7950 + 1440p BF3

Uncle Petey · 21 Nov 2012 at 18:13

Thanks mate. I must be on an ignore list or something

LtMatt · 21 Nov 2012 at 18:14

geeman1979 said:
Yea! Benchmark results in the 3dmark 11 thread. I'll pop in another 7970 in Crossfire too compare it with the 690.

Nice.

I'm always amazed by the amount of high end graphics cards people have here.

Geeman1979 · 21 Nov 2012 at 18:14

Uncle Petey said:
None for Petey...

I'll try give it another run for you bud! later on if I get some time

Uncle Petey · 21 Nov 2012 at 18:17

lol much appreciated

On a side note, I'm still debating 1440p or 24" 120hz and then there's the possibility of taking a slight chance with a cheapo 27" Catleap/Shimian when funds allow (hopefully soon)...
What to do, what to do? High res or uber smooth?

Geeman1979 · 21 Nov 2012 at 18:25

LtMatt said:
Nice.

I'm always amazed by the amount of high end graphics cards people have here.

It's crazy how you can get caught up spending sometimes just for the sake of it. I've got 4x7970's sat here. 2 i'll be keeping for the tripple screen setup. The 690 will be running a single screen, be it a little overkill. The other 2 7970's i'll flog on.

rickybalboa · 21 Nov 2012 at 23:25

I have an NEC 27" 2560x1440 that I use for work but will shortly be using for gaming (when I build my PC) so I'm keeping a keen eye on this thread

Forgive me if this is a really dumb question, and I know it isn't usually ideal and somewhat defeats the object, but for some very demanding games...

is it at all viable to let the monitor scale up the res from 1080 or 1200 to fill the screen? ie. play at lesser res than native and take a bit of a quality hit but gain some FPS?

setter · 21 Nov 2012 at 23:40

I always prefer to play at the monitors native resolution, even if this means dropping a few settings. Ive tried running lower res in the past but it just doesnt look right, nor does a low res with 1.1 pixel mapping enabled. I find the black borders to be a bit distracting.

Geeman1979 · 21 Nov 2012 at 23:44

rickybalboa said:
I have an NEC 27" 2560x1440 that I use for work but will shortly be using for gaming (when I build my PC) so I'm keeping a keen eye on this thread

Forgive me if this is a really dumb question, and I know it isn't usually ideal and somewhat defeats the object, but for some very demanding games...

is it at all viable to let the monitor scale up the res from 1080 or 1200 to fill the screen? ie. play at lesser res than native and take a bit of a quality hit but gain some FPS?

You could in theory as i've just tried it. But it looks nasty in comparison

kissenger · 21 Nov 2012 at 23:46

The black borders don't bother me, but the thing is if you try to run 1080p on a 27" 1440p screen, the image you get is tiny. It's the equivalent of using an 18" 1080p screen or whatever.

no_1_dave · 22 Nov 2012 at 01:00

I have a 670 so that's near enough to a 7950 to comment.
At 1440p as long as you turn MSAA off, you can have FXAA on & everything looks nice, I dont notice the lack of MSAA.

Performance is fine like this

Rusty0611 · 22 Nov 2012 at 07:04

Indeed.

From what I've read MSAA is not noticeable at that resolution. Seems silly to cripple performance for no/tiny difference in IQ. Each to their own though

LtMatt · 22 Nov 2012 at 08:26

Rusty0611 said:
Indeed.

From what I've read MSAA is not noticeable at that resolution. Seems silly to cripple performance for no/tiny difference in IQ. Each to their own though

Shush your potty mouth rusty.

Anyway my monitor is being delivered today so ill have my own take on things shortly.

If it cripples my performance then of course ill disable it. (as well as cry myself to sleep)

However based on what ive seen i should at least be able to have x2aa and keep things smooth.

As i said once before, a graphics whore notices everything, even the things he can't see.

Devrij · 22 Nov 2012 at 08:31

Uncle Petey said:
Thanks mate. I must be on an ignore list or something

I couldn't get fraps to run a benchmark, and AB seems to not want to monitor fps in BF3, however, while fraps was working I was getting between 60-90fps with high FXAA and no MSAA, everything else on ultra.

LtMatt · 22 Nov 2012 at 13:31

Got my 1440p monitor.

At a overclock of 1200 core and 1823 memory full ultra is possible.

However its not what i would class as smooth.

It will become smooth however once you use the command RenderDevice.ForceRenderAheadLimit 1.

When zoomed in a tank though with lots of explosions i did see it dip below 40 which is cause for concern.

2xaa is superbly smooth and felt like i was back on 1080p though.

So now i need more playtime to decide if i can live with 2xaa.

Pabl0 · 22 Nov 2012 at 13:52

I think if I went 1440p I'd have to get another 7970 then that means another water block and fittings, bah! I'm holding off just because it's near Christmas... Not that the money's not there to do it... I think it's going to be an expensive few months lol

krooton · 22 Nov 2012 at 13:52

I love 1440p, my 7950 with a mild overclock handled ME3 at 2xAA with no issues, but I had to turn AA off for BL2 (too much going on at times), but then I hardly noticed the AA at this res any way.

Devrij · 22 Nov 2012 at 14:12

LtMatt said:
Got my 1440p monitor.

At a overclock of 1200 core and 1823 memory full ultra is possible.

However its not what i would class as smooth.

It will become smooth however once you use the command RenderDevice.ForceRenderAheadLimit 1.

When zoomed in a tank though with lots of explosions i did see it dip below 40 which is cause for concern.

2xaa is superbly smooth and felt like i was back on 1080p though.

So now i need more playtime to decide if i can live with 2xaa.

Bah, 2xAA is fine at that res. Remember you're handling a ridiculous number of pixels so AA becomes a giant perf hit.

How are you enjoying 1440p?

Rusty0611 · 22 Nov 2012 at 14:15

LtMatt said:
Got my 1440p monitor.

At a overclock of 1200 core and 1823 memory full ultra is possible.

However its not what i would class as smooth.

It will become smooth however once you use the command RenderDevice.ForceRenderAheadLimit 1.

When zoomed in a tank though with lots of explosions i did see it dip below 40 which is cause for concern.

2xaa is superbly smooth and felt like i was back on 1080p though.

So now i need more playtime to decide if i can live with 2xaa.

2xMSAA or £300 for another GPU. Tough one... *NOT*

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LtMatt · 22 Nov 2012 at 14:35

Devrij said:
Bah, 2xAA is fine at that res. Remember you're handling a ridiculous number of pixels so AA becomes a giant perf hit.

How are you enjoying 1440p?

Rusty0611 said:
2xMSAA or £300 for another GPU. Tough one... *NOT* .

Hehe i know i know. I can live with 2xaa.

Just tried sleeping dogs, safe to say ill never play extreme again.

I did complete the game on extreme though at 1080p so its all good.

Loving 1440p. Got everything calibrated now.

Decided to reinstall Max Paybe 3 to enjoy it at 1440p. Forgot it eats up 30 gig of hard drive space though.

Devrij · 22 Nov 2012 at 17:00

LtMatt said:
Hehe i know i know. I can live with 2xaa.

Just tried sleeping dogs, safe to say ill never play extreme again.

I did complete the game on extreme though at 1080p so its all good.

Loving 1440p. Got everything calibrated now.

Decided to reinstall Max Paybe 3 to enjoy it at 1440p. Forgot it eats up 30 gig of hard drive space though.

Welcome to my world! Usually it's just a matter of dropping some AA to get decent performance, but sometimes you have to tweak even further. Soon you'll be going xfire!