270.51 BETA but FPS is similar with the stable version. If you haven't already then disable aero theme in win7 and exclude the steam folder from your antivirus.

I started Fraps monitoring at exactly the same time in the track for each condition, just after the initial stutters stopped and it started running smoothly. Fraps output gave the mix/max/avg for each condition and I just copy/pasted these to tabulate.

Actually we can. I had eat both of them and I can see the differences and similarities between them.

people that insist that two very comparable objects cannot be compared are actually afraid of what the comparison result will reveal.

same case here.

I take it the max count was when you was looking at the sky?

I think the mean value is perhaps deceptive. What would you say was the avg performace you was getting?

I might replicate test1 just to see what I get.

Ok, so you would compare Farmville with Civilization IV?

what is your point?

there is no excuse for releasing an unfinished game unplayable

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVUSp1V3cVw

watch the game trailer again. tell me you dont feel fooled. pre-renderd BS

The mean is not too far off since I spent most of the track looking at the town to stress things a bit.

sim games are very heavy, it takes years to develop a complex new engine from scratch
don't worry haters no one will that anymore

there is no haters here, there is only p**sed off people who payd good money for this.

You're completely missing the spirit of that idiom, but nevermind that.

Compare all you like, but do it intelligently. What do you know about the production of CoD vs. other major titles? What was CoD's production budget? What were the staffing levels at Maddox Games? How many testers did they employ? What kind of support were they given by third party companies (nVidia, AMD, Microsoft, Valve, etc.)?

If you're comparing apples and oranges and you say "I like apples better" you don't expect God to patch the oranges until they're just as good, do you? Nope, you decide you're just not that into oranges and you leave them alone.

Releasing an unfinished game is disappointing, yes. But inexcusable? To who? You could have waited to see if it was going to run well or if it was in a finished state.

How many games have you purchased that have been in need of repair upon launch? I'm willing to bet more than games than CoD.

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

If you're going to buy ANY game at launch, be prepared for this stuff or stay away from it. It's sad that the game industry is like that now, but it is and it is across the board.