HmoobSoldier

Something is definitely going on. I disabled eyefinity and used a single monitor @ 1920x1200. I benched again using a less demanding game (Resident Evil 5) and only got 48fps. A review of the 5870 is getting 105fps. The review did use a i7 so I won't get identical framerates but my Q8400 @ 3.5ghz should be good for atleast framerates in the high 70's. I also tried it with and without CF, no difference.

I'm running dual 5870s in crossfire with a q8400 @ 3.8ghz. I'm running eyefinity at 3600 x 1920 with most settings at high and AA, AF at normal and 2400 draw distance. With the cpu at the stock 2.66ghz I was getting 24fps. At 3.8ghz I'm only up to 31fps. Also, turning crossfire on and off doesn't seem to make any difference. I have yet to try a single monitor at 1920x1200 though. But it looks gorgeous at 3600x1200 so I'd hate to resort to a single monitor to get good frame rates.

Current setup is 2.5ghz dual core, 4gb ddr2, and 4850 crossfire. I game at 1920x1200 on my 24". Tomorrow I'll be getting a 2.66 quad core (hoping to oc it to 3.2), 4gb ddr2, and 5870 crossfire. Although 8gb of ram would be nice I don't think it's needed yet. I'm going to try it in eyefinity mode but I'm hoping I can finally max this game out.

If you looked through the whole review they did mention their test setup and why they went with 1280x1024. Here's what they had to say on that: "Gaming tests were run at 1280x1024 and 1680x1050. We normally also run all tests at 1920x1200 resolution but we ran into driver and BIOS flashing problems which prevented us from conducting tests at that resolution. When these issues are sorted out, we'll look to update the results. Faced wtih missing the launch and waiting for additional results, or publishing the information we have on-time, we decided to hit the launch date and go with our best effort. Our apologies, we're as disappointed as you." As someone mentioned this is a video card review so they're not going to spend a lot of time trying to tweak the game to get maximum performance.

Hold down spacebar and a quick menu command should pop up on the left side of the screen. If you're in a vehicle the very first command should be disembark. I cant remember if they will get out if you issue the command while the vehicle is in motion though. The AI is still quirky at times but generally they're pretty good if you set their skill to max.

Ok, here’s a quick update on the current status of this game. Dedicated servers You may already know the official word from CM is that there will not be any dedicated servers now or anytime in the life of this title. There was a few writings on the wall that suggested this but I think CM knew that by keeping silent on this the life of this game might get extended a bit and possibly get a few more sales. It was only after MW2 was launched that this was announced. Possibly because they knew the game was not going to sell any longer and just face the inevitable? Patches and DLCs Currently there is one patch and one DLC out at the moment. From the time of launch til the patch was released was almost a month. Sadly with almost a whole month to work on the patch and DLC the number of fixes and what was fixed are extremely pathetic. All the major problems that were voiced by the community were not addressed at all. This is a patch that should have been release within the first week of the game. All the DLC provided was a few more maps that can easily and quickly created in the editor, a few MP game modes and allowing players to explore the barren island with Island Tour. A second patch as been announced and is promised that this is the patch everyone has been waiting for and will satisfy everyone. No further information on what the patch consists of yet. Whether this turns out to be true remains to be seen but would you trust them after the failure of the first patch? Just for fun here’s another jab at CM on the DLC quality for their recently released Dirt 2. http://www.ps3vault.com/codemasters-dirt-2-dlc-is-disappointing-7076 Modding At this point it’s still unknown whether CM will really support modding by the community. A subforum was created suggesting the possibility but still no official word even with the amount of begging and pleading for an answer. There was a good discussion going on with a few members about extracting and editing the files but has seen a quick drop off of progress after the patch, which pretty much cripples any type of future modding. A member from the forum brought up a good point on why CM would want to lock out modding. CM’s leading titles have been racing games and most of them are based on the EGO engine. Would CM really release SDK files that would let everyone peek into their engine? The bread and butter of the company? Also who is going to continue buying their DLCs if modders can provide more and better content for free? Future state of game Looks pretty grim at the moment. Little to no information is given from the Mods and devs. Answers to common questions go unanswered repeatedly. Damage control at the moment seems to be deleting/lock threads. The state of MP play is abysmal. Many people are reporting that the amount of servers can be counted on one hand and some have said they found none. Lack of modding tools and no dedicated servers will definitely kill any long term interest in the game. A demo was announced but never released. Just goes to show the lack of faith and passion the devs have in their game. A member from their forum claims to have some inside information from someone at CM who was involved with the project. I can’t remember which thread it was from but basically what was said was that the project was a slap together kind of thing with little to no vision and direction. A bunch of buzzwords were tossed around and they went with that.

I don't recall ever hearing any cracking when bullets are flying overhead in any other FPS so I'm wondering if the cracking in A1 and A2 is really true to life. I hearing whizzing and whirling noises from bullets in videos of IRL military firefights but not the distinct cracking noise in the game.

For someone nitpicking the sniping aspects of the game I thought they would atleast use the terms correctly. The word "sniper" is the actual person that does the sniping, not the rifle. If you're talking about the rifle that snipers use then it's considered as a "sniper rifle".