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Shot for the heads-up Dante :)

I actually think my shadows are on Medium at the moment... Will set em to low for more FPS! :o nyx:

I also run my two connectors on separate rails on my Antec Neo HE550.
I have my eye on the Corsair 850 Modular when my Antec gets too "pap in die broek" .


Phatta, you can play with all the settings all you want...just ALWAYS run shadows LOW and HBAO off.

^ That takes about 20% performance away when running max.
Cene has also seen waaay better FPS with those off.

I'd rather get that extra 20% than have dips to 45/50 FPS.
I average 65 - 175 FPS with BLOOM off / HBAO off / Shadows LOW / 4xAA / 4xAF (avg 114 as per Fraps benchmark) :

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Chopper down!! Bahaha

If all goes well, and I don't get bad FPS again for whatever reason, I will leave my rig as is.

I am planning a full i7 build for an XMas present to myself (or just before rAge - if I feel the itch), and there I will do the 10000000W PSU thing.

Thanks for the support guys :)

(now if only failcom can fix my effing line drops)

Yeah, I rate the PSU in a machine as the most important component, it's something that can't be monitored so overkill is a must!
I've got a Corsair 750W PSU - the best thing about these PSU's as opposed to the other brands, is that they use one GIANT 12V rail - the 12V rail is the one that causes all these under-powered situations. Since around the time of the Core2Duo, the dual-rail thing should have been abolished, it results in 2 X underpowered 12V lines and GFX cards be sucking them juices on the 12V line.

Anyway - Corsair or any SINGLE RAIL PSU is key.

Hi Phatso, the PC will still start, and you can still play solitaire etc, but as soon as you are pushing the GPU a lot, it starts drawing more power and stability problems is next in line. Running certain benchmarks, tend to focus only on one or two components at a time, thus never really pushing the GPU and the CPU like BC2 does.

I know it is still a relatively unknown brand of PSU's but I really like the Corsair power supplies. I have a big one in my PC and I also know that Dragonne have one running is uber machine. The PSU is the least sexy thing within a PC, definately the thing that is ignored first (apart from perhaps cable management), but without a doubt one of the key components in your PC.

Do yourself a favour, and invest in a good quality, proper PSU.

Thanks Geth.

My game is running pretty well now after a few tweaks and fiddling with my PSU cables :)
High/medium looks naaas.

In my future PC builds, i'll think I'll go for overkill PSU instead of bare minimum.

OK, when I was entering your pc specs into the power calculator I was a bit generous with your peripherals.
From what I know most modern graphics cards draw less power when in start-up and windows as opposed to intensive games. They can still operate with insufficient power but the performance is limited under those circumstances. Sounds like Fly has already given you good advice but given that GPU's are power hungry it helps to give them their own set of cables from the PSU rather than share with other devices.

Geth, I didn't get that value... I got :
[quote]Recommended Minimum
PSU Wattage: * : [b]442w[/b][/quote]

My next question would be, if my power supply was insufficient, surely my PC wouldn't even boot?

I am going to play around with more settings... Seems like I had VSync on too...

Keep the comments coming guys :)

[quote="Phatso "]

PSU is a Coolermaster eXtreme Power Plus [b]550W.[/b]

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Dude I used antecs power calculator and based on what I know of your specs they recommend a MINIMUM 650W PSU. It looks to me like you are over-drawing on one of the rails (probly 12V).

Here is the link, enter your details (you will know more exactly what your system specs are) and see what they say:

[url]http://www.antec.outervision.com/[/url]

OK guys, some REALLY interesting stuff.

Based on my convo with fly, I fiddled with my PSU cables going to the GFX card.

I tried the game and noticed that things seemed a little better.
So i got cheeky and cranked the INGAME settings to HIGH... :woah:

The game VERY playable... Better than what it was! This game looks kak hot at those settings!

So I exited and checked the settings, with Bloom and HSAO on, it was VERY playable... :hmmm:

Tweaking settings a bit more now, growth's and shadows... Seeing how smooth I can get it.

Will keep you guys posted, but things are looking way better :)