First My rig...



Intel 2600k 3.4ghz (3.8 turbo) Quad Core

Asus P8P67 Deluxe Motherboard

Asus 580gtx 1.5gig DDR5

Corsair 8 GIG DDR3 @ 1600mhz

Windows 7 64bit

3TB Hitachi HDD 7200rpm @ 6gig/sec

Antec 1200w PSU OC Edition





Its not the worlds fastest rig, but it's not slow. I know a SSD would help a lot, but it shouldn't take as long as it takes to load a map. I've even set ALL the options to the lowest possible setting, and it takes the exact same time to load no matter what.

Pretty much ruins Countdown for me, cause I miss the first round always. Also puts me in the leftovers section for picking a role...



I've also noticed that when changing settings, only Texture Quality, Shadow Quality, and Lighting Quality change FPS for me. Everything else can be on and max and no difference if turned off. On Max settings I get around 20-30fps, but GPU only hits about 60% use. I know they are working on it, I even contributed to Yoshiro's thread about the performance thief. What I also noticed is my CPU is also underutilized massively.



Between my RAM and CPU, I should get decent load times but I don't. Friends with slower HDD's, slower CPU, and less RAM even load faster...