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[MyIS]Spawndemon
10-26-2006, 10:22 PM
Gamespot (http://www.gamespot.com/) has posted up a new article today taking a look at the hardware performance within Battlefield 2142. Here's what they had to say:

Systems that run Battlefield 2 without a hitch will likely need few modifications to keep up with Battlefield 2142. But if you're on an older rig, you might need to upgrade a few parts. The two games are largely the same, but DICE gave 2142 a slightly updated graphical engine that has new animations and updated shaders.

We tested Battlefield 2142 using FRAPs and a 25-second driving scenario in the 48-person Suez Canal map. The frame rate results were consistent, but the numbers might be on the high side since the test doesn't include a lot of player models. We didn't play on populated servers or against other bots to keep our tests reproducible. The game also has a built-in frame rate cap of 100 frames per second. We increased graphics settings for our more powerful hardware to keep frame rates below the cap.

To check out the entire article, click here (http://www.gamespot.com/features/6160425/).

*FMJ*Power
10-27-2006, 12:31 AM
very misleading test since they used a driving senerio. theres a reason they didnt use a close combat battle, because they would of been crawling with frame rates and it would of made ea look bad.

gotta love all the tards replying to the article saying they have a 7600 gt and they have it maxed out at 1600x1200 with 6x aa, hahahaha, it morons like that that make these tests absolutly useless trying to max their epenis on one old crappy card their mom bought them with their mipmap settings turned to the lowest setting.

RDST
10-27-2006, 01:05 AM
I have to agree, it looks like these tests are very misleading. I would guess that most of the maps they played on where 32 or 16 player version and not the large 64 maps. The 7600 is a good card but just doesn't have the horsepower to max out BF2142 at that resolution (though it should do it at x1024x786).

the_bruce_lee
10-27-2006, 03:52 AM
Gamespot should just stop...it's just...ridiculous...

RDST
10-27-2006, 04:00 AM
I re-read the article, the reason they have such have high fps on cards like he 7600 is beacuse they are only testing 25 second Suez Canal driving test (with no people or bots on it). This test is absurd beacuse even I get over 100 fps when driving a buggy even with people or bots. Gamespot is ludicris

Waatrope
10-27-2006, 11:42 AM
Those graphics quality images were nice. Its easier to see the difference than when two images are side by side.

entropyx8
10-27-2006, 05:52 PM
Where are the reviews of older technology? I run bare mimimum cpu... AthlonXP rated at 1.66 (technically below the 1.7) I'd like to see how the old stuff compares to the new. They should test the bare minimums all the way up to the top, not just the higher end stuff...