Shmutt

Reply to The state of Steam in 2012 in Elemental Dev Journals JoeUser Forums

Steam is good when it works. Extremely annoying when it doesn't. Steam makes it extremely easy to purchase games. And the crazy sales doesn't help the wallet either. I also love the "preloading" feature, where you can download a preordered game some time before launch. However, the nature of Steam means that you need a constant Internet connection. While that is obvious for browsing and purchasing, it is really not required for playing . Once i

Reply to Internet Sadists in Ethics Stardock Forums

This is the exact reason why I stopped participating in forums. There are a few forums that I used to frequent, but the drivel that goes on makes it impossible to have a rational discussion without it becoming into a some sort of flaming smear campaign. I still peruse them, but only the classifieds or marketplace section for used goods. :P Thanks to RSS, I now simply follow blogs of people whom I find interesting.

Reply to Low graphical performance over various 3D objects from the map in WOM Support Elemental Forums

[quote who="Shmutt" reply="249" id="2736465"]Would like to add that I'm facing this issue as well on my Alienware M11xR2 (core i5-520UM, 4GB RAM, Nvidia 335M). Using the 258.96 optimus drivers so verified that the 335M is indeed kicking in when this game is running. Getting 8-10fps over a city and 40+fps over empty land or the fog of war areas. Turning up or down the gfx settings does nothing for me. Setting the CPU affinity also does nothing. Getting frustrated wi

Reply to Low graphical performance over various 3D objects from the map in WOM Support Elemental Forums

Would like to add that I'm facing this issue as well on my Alienware M11xR2 (core i5- 520UM, 4GB RAM, Nvidia 335M). Using the 258.96 optimus drivers so verified that the 335M is indeed kicking in when this game is running. Getting 8-10fps over a city and 40+fps over empty land or the fog of war areas. Turning up or down the gfx settings does nothing for me. Setting the CPU affinity also does nothing. Getting frustrated with the choppy frame