Fifa11 PC Demo, Performance & High Resolution Screenshots

EA released their demo of Fifa11 and for the first time, PC gamers have the chance to experience the next-generation gameplay and graphics of the Fifa franchise. Although the PC version is not the same as the console one (Personality is missing and the online mode supports only 5vs5 instead of 11vs11), the game is remarkable. As with PES2011, we won't discuss the gameplay but how it performs. The demo is 1.17GB and you can download it from here.

As with PES2011, we can clearly see that the new game engine of Fifa11 is multithreaded. The game takes utilizes all the cores of our Q6600, although as we can see it doesn't tax them. The overall CPU usage was 50-60%, which is exactly the same with the one of PES2011. This means that both games will run fine in most PC systems, even if they aren't high-end. This is great news to say the least.

The similarities with PES2011 continue even in our GPU usage. Due to the lack of an SLI profile, Fifa11 took advantage of one core of our GTX295. The GPU usage in that core was around 65-75% at 1920x1440 with 4xAA and high details. We tried to force SLI with AFR2, but the game kept crashing. Still, performance was great even in single GPU mode and it was running with constant 60fps. Rest assured that if you don't have a high-end GPU, you'll still enjoy it by lowering the resolution or the details.

As with PES2011, there is already a tweak tool for Fifa11. With this tool you can get straight into the arena (without watching the intro videos) and you can choose a higher difficulty setting. Kudos to Ariel for this tool. You can download it from here.

Now the big question is, which one of them is better? It's up to you to decide. Download the demos and enjoy them. Lastly, here are some high resolution screenshots from Fifa11.