The New Official THIEF-Incorporating Bench mark Thread

Avenged7Fold · 29 May 2014 at 20:27

What have peoples gains been with the 14.6 drivers, if any?

Ill put 14.6 on later and report back with my own gains (hopefully gains lol).

LtMatt · 29 May 2014 at 20:29

Avenged7Fold said:
What have peoples gains been with the 14.6 drivers, if any?

Ill put 14.6 on later and report back with my own gains (hopefully gains lol).

Overclock your cpu as much as you can, seems to help in this bench.

Avenged7Fold · 29 May 2014 at 20:34

Would have thought 4.5 was enough on Mantle but given some of the other scores, i suppose could get some gains going higher. I have issues getting ti stable above 4.7 but i suppose the CPU doesnt have to be rock solid, just enough for the bench

LtMatt · 29 May 2014 at 20:35

Avenged7Fold said:
Would have thought 4.5 was enough on Mantle but given some of the other scores, i suppose could get some gains going higher. I have issues getting ti stable above 4.7 but i suppose the CPU doesnt have to be rock solid, just enough for the bench

I've not tested how much it helps on Mantle, just taking Kaaps word for it. So clock it as far as it will go.

cwgk91 · 29 May 2014 at 21:17

Silly question, just got thief (finally!) and how do you enable mantle? Is it like bf4 where you have to enable it in system settings or is it on by default?

gerardfraser · 29 May 2014 at 21:49

cwgk91 said:
Silly question, just got thief (finally!) and how do you enable mantle? Is it like bf4 where you have to enable it in system settings or is it on by default?

Try this

cwgk91 · 29 May 2014 at 21:52

Ah ok, so its outside the game, gotcha

Sugarhell · 29 May 2014 at 22:07

Entry

3770k 3.7/7970s 1200/1600 24/7 clocks (its way too hot here to even try bench with high clocks)

1080p single card mantle

1080p crossfire mantle

With crossfire i get a big bottleneck on my first 2 threads. It doesnt make a difference if i bench with stock clocks or 1200/1600

LtMatt · 30 May 2014 at 07:02

gerardfraser said:
Try this

I normally use Exclusive full screen for crossfire. How does it work with that unticked?

humbug · 30 May 2014 at 14:10

Sugarhell said:
Entry

3770k 3.7/7970s 1200/1600 24/7 clocks (its way too hot here to even try bench with high clocks)

1080p single card mantle

1080p crossfire mantle

With crossfire i get a big bottleneck on my first 2 threads. It doesnt make a difference if i bench with stock clocks or 1200/1600

Overclock your CPU more if you can

Done.

Avenged7Fold · 30 May 2014 at 20:23

One run, CPU needs to be pushed more and i havnt the time atm.

14.6 - Mantle
290x 1300/1604

Some gains to be had from new drivers guys!

LtMatt · 31 May 2014 at 10:31

Ok Kaap the results are in. I'm slightly slower (0.6fps) than my previous 1080P score because temps are higher. The extra cpu speed does make a difference. Not a huge difference, but definitely a good few extra fps. This is not an entry bumhug.

1080P - Mantle
5.3ghz
1250/1625

1080P - Mantle
4.8ghz
1250/1625

LtMatt · 31 May 2014 at 15:15

What's the best method for controls in this game, Xbox pad or mouse and keyboard?

humbug · 31 May 2014 at 15:16

LtMatt said:
What's the best method for controls in this game, Xbox pad or mouse and keyboard?

What are you, a Console nOOb?

Mouse and Keyboard

LtMatt · 31 May 2014 at 15:18

humbug said:
What are you, a Console nOOb?

Mouse and Keyboard

Some games work better with a console pad though, Sleeping dogs for example. I don't mind using either on games like this. If there's a lot of skillful aiming/shooting involved then ill always use mouse and keyboard.

humbug · 31 May 2014 at 15:21

LtMatt said:
Some games work better with a console pad though, Sleeping dogs for example. I don't mind using either on games like this. If there's a lot of skillful aiming/shooting involved then ill always use mouse and keyboard.

You can shot ppl with a CrossBow, the controls in this third person perspective are no different to Tomb Raider.

TheRealDeal · 31 May 2014 at 15:47

LtMatt said:
What's the best method for controls in this game, Xbox pad or mouse and keyboard?

Played a good bit of it on my mates PC. We used a pad and it felt pretty good. We were sitting back playing on his 50 inch screen taking turns about so a pad was the best way forward. I doubt mouse and keyboard would be any better for this game as stealth is the main aim.

AlamoX · 31 May 2014 at 15:51

LtMatt said:
What's the best method for controls in this game, Xbox pad or mouse and keyboard?

i dont like gamepad on thief, everytime i wanna climb a wall a shot an arrow, LT and RT thing i always forget, and im always out of arrows.
so mouse and keyboard for me

LtMatt · 31 May 2014 at 16:04

TheRealDeal said:
Played a good bit of it on my mates PC. We used a pad and it felt pretty good. We were sitting back playing on his 50 inch screen taking turns about so a pad was the best way forward. I doubt mouse and keyboard would be any better for this game as stealth is the main aim.

Just played 30 minutes. Think i might like this game, i like collecting things.

I wonder if i can soup up the graphics via CCC with some supersampling? TrueAudio seems nice as well. Nothing earth shattering but definitely adds some much needed immersion to the game.

Using an Xbox pad and like how it feels so will use that.

LtMatt · 6 Jun 2014 at 07:16

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