Episode 2 Performance

Tom|Nbk · 10 Oct 2007 at 17:23

Hey all just started EP2 performance is superb. Around 80fps Average 1680x1050 16xAA/AF. It seems FPS can drop in some instances depending on the situation when I turn the flash light on FPS can drop to mid 30's :confused:

Anyone else noticed this?. 8800GTX BTW. Also the game does not seem to be using dual core as of yet

RavenXXX2 · 10 Oct 2007 at 17:37

Yeah, no multi core support as of yet, leaves me with three cores sitting on their butts

performance is as smooth as silk on my 2900xt and never ever feels sluggish, even when in massive battles, this is with X4AA-16AF. I think the flash light has a hit on performance in all the HL2 games, i never really notice any dip in fps with it on " though i dont use fraps " but then again your using 16XAA, jeez these GTX guys love their AA, 4X not good enough for yah.

Tom|Nbk · 10 Oct 2007 at 17:39

Nah I have never had a hit with the flashlight tbh :confused:

also changing AA levels hardly affects performance or change it. Perhaps when the dual core patch comes it will solve it?

Cooper · 10 Oct 2007 at 17:44

Source engine is just as dependant on CPU as GPU isnt it?.

Until they release a multi core version, fps will suffer in certain situations i guess.

Tom|Nbk · 10 Oct 2007 at 17:47

Cooper said:
Source engine is just as dependant on CPU as GPU isnt it?.

Until they release a multi core version, fps will suffer in certain situations i guess.

I believe so hence why I think the dual core patch will help. Seems my CPU can't cope with all the effects dispite being clocked at 3.6Ghz C2D. Hurry up with the dual core patch Valve!

RavenXXX2 · 10 Oct 2007 at 17:51

I reckon when this multi core patch hits we will see some impressive increase in frame rates as a number of valve employees have said and its about time too.

Tom|Nbk · 10 Oct 2007 at 17:58

Any more news on when it's coming as Im fed up of waiting now

sunlitsix · 10 Oct 2007 at 18:11

fed up of waiting?! episode 2 was only released today!

im guessing some time next week if its ready

Tom|Nbk · 10 Oct 2007 at 18:12

sunlitsix said:
fed up of waiting?! episode 2 was only released today!
im guessing some time next week if its ready

Don't care it was stated it would come before it.

JoeBoi · 10 Oct 2007 at 18:20

Does source not support Dual Core atm then?

Tom|Nbk · 10 Oct 2007 at 18:22

JoeBoi said:
Does source not support Dual Core atm then?

Nope.

LabR@t · 10 Oct 2007 at 18:28

my x1800xt @ 1680*1050 drops to mid 30's fps in tf2 mostly 60+ so with dc pacth I might get a few more hey? maybe I can hold off buying a new vga card then

NeverWinter · 10 Oct 2007 at 18:29

Will DL when I get home

Can't wait, got my new PC on monday and played a bit of Ep1 to test it out.

doodah · 10 Oct 2007 at 18:33

How big is the orange box? My anal Uni only allow 500Mb a day

Could i install steam on my external hard drive and take it to the library and do it that way?

NeverWinter · 10 Oct 2007 at 18:36

Yeah you can just copy the files over. That's what i'd do in your position.

aob · 10 Oct 2007 at 18:42

Flashlight now casts dynamic shadows, could be why you notice a dip with it only in ep 2.

Game looks pretty nice I must say.

sunlitsix · 10 Oct 2007 at 18:42

dbappa said:
How big is the orange box? My anal Uni only allow 500Mb a day

Could i install steam on my external hard drive and take it to the library and do it that way?

the whole package is around 10gig

Robert · 10 Oct 2007 at 18:45

I think the multithreading patch is already in. I'm sure there's an official post on the forums stating this.

Atomic · 10 Oct 2007 at 18:47

The game looks good, but shocking that Source doesn't support multi core CPU.

V1N · 10 Oct 2007 at 18:49

When I first fired it up, I thought how nice it looked, and how well it ran, with rig in sig, until....

Using flashlight when close up to objects, or shining it in Alex's face, close up, at the beginning, caused some slowdown, which I've never encountered on a HL2 game before. The big explosion at the beginning caused some slowdown too.

However, after the opening scenes, I've been playing it, smooth as silk, flashlight or not, full details, no worries, at 1680x1050.

Maybe I'll get more slowdown during outside sections later, if I need the flashlight too, but as I said, so far, was just the initial scenes that had slowdown.

So far, so good.
I am a fan of the Half Life 2 games

V1N.