I preordered through Steam and I am very dissapointed in this piece of crap they sold me. The software developers need to be held accountable!! See below.
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IMPOSSIBLE TO PLAY ON ANY PC !!!!!
DO NOT BUY!!!!
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My name is Ron, Im a pro-gamer for Angle Gaming Labs b.v.b.a. Belgium.
This is the worst installment of any of the COD's.
NOT a single PC we tested the game on at the office was able to run the game
without stuttering, lagging, jumping, .... you name it.
System 1: custom build
Core2duo E6600 2.6GHZ
4GB 1066 mhz DDRII Dominator Corsair
ATI RADEON HD2900 XT
ASUS mobo
REALTEK onboard sound.
Windows XP 32 bit.
All drivers updated.
--> AVG 50-60 FPS (1024*768)
System 2: acer prefab
I7 quadcore
6GB 1333 DDR3
RADEON HD4600
REALTEK onboard sound.
Windows 7 64bit
All drivers updated
--> avg 20-25 FPS (1024*768) (pretty sad hu, for a system like this)
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All resolutions tested, all fancy stuff disabled, no AA, no AF, no nothing.
The renderer, according to my opinion, is not the main problem.
As long as NOTHING happens, you just run around on an empty map, dont shoot, all is well (besides the little jumps in FPS, I notice from the BSP trees loading)
BUT everytime an EVENT happens. For example, an npc spawns, an NPC shoots, I shoot, my opponent in MP shoots, WHATEVER. The FPS drops to 1, causing a terrible hickup. When multiple items trigger an EVENT, the system just comes to a halt.
IMPOSSIBLE TO PLAY!!
I noticed the link between fps coming to halt and events when something or somebody shoots. So I thought its the sound thats screwing everything up.
Disabling ALL sound, voice, sfx, master.... did NOT change a single thing.
Next I opened up my taskmanager. Whenever an EVENT happens, the CPU
Perhaps its the eventhandler then, but impossible to check for me.
Something is seriously ROTTEN in Treyarch's code, its not id's renderer imo.
What can we do to fix this?
You guys need a real betatester for PC so you can get some CORRECT feedback. (cough, I hereby apply)
What I dont understand is, HOW can this NOT be noticed during development? Answer, my (pissed of) guess, you dont give a shit about PC gamers anymore? The people that made the franchise and gaming big in the first place?
PLS help us ASAP!!!!
Very disappointed,
Ron
Angle Gaming Labs b.v.b.a.
EDIT: What I forgot to clarify is, that it is not a HARDWARE issue, but a SOFTWARE issue imo, or is it? cloggs up to 100%, ALL CORES!!!!!! (thats 8 for my quadcore with hyperthreading), resulting in system coming to halt, fps drops to ZERO.