AMD 13.5 Beta 2 Performance Benchmarks

[LtMatt]

Battlefield 3 - Ultra Preset MSAA x4 - FOV 80
Bioshock - Ultra Preset
Crysis 3 - Very High preset on system and texture - MSAA x0
Dirt Showdown - Ultra Preset - MSAA X4
Farcry 3 - Ultra Preset - MSAA x0 - FOV 80
Hitman - Ultra Preset - MSAA x0
Sleeping Dogs - Ultra Preset - SSAA High
Tomb Raider - Ultra Preset - TressFX

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[LtMatt]

Reserved.

 

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So a single HD 7970 can run Crysis 3 maxed out @ 1440P?

My single Titan couldn't do that. They must be some amazing drivers.

I only ran Very High for the bench. I use High normally to keep fps higher.

Crysis 3 - Very High preset on system and texture - MSAA x0

 

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Right...

 

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Interested in the BF3 performance, is this a fair reflection of MP performance? Or does the added complexitiy of MP decrease framerate?

I use the same settings for online and its a smooth performance. If you want to avoid dips below 60 you need to put Effects quality to HIGH and or put AA to x2. Putting Ambient Occlusion down to SSAO can help as well as HBAO eats up a good few fps.

MP is more demanding but my average frame rate still stays high and smooth at these clocks. However the biggest explosions will cause dips below 60 unless you use my settings above.

 

[LtMatt]

Thanks to Greg for a new benchmark template which looks a lot more snazzy.

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[LtMatt]

No probs and I was sick of seeing those bloody 3D rectangles

I've been making do with those for a while now.

mp big battles 64 man on bf3 will drop to 40-45 guaranteed.

If you want to avoid dips below 60 you need to put Effects quality to HIGH and or put AA to x2. (1440p)

Putting Ambient Occlusion down to SSAO can help as well as HBAO eats up a good few fps.

 

[LtMatt]

Yeah if guys could run 7950 benches at similar clocks or settings to me and get them posted that would be great. Same with other Radeon cards and or xfire cards. I might even stick in our HD7770 and clock the nuts off it and run some 1080p benches in the week.

 

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Good work btw and good info. Nice to see user bench results rather than some questionable reviewers. I would trust these

It's been great to see the progress AMD have been making with their drivers recently.

Sounds like they're going to remain the best GPUs to buy if the GTX 700 series is anything like the rumors are saying.

Crysis 3 is the first game ive seen that has brought my clocked 7970 to its knees at the highest settings at a res of 1440p. Everything else can be run at ultra with good fps providing you knock AA down a tad or in a couple of cases disable it completely. (farcry 3 and Tomb Raider)

FXAA can be safely run on all titles but i did disable it Crysis 3 though to be honest im not sure it made any difference to the fps.

I might actually run Hitman again and put AA at x2 as there is fps to spare on that bench. I might also retest Bioshock with DDOF enabled.

 

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Tried metro LL ??

I don't own it, yet. I'll be getting it at some point. I heard that was a bit of a gpu killer as well. Although ive also heard that AMD performance has improved a lot since they released the game patch a few days back.

 

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Erm....? Matt, i'm looking at your game pre-sets "Tomb Raider - Ultra Preset - TressFX"

Your 7970 @ 1250 / 1823: has Tomb Raider 42 / 53 / 66. that's not right for "Ultra Preset - TressFX" I have just run it (13.4 testing) and got 40 / 54 / 68 with straight Ultra Preset - TressFX.
There is a setting, shadows, i think, that defaults to normal or high on Ultra Preset, did you have that turned up as its a good 25% or more.

In any case i think Ultra Preset as it is is probably a good idea as for those with a GTX 660 / 7850, the actual full settings will roll a slide show for them.

Perhaps run it again and update your chart?



Edit- no wait, 1440P... i'm running 1080P...lol

I run ultra preset i do not tweak individual settings so shadows were on normal for all my benches.

 

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How do these benchmarks compare to 13.4 WHQL?

13.5 Beta 2 will at least be equal to or faster than 13.4 WHQL.

The beta always contains the latest performance optimizations.

 

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How are you benching farcry 3?

I played through the intro until it goes to the cut scene where Grant gets shot. However you might be better off copying this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=mW2gDhEMfyk

 

[LtMatt]

GPU: 7870 XT @ 1175 / 1575 - CPU: Bloomfield Core i7 @ 3.4Ghz

Driver 13.4

Tomb Raider: Settings - Ultimate preset + StressFX @ 1920 x 1080P
FPS: Min 41 / Avr 54 / Max 68

Dirt Showdown: Settings - Ultra preset + 4x MSAA @ 1920 x 1080P
FPS: Min 57 / Avr 73

BioShock Infinite: Settings - Ultra + diffusion (Choice 2) @ 1920 x 1080P
FPS: Min 37 / Avr 53 / Max 74

BF3: Map: Op- Sword Breaker / Car Park Battle: Ultra preset : 1920 x 1080P
FPS: Min 43 / Avr 67 / Max 110

Crysis 3: Map: Welcome to the Jungle - Through Tunnel to Rail battle: Very High preset on system and texture + 0x AA : 1920 x 1080P
FPS: Min 26 / Avr 40 / Max 55

Farcry 3: Started bench after breaking out of Psychopath Mohican guys cage, end at the cut scene where Grant gets shot:
Ultra Preset + 0x MSAA + FOV 80 @ 1920 x 1080P
FPS: Min 38 / Avr 51 / Max 64

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Driver 13.5 B2

Tomb Raider: Settings - Ultimate preset + StressFX @ 1920 x 1080P
FPS: Min 43 / Avr 56 / Max 72 (+4% Avr FPS)

Dirt Showdown: Settings - Ultra preset + 4x MSAA @ 1920 x 1080P
FPS: Min 56 / Avr 73 (+0%)

BioShock Infinite: Settings - Ultra + diffusion (Choice 2) @ 1920 x 1080P
FPS: Min 39 / Avr 57 / Max 79 (+8% Avr FPS)

BF3: Map: Op- Sword Breaker / Car Park Battle: Ultra preset : 1920 x 1080P
FPS: Min 43 / Avr 67 / Max 109 (+0%)

Crysis 3: Map: Welcome to the Jungle - Through Tunnel to Rail battle: Very High preset on system and texture + 0x AA : 1920 x 1080P
FPS: Min 26 / Avr 41 / Max 56 (+2.5%)

Farcry 3: Started bench after breaking out of Psychopath Mohican guys cage, end at the cut scene where Grant gets shot:
Ultra Preset + 0x MSAA + FOV 80 @ 1920 x 1080P
FPS: Min 37 / Avr 51 / Max 65 (+0%)

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Will do Farcry 3 some other time.

Good stuff Humbug. That 7870XT looks like a nice little card. I was actually considering one to crossfire with my 7970 a while back.

I see you copied my farcry bench procedure. I think all games these days should come with a built in benchmark as standard. I hope battlefield 4 has an in game benchmark this time.