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For all those who have given it a shot, please leave your feedback so that those who are yet to play/ buy it can have an idea. Tell us how your experience has been so far. Also, list out your system specs so that we know how the game is handling on different rigs/ settings.

Perhaps this could help in having a consolidated thread in anticipation of future queries.
 
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Ok guys I got my hands on the game, It's very fantastic the shooting mechanism is so great and so the bullet time and dodging.

Unfortunately the game is very demanding, anyone with GTX 560ti/570 or HD 6950/70 will be able to max out the game and get playable FPS, I get from 37-42 and sometimes it falls to 29-30 but it's fast and very playable.

Enabling 8x MSAA won't make you move your mouse, and consumes about 600MB of VRAM. For those who have 1 GB of VRAM you won't be able to choose 4x MSAA, you'll end up with 2x and your frame rate will be around 50 FPS.
Here's screenshots, the game really looks awesome.
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Even I'm worried on that point! GTX470+i5 760i@2.8GHz. I'm worried that my CPU will be a bottleneck. 🙁

On the plus side, I've ordered the Asus GTX 670 DC2 TOP which is expected to reach me in a couple of hours (along with the game). I hope it'll balance out the equation viz-a-viz the CPU.

Hmm...maybe I should try it out with the 470 first?
 
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anything over a 2.4 core 2 quad is enough for gaming. people forget this as they get dazzled by i5 and i7 labels... there only 20% better on the first gen and about 30% better on the second at comparable clocks.
you may thing oh 20% but in real world performance especially in gaming there not much better than the older core 2 quads... there main advantage is higher memory through put but if you build a balanced rig the core 2 quad is still good for gaming...
on mw3 for instance i get 90 fps on highest settings
my bro inlaw has a q8300 oc'd to 3ghz and a gtx 260 he 2 gets 90 fps...
yes i could get much more if i unlock the fps limiter but its pointless... but my bro inlaw is more than happy with his system. he knows my system is stronger but as long as he's happy he doesn't care... when i sell him my 5870 he will get 45 fps on high settings for bf3... guess what i get... you guessed it 45 fps...
if you want to play games a balanced approach with good basics is enough....


 
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I'll endorse your point of view qua balanced approach. See, I had a choice on whether to keep the 470 and upgrade the CPU to an i5 2500k (which meant a new mobo as well) OR stick with the 760i and get a good GPU. I don't have the choice for both because I need to keep them finances in check for now - got a li'l one on the way!. This purchase (670) is my final buy for a long time now.

Honestly, I've been pretty happy with my i5. It's been a peppy chip and hasn't let me down thus far. That coupled with the 470 was good enough for getting on with the recent titles at high to ultra settings. Looking at MP3 and the system requirements - minimum as well as recommended - kinda told me that the time had come to upgrade the 470. While I'm confident that the GPU itself will be more than sufficient for MP3, I just feel that the 2.8 speed on the CPU might hold it (the 670) back. If that's the case, I'll probably just OC it to 3.4/ 3.6. The question is: do I NEED to!! Or will 2.8 + the 670 suffice for MP3?
 
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That's quite reassuring, thanks! :)
Look forward to your report tomorrow.
 
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Here's what I spotted down at geforce.com

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WHOAAA!!! That is simply HOT!! Darn good readings there! But tell me, according to the charts:

CHART 1 (Top): i73960@3.3GHz.+GTX670 = 100 fps No AA/ 50 fps 4xMSAA
CHART 2 (Bottom): i3-2100@3.1GHz+GTX680 = 90+ fps with No AA

I dunno, but kinda doesn't seem right.....its too good, but not right! The i3 with a 680 seems to be performing better (with no AA) than the i7 with a 670.
 
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Maybe we should wait for tech sites to bench the game. The one at geforce.com is kind of, well, not good.
 
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Ok guys I got my hands on the game, It's very fantastic the shooting mechanism is so great and so the bullet time and dodging.

Unfortunately the game is very demanding, anyone with GTX 560ti/570 or HD 6950/70 will be able to max out the game and get playable FPS, I get from 37-42 and sometimes it falls to 29-30 but it's fast and very playable.

Enabling 8x MSAA won't make you move your mouse, and consumes about 600MB of VRAM. For those who have 1 GB of VRAM you won't be able to choose 4x MSAA, you'll end up with 2x and your frame rate will be around 50 FPS.
Here's screenshots, the game really looks awesome.



FXAA doesn't work for AMD cards, so leave it off and I was eager to test 4x MSAA and it was awesome, Also make sure to enable MLAA, it will make texts a little blurry but it will smooth out edges perfectly, here are some shots

 
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Played it for about 20 mins last night (out of which 15 mins were cut scenes!). Personally, I don't like the lengthy cut scenes. Plus, there's no option for skipping them, so you gotta sit through the whole thing everytime.

Graphics: so far, it hasn't really grabbed me. I think most of the 35 gb space went into the cut scenes. But I guess that's what a mere 20 mins of gameplay delivers. Will post back with more game time.

One other thing. I had my CPU OC'd yesterday from 2.8 to 3.4. Before that, I could monitor my temp's, FPS, etc in-game using MSI's AB. But now it isn't showing up. I tried with MSI AB, EVGA Precision-X and GPU Tweak (Asus). All one by one. Still no luck. I'm running the 301.34 drivers as there was an issue with the 301.42 drivers which caused the system to lock up (BSOD). Although, this could also have been due to Asus's GPU Tweak coz many people have had similar issues. Anybody know of a solution?
 
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