Call of Duty 2 Media

Regarding the demo performance (3.2GHz, 1GIG RAM, 6800GT):

I tried two scenarios ... one was using directx9 will all the shaders and subtle effects at 1024x768 with 2xAA. This resulted in framerates of 20-30fps.

Scenario 2 invovled forcing directx7 mode ... but at 1600x1200 with 4xAA. Gameplay was extremely fluid and framerate were in the range of 50-80fps.

I was wondering if anybody else played around with this, and if so, which scenario do you prefer? Although scenario 2 is missing the subtle shader effects like heat haze and whatnot, it runs SOOOOOO much smoother with no jaggies whatsoever at a much higher resolution. The amazing smoke effects were still present in directx 7 mode also!

So what exactly is it about the directx 9 mode that is choking the hell out of my system? The directx7 mode just flies, and the resulting visuals are still very good. Is directx9 doing HDR?


Opinions? Comments?

What rank is that on these guys sleves?...

http://www.shacknews.com/screens.x/callofduty2/Call+of+Duty+2/1/093005_sp/093005_cod2_5.jpg

Chevrons upside down? :)

I played several missions of this as well as various multiplayer modes the other day, and it was looking really good. I didn't play through all of Call of Duty 1, but I really liked its atmosphere and overall immersiveness, and the sequel seems even better in that regard. There were some really amazing moments, and it feels less "on rails" than the first game. I layed a great city level in which I died a few times, each time taking a fairly different route to try to reach my objective.

The multiplayer was tons of fun. I played a headquarter control mode as well as several rounds of capture the flag. It had a really good feel to it.

Graphics and Gameplay were basically the same re-hash of COD 1

What I did notice and what impressed me was the amount of noise.

Alot more talking/yelling/firing/blasts... it definitely felt alot more like a battlefield.

(Not that I have ever been in a WW2 Battlefield, but its alot more realistic in my mind and more believable)

I pretty sure I'll be picking this one up when it comes out.

i'm glad people are actually taking screenshots with FSAA and Aniso on.

does anybody think the german soldiers in the arty screenshot look like they are cell shaded?

If anyone from IW is reading this I must say I was impressed by the demo. Top notch graphics. I'm a level designer at Gearbox so you guys should know despite the competition some of us still have respect for what you guys are doing. I really enjoyed CoD1, and look forward to CoD2. I really liked the large number of NPCs, the new damage system was interesting but I'm not sure I agree with it :) Still cool!

hot, can't wait.

I did a bigger rant of sorts in the last Call of Duty posting regarding Duvalmagic but I think it was at the end of the post life. I'm looking forward to this game but in reply are my thoughts reposted again.

This game can't get here soon enough.

Broken Link on the Tank Hunt movie?

UO was good, the best part of it was the infantry ctf imo. To see some more of this with better graphics, and hopefully no left lean bug will be fun.

Am I the only one who thought the Demo was meh...?

I think I heard on AOTS last night that on G4TV.com tonight they're going to be playing the Xbox360 version multiplayer live (well, recorded) in the studio. Should be worth checking out for anyone interested in Call of Duty.