Thread: Mafia II demo
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Old 08-22-2010, 01:36 PM   #11
Hack&Lube
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Originally Posted by narbeZ View Post
I downloaded and went through the demo on PC today. Looks to be EPIC. Graphics look superb on PC.

Note: For ATI chipset users, dont put on the PhysX Nvida stuff. Your frame rate will just drop right off.

Can't wait to buy it on tuesday!

I wish PC gaming would come back to the forefront. The latest COD and Force Unleashed half assed ports really put a sour taste in my mouth.
Go into the Mafia 2/edit/apex folder

Make a backup.

Now anything that you delete will take that specific PhysX feature out out of the game. IE: delete the cloth folder and the clothing effects are gone but the rest are still in. Delete all the cloth files aside from the ones that say VIT and the xml and ms files and Vito's clothes get PhysX but others don't.

PhysX is a gimmick because a lot more of the phyics load can be put on the CPU but Nvidia gives developers bags of money to require dedicated hardware.

If you leave most of the PhysX in but simply remove the features from the clothes of all the civilians and bystanders and NPCs, the framerate is decent.
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