Heh, well, i got my mythological entities mixed up :-P

I have a high end PC and the patch does nothing for me.

If you have same or worse results please check your anti-aliasing settings both in game and in drivers.

AA did not work in the old engine and works in the new engine. If you have AA ON in game or in drivers it creates extra load in the new engine and may give you worse FPS than in the old engine where there was no such load. Compare performance with AA OFF.

Also new GTX680 cards have special vsynk modes that can lock FPS. Try turning vsync of both in game and in drivers.

Sorry for crosspost but hope it helps someone.

I noticed the performance increase in my average FPS, that was the telling stat for me. Make sure you follow the steps people have been suggesting for a clean install, and remember, its an Alpha release of a Beta patch.... we begged for it, if you dont like it, you can roll back till its a more stable release.

We need a sticky thread on tips for a clean install and graphical settings, what worked before might not work now.... people might be struggling for no good reason.

I have a substantial performance increase with the system in my sig. Running highest settings with forest and grass off (since it was mentioned these are causing problems with the current beta). Virtually no stutters, everything is much smoother.

Edit: I tried using the ingame AA and I still get only get AA up to 2x and past that there is no visual/performance difference, running Cat 12.4 WHQL. And my comparison of performance between the current and beta version is with running the same settings.

Same performance....may be worst!!!

I posted this elsewhere, before I saw this thread.

Ran the first half of the black death track before and after installing v1.06.17582, here were the results:

Before beta patch:
Min: 8
Max: 63
Avg: 42.485

After beta patch:
Min: 9
Max 70
Avg: 44.836

Set to very high at 1900x1200. I7 2600k at 4.4ghz, GTX680 video card, 16GB ram, on sandforce SSD.

Subjectively, still micro-stuttering all over the place.

So, I voted "similar performance".

Please, for the love of god, get Antialiasing working, lack of it is a real immersion killer.

You may have just helped me. Still testing, but I actually flew my first mission, from start to finish with no CTD. It nearly brought a tear to my eye. Still alot of new glitches, but at least I was able to fly a mission.

***EDIT ...I spoke too soon. Between missions I recieved a good old CTD.

Modest rig here, dual-core with an ATI 6870 and 4 gigs of ram.

Game runs noticeably better, particularly when shooting and zooming in. Almost no hiccups when away from clouds.

HOWEVER: After installing the patch I crashed 4 times just trying to get into a game.