5870/5850 User Benchmarks, Thoughts & Feelings

Tom|Nbk · 24 Sep 2009 at 16:49

Sorry for another thread, but I'm preparing a batch of my own benchmarks tonight, RE5, 3DMark and whatever anyone wants me to run!

Thought I would start yet another (sorry) thread so we can consolidate all user thoughts and feelings of the card and have benchmarks posted up here.

Just grabbing the RE5 benchmark atm

kylew · 24 Sep 2009 at 16:56

I'd love some FO3 numbers.

Have you had that Quadcore bug with Fallout 3 by the way?

Tom|Nbk · 24 Sep 2009 at 16:58

I can run a fraps benchmark with that but it needs to be a predetermined route in the game doesnt it?

I'm currently playing Point Lookout DLC which is quite intense, if you want I can just do a MIN MAX AVG after 10 mins of mixed outdoor and indoor play

or is there a time demo I'm unaware of

kylew · 24 Sep 2009 at 16:59

Min max and average is just fine. Outdoors is where it suffers the most.

It regularly drops into single digits.

redeye_uk · 24 Sep 2009 at 17:00

Tom|Nbk you have just come from a 4870 1GB? Would be good to see comparisons between the 2 if possible so I can gauge potential benefits of an upgrade....

Tom|Nbk · 24 Sep 2009 at 17:01

Yea I have and for a start in Fallout 3 it is already at least twice as fast, gameplay is a lot smoother, no lag or slow down with VATS slow mo kills.

running 8xAA gives an almost constant 60FPS.

It is far faster in FO3 than the 4870. Right, RE5

Tom|Nbk · 24 Sep 2009 at 17:14

Resident Evil 5

DX9 - 1920x1200 4xAA

Jakus · 24 Sep 2009 at 17:14

What's the loaded fan noise like compared to the 4870 ?

and Crysis bench, min Fps please @ 1900x1200

Tom|Nbk · 24 Sep 2009 at 17:28

Fallout 3 Indoors (Lots of fighting action)

1920x1200
8XAA
16AF
Ultra

Min Max Avg
52 65 59.867

As you can see it absoloutely rips through it, it's pretty much the same outdoors except it dips to about 48 lowest I seen. VSYNC is off but it seems the FPS is still locked to 65?

Doppleganger · 24 Sep 2009 at 17:32

Tom|Nbk said:
Fallout 3 Indoors (Lots of fighting action)

1920x1200
8XAA
16AF
Ultra

Min Max Avg
52 65 59.867

As you can see it absoloutely rips through it, it's pretty much the same outdoors except it dips to about 48 lowest I seen. VSYNC is off but it seems the FPS is still locked to 65?

Same settings and fps was locked to 60 (v-sync on) and only time it dipped to mid 40s was when huge explosions went off. I haven't done any proper testing yet but the game outdoors is noticeably faster than the 8800GTX I was replacing it with. You'd expect that though, of course.

toon_mad · 24 Sep 2009 at 17:38

any benchies for GTA IV?

Tom|Nbk · 24 Sep 2009 at 17:42

toon_mad said:
any benchies for GTA IV?

Will get that on later as I'm wanting to see myself. Getting annoying installing all these games!

Damn new install!

LeJosh · 24 Sep 2009 at 17:45

NFS:shift?

and the obligatory crysis

RavenXXX2 · 24 Sep 2009 at 17:47

How about some DMC4 and SF4 benchmarks, if you have them.

RE5 in DX9, you still running XP?

Trifid · 24 Sep 2009 at 17:48

Anyone play GTR Evolution (Or any other Simbin game)? Would love to know what it is like on the first lap with a full grid.

hideki · 24 Sep 2009 at 17:50

"Fallout 3’s engine is by default capped to 60 frames per second, which can make benchmark results very unclear, especially when testing at lower resolutions or with high end graphics cards. To remove the 60FPS cap you’ll need to find the Fallout3.ini file in \Documents\My Games\Fallout3 and edit the file so that iPresentInterval=0. This removes the frame rate cap, and allows us to get a much better idea of a card’s abilities."

kylew · 24 Sep 2009 at 17:54

Tom|Nbk said:
Fallout 3 Indoors (Lots of fighting action)

1920x1200
8XAA
16AF
Ultra

Min Max Avg
52 65 59.867

As you can see it absoloutely rips through it, it's pretty much the same outdoors except it dips to about 48 lowest I seen. VSYNC is off but it seems the FPS is still locked to 65?

Great, thanks Tom.

The horrible slow-down in VATS really bugs me! Good to hear it's gone.

kylew · 24 Sep 2009 at 17:54

hideki said:
"Fallout 3’s engine is by default capped to 60 frames per second, which can make benchmark results very unclear, especially when testing at lower resolutions or with high end graphics cards. To remove the 60FPS cap you’ll need to find the Fallout3.ini file in \Documents\My Games\Fallout3 and edit the file so that iPresentInterval=0. This removes the frame rate cap, and allows us to get a much better idea of a card’s abilities."

Thanks for that.

Duff-Man · 24 Sep 2009 at 18:43

hideki said:
"Fallout 3’s engine is by default capped to 60 frames per second, which can make benchmark results very unclear, especially when testing at lower resolutions or with high end graphics cards. To remove the 60FPS cap you’ll need to find the Fallout3.ini file in \Documents\My Games\Fallout3 and edit the file so that iPresentInterval=0. This removes the frame rate cap, and allows us to get a much better idea of a card’s abilities."

By the way of information, don't do this in-game - only use it for benchmarking.

If you leave this on in-game then the gamespeed will adjust dependent on the framerate. You will sprint around like Usain Bolt indoors when the framerate is high, and dawdle like your granny in a zimmer in the wasteland when the framerate drops. Quite annoying. Best to leave vsync on for gameplay purposes with this game.

OrphanBoy · 24 Sep 2009 at 18:45

Any chance you can do a 10-15 second fraps run (or something) of the bit where you get off the boat at point lookout? There's major amounts of fog in that bit and my poor HD 3870 grinds at 1920x1200

Also have you tried Mothership Zeta? There are some mega alpha blend bits in there (esp when you blow up the reactors) which causes major slowdown too!