Threads intention:
- Objectively verify the performance increases as advertised by CA's patch logs and estimate the overall game performance development of Rome 2.
- Discussing the results and comparing them to todays and former patch states of the game to verdict whether the promised performance increases could be validated or not.
To see a direct and clean comparison of the current Nvidia Driver 347.25 comparing the non-patched Rome 2 RTM version versus Patch 16.1 click here
Benchmark: TotalWar: Rome 2 forest
OS: Windows 8.1 Update 1
Hardware: 4.6 GHz Intel i7 2600K, NVIDIA GTX 670 FTW, 16 GB RAM DDR3L 1600 CL, 1,30Volts.
The percentage in brackets show the peformance gain / loss compared to patch 3 release on 2nd October 2013.
We cannot take measures from 3rd September 2013 , as the benchmark was bugged and capped FPS higher than 63 so would not gave us correct values. This issues was addressed by CA in patch 3.
maxed out settings (+/- performance compared to release):
Patch 3: 29.9 fps average
best result: Patch 14 beta: 33.9 fps average (+13.38%)
Patch 16.1 final: 33.6 fps average (+12.37%) 344.75 driver
Patch 16.1 final: 33.9 fps average (+13.38%) 347.25 driver
extreme settings:
Patch 3: 37.0 fps average
best result: Patch 10 beta: 41.3 fps average (+11.62 %)
Patch 16.1 final: 39.3 fps average (+6.22%) 344.75 driver
Patch 16.1 final: 40.2 fps average (+8.65%) 347.25 driver
ultra settings:
Patch 3: 62.1 fps average
best result: Patch 8.1 final: 67.4 fps average (+8.53%)
Patch 16.1 final: 62 fps average (-0.16%) driver 344.75
Patch 16.1 final: 62.5 fps average (+0.64%) driver 347.25
very high settings:
Patch 3: 82.2 fps average
best result: Patch 8.1 final: 88.8 fps average (+8.03%)
Patch 16.1 final: 79.2 fps average (-3.65%) driver 344.75
Patch 16.1 final: 79.9 fps average (-2.80%) driver 347.25
high settings:
Patch 3: 139.5 fps average
best result: Patch 8.1 final: 156.2 fps average (+11.97%)
Patch 16.1 final: 138.7 fps average (-0.57%) driver 344.65
Patch 16.1 final: 137.7 fps average (-1.29%) driver 347.25
Performance level over time with different presets (patch 3 - patch 16.1) including hotfixes / beta patches and drivers