Multiple Issues with the game

[Ataros]

DCS engine is several years old already, BF3 has much less visibility distance and models details, ROF is DX9 only... This makes CloD one of most demanding games. The patch will improve performance though.

I hope you have more than 1GB of VRAM and run Win7-64.

"The NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M is a fast middle class graphics card for laptops." http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-...M.41933.0.html

You definitely need more than a middle class card for a high-end game. I used to buy notebooks but got rid of them for a desktop system that is much more easily upgradable every 1-2 years.

Try playing on external CRT monitor if you have one. They allow playing at lower resolution at the same monitor size without quality loss.

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Originally Posted by Charly_Owl

@Manu:

What I don't understand is that this game has come out in what, 2011? I bought this laptop last spring with the highest laptop graphic card available at the time (Nvidia GT555M 3.0 Ghz, sorry). I run some of the most demanding games on the market without a hitch, and then, this game comes out and my hardware has become completely obsolete all of a sudden?

'Makes me sad, really.

I'll wait for the patch, yet I keep in mind what Fs-Phat told me. I'm not really keeping my hopes up on this one...

Yeah don't give up yet mate. A patch is in the pipeline which is more or less promising a solid FPS increase with a re-write of the entire graphics engine. You should see improvements if your GPU is the bottleneck. I have BF3 and DCS + other demanding games and none are as demanding as CoD (maybe ARMA 2 :p). I can at least play, but I am still eager to see what this patch does

We are hoping for a patch this week, if not maybe next week. The way i see it the chances of a new patch grow higher every day

[6S.Manu]

Originally Posted by Charly_Owl

@Manu:

What I don't understand is that this game has come out in what, 2011? I bought this laptop last spring with the highest laptop graphic card available at the time (Nvidia GT555M 3.0 Ghz, sorry). I run some of the most demanding games on the market without a hitch, and then, this game comes out and my hardware has become completely obsolete all of a sudden?

'Makes me sad, really.

I'll wait for the patch, yet I keep in mind what Fs-Phat told me. I'm not really keeping my hopes up on this one...

Some posters here think that the game is demanding because of its complexity: I might argue that "no texture's compression", "no preloaded damage models" (!!!) and many more issues here are a matter of alpha stage software.

The release? probably they ran out of budget, or somebody fled away with the cash...

[Charly_Owl]

I understand what you mean there, Manu. I hope you're right.

I mean... I wouln't die if I could not play this game, life goes on and there are lots of other decent sims on the market. I just liked the idea of having a HD cockpit and a "better" flight model to fly with, even if it meant fewer planes. Don't get me wrong, Il-46 is good-looking, sounds great (especially with mods like UPack) and is fun to fly with and I can still have lots of fun with it. With the DCS series too (I just love the excessively complex cockpit/avionics/armament systems, and it's a real treasure trove for an aerospace eng. student like me).

But, you know... I just liked the idea of having something one notch higher, just for the eye candy, fantastic lighting and knowing where each switch is and what it exactly does.