How Smooth Is Aion? - Page 2

Kowen · 07-11-2009, 03:38 PM

Heres a question: is there an FPS cap in Aion?

In the other MMO I played, the FPS would never go over 30, no matter how advanced your GPU was.

Moonlight Shadow · 07-11-2009, 04:04 PM

I don't think there is a cap. I've gotten over 200 FPS in some zones and I've heard of people getting around 250. You'd need a top of the line computer to get anything higher which isn't even necessary since they average human eye can't comprehend that high of frame rate.

Mithoron · 07-11-2009, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by LevelOneMage

Holy crap. These are the best videos I've seen, I didn't even know the graphics were this good. And I was impressed with the red/blue videos lol.

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Originally Posted by Zamox

Ah, that's more like it.
A user that bothers to toggle off his/her UI to record, and uses a fast enough machine that they can avoid disk swap chugging.
And graphics settings that aren't totally butchered. The rare, the proud - the competent amateur game video maker.

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Originally Posted by Unddu

Dude these videos make the game look even better then it does

Watch them in HD and they're amazing...and if anybody knows the music from the second one, I've been dying to find out...love it!

pimpaljoentje · 07-11-2009, 04:23 PM

smooth as a freshly shaved and oiled womans leg.... unless it's winter, then u got those braille like bumps on it and then it's more like .... better stop right there

justamemory · 07-11-2009, 04:56 PM

aion is smoOoth operator.

Lolzumad · 07-11-2009, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Unddu

Dude these videos make the game look even better then it does

omg, im speechless... great videos

Bonejuice · 07-12-2009, 12:59 AM

Those videos are pretty good but I came across this gem today. It honestly showcases the game better than any other player made vid I've seen. Watch in full screen HD and enjoy.

YouTube - Completely "Un"biased Review of Aion (Beta)

Dude is hillarious with the WoW references (Myndflame inspired?) although he kinda bashes the game a bit on some points but in a "keepin' it real" way. I'll definately be playing on release. As long as NCSOFT keeps making content for this game it will have a long life imo.

Ziz · 07-12-2009, 01:00 AM

I tunred every thing as low as possible and on the log in screen i got 380 fps

jsut for fun

Graug · 07-12-2009, 01:06 AM

very smooth coming from warhammer

Centirick · 07-12-2009, 01:07 AM

Its as smooth as a smooth criminal.

~MJ

Maliceubx · 07-12-2009, 05:55 AM

The system the Crytek (version 1) engine uses is very different from that of other MMO's out right now, simply because it was designed to maximize the performance of the user without sacrificing visuals. Here's what it does, it only renders what you see, a good example of this would be that as your looking at Side A of a wall in some area in the game, the Engine will render the graphics and textures for that specific side, but if you were able to see BEHIND and see Side B you would see that the engine itself doesn't render what you cannot see.

In a way it's kind of like a progressive rendering as oppose to the Load the Entire World at Once that World of Warcraft has incorporated, mind you it is an old game.

All in All you'll get GREAT fps in Aion.

Tek · 07-12-2009, 10:15 AM

I wold agree it's smooth, even in the capital city with tons of players at the portal was still smooth.

Fugmo · 07-12-2009, 10:52 AM

there is NO max frame rate. we actually had someone in a guild build a spankin new top-o-the-line comp for aion, and this was the first thing i made him test. just to see if there was a cap, he but it one blister low graphics settings, zoomed in and looked down at the ground and was getting, no lie, 1500 fps. again, i will say this, its a big boy game. no kiddie WoW graphics where every single spell, enchant, or otherwise is the same exactly glow, texture, pathing just with different hues. this is easily one of the most beautiful games i have seen to date. close the the graphical perfection which is todays benchmark, crisis, when played on full graphics with a good rig.

Draken Steel · 07-12-2009, 12:02 PM

Well that really does sound nice....as it is one of the reasons I wanted to play warhammer was for large scale battles....which didn't work so well with the engine. 70-80ish people in a t3 keep brought my fps pretty low ><

Does anyone know if the engine still handles smooth in an Abyss keep fight?

Zamox · 07-12-2009, 02:28 PM

Well the game is a memory miracle at 4 gigs of RAM.
When I first load the game or TP between major regions, the loading is about 2 seconds. Like, 1-2, bam -- arrived.
Then the huge loading crush when you arrive in a crowd of like 40 players... except, there's no big crush.
Player models take a sec or two to all fully appear, and you can't believe the excellent frame rate with so many f-ing players on screen. Remember playing Guild Wars with a slightly-too-powerful-for-the-game rig? Remember how great your frame rate was in crowded towns like Lion's Arch? This is how impressed I am with Aion in super-thick crowds. And I'm fully maxed on everything at 1200p resolution, not reduced. I want to see stuff as the artists intended.

It's all about video card and RAM. I've played the game across 3 different computers now, ranging from 1.9 GHz to 3.4 GHz and between 2 and 4 GB RAM, and it's clearly lenient on CPU, but makes wonderful use of RAM and a strong GPU. A slower CPU machine but one with more memory and video power outperformed a significantly faster CPU machine that has half the RAM and a last-gen video card. At any rate, any decent and recent dual-core is sufficient, I'd reckon. A bunch of RAM takes care of the player model swapping in hectic areas. Textures, lighting and shaders (even character armor/clothes are colored by shaders) is all about video card. So if you're at 512 MB video card and up, all the better. Less page fetches for shared system memory over the PCIe bridge, more bandwidth dedicated to pure rendering.

