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» 3D Performance with S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Part 1: Mainstream Cards

Wondering which mainstream graphics cards perform best with S.T.A.L.K.E.R.? If so, you're in luck, as today we've rounded up over a dozen different ATI and NVIDIA graphics cards. Along the way we also discuss topics such as 256MB vs. 512MB of memory, SLI/CrossFire performance, and the game's dynamic lighting model. If you're planning on a graphics upgrade for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. you won't want to miss this article!

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Click to view sebnukem's User Page sebnukem (4)  Talk to sebnukem in the Shout! Box Apr 04, 2007 - 10:43 am
» FPS?
Does anyone know the console command to get the FPS displayed on screen?

Thanks.

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Click to view stalker_loner's User Page stalker_loner (257)  My XFire username is: anygameldo Click to view stalker_loner's User Profile Talk to stalker_loner in the Shout! Box Apr 14, 2007 - 06:40 pm
I know this is an old article but to answer your question, just download and run FRAPS while you are playing the game, and it will display your current framerate in a selected corner of your screen.

www.fraps.com

Minimal background memory usage, you can also take 30 FPS videos with it. Very useful tool.

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Click to view poohbear78's User Page poohbear78 (26)  Click to view poohbear78's User Profile Talk to poohbear78 in the Shout! Box Mar 31, 2007 - 08:48 am
» cpu testing when?
so when is the dualcore testing article coming for STALKER? im contemplating upgrading to a dualcore, but i now have a rule, i NEVER upgrade unless something out NOW actually uses it. that's right, learned that from years of experience. so please post up that cpu testing article w/ different resolutions. thanks!

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Click to view Trogdor's User Page Trogdor (39)  Talk to Trogdor in the Shout! Box Mar 27, 2007 - 10:46 am
» Antialiasing
You guys went to a lot of trouble to prove what GSC/THQ already state in advance in regards to antialiasing. From the FAQ (http://info2.thq.com/faq_stalker/):

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10) Why doesn't my anti-aliasing work?

A: S.T.A.L.K.E.R. uses a technique called "deferred rendering". Because of this, anti-aliasing has no effect on the game engine. (This is also used in Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter and Rainbow Six.) Therefore, enabling anti-aliasing in the driver control panel has no effect.
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Also, not only does CrossFire NOT work, but in my case it seriously reduced performance - by 50% or more! X1900 CrossFire gave me ~10FPS when enabled, compared to ~25FPS with it disabled. (That's on XP, naturally - I wouldn't touch Vista just yet.) Otherwise, nice article.

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Click to view stalker_loner's User Page stalker_loner (257)  My XFire username is: anygameldo Click to view stalker_loner's User Profile Talk to stalker_loner in the Shout! Box Mar 30, 2007 - 06:42 am
Haha, its the same stuff they use in GRAW huh? I actually tried it once, all it does is make the game extremely blurry, which totally kills the use of AA, since you cant see anything 10 feet from your character.

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Click to view Kyecoo's User Page Kyecoo (371)  My XFire username is: sfvkye Talk to Kyecoo in the Shout! Box Mar 26, 2007 - 06:44 pm
i think the patch is already out in russian. should be out this week for the rest of us.

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Click to view deimos47's User Page deimos47 (434)  Click to view deimos47's User Profile Talk to deimos47 in the Shout! Box Mar 26, 2007 - 05:35 pm
Any chance of posting a dynamic vs static lighting clip for the doubters?

Ofcourse, CPU scaling, 1GB vs 2GB, Athlon64 vs Core2Duo, Dual Core say what, WinXP vs Vista, red vs blue, and conclusion to Tuxedos adventures in Linux-game-support-lala-land (aka Stalker post-apocoliptic world) all tidbits of upcoming article right?

(** dogdes angry vim, knoppix, and ls bricks ***

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Click to view briantek's User Page briantek (27)  Talk to briantek in the Shout! Box Mar 26, 2007 - 06:59 pm
too much mountain dew?

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