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Hitman: Absolution benchmark feature

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Hitman: Absolution contains a performance benchmark feature that you can use to
test the game's performance on your system. It will either use the current display
and graphics settings or read specific values from an INI file depending on the way
you initiate the test. The file benchmarkresults.txt is written to the gamefolder
when the test is completed. It contains the benchmark results and the used display
and graphics settings. To get an accurate test of the performance, the game will
always go to exclusive fullscreen mode and disable VSync.

There are three ways to start a benchmark test:

1) From the main menu:


Start the game and proceed to the main menu. Select the Options menu. When you are
done tweaking your Display and Graphics settings, select START BENCHMARK at the
bottom of the options menu. Once the benchmark is completed you will be prompted
with the results and be returned to the main menu.

2) From the Options dialog:


When you start the game you are prompted with the launcher menu. Choose "Options".
Tweak your Display and Quality settings and choose "Start Benchmark" on the bottom
of the dialog. Once the benchmark is completed you will be prompted with the
results and the game restarts itself to the launcher menu.

3) From the command line:


You can also start the benchmark test from the command line. Use one of the
following combinations of arguments:

HMA.exe -startbenchmark - Starts the benchmark mode


with the current display and graphics settings and shows the results on screen.
HMA.exe -startbenchmark <benchmark.ini> - Starts the benchmark mode
with display and graphics settings read from the given INI file. An example
benchmark.ini is included and contains a description of each setting.
HMA.exe -startbenchmark <benchmark.ini> -autoquitbenchmark - Starts the benchmark
mode, reads the settings from the given INI but quits without displaying the
results on screen.

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