If you get the chance, quickly put on Dirt 2 and see how it runs.
Hopefully you'll be hapy with the performance increase over the 5770s.
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If you get the chance, quickly put on Dirt 2 and see how it runs.
Hopefully you'll be hapy with the performance increase over the 5770s.
Oh I see. I apologise. My fault for post skimming.
I also thought he was talking about the 6850 not doing so good but it's in fact his 5770. Oops
.Oh I see. I apologise. My fault for post skimming.
I also thought he was talking about the 6850 not doing so good but it's in fact his 5770. Oops
No worries, I also thought he was talking about his 6850s until he clarified in his last post that he hasn't actually played any games on his new system with 6850s.
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No worries, I also thought he was talking about his 6850s until he clarified in his last post that he hasn't actually played any games on his new system with 6850s.
sorry for the confusion. due to work and all, and my new monitor only arriving yesturday i havent had chance to play as the kids and wife have been hogging the tv in the evenings. hopefully tonight i will be able to give some games a quick test to see how it handles, and IF the new drivers come out today then will give them a bash too.
Nothing to be sorry about lol.
I know how it can be with the wife and kids. Just take your time and let us know how you get on. Hopefully the new system will put a smile on your face.
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didnt get home til late so didnt manage to test it, although did run LP2, SF IV, Stalker CoP benchmarks (couldnt get the dirt 2 one, think i need to do first race for that to unlock) and although with EVERYTHING maxed on 1920x1080 it was only achieving 20-30FPS it did seem to be smooth benchmarks, no jumping or stalling, and in game i never have things like AA maxed out so it should be more than capable of running games just need to find some time to install them and have a play
just need to find some time to install them and have a play didnt get home til late so didnt manage to test it, although did run LP2, SF IV, Stalker CoP benchmarks (couldnt get the dirt 2 one, think i need to do first race for that to unlock) and although with EVERYTHING maxed on 1920x1080 it was only achieving 20-30FPS it did seem to be smooth benchmarks, no jumping or stalling, and in game i never have things like AA maxed out so it should be more than capable of running games
LP2 is quite taxing on the GPU so 20-30fps sounds about right. If you want gain another 20+ fps on that game, run it in DX9 and looks just as good as DX11 IMO.
You should be getting well over 60fps on SF4 as the game engine isn't especially taxing and Stalker sounds about right maxed out.
The most important thing is there is no jumping or stalling.
It'll be interesting to see what fps you get on Dirt 2.
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ok, again, was a hectic night last night, but got weekend off so will play then
did manage to do a 3dmark 11 test though
Extreme Settings 775MHz 1920x1080 (stock)
Extreme Settings 850MHz 1920x1080 (CCC Max OC but no ram OC)
a slight improvement, and from a quick bash on need for speed hot pursuit this morning there seemed to be no ill effects of the OC and temps went no higher than 52 degs.
did manage to do a 3dmark 11 test though
Extreme Settings 775MHz 1920x1080 (stock)
Extreme Settings 850MHz 1920x1080 (CCC Max OC but no ram OC)
a slight improvement, and from a quick bash on need for speed hot pursuit this morning there seemed to be no ill effects of the OC and temps went no higher than 52 degs.
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LP2 is quite taxing on the GPU so 20-30fps sounds about right. If you want gain another 20+ fps on that game, run it in DX9 and looks just as good as DX11 IMO.
You should be getting well over 60fps on SF4 as the game engine isn't especially taxing and Stalker sounds about right maxed out.
The most important thing is there is no jumping or stalling.
It'll be interesting to see what fps you get on Dirt 2.
my lovelly wife bought me an xbox 360 controller today so finally got a bash at the first race of dirt to unlock the benchmark. set to ultra on 1920x1020 i get an average of 33FPS which is ok. playