N680GTX has just made my il2cod "flyable"
 

just my 2cents:

i have been using a 295GTX for the last 2-3 years, and today i have decided to upgrade and picked up an MSI N680GTX

so, with the current version of il2cod and the 295GTX i was having an average of 7-15fps and annoying stutters with the following settings (see the screen below), flying or doing anything in the sim was just impossible and with lower settings it was just looking ugly:

http://i.imgur.com/YEgjk.jpg

now, with the N680GTX and the same settings as above, i am having an average of 19-38 FPS! and i just couldn't believe how nearly smoothly it was running, the performance improvement was really really MAJOR here! it became nearly stutterless and, now definitely PLAYABLE/FLYABLE...

so far, i no longer need to wait for the new patch as i got my il2cod "fixed" somehow.. :grin:

my other system specs are: i5 (oclocked to 4ghz), 8gb ram, win7 64bit

Good to hear, you will be very impressed wit the next patch though. Maybe you could tune a the highs to very high.

Agree to OP here. Put in an 680GTX in my rig too yesterday. 2560x1500 with everything to high and pretty smooth gameplay. Now if the patch makes whats its said to be doing CloD will be my next spare time filler and i can hopeyfully finally wave goodbye to the well done but "biased to hell an back FM- game" ROF.

Winger

Oh, just wait for La5s in sequels. :cool:

the "highs" were the highest settings available

I have a avg 85 fps on my rig. never drops below 58.

If i put vsync on i get 60fps and never below 58.

I run same full settings. power is in the i7

the RoF are canned and scripted FM's, with their current game core it wont get any better then what it is now, and/or has been in the past

nice, good to see the major gfx card upgrade made such an improvement :) am just slightly concerned you are qualifying your statement with the "nearly smoothly" it was running and "nearly stutterless"

for a 500$ card with 2gb vram, i'd expect/hope it would run smooooooth and flawless in all circumstances (over city, with large plane formations and close formation flying, flying through hangars, and with dust/smoke)

we need that gfx patch !!

Hey highness, I noticed you had the model detail set to high, try original, its probably the last setting you want move down. You should notice the cockpits and planes are improved with little performance hit:)

Let us know if its better for you;)

This would be reality if the game was optimized and working properly but it isn't so don't expect it to run smoothly in "all circumstances". If a code has enough flaws in it not even brute force will overcome some things, like smoke and particle effects in this case. If the patch delivers up to 100% performance increase in average and minimum FPS then the 680 will kick some serious b*tt, so will also many lower tier graphic cards.