gears of war max detail

ok here's a quick summary of my rig

Q6600 (quad) Processor 2.4Ghz

8800GTS 320mb

Asus P5K deluxe motherboard

600W ps

4G ddr2 ram

vista basic

resolution: 1360 x 768

I cant find a hardware performance guide for GoW PC anywhere on the internet, not sayin there isn't one, but I cant find one, not even systemrequirementslab has anything, but I can't run this game onmax. If I turn texture detail down, aswell as some others, as well as dx 10 off, then it's a different story. I could run UT3 max no problem at all without a single slow down with only 8600 gts and 2G ram, and I can run Crysis 60% high and 40% very high. Why the hell wont this run smoothly on max?!!

You can find the system requirements here, at the bottom: http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US/Games/Pages/GearsofWarforWindows.aspx--Anna--

That's MINIMUM requirements, like if you have some old crap of a pc and you just want to see if you can run this game at all with like everything set to lowest settings and 800x600 resolution lol. Notice how the next box below it(RECOMMENDED requirements) is blank. Gamespot usually does hardware tests for all major PC games, ie Crysis, Bioshock, World in Conflict. I wonder why they, along with all other gaming websites, haven't done a hardware test. I would've thought GS would have jumped at the opportunity to do a hardware test on a DX10 game. Whatever...

Download the latest Nvidia drivers. I had the same prob. It's not your hardware, it's the drivers. (While you're at it, try applying some thermal paste to your gpu for some extra performance).OPRFWrestler112

yea i was wondering....how do you apply thermal paste to your Gpu? EternalMax

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=77860

PS: you don't need to do this unless you intend to oc, and even then only if you want a after-market cooler.

(While you're at it, try applying some thermal paste to your gpu for some extra performance).OPRFWrestler112

Download the latest Nvidia drivers. I had the same prob. It's not your hardware, it's the drivers. (While you're at it, try applying some thermal paste to your gpu for some extra performance).OPRFWrestler112

Download the latest Nvidia drivers. I had the same prob. It's not your hardware, it's the drivers. (While you're at it, try applying some thermal paste to your gpu for some extra performance).OPRFWrestler112

wow, i didn't noticed that Thermal Paste gives extra performance!

i thought it was the OVERCLOCK that gives extra perf!

lol man, lol

[QUOTE="OPRFWrestler112"]Download the latest Nvidia drivers. I had the same prob. It's not your hardware, it's the drivers. (While you're at it, try applying some thermal paste to your gpu for some extra performance).pedroion

wow, i didn't noticed that Thermal Paste gives extra performance!

i thought it was the OVERCLOCK that gives extra perf!

lol man, lol

thermal paste->cooler temp-> higher overclock -> better performance

Depending on your resolution you might be able to max out the game. Problem with your card is your vram. At higher res and max settings you will likely run into some issues.

I play at 1680x1050 with everything on max except for AA (which apparently is dx10) and vsync on and i get a solid 60fps in battles. Using an OCed 8800GTX.

If by UT3 you are referring to the demo i have heard that wasn't using all the textures. Once u hit medium that was max. I would agree b/c even on max the character models looked bad in the demo but i've seen some awesome looking models in the retail version.

If you upgraded to say the bigger GTS you could probably do a lot better b/c you will have more vram which a lot of games now are starting to require.

Depending on your resolution you might be able to max out the game. Problem with your card is your vram. At higher res and max settings you will likely run into some issues.

I play at 1680x1050 with everything on max except for AA (which apparently is dx10) and vsync on and i get a solid 60fps in battles. Using an OCed 8800GTX.

If by UT3 you are referring to the demo i have heard that wasn't using all the textures. Once u hit medium that was max. I would agree b/c even on max the character models looked bad in the demo but i've seen some awesome looking models in the retail version.

If you upgraded to say the bigger GTS you could probably do a lot better b/c you will have more vram which a lot of games now are starting to require.

karmageddon2k4

I heard with vista, if your vram runs out, vista borrows from your physical memory, so with 4G that shouldn't be the problem

All you guys laughing at my thermal paste comment are just not using your heads. It lowers the GPU temp, which makes the GPU run cooler (so you get better performance from that). It also lets you overclock more easily (Increasing performance again).

Geez, I thought the people at my high school are thick headed...

loool I get it were laughing at this guy but why wouldn't applying thermal paste increase performanace? I mean its going to keep the gpu temperatures low if thats what its intended to do so this means less overheating better efficency , amirite?NEOSPARKING

Some people just don't take the .3 seconds to think before they post.

[QUOTE="NEOSPARKING"]loool I get it were laughing at this guy but why wouldn't applying thermal paste increase performanace? I mean its going to keep the gpu temperatures low if thats what its intended to do so this means less overheating better efficency , amirite?OPRFWrestler112

Some people just don't take the .3 seconds to think before they post.

GPUs come all preset with thermal paste. all it does it allow heat to transfer more efficiently to the heatsync. Simply "adding" paste won't do you any good unless you either put high end paste on the gpu and reseat the heatsync, buy a new and better heat sync. But as one person has said the only time you need to add paste is if ur going to oc and add a better heatsync

Anyways (TRY TO KEEP ON SUBJECT PLEASE) I just tried it on max detail after downloading a new nvidia driver, and this is exactly what's happening:

- everything runs really smoothly (the odd drop in framerate but whatever)

- marcus, when he runs or moves quickily, is jaggid like he's lagging around, but everything stays the same so it's not a framerate drop. Yeah he looks exactly like a real bad lagger looks like online: everything is happening normally, but this one dude's flailing around

witha computer like that and you can't play it max consideirng my computer is liek 1/4th that and can play crysis on high u must have some serious virus issues or alot fo stuff eating ur resopruces for no reasonNaku_vamp

[QUOTE="Naku_vamp"]witha computer like that and you can't play it max consideirng my computer is liek 1/4th that and can play crysis on high u must have some serious virus issues or alot fo stuff eating ur resopruces for no reasonalpowerfull