Frontlines-Vista64-SP1-Performace

I see a lot of people are having problems with this game. I found out
that is is very picky when it comes to nVidia drivers. I finally found
two that work perfectly.

*nVidia Driver: 169.28* - by far the best for me.
*nVidia Driver: 169.25* - Either the OEM or NGO optimized one.

Download either from: 'Guru3d' (http://guru3d.com)

Download the Frontlines FOW Vista Patch & the game patch itself here:
'Frontlines FOW 1.01 & Vista Patch Downloads'
(http://www.kaosstudios.com/ffow-patches/retail.shtml)

I did notice a difference after installing the 2 patches. Some users
with 64 bit systems that have an X-Fi Extreme Gamer or other X-Fi card
were having problems. I was one and was happy this patch fixed the
problem.

I was using some of the 17x.xxx series drivers (beta) and would always
encounter severe pausing every few seconds.

With my system I can crank ALL settings to the max and maintain 50+
with respect to frame rates.

One thing I noticed however, is the game runs just the same
(performance wise) whether I use both GPU's or just one. This goes for
my favorite, longest playing game Flight Simulator (I still have the 5
1/4" disks from 1983 when SubLogic turned the game over to MS)

Despite my killer gamepc, I am a bit upset that NO GAME that I have
found (Crysis, FSX, etc.) is unable to benefit to any noticeable degree.
I purposely went out and bought these 8800 cards to run in SLI only to
find zero improvement in any game I have run. I do not have any machines
that contain older hardware, so I am sure running SLI with lower end
cards and/or CPU's makes a difference. I bought these just for Flight
Sim X and was overtaken and gave in to those artist's renditions of FSX
and what it will look like when running via DX10. BAH!

It seems a lot of games do _SUPPORT_ multiple GPU & CPU's, however, it
also seems developers have yet to include specific code to maximize the
benefits from it.

Thus I wait patiently until developers include full support to take
advantage of these cards and games.

Happy gaming

Tim


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ASUS L1N64-SLI mobo | Dual AMD FX-74 CPU's | Dual 8800 GTX OC
GPU's in SLI | OCZ Reaper X 4GB D/C RAM | PCPaC 1000W PSU | Quad WD
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