Guide To Mlb 2K12 Performance

[darth_mickrig]

In this thread I want to show different way on how to enhance the MLB 2k12 performance. I will post framerates, screenshots and settings etc.

First my hardware to have a little comparison:

CPU Intel Core2Quad Q8200 @ 2,3GHz (stock, no OC)

GPU Nvidia Geforce GTS 450 @783MHz(GPU clock)/1804MHz(Memory Clock)

4GB DDR2-800 Ram

normal SATA2 HDD

Windows 7 x64

For making screenshots I use MSI Afterburner's integrated function. Using its OSD I can also tell the GPU Usage, memory usage as well as framerate . My base screen-resolution will be 1920x1080 which is Full HD. V-Sync is turned off to get the maximum framerate even.

Minimum settings vs. Maximum Settings.

I used the "Play Ball"-Mode for this comparison playing the game Rangers vs Yankees with New York as home team.

Facing Batter

Min S 100 FPS@40% usage/435MB-x

Max S 80 FPS@80% usage/695MB-x

Flyball opponent

Min S 92 FPS@38%usage/456MB-x

Max S 86 FPS @83% usage/770MB-x

Groundball opponent

Min S 77 FPS@36% usage/460MB-x

Max S 80 FPS@80% usage/670MB-x

Facing Pitcher

Min S 78 FPS @43% usage/477MB-x

Max S 70 FPS @70% usage/685MB-x

Flyball own at-bat

Min S 78 FPS @36% usage/488MB-x

Max S 66 FPS @70% usage/681MB-x

Groundball own at-bat

Min S 78 FPS @36% usage/488MB-x

Max S 51 FPS @90% usage/691MB-x

The x above is the variable I use to consider the memory used by the system and programs without MLB 2k12 running in this case 250MB.

One gets roughly half of FPS/% usage ratio when changing from minumum to maximum settings.

Now some screenshots:

Minimum settings vs Maximum settings

Facing Batter

Flyball opponent

Groundball opponent

Facing Pitcher

Own groundball

Own flyball

I will continue this post in the upcoming days. Things which I might be posting too is performance of standard game engine vs game engine with ENB Series Mod as well as a comparison of 1920x1080 vs 2880x1620 on downsampling which I tested briefly. From what I saw on downsampling settings the shadows look much more smoother due to what it does.

Right now I am considering changing my benchmarking routine to provide the same base for each and every setting.

If you got advice, criticism etc. feel free to post here.