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best way to benchmark my gfx?

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hi

i have a 5870 installed atm with a 6950 waiting on my desk, before i switch cards id like to do a before and after [and then again after bios flash]

whats the best way to test the capabilities of these cards?

ideally id like to run real games and not take to long doing it..

advice?

running 2,560x1,440

also im guessing crysis/metro are best bets
 
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Well if you want to see how your card is performing and if it's working as others are at desired clocks then a few runs of Heaven 2.1 and 3D Mark 11 will be an easy way to find that out.

Crysis will generate a lot of heat and might warrant you to back off a little on your max overclock that you get with Heaven and 3D Mark 11 so maybe it's the best place to start (Crysis). Just remember that you might be able to run higher for the benchmarks though.

With my GPU at 975/1500 I was only using about 65-70% of the GPU on Call of Duty 4 multiplayer 20 man S&D server so I wasn't able to see if the card was fine at this overclock. I should have checked the GPU usage when playing Crysis, I'll do that now but I'll look forward to seeing how your adventure turns out :). Good luck.
 
so does the crysis benchmark run from within 3d mark or is it a separate download?

the internet here is VERY slow
 
The Crysis benchmark is a seperate utility. Very small download as well.

Probably better to download Fraps and use the benchmark function to play through an area of Crysis, etc... for 30-60secs.

Do the same run with the new card.
 
ive checked anandtech, i always look there

i think il just stick to 3d mark then, want everything to be the same. im guessing the high resolution will be a strain lol
 
damn 3d mark has been downloading for 3 hours now

is there a crysis one i dont have to actually play while running? cause thats gonna be different every time
 
the 6950 is 2gb

what im really after is something that will play through a bit of crysis automated so i can do a decent comparrison.. otherwise ill try heaven
 
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al4x said:
damn 3d mark has been downloading for 3 hours now

is there a crysis one i dont have to actually play while running? cause thats gonna be different every time
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http://downloads.guru3d.com/Crysis-Benchmark-Tool-1.05-Final-download-1791.html

0.8Mb :).

I was just testing with this just now. My scores jumped waaaay higher when I enabled HT on my i3.

HT OFF

Run #1- DX9 1280x1024 AA=No AA, 32 bit test, Quality: High ~~ Overall Average FPS: 81.755

Run #1- DX10 1280x1024 AA=No AA, 32 bit test, Quality: VeryHigh ~~ Overall Average FPS: 48.645

Run #1- DX10 1600x1200 AA=No AA, 32 bit test, Quality: VeryHigh ~~ Overall Average FPS: 39.44

HT ON

NEXT BENCH RUN- 22/01/2011 21:25:45 - Vista 64

Run #1- DX9 1280x1024 AA=No AA, 32 bit test, Quality: High ~~ Overall Average FPS: 81.165

Run #2- DX10 1280x1024 AA=No AA, 32 bit test, Quality: High ~~ Overall Average FPS: 84.75 <-- I only added this run to show the strange higher FPS with DX10 over DX9

Run #3- DX10 1280x1024 AA=No AA, 32 bit test, Quality: VeryHigh ~~ Overall Average FPS: 65.21

Run #4- DX10 1600x1200 AA=No AA, 32 bit test, Quality: VeryHigh ~~ Overall Average FPS: 53.2

Strange that DX10 High ran better than DX9 High?. All at 975/1500.

I think my GPU is not stable at 975Mhz now that I've done some more testing. I had a few driver restarts, once while benchmarking and twice when playing Crysis. I've backed down to 950/1450 for now but I'll try the memory back at 1500 again soon. I've been gaming for about 20-30 minutes at Very High settings so the new clocks are fine. I can hit 1000Mhz with 1.225 volts so I may have to bump up the voltage from 1.175 to 1.200 or 1.190 to get 975Mhz on the core stable.
 
damn, this new card doesn't have a standard display port, but a mini one, cant test it until i get one
 
Unlucky mate, I'll be looking forward to your benches and your opinion on the upgrade when you're sorted ;).
 
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