Soldato
Nice now we need crysis 4 trailer haa
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Mantle Feedback/Bugs
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Soldato
Welcome back Matt - great news!
^^
You do realise i could get banned for your off topic post.
Soldato
I meant the content in the link not your equally great news of being back from the hammer. 
After seeing pgi's frame latency testing on 780 SLI @1080p i decided to hunt down the program he used and test it on Mantle at 1440P instead of 1080P. I also tried each of the three different Mantle frame pacing implementations to see if i could feel a difference. I couldn't.
2 = Extreme
1 = Standard
0 = Disabled
Frame Pacing Method 2
Frame Pacing Method 1
Frame Pacing Method 0
2 = Extreme
1 = Standard
0 = Disabled
Frame Pacing Method 2
Frame Pacing Method 1
Frame Pacing Method 0
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BF4 output. That was using Perfoverlay.framefilelogenable 1 once i was loaded into the map and started benching and Perfoverlay.framefilelogenable 0 when i completed the 60 seconds going on a stopwatch on my phone. Not an exact science.
After seeing pgi's frame latency testing on 780 SLI @1080P i decided to hunt down the program he used and test it on Mantle at 1440P instead of 1080P. I also tried each of the three different Mantle frame pacing implementations to see if i could feel a difference. I couldn't.
2 = Extreme
1 = Standard
0 = Disabled
Frame Pacing Method 2
Frame Pacing Method 1
Frame Pacing Method 0
Oh crap. I just realised i did this testing with my pc in power saving mode, as i left it on last night downloading games. That means my cpu was locked at 3.9ghz and my ram was running at 1600mhz 9-9-9-27-2 and maximum power savings were set in windows lol.
Will run these tests again now with my cpu at 5ghz and my ram at 2133mhz.
Soldato
After seeing pgi's frame latency testing on 780 SLI @1080P i decided to hunt down the program he used and test it on Mantle at 1440P instead of 1080P. I also tried each of the three different Mantle frame pacing implementations to see if i could feel a difference. I couldn't.
2 = Extreme
1 = Standard
0 = Disabled
Frame Pacing Method 2
Frame Pacing Method 1
Frame Pacing Method 0
Nice testing matt, I using pacing 1 and find it superb.
Will have results of 5.2ghz vs 3.9ghz Mantle shortly.
After seeing pgi's frame latency testing on 780 SLI @1080P i decided to hunt down the program he used and test it on Mantle at 1440P instead of 1080P. I also tried each of the three different Mantle frame pacing implementations to see if i could feel a difference. I couldn't.
2 = Extreme
1 = Standard
0 = Disabled
EDIT - REALISED I WAS RUNNING THESE TESTS IN POWER SAVING MODE. CPU @3.9GHZ LOCKED AND DRAM AT 1600MHZ.
Frame Pacing Method 2
Frame Pacing Method 1
Frame Pacing Method 0
This time tested at 5.2ghz and 2133mhz ram speed with tight timings. There is virtually no difference.
2 = Extreme
1 = Standard
0 = Disabled
Frame Pacing Method 2
Frame Pacing Method 1
Frame Pacing Method 0
Soldato
Great data and testing here guys, very interesting.
Did find this nugget for those wondering what the advances were on older GCN 1.0 cards with the latest driver and framepacing from the Anandtech R9 295x review.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7930/the-amd-radeon-r9-295x2-review/4
Did find this nugget for those wondering what the advances were on older GCN 1.0 cards with the latest driver and framepacing from the Anandtech R9 295x review.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7930/the-amd-radeon-r9-295x2-review/4
Interesting data there Woodsta. Backs up what i said, that XDMA crossfire is a step up over the previous crossfire implementation.
Soldato
Hi Matt,
I had my hand in my pocket for a 4k monitor but this article has changed my mind. Bit risky on expecting smooth performance on a 7990 and a 4k monitor as essentailly all monitors are seen as 2 screens and frametime smoothness still suffers under multimonitor setups.
Bit annoying as I was looking forward to when these £500 Sammys went 'In stock' or the £600 asus.
What to do?
I had my hand in my pocket for a 4k monitor but this article has changed my mind. Bit risky on expecting smooth performance on a 7990 and a 4k monitor as essentailly all monitors are seen as 2 screens and frametime smoothness still suffers under multimonitor setups.
Bit annoying as I was looking forward to when these £500 Sammys went 'In stock' or the £600 asus.
What to do?
Soldato
I'd get a 1440P/1600P screen as 3gb vram might be cutting it a bit fine at 4K. One 7990 probably would be a bit lacking grunt wise as well. I guess it all depends on what settings you want to play with and what fps you consider playable. For me id want around 60 fps at high/highest settings, or close to highest settings with sacrificing AA to be happy at 4k. To do that you'll need 2x290's or better imo. However if you don't mind lowering the details then im sure a 7990 would be fine at 4k.
Soldato
I agree 4k isn't there yet for nice gaming experience. Unless you ready to drop settings to get that sweet 60fps
Or would you rather max games out.
Or would you rather max games out.
Soldato
I'd be prepaered to drop settings until I could add a card to my 7990 or until I upgrade the gfx to 4k maxed out solution in the future.
And I would have had a 1440p 120hz months ago if you can get one in the UK. But all 120hz 1440p's AFAIK are obtainable only from importing. Fair play to those that have.
Only the ASUS ROG 1440 120hz is touted to appear at some point. But they'll go out of stock quicker than £10 notes for £a fiverand they'll be £800ish.
With Gregsters honest and positive review of his 4k tn panel, I was tempted with the lure of cheap (ish) 4k. I dont do image editing or photography so tn panel for me is fine. I only game with my PC.
The framepacing on GCN 1.0 cards highlighted in that article pushes me back towards 1440 and 120hz but you can't get one in the UK unless 2nd hand can you?
And I would have had a 1440p 120hz months ago if you can get one in the UK. But all 120hz 1440p's AFAIK are obtainable only from importing. Fair play to those that have.
Only the ASUS ROG 1440 120hz is touted to appear at some point. But they'll go out of stock quicker than £10 notes for £a fiverand they'll be £800ish.
With Gregsters honest and positive review of his 4k tn panel, I was tempted with the lure of cheap (ish) 4k. I dont do image editing or photography so tn panel for me is fine. I only game with my PC.
The framepacing on GCN 1.0 cards highlighted in that article pushes me back towards 1440 and 120hz but you can't get one in the UK unless 2nd hand can you?
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what's the best way to change the frame pacing? I got BF4 working again LOL