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Left 4 Dead 2: Unfair performance benefits with cut version?
The demo version of Left 4 Dead 2 recently became available for gamers who preordered the action title. PC Games Hardware ran benchmarks to check the performance of the second Left 4 Dead part soon after the release. But with the launch of the public demo a cut version was introduced, at least ...
Play as Infected with the Left 4 Dead 2 Demo
Play as Infected with the Left 4 Dead 2 Demo
l4dmods.com — Over and over, Valve underestimates the skill of the Source Engine modders. They release a demo for... us, try their very best to keep us from diggin in deep into the engine to unlock features that Valve doesn't want us to see...yet. Once again, a ... (more) Play as Infected with the Left 4 Dead 2 Demo
Left 4 Dead 2 pre-orders "four times" that of the original
computerandvideogames.com — People are finally "excited" after initial backlash, says Valve. The number of Left 4 Dead 2 pre-orders... are "four times" that of the original game, Valve has revealed. Click here to read the full article (more) Left 4 Dead 2 pre-orders "four times" that of the original
Left 4 Dead 2 Demo Update Released
store.steampowered.com — Updates to Left 4 Dead 2 Demo have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when... your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: Left 4 Dead 2 Demo Playback of intro movie now utilizes surround sound when available Fixed ... (more) Left 4 Dead 2 Demo Update Released
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Cut Left 4 Dead 2 Demo Removes Gore, Adds Performance
Blue's NewsPC Games Hardware has benchmarked the recently released demo for Left 4 Dead 2 compared with the version of the demo released in Germany that has some of the gore removed, and found the cut version runs about 40%(!) faster than the uncut version. Word is: The direct comparison between cut an uncut version reveals huge differences in performance. It doesn't matter if we use a dual-core E6600 or quad-core Q6600 processor, the less violent version of the demo runs about 40 percent faster that the uncut version. Furthermore the difference between the two uncut results (dual-core ...

Germany's Censored L4D2 Runs Faster [Censorship]
Kotaku — ... what indicates a higher CPU workload. This isn't just a trivial difference, PC Games Hardware points out owners of the cut version may play on "uncut" servers. So, "a scene that lags in the uncut version might be running smoothly in the cut version - especially in Versus Mode this could make the difference between death and survival." That said, someone with a full version may also reduce the depiction of violence through the game's command console. Left 4 Dead 2: Unfair Performance Benefits with Cut Version? [PC Games Hardware via Blue's ...

Edited Left 4 Dead 2 PC has better performance?
Big Download Blog — ... If you have an edited version of a game that has, say, less blood that the normal version along with bodies that disappear quickly among other things you might expect that the edited versions might have better performance than the original. PCGamesHardware.com seems to ...

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