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Kowen Daeva Join Date: Jul 2009 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Character: Kowen Class: Assassin Race: Elyos	Heres a question: is there an FPS cap in Aion? In the other MMO I played, the FPS would never go over 30, no matter how advanced your GPU was. __________________ FFXI~ BLU75 DNC75 RETIRED

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justamemory Supreme Commander Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: California Thanks: 7 Thanked 43 Times in 33 Posts Race: Undecided Server: Undecided	aion is smoOoth operator. __________________ <<< Aion ~ Piano Collections { NEW Videos } >>> << VG Piano >> < Original Solo Piano >

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Centirick Officer Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Texas Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Character: Emma Watson Class: Templar Legion: ENTROPY Race: Elyos	Its as smooth as a smooth criminal. ~MJ __________________ vtx6.defconservers.com 4006 Ventertain Us.

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Fugmo Officer Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Fort Myers, FL Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Class: Gladiator Legion: Os Race: Elyos	there is NO max frame rate. we actually had someone in a guild build a spankin new top-o-the-line comp for aion, and this was the first thing i made him test. just to see if there was a cap, he but it one blister low graphics settings, zoomed in and looked down at the ground and was getting, no lie, 1500 fps. again, i will say this, its a big boy game. no kiddie WoW graphics where every single spell, enchant, or otherwise is the same exactly glow, texture, pathing just with different hues. this is easily one of the most beautiful games i have seen to date. close the the graphical perfection which is todays benchmark, crisis, when played on full graphics with a good rig. __________________ Dont Be THAT guy! Join Os!

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07-11-2009, 04:04 PM	#17 (permalink)
Moonlight Shadow Lieutenant Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Canada Thanks: 1 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts Character: Moonlight Class: Templar Race: Elyos Server: Zikel	I don't think there is a cap. I've gotten over 200 FPS in some zones and I've heard of people getting around 250. You'd need a top of the line computer to get anything higher which isn't even necessary since they average human eye can't comprehend that high of frame rate.

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pimpaljoentje Soldier Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Belgium, Oostende Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Character: Gloredhell Class: Ranger Legion: not yet found a home.. Race: Elyos	smooth as a freshly shaved and oiled womans leg.... unless it's winter, then u got those braille like bumps on it and then it's more like .... better stop right there

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Ziz Officer Join Date: Jul 2009 Thanks: 1 Thanked 8 Times in 6 Posts Character: Ziz Class: Chanter Legion: None Race: Asmodians Server: Siel	I tunred every thing as low as possible and on the log in screen i got 380 fps jsut for fun

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Graug Daeva Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: So Cal Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Character: Graug Class: Sorcerer Legion: Ebonlore Race: Asmodians	very smooth coming from warhammer

07-12-2009, 05:55 AM	#26 (permalink)
Maliceubx Daeva Join Date: Jul 2009 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Race: Elyos	The system the Crytek (version 1) engine uses is very different from that of other MMO's out right now, simply because it was designed to maximize the performance of the user without sacrificing visuals. Here's what it does, it only renders what you see, a good example of this would be that as your looking at Side A of a wall in some area in the game, the Engine will render the graphics and textures for that specific side, but if you were able to see BEHIND and see Side B you would see that the engine itself doesn't render what you cannot see. In a way it's kind of like a progressive rendering as oppose to the Load the Entire World at Once that World of Warcraft has incorporated, mind you it is an old game. All in All you'll get GREAT fps in Aion.

07-12-2009, 10:15 AM	#27 (permalink)
Tek Officer Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Wisconsin USA Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Character: Tek Class: Templar Legion: Grudge Race: Asmodians	I wold agree it's smooth, even in the capital city with tons of players at the portal was still smooth.

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Draken Steel Daeva Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Arkansas Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Race: Asmodians	Well that really does sound nice....as it is one of the reasons I wanted to play warhammer was for large scale battles....which didn't work so well with the engine. 70-80ish people in a t3 keep brought my fps pretty low >< Does anyone know if the engine still handles smooth in an Abyss keep fight?

07-12-2009, 02:28 PM	#30 (permalink)
Zamox Officer Join Date: Jun 2009 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts Race: Elyos	Well the game is a memory miracle at 4 gigs of RAM. When I first load the game or TP between major regions, the loading is about 2 seconds. Like, 1-2, bam -- arrived. Then the huge loading crush when you arrive in a crowd of like 40 players... except, there's no big crush. Player models take a sec or two to all fully appear, and you can't believe the excellent frame rate with so many f-ing players on screen. Remember playing Guild Wars with a slightly-too-powerful-for-the-game rig? Remember how great your frame rate was in crowded towns like Lion's Arch? This is how impressed I am with Aion in super-thick crowds. And I'm fully maxed on everything at 1200p resolution, not reduced. I want to see stuff as the artists intended. It's all about video card and RAM. I've played the game across 3 different computers now, ranging from 1.9 GHz to 3.4 GHz and between 2 and 4 GB RAM, and it's clearly lenient on CPU, but makes wonderful use of RAM and a strong GPU. A slower CPU machine but one with more memory and video power outperformed a significantly faster CPU machine that has half the RAM and a last-gen video card. At any rate, any decent and recent dual-core is sufficient, I'd reckon. A bunch of RAM takes care of the player model swapping in hectic areas. Textures, lighting and shaders (even character armor/clothes are colored by shaders) is all about video card. So if you're at 512 MB video card and up, all the better. Less page fetches for shared system memory over the PCIe bridge, more bandwidth dedicated to pure rendering.

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