Mafia 2 Demo?

[maxpayne94]

Mafia 2 demo coming out on 10th Augest.Would this demo only for steam?

 

[RobBosman]

According my info it will be only on steam and Xbox live yeah.

 

[maxpayne94]

hmm i am playin the demo on steam and the game seems to hang very much dont know the reason why

 

[jefe323]

what are your system specs, it is a very demanding game

 

[sargentchimera]

Lol I played it and am mad at had badly it performs with that 1 Nvidia physics option turned on, but then agian I have radeon cards =p! Man I hate games like this that favor 1 card over another!! I get an avereage of 30fps wit the physics set to medium and I get an average of like 15 with it set to high and i have 2 5900s! I bet i owuld get better performance on a single 480 than these 2 5900s!!! jeez...

 

[RobBosman]

You shouldn't put on Physics if you got an ATI Radeon card, of course it will perform worst. W/o the Physics on it will perform like the PS3/XBox360-version with some upscaled graphics.

 

[jefe323]

the physx option is for nvidia cards only...

 

[bobbyjobby]

Remember this is only a demo and it will probably be more stable at release.

 

[isamuelson]

@Max
What are your system specs?

The demo runs smooth for me at high details with no hanging. Can't wait for the full game to be released!

 

[sargentchimera]

the physx option is for nvidia cards only...

It still works on ATI cards, just REALLY badly. I like the feature and it performs enough to keep it on medium.

 

[jamus34]

Yeah I can run the demo on all high but it starts to choke (on the Performance Test) when I turn the Physix on. Not complaining about it (yet) but it is concerning since I built the rig less than 3 months ago. Hoping that this might be due to rough code.

BTW I'm running a eVGA 470, i5-750 and my current monitor maxes out at 1280x1024.

 

[Sir Arun]

I have a GTX295 and I get 55-60 frames maxed out on 1920 x 1200 with AA urned on (though I see no difference in the jaggyness), but when I turn Physx on (medium), the framerate drown down to 20 and on high, it slows down to a crawl @ 10 FPS. Physx is just frickin crazy.

 

[gamerk316]

^^ Advanced, dynamic physics can do that. Mafia II at least is one game I'd clearly take PhysX over any other graphical feature though.

 

[jamus34]

So you're saying turn down the eye candy a bit and let PhysX rip?

 

[gamerk316]

For Mafia II, yes. It makes very good use of the API. That being said, I suspect a massive performance hit in any case...

Try running it for a bit and see which you prefer: The better graphical features, or the extra effects PhysX brings.

 

[maxpayne94]

Hi guyz sorry for the late reply i was busy playing starcraft 2....

My specs are:
Intel DP35DP Motherboard
Intel Quad Core Q8300 2.50 ghz
HIS HD 5750 ICEQ+ 512mb GDDR5
550w coolmax PSU

For Mafia 2, when i was setting physx to medium it ran on 30fps it was a massive slowdown for the game. I personally like the better graphical features rather then turning on the Physx. For physx i will run mafia 2 on my brother's computer. He has geforce gt 240 so high physx wont be a problem.