[Solved] Need For Speed Shift 2 Unleashed Benchmark

So, I went to bench games that no one bothered to bench again, this time NFS Shift 2.

Test Setup:
Processor : Core i5-2500K
Motherboard: MSI P67A-C45 B3
Memory: 2* 4 GB Team Elite ddr3 1333mhz
Graphics: Sapphire HD6950 1GB @stock
Power Supply: Xigmatek NRP-PC 602
Driver : AMD CCC 11.9

Game video settings:
Resolution: 1920*1080
Testure Resolution: Medium
Texture Filtering: Anisotropic 8X
V sync: Off
Anti Aliasing: Off
Motion Blur: Medium
Reflection Quality: Medium
Car Detail: Medium
Track Detail: Medium
Shadow Detail: Medium

For some reason, the frames I am achieving seems terrible, not sure if those are normal frame rates, but considering I have a friend with a HD6870, but Core 2 duo E6600 OC@3ghz, I'm betting this is just another terribly optimised game.
I mean, sure u have a big world, a lot of people, a lot of buildings and cars at speed, but I've seen this done better before in games like GTA IV.
I'm not sure if anyone has a different experience with the game or if a Nvidia GPU will do much better in this game, if so comment about it. right now, I feel frustrated because this game actually looks a lot worse than Shift 1 on the same rig

Here's some screenshot:

I don't have the game and haven't tried it yet after Shift 1, but the texture in the screen shots looks all so fuzzy and blurry.
I'm pretty sure it's supposed to look better even at medium.

Yeah, did a little googling and found out that graphics IS worse than Shift 1. Many people refer to it as a "console port" as well.

DiRT 2 looks really good. Not as good as DiRT 3 but, the menu interface was far more appealing to me in Dirt 2 than in Dirt 3.

And I had a hard time adjusting the steering options and such sorts, to best suit the driving in the game.
While in Dirt 2, I had no troubles at all. (PS: I'm not using a controller).

Answer: Horribly.

I'm getting 15ish FPS normal, and down to 6-8FPS in some areas... Pretty much unplayable

I'm running at 1280x800 resolution.

All details maxxed:
8.8 average FPS.

All details at the lowest:
12.8 average FPS.


Bleh.

Try lowering the resolution then.

Gotta love how asking the question quite often triggers the answer... LOL!

So I lowered my resolution to 800x600 on the desktop, lowered resolution to 640x480 in-game, all details minimum, and my FPS did increase! 0.1FPS

640x480 Minimum Settings = 12.96FPS average. Minimum 3, Maximum 19
1280x800 Minimum Settings = 12.85 average. Minimum 4 Maximum 19
1280x800 Maximum Settings = 8.8 average. Minimum 0 Maximum 13

ur problem is u have a GT220, u should be able to pull much better frames with a GS450 since it seems to work fine with nvidia card, dont then again ........dont bother

the game is just a terrible console port, so I dont think it's worth spending cash on.
on the other hand, u're gonna need more CPU power to push games even if u have a HD6850.

Consider BD when the desktop chips come out late this month

Guess I forgot to include the rest of my build, oops!

New computer should be assembled by friday:

Antec 300 Case
Biostar TH67+
Intel i3-2100 3.1ghz
XFX Radeon HD6850
8gb G.Skill Ram
Corsair CX430V2 PSU

Should be able to run anything, albeit not at max settings

^
It's a dual core, but with 4 threads,
matches the Phenom II x4 in gaming

For budget gaming, maybe, but I'd still go with a real Phenom II X4 versus the i3 any given day.

While you might be right there, the gaming experience will not be so extraordinarily different between same-class Intel and AMD, to convince me to switch over to Intel. Well, not yet. I may sound stupidly sentimental here, but all my CPU's starting back in 2000 were AMD's. And I was able to play the games just fine, and I am still able to, and high quality too. But since AMD offers more than enough quality at a better price, for now I will stick to AMD.

For the record I hate fanatical Fanbois LOL

I go with whatever the best performance for the money at the time
I do have some favorite brands
but logic rules
For example I only buy Logitech mice and keyboards
just personal preference
but there are plenty of good mice and keyboard makers out there
just price vs performance I like Logitech
doesnt mean I would insult Razer or others

Lets hope Bulldozer is worth the wait
Will be better for us enthusiasts if the CPU market was more competitive

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