Even if your performance isn't up to par like you expected, it will OBVIOUSLY still be better than the Xbox One and PS4 version so I don't really see why you'd wanna get the console version.
As long as I can get consistent performance I'll be happy. If that's on my 780, hell yeah. If it's more consistent on a console, I'll get it there.
Even speaking about a prior-release benchmark is totally absurd no developer would do this. An in-game benchmark function would be appreciated but not really necessary for good PC users, still little work for developers to add. But a demo-benchmark is crazy work for nothing, will _NEVER_ be done I'm actually surprised there's a matter about it.
P.s. please 780 owners if you have too much doubts about your GPU sell me. That's almost the best in the market it can NOT perform bad omg
P.s. please 780 owners if you have too much doubts about your GPU sell me. That's almost the best in the market it can NOT perform bad omg
System requirements are a guarantee, but I don't recall TW2 having all that you mentioned.
Erm...the devs of S.T.A.L.K.E.R released a pure benchmark prior to full release (call of Pripyat) to be precise. I believe they did the same for clear sky also.
So it does happen. I also believe a stand alone benchmark for Far Cry 2 was released!
However it's a time consuming process and unlikely to happen in this instance I would think.
You're right, I did not know.. but that doesn't add any utility to it, I mean everyone can wait for release.
totally pointless to me, work for nothing except for putting your fancy score online..Well to be fair you might argue if the devs want to gain knowledge of their player base and systems for optimisation purposes it could be exceptionally useful indeed!
How often have you given your hardware spec out to devs on a beta?
There is no reason a benchmark couldn't do the same automatically whilst whetting the appetite of your adoring fans!
The current Elite:dangerous beta collects system specs, Crysis Warhead multiplayer alpha and beta did, the Hunter alpha and beta did....allowing a wide range of users to benchmark a given scene from the game would be an exceptionally good tool to allow the devs to optimise their systems. It takes time sure; but it would quickly and efficiently highlight hardware ranges and issues in the engine; which might save time over all!
How often have you given your hardware spec out to devs on a beta?
There is no reason a benchmark couldn't do the same automatically whilst whetting the appetite of your adoring fans!
The current Elite:dangerous beta collects system specs, Crysis Warhead multiplayer alpha and beta did, the Hunter alpha and beta did....allowing a wide range of users to benchmark a given scene from the game would be an exceptionally good tool to allow the devs to optimise their systems. It takes time sure; but it would quickly and efficiently highlight hardware ranges and issues in the engine; which might save time over all!
A benchmark tool is essential to me, since I have dedicated physx and sometimes it is awfully hard to find out if I'm benefiting from it (Mafia games) or if it is cramping my performance (Batman AC).
Lots of games have done this in the past. The most recent that comes to mind is Final Fantasy 14. You have no idea how much work in involved to make this, so don't act like you do. It's not some CRAZY work as you think. They could basically release one of the cutscenes from the game which as already been completed, add an fps counter to it and tally the results at the end. Not exactly rocket science as you make it out to be.
A single cutscene tells you nothing, you could run it perfectly and suffer slowdowns in another part of the game. I actually think it's rocket science because not only textures and graphics are calculated in the game, and not only graphics affetcs performance. Especially in an open world game. You can heavily mod Skyrim (for example), load the game, turn around few times and everything perfect. You move along the map and soon issues are coming and game is stuttering bad. In a FPS game it could be different. I think that in this case there are too much things to be implemented in the benchmark to make it worth the time spent. But if your knowledge is far superior than you're welcome to share and proof it
Maybe I was wrong saying it has never been done. But I still believe that's useless. You start your game and see how it performs, if the game comes at release with its own benchmark, even better. If you have to upgrqade your pc you can do it AFTER the game is released. And by the way drivers will deliver better performances in a few weeks. This hurry to know and upgrade is really unnecessary IMO but of course this is my point of view
Maybe I was wrong saying it has never been done. But I still believe that's useless. You start your game and see how it performs, if the game comes at release with its own benchmark, even better. If you have to upgrqade your pc you can do it AFTER the game is released. And by the way drivers will deliver better performances in a few weeks. This hurry to know and upgrade is really unnecessary IMO but of course this is my point of view
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It's really quite simple. The Far Cry 2 benchmark could record a "run" as you played. You could then load that run into the benchmark to repeatedly test it with different setting etc
You didn't need to do anything special; devs just created the benchmarking side of things.
In the case of TW3 you could for instance record a game section riding through a town, out into countryside and then maybe a bit of combat with use of the igni sign.
Job done! Release the benchmarking with that "run". People test and you gather results to help optimisation.
It's purely down to the devs if they believe gathering data in that manner would be worth the while of dev time being out into its creation balanced against time spent elsewhere.
There will always be problem sections and problem effects on specific set ups....the benchmark is designed to help in general across a wide range of systems and pin point major areas that need sorting. It's a "quick and dirty" data set! A base level to start from!
You didn't need to do anything special; devs just created the benchmarking side of things.
In the case of TW3 you could for instance record a game section riding through a town, out into countryside and then maybe a bit of combat with use of the igni sign.
Job done! Release the benchmarking with that "run". People test and you gather results to help optimisation.
It's purely down to the devs if they believe gathering data in that manner would be worth the while of dev time being out into its creation balanced against time spent elsewhere.
There will always be problem sections and problem effects on specific set ups....the benchmark is designed to help in general across a wide range of systems and pin point major areas that need sorting. It's a "quick and dirty" data set! A base level to start from!
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I think that the devs more have to start from a top point which usually is related to what top rigs can manage or little more.. from there you give the possibility to remove certaion funtions and scale the graphics until you reach the lowest point. So the arbitrary points are the top and the bottom, everything inbetween must fit well if you have a well-scalable engine. Knowing about what are the benchmark result for a very little part of the people who will actually play the game (many of us are enthusiasts here but the numbers are made by people who plays on console or don't even know how a PC is done) could be useful for statistical purpose, maybe less for acual optimization..
Totally agree with teh idea. I like to test my big games before actually playing them to run smoothly posible all along the way.
^ This
I too want to know if my 290 can handle it well. A benchmark before release will be a great help to all the fans.
I too want to know if my 290 can handle it well. A benchmark before release will be a great help to all the fans.
Oh, yeah, that would be just awesome. I hate constant pausing and setting up graphics during the first minutes of the game. Benchmark would be perfect and it would allow you to fully enjoy the beginning of the game without carrying about what setting you should change to make it work better.