Mafia 2 PhysX Problem

Glad to hear it.

Anyway the game is still heavy to handle with PhysX on Medium and a GTX470...

 

Yeah, once again, no CF\SLi support here, hence bad overall framerate. Will report more tech stuff in Demo thread. What's for this one, APEX on "high" works just fine for me, no slowdowns\overheat, PPU usage is 80% max, PPU temps - 45C max. Framerate barely goes under 40fps with 45+ fps most of the time in benchmark.

 

Runs great for me on medium, remember tho a dediacted card will still be quicker than a 470 on its own.

 

So the PhysX works fine with ATI GPU's + an nvidia card for PhysX? Im debating picking up an 8800GT for just that reason if it works ok

 

Yeah with the patch/crack it does, i would get a 9600GT instead of the 8800GT mike, less power and heat plus does the job just aswell.

 

seems like i found a good combination for physx, nvidia 258.96+physx 09.10.512.
Batman AA:
min-25 avg 50 max-60 old drivers
min-28 avg-51 max-61 new drivers
A nice 3 fps increase there.
Mafia 2:
min-29 avg-48.211 max-63
same as before but alot smoother now.

the max fps is locked cause of V-sync.

 

K, thanks for the tip. I can grab an 8800GT cheaper by the looks of it, thats all. BTW can u link me to the patch/crack u mentioned?

 

here's everything you need

http://www.ng ohq.com/graphic-cards/17706-hybrid-physx-mod-v1-03-v1-04ff.html

without the space between ng and ohq

 

Thanks m8

 

It works just fine and looks fantastic, but the game itself is horribly unoptimized, at least for my config... Even when you just stand at the very same place it jumps from 70+ to 30 fps and back within a second. Considering that, I re-run the benchmark after finishing playthrough... Got +10 fps avg and no dips under 40 at all. Updated pic in my first post.

 

I kinda manage to fix that issue, not 100% but a bit with nvidia 258.96+physx 09.10.0512..but like i said, a bit i still get this weird drops and increases in frames in Mafia 2.

And another weird thing if i start playing the game without running the benchmark i have like 15-20 fps at start, but if i run the benchmark first i have 35-47 fps at start..i'm guessing is cause of the physx it's really bad implemented.

 

It's probably unrelated to PhysX, just poor overall coding or lack of driver support. I'm running the same Nvidia driver & PhysX version, btw.

*gone writing a report for teh Demo thread*

 

Weird GPU usage when Physx is enabled using the Physx that came with the demo. The Physx indicator says it's working on the GPU.

http://forums.guru3d.com/showpost.php?p=3666796&postcount=487

 

i'm guessing that's what happening to all of us, and that's why performance is so smooth and stable without physx..like i said, i'm guessing bad implementation of physx, this needs to be fixed in the full game, although i'll bet that the full game will be released with the same issue and a patch will be released in a couple of days after the release.

 

i had no physx too, but i repaired it through control and patched with physx mod as administrator and now it works.

 

Or maybe like some other games they`ll release a patch a few days before the game hits the stores but this is what you get when you not doing thorough Beta-Tests anymore. Look at ID-Software games, always Beta-Testing and always running strong from day one, at least technically.

 

Well, the game hasn't been released yet so there's still hope Think of all the recent EA titles. They all needed several months and at least 1-2 large patches to address the biggest problems.
I really hope they get this right and deliver a working package with nice, high-res textures and fully utilized GPUs.

 

True, we really should buy the games about a year later when everything is fixed and in that case as EA Classics for 20 bucks... thats the way to do it if they`re not changing their attitude, so why spending full price at the beginning for a crappy running game when you can have it cheaper and fully working later on!

 

Absolutely, yes. It's hard if you're looking for a multiplayer title but that's how I normally behave for pure singleplayer titles. Their campaigns get shorter and shorter so I want to enjoy them completely. If that comes with a smaller price tag, even better Well worth the wait.