profile page). Granted, I had to go back to the 186.18 drivers as the 190.38s caused weird artifacts in other games, I did put the SLI profile back into the 186.18s through nHancer.

If multi-GPU isn't supported, would turning SLI off put all the PhysX stuff onto the 2nd GPU, or would it do nothing? What about SLI-AA? I guess I could try that too to maybe.

It's just unfortunate because loads of other better looking games perform so well and this was a lot more fun than I wanted to give it credit. At least it was a playable 30fps.

jAkUp · 08-13-09, 12:47 PM

SLI is working here.

Kaguya · 08-13-09, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by jAkUp

SLI is working here.

Well, I tried it again this time without the AFR SLI setting in nHancer and the game ran significantly faster!

This time I was able to run it at 1920x1200, 4xAA, 8xAF PhysX on HIGH and I was getting between 40 and 50 most of the time.

When there is no nVidia profile, I believe it defaults to a single card, but I could be wrong... either way, definitely playable this way.

Lfctony · 08-13-09, 10:41 PM

The game looks meh... (not visually, just the whole concept, gameplay clips etc.) Is it actually any good?

**nekrosoft13** · 08-13-09, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Lfctony

Is it actually any good?

nope, its horrid

Gaco · 08-14-09, 05:03 AM

I thought it was ok, although kind of average in game presentation, bad in story presentation (it's a cliché cannon), but the concept is cool IMO and the graphics is half-good. The movement/weapon physics or feeling is pretty good except in the very beginning where I had some sort of choppyness when looking around with the mouse i.e. it wasn't smooth and not just the framerate's fault.

If they can improve AI and it gets to a 10$ pricepoint, I'd consider it, although I definitely won't give full price for this game in it's current state. The demo was worth trying for me though.

NarcissistZero · 08-14-09, 06:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Lfctony

The game looks meh... (not visually, just the whole concept, gameplay clips etc.) Is it actually any good?

If only there were some sort of program you could download that would allow you to run a portion of the game to make up your own mind.

08-13-09, 10:29 AM	#61
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NarcissistZero Loving Everything Me Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 8,033	Re: Darkest of Days Demo I'm pretty sure it was already said the game only uses one GPU... and you have the same Q6600 processor. It's odd the Physx did nothing for you, but then the second GPU was used for it and is not being used for anything else with it off. I'll know more tomorrow when I can play the demo. __________________ I gots one of them high powered gaming computers with an EVGA GTX 480 video thingy and a Q9550 processing device and also one of them Windows 7 64 operating programs with 4GB of some Corsair 1033 DDR2 ram. Steam, Xbox Live and PSN: StingingVelvet

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08-14-09, 05:03 AM	#71
Gaco L4D & DoW2 ftw! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Denmark Posts: 3,143	Re: Darkest of Days Demo I thought it was ok, although kind of average in game presentation, bad in story presentation (it's a cliché cannon), but the concept is cool IMO and the graphics is half-good. The movement/weapon physics or feeling is pretty good except in the very beginning where I had some sort of choppyness when looking around with the mouse i.e. it wasn't smooth and not just the framerate's fault. If they can improve AI and it gets to a 10$ pricepoint, I'd consider it, although I definitely won't give full price for this game in it's current state. The demo was worth trying for me though. __________________ ---MAIN GAMING RIG from MID SEPTEMBER 2007, MOBO+CASE+FANS UPGRADED APRIL 2009, GRAPHICSCARD UPGRADED MARCH 2010--- Case: Antec P182 case + 3x 120mm Scythe Slipstream SY1225SL12M @ ~900 RPM Motherboard: Asus P5Q Deluxe CPU: Intel Core2 Q6600@3.3ghz w. Noctua NH-U12P RAM: 4Gb Crucial Tracer PC-8500 Graphics: XFX Radeon HD 5970 Black Edition Harddiscs: 2xRaptorX 150gb 10.000 RPM in RAID0 Soundcard: X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Sound: Sennheiser HD600 Headphones + headamp Keyboard: Logitech DiNovo Edge Mouse: Razor Orochi Monitor: Samsung 2232BW (22" 1680*1050) OS: Windows 7 Professional 64bit