Just testing
 

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Upgraded my rig a bit, check signature for details. And for sure had to test the Black Death track using latest patch. Drivers on GPU were Catalyst 12.4 + CAP 2 with CCC settings at default except Surface optimization Off. Game resolution 1920x1020, game details maxed out except Building Detail at Medium. SSAO/AA were Off, VSync On. Results below and they are pretty decent IMHO. So really looking forward to see the Final version of the performance patch :)

Black Death

Min: 6fps
Max: 68fps
Avg: 58fps

how much that cost you? bet its out of my budget lol :(

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It did not cost that much as I sold my "old" CPU, an Intel 2500K to cover the price. Ivy Bridge cost around 300€, mobo was less than 100€, memory some 80€ etc. But I have always sold my old parts and saved up the difference to new parts so that helps a bit to keep the costs lower.

As comparison ran with SSAO On and AA at 2x, results below. SSAO does cause a slight performance hit, especially seen with VSync Off and also causes some more stutter without giving that much to overall IQ.

Black Death

Min: 5fps
Max: 68fps
Avg: 55fps

I ran the first test posted above with Morphological Anti-aliasing enabled, did not affect performance the slightest while killing jaggies. The new 2.0 version sure is better and I hope they keep improving it.