IL2 gpu intensive

[JG26_lee45]

I am just amazed at how much gpu power il2 uses for such an old game,so I did some testing.

here's my setup-
i5 3570k 3.40
16g memory
gtx670 ftw
gigabyte ud3h mb
wd 1tb hd
Samsung 27" lcd running at 1080x1920

Here's my settings in NVidia 3d settings.





My settings in the game,i think I have everything as high as they can be.


[Render_OpenGL]
TexQual=3
TexMipFilter=3
TexCompress=0
TexFlags.UseDither=1
TexFlags.UseAlpha=0
TexFlags.UseIndex=0
TexFlags.PolygonStipple=1
TexFlags.UseClampedSprites=0
TexFlags.DrawLandByTriangles=1
TexFlags.UseVertexArrays=1
TexFlags.DisableAPIExtensions=0
TexFlags.ARBMultitextureExt=1
TexFlags.TexEnvCombineExt=1
TexFlags.SecondaryColorExt=1
TexFlags.VertexArrayExt=1
TexFlags.ClipHintExt=0
TexFlags.UsePaletteExt=0
TexFlags.TexAnisotropicExt=1
TexFlags.TexCompressARBExt=1

TexFlags.TexEnvCombine4NV=1
TexFlags.TexEnvCombineDot3=1
TexFlags.DepthClampNV=1
TexFlags.SeparateSpecular=1
TexFlags.TextureShaderNV=1

HardwareShaders=1

Shadows=2
Specular=2
SpecularLight=2
DiffuseLight=2
DynamicalLights=1
MeshDetail=2
VisibilityDistance=3

Sky=2
Forest=3
LandShading=2
LandDetails=2

LandGeom=3
TexLarge=1
TexLandQual=3
TexLandLarge=1

VideoSetupId=17
Water=4
Effects=2
ForceShaders1x=0
TypeClouds=1
PolygonOffsetFactor=-0.15
PolygonOffsetUnits=-3.0

[Mods]
FOV=102

Now look at my gpu usage during the black death track,runs up to 98%



And now my black death fps,
Avg 52 Max 65 Min 22 see that il2 can still drop a modern gpu to its knees,



No real reason for this test I just thought it was interesting how much gpu power il2 uses,maybe this can help someone out.

[Deleted]

Cool.. But for anyone looking to test changes.. make a copy of your existing Conf.ini folder first.

I made some alterations and spent 15minutes trying to get it all back to normal

[JG26_lee45]

Small update,i oc my cpu to 4.2 MHz and gained a few fps..

Old Avg 52 Max 65 Min 22

New Avg 53 Max 71 Min 26