Mafia 2 Demo Benchmark Results Thread

[H82LUZ73]

Demo leaves my screen all dark after quiting?

Just go into another game then exit it should fix it.or reboot system.

 

[claylomax]

A link to download the demo benchmark would be nice.

 

[H82LUZ73]

A link to download the demo benchmark would be nice.

It is only on STEAM and is part of the 1.1 gig demo.

 

[claylomax]

It is only on STEAM and is part of the 1.1 gig demo.

Crap! :shadedshu

 

[zsolt_93]

I think i made the worst score on earth. PhysX Medium all others maxed out. Clothing is not hacked.

 

[Cheeseball]

You, uh, need a video card upgrade badly if you're planning to game with your machine.

 

[Gas2100]

you, uh, need a video card upgrade badly if you're planning to game with your machine.

+1

 

[Mr McC]

Ooh, looky here, a quote from the link erocker kindly gave...

"And finally. With our tweaks it is possible to play Mafia II with APEX PhysX enabled – purely on CPU.

All fancy particles and impact debris (our CPU was enough for APEX Medium settings), some clothing simulation – running on stable 30+ fps."

Nvidia not required!! Joys

Thank my technophilia for buying an i7.

If this tweak remains possible in the final release version it certainly would be good news; however, I find it hard to believe that Nvidia will not attempt to block this possibility as it contradicts their sales pitch that PhysX requires their hardware.

 

[SimplexPL]

I don't know if it is old news, but supposedly the physx drivers supplied with mafia II demo (9.10.0512) were borked and the physic simulation was not hardware accelerated:

Supposedly the latest version from nvidia (9.10.0513) fixed it:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/physx-9.10.0513-driver.html

 

[W1zzard]

mail from nvidia:

As you are certainly aware, a playable demo version of the upcoming game Mafia2, featuring NVIDIA PhysX, was released yesterday. Because of unexpected issues with the installer of the PhysX System Software (v 9.10.0512), GPU accelerated PhysX was not working on some systems, resulting in PhysX only running on the CPU at lower framerates. We have now posted an updated PhysX System Software which fixes these problems. It’s available for download here:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/physx-9.10.0513-driver.html

2K is also working on an auto-update patch for the demo, which comes via Steam and which should be available shortly too.

 

[CDdude55]

mail from nvidia:

Yay!!!

Thank ya W1zz.

 

[SimplexPL]

So no one noticed that I linked to this patched physx driver 20 minutes before W1zzard?

Just kidding, I'm glad nvidia fixed it so quickly.

 

[Hellfire]

Im loading the game and getting an update so looks like the steam one might be fixed.

 

[erocker]

I think i made the worst score on earth. PhysX Medium all others maxed out. Clothing is not hacked.
http://forums.techpowerup.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=37422&stc=1&d=1281523367

You, uh, need a video card upgrade badly if you're planning to game with your machine.

+1

Yeah, but just think. A GTX 480 only gets 8 fps more!

Has anyone tried this with a different PhysX version yet?

 

[lionmedia]

benchmark on my GTX 470 Sli , everything on max except physix OFF ( to get sli working ) ,

 

[VulkanBros]

GTX 480 PhysX enabled and max - PhysX v. 9.10.0513 - ForceWare v. 259.31

With PhysX diabled

???????????

 

[W1zzard]

So no one noticed that I linked to this patched physx driver 20 minutes before W1zzard?

Just kidding, I'm glad nvidia fixed it so quickly.

i think i noticed, just wanted to pass along official word

 

[lionmedia]

Physx off, but everything else set to it's highest. I'm also hearing the demo isn't taking advantage of SLI.

And it's weird that mines is saying Vista SP2 lol, i hope i didn't run it in compatibility mode.

http://img.techpowerup.org/100810/Capturemafia2.png

disable physix and sli will work , it works for me.

 

[netieb]

Pyshx off everything on high.

Pyshx on (high) everything on high.

 

[fullinfusion]

subscribed, waiting for the dl to complete

 

[1Kurgan1]

Well I dont quite understand this, Running maxed out I got an average of 9 fps.... And turning AA on or off changes nothing and neither does pyshx high or off. The first time I ran the test it was FPS capping out at 60, so I went into the options to check for vsync so I could turn it off, I didn't see it so I went back to run the test and it started off at like 25 fps and just kept dropping. And since then haven't ever had a run like my 1st run, even after restarting my comp and ending all unnecessary tasks.

 

[fullinfusion]

Here's my benchmark, cpu+gpu factory stock settings

Everything +AA set to max

 

[AphexDreamer]

I'm not really into this kind of theme (or even the GTA type of games) but the game looks, plays and seems to have a pretty good storyline so I might pick it up.

 

[computertechy]

Just go into another game then exit it should fix it.or reboot system.

changing desktop res works as well, thought my backlight was screwed :shadedshu

cant even get the game to run now, have just formatted and when i click start demo it just CTD's :shadedshu fail.

 

[Soylent Joe]

Completely stock GPU, Vsync on.

CCC Overdrive maxed (775/1125), Vsync on.

2.2 more FPS, WOW. PhysX was off on both runs (obviously).