Difference between revisions of "Dead Space"
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|minproc = Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 3000+ | |minproc = Intel Pentium 4 2.8 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 3000+ | ||
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|recGPU1 = nVidia GeForce 8600 GT or Radeon HD 2600 XT | |recGPU1 = nVidia GeForce 8600 GT or Radeon HD 2600 XT | ||
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Revision as of 04:00, 28 April 2012
Mouse Lag and Random Sensitivity
Enabling V-sync in the game options will induce a very noticeable mouse lag, and also has the problem of limiting the game to 30 fps rather than 60 fps. Disabling in-game V sync removes this problem but also creates the problem of random sensitivity and screen tearing. Follow these steps to force 60 Hz vertical sync with minimal mouse latency.
- Download RivaTuner from guru3D.
- Once installed, find and launch D3DOverrider.exe
- Click the + icon at the bottom of the interface and add
Dead Space.exe - Select
Dead Space.exeand specify Triple Buffering OFF and V Sync ON. Set Application Detection Level to High.
Changing the FOV
There is no in-game option to modify the FOV value, and a configuration change doesn't seem to be available either. Dead Space supports multi-screen however, which means that using an appropriate custom resolution on a single monitor will result in a FOV change.
This will allow the player to regain some sense of peripheral vision. The artistic intent of the game makers will be somewhat preserved as well: the main character will still occupy a sizeable portion of the display area.
The disadvantage of this method is that black bars will appear at the top and bottom of the screen.
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default resolution (1920*1200)
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custom resolution (1920*817)
Other Image Quality Adjustments
Out of the box, Dead Space doesn't offer anisotropic filtering. Should a system's GPU comfortably exceed the recommended requirements listed above, forcing anisotropic filtering via the video driver will yield substantial image quality improvements.
Regarding anti-aliasing, even though the method provided by the game seems adequate, it can have a tendency to blur the image. Disabling it and forcing anti-aliasing in the video driver should improve image quality.
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in-game AA, no AF
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in-game AA, 16xAF (driver)
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4xAA (driver), 16xAF (driver)
Save File Location
C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Documents\Electronic Arts\Dead Space\
System Requirements
Useful Links
- Dead Space Series Steam Forum
- Dead Space Wikipedia article
- Dead Space Wiki
- Dead Space report on widescreengamingforum.com