Interested in your impressions of the new Patch (1.08.18956)? I'm quite happy so-far

[GraveyardJimmy]

FPS issues have really almost disappeared for me now with most things on high/on. (E8400, GTX 460 1GB, 4GB ram). Had a great time flying online earlier despite finding it difficult to track enemies in a fight (no headtracking, padlock not allowed). No CTDs, averaged 40fps which is great for my machine, low of 7 and max of 70 (vsync on).

I am not sure to what extent the fix is due to the beta or the issue I was having with my GPU where it would run in 2D mode, not powered up to 3D mode that I managed to fix.

[arthursmedley]

Originally Posted by GraveyardJimmy

FPS issues have really almost disappeared for me now with most things on high/on. (E8400, GTX 460 1GB, 4GB ram). Had a great time flying online earlier despite finding it difficult to track enemies in a fight (no headtracking, padlock not allowed). No CTDs, averaged 40fps which is great for my machine, low of 7 and max of 70 (vsync on).

I am not sure to what extent the fix is due to the beta or the issue I was having with my GPU where it would run in 2D mode, not powered up to 3D mode that I managed to fix.

Jimmy I have an almost identical system to you and overall this patch has seen a very decent improvement. It's now much, much smoother. Well done Luthier and team.

If you don't have a headtracker of any sort then I'd leave v-sync off for another boost in fps.

[Feathered_IV]

Hmm, not seeing any real improvement at all apart from the "turn your settings down for greater performance" effect. I get a solid 27fps with most things set to high. It remains at 27 even when I drop things down to medium/low. The only real boost is derived from switching shadows off. Then I get about 35-40.

[Meusli]

Originally Posted by Feathered_IV

Hmm, not seeing any real improvement at all apart from the "turn your settings down for greater performance" effect. I get a solid 27fps with most things set to high. It remains at 27 even when I drop things down to medium/low. The only real boost is derived from switching shadows off. Then I get about 35-40.

What are your settings and have you tried deleting the whole my documents folder then checking cache?


There was an improvement last patch for me and an even greater one this time. On the Black track the explosions do not bring my system to single fps but in the mid 20s which is much better(on medium effects settings). As others have said a great patch.

[Borsch]

Excellent patch - play all maxed out (2500k, gtx580) no micro freezes, no stuttering, smooth as old IL2:1946 but much better looking and flying Thanks MG for not turning IL2 into SIlent Hunter 5!!! Boy we are lucky

[Feathered_IV]

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I've got an I5 2500k, 16gb DDR3 and GTS450 1gb. It's an odd phenomena whereby the FPS drops only very slightly at highest settings and not at all on the lowest. I'm currently saving for a new card, so perhaps I'll leave it for now and look back into it around christmas or early in the new year.

[Borsch]

450 is a terrible card, I had 460 with my 2500k and it was playable, although much has happened since - so it could be even better now. But I say get a 7850 if you're looking for the best bang for the buck, it OCes all the way to gtx580 performance and costs about £160.

16gb RAM is overkill as well - 8 is plenty for now. Sell 8gb ram and 450 and get a 460 (not to waste time until xmas).

[mazex]

Originally Posted by Feathered_IV

Hmm, not seeing any real improvement at all apart from the "turn your settings down for greater performance" effect. I get a solid 27fps with most things set to high. It remains at 27 even when I drop things down to medium/low. The only real boost is derived from switching shadows off. Then I get about 35-40.

You hardware would be interesting to know? Sounds like very low performance to me at least? On high I get 80-100 fps high in the air and 40-50 passing under Tower Bridge - and that's on a computer that is more than a year old (see sig - only the MB is new as I had an RMA on my old P67 Pro).