[quote]I could not play the game when it was maxed. I now have everything on High and 1X, 1X for AA and AF and HBAO off and I get 30-40 is this right I am running 5760X1200. I have noticed mixed results though, sometimes I get higher sometimes when the game loads it is really low.
I still can't load the game from steam I have to go and launch from the exe file.
What is HBAO?
I still reckon you should be getting more than that with your 5870s compared to my 5850s, but at least it sounds playable. HBAO is something to do with "Ambient Occlusion"...some clever shadow malarky I think. By the way, off topic, what do you think of your Fanatec wheel?
I really like it a lot. I used to have a G25 and the fanatec is better by far. Just feels like quality and is very very strong. Back to the game I am going to try a couple things. I might be getting more then that now because I played again and noticed everything was on high, and it was smooth as silk. The first time I played I was having issues with the game not even loading it was crashing before I even got in the game. This was from launching from steam. I then went to the root folder and it then worked fine. I am going to launch the game crank the settings and see what I get. Here is a video of me playing Dirt 2 with the wheel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI4pEwJcJaM