BATMAN on HD4890

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WHy am i getting like under 20 fps on Batman. I have 8 gig ram Q6600 clocked at 3.3ghz. Is it that PhyX crap Nvidea are pushing ? All settings on max, do i need to change this ?
 
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As said, turn off PhysX.

For me running at 1920x1080 with a 4870 and q6600 at 3.8 with 2xaa (forced) the benchmark gives me min/max/av of 11/52/16.

Same settings with physX off give me 52/98/73.
 

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before i went back onto crossfire [took my second card out to put waterblocks on one at a time]

my 4890s were playing batman fine - fantastic fps even using one card tbh

gaming at 1900X1200 with everything on max
 
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It was PhysX ! Totally killed it. Not dropping below 60 fps now with v syn. Spretty good looking game like, So what am i missing with physx being turned off then ?
 
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I'm pretty hacked off really - bought the game thinking the PhysX content might be worthwhile, but it carps all over the frame rate even on the lowest setting and all you get is a bit of paper fluttering about. That's with a high-end Nvidia card. Nvidia = fail.
 
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My cape and paper moved on an ATI 4870. I think it's more like the air around fans and such like (by which I mean there's like a light fog around some of the fans which doesn't appear).

Can't say I feel I've missed anything with PhysX off.



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I've played with it ON and OFF and I have to say, you really wouldn't miss it.

The only time I sat back and thought "oh..my...god" at the physx was in the scarecrow sections. Mainly cos one particular event caused my PC to bleed =p
 

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More to the point is why am I forced to Install PhysX software to run Arkham Asylum, I don't need it and I don't want it. Just another piece of useless software if your running an ATI card
 
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Obviously it's to make you aware of PhysX so that the next time you upgrade you want a card that supports it - which is only NVidia then they make money.

All a big marketing ploy.



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