This is a great idea! I will bookmark and add mine tomorrow or Mon as I don't have time tonight. I wonder if a screen shot of game play would be helpful as well?
BTW, are you happy with the 650? Curious because I have a 525M and if I buy a new laptop, one of the ones I am looking at has the 650.
Been overly busy haven't had a chance to play or go into game and take a screen shot, but here are my settings from memory:
Object hiding (checked)
animation smoothing (checked)
advanced rending (checked)
reflection/water & mirrors (mirrors only)
Edge smoothing (high)
visual effets (high)
lighting and shadows (medium)
trees (medium)
draw distance (medium)
high detailed lots (1)
texture detail (high)
sim detail (high)
I have all the EPs and SPs installed. I also have between 2 and 3 gig of store stuff and exhange houses.
Plays smooth without Twallan's story progression, slight lag with it (but so worth it).
I also have an i7 2630QM and 8 gigs of ram and my hard drive is fairly empty.
My FPS are around 27-30 lower in highly treed areas, higher in houses. Snow from seasons can lower my FPS a little (not enough to cause problems).
The only issue is the outlines of sims are slightly jagged sometimes, not enough to be an issue.
Will post a screen shot as soon as things slow down a bit. I miss my game :cry:
Finally pictures! I just realize neither has frame rates, but both were 34 with fps on.
