I wonder if connection speeds make a difference. If your net connect is better maybe that determines load times more than computer speed because of receiving info from the servers? Would be curious to see computer specs with net speeds and to start looking at that in combination.

I think the ram is the issue. IMO. I have 6gb and will have 5.1 used when running the game and a browser. Windows on startup uses over 1gb for me. Though steam is running in the background and vent as well as a few other small apps. I have found than when over a certain amount of memory is used up for page file it really slows down. Seems to be around the 75% mark. I guess it is hitting the hard drive to often at that point. Though you meet the suggested requirements by far so they should be able to keep it within that window that they are telling you is what they recommend.

Yeah that happens when they are spending a lot in R&D on a new console

Stay the 4 asterisk away?

Friend just got these as well and likes them a lot. The best quality sound in vent I have heard yet.

There is a trick for that. When not in use you put them on your computer case with one cup on each side. Gets the band more relaxed. Do that until they feel comfortable and than do not put them on the case anymore. Worked for me.

Logitech G35's. Very happy with them. In other games they have worked great as well. Heard some really good things about Corsair's Headsets. The new Vengeance 1500's are supposed to be very decent and a good price considering. My next set I might try out the Corsair's but also happy with the Logitech's.

Would be nice to have someone reply with some hard numbers of before and after on how it ran. Unfortunately with it being an MMO it will be different everytime so to many variables but I think with the space you could get an idea or avg it out in your head. What were you getting before for fps? Now what do you get on avg?

Take some screenshots yourself and use http://photosynth.net/ to merge them together

=) Nice that you noticed that

Still worth finding out IMO. If it happens to last than they will be happy if not than they are only back to where they were before.

Can you elaborate on why it is a bad idea. Unless I want to manually force a feature there is no reason to have it. Had my 9800pro cooked with using it (not saying that is why it died). The 4870 I have now is 3.5 years old and works better without it. I miss out on some things but to be honest I find I do not miss them at all. Though I am sincerely curious as to why it is a bad idea? I have never heard someone say that before.

I do not use the CCC either and have found that I am not having issues. Runs well.

Played over my blackberry last night. Talk about long load times on the same computer. Back to high speed tomorrow, thankfully. I think it pulls a lot from the server even though the whole game is on your drive already so not sure what it has to pull at that time but faster connections will help for sure. Though I think after a while you hit a wall so after a certain speed (2mb connection just as an example) the load times do not change or they cannot push that info to you faster. CPU will play a part as well but again you hit that magic wall at a fairly low clock speed which most people are above.

Good to have the link to the performance comparisons. So ATI seems to be what the game favors in terms of performance. No wonder I have hardly had any issues