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**The New Official THIEF-Incorporating Bench mark Thread**
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Caporegime
I thought Matt said that it was just BF4 and DICE which had cocked the memory (mis)management?
Thief and StarSwarm work fine on my 1gb HD7770 and since posting that Mantle awareness thread I've got Mantle working at higher settings than DirectX and providing better performance. I'm happy, though i still think vram usage can be improved upon and i wanted to raise that issue.
Soldato
It'll be easier to draw conclusions once Mantle is in a lot earlier in the dev cycle as opposed to patched in I think.
I don't think there's an inherent problem with the API which causes it but it is intriguing that it's present in two games by different devs on different engines.
Time will tell!
Soldato
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Caporegime
It'll be easier to draw conclusions once Mantle is in a lot earlier in the dev cycle as opposed to patched in I think.
I don't think there's an inherent problem with the API which causes it but it is intriguing that it's present in two games by different devs on different engines.
Time will tell!
The difference is stark for me. Thief/Starswarm uses a set amount of vram and does not increase past that point. Battlefield which uses the Frostbite engine, tends to use X amount of vram then increase, increase and increase until it reaches a plateau and levels off.
I played BF4 Campaign on Ultra @ 4K Internal Res (1080P @ 200%) minus any AA, The whole lot in three sittings, Vram peaked at 3970MB, Mantle, i was willing it to hit the buffers just to see that..
Looks awesome, bright, sharp and with real depth. i might do it again in DX just to record it all in DVR.
Soldato
Caporegime
I took a couple of screenshots earlier at 1440P, res scale 150% 4K, Ultra preset with x4 AA. It looks nice but im sure proper 4k looks better.
I took a couple of screenshots earlier at 1440P, res scale 150% 4K, Ultra preset with x4 AA. It looks nice but im sure proper 4k looks better.
It will look better on a 4K display for sure, But i don't know what you mean by 'proper 4k' Its the same thing as far as the render goes, think of resolution scaling as down sampling, the game is being rendered in 4K and then compressed to fit whatever res you have set, the image is a 4K quality image displayed at 1080P, in my case... 1440P in yours.
I think the quality difference between you and me is also different as i run 1080P while you run 1440P, your already closer to 4K than i am natively.
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Caporegime
Yeah what i meant is 4K without being downsampled to 1440P will look better. Still it looks very nice and the fps are decent. 290's flexing their muscles at higher details.
i'm amassed a single 290 can run BF4 with Ultra IQ as well as it does. ^^^
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Shankly all i see with yours is a black X
RonnieBr your scores are added.
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Q6600 @3600, R9 290 1060 / 1400 Catalyst 14.4 whql.
DirectX: Min: 12.8, Max: 68.6, Avr: 28.5
Mantle: Min: 29.0, Max: 79.6, Avr: 44.5
Quite a difference on this aging cpu. At these settings even the menu is juddery on the menu screen with DirectX, yet nice and smooth with mantle.
DirectX: Min: 12.8, Max: 68.6, Avr: 28.5
Mantle: Min: 29.0, Max: 79.6, Avr: 44.5
Quite a difference on this aging cpu. At these settings even the menu is juddery on the menu screen with DirectX, yet nice and smooth with mantle.
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Caporegime
Q6600 @3600, R9 290 1060 / 1400 Catalyst 14.4 whql.
DirectX: Min: 12.8, Max: 68.6, Avr: 28.5
Mantle: Min: 29.0, Max: 79.6, Avr: 44.5
Quite a difference on this aging cpu. At these settings even the menu is juddery on the menu screen with DirectX, yet nice and smooth with mantle.
Looks like Mantle might breathe a bit of life into your aging cpu behemoth.
Soldato
i'm amassed a single 290 can run BF4 with Ultra IQ as well as it does. ^^^
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Shankly all i see with yours is a black X
RonnieBr your scores are added.
Sorry I had the Image on private.
Mantle Xfire @1080 i7 2600k @stock 3.5ghz GPUs @977/1250
Caporegime
Sorry I had the Image on private.
Mantle Xfire @1080 i7 2600k @stock 3.5ghz GPUs @977/1250
You need to overclock your cpu bud and get some faster memory.
Third stock run and my best yet, ill submit this one please.
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16GB DDR3 2133Mhz 9-10-10-21-1T
1080P
290P crossfire Stock @975/1250
14.6 Beta
And yes, my system is beating Kaaps. Lol. (sorry Kaap
Soldato
You need to overclock your cpu bud and get some faster memory.
Nar am happy running stock again mate. see no need for it. Games all perform to my needs. Faster Memory is something, but I dont feel like spending close to 100£ for it.
Man of Honour
4K scores
DX11 only
4930k @4.5
Single 290X @1230/1625
Two 290Xs @1220/1562
Three 290Xs @1220/1562
DX11 only
4930k @4.5
Single 290X @1230/1625
Two 290Xs @1220/1562
Three 290Xs @1220/1562
Caporegime
Nice scores Kaap. Why DX11 only?
Done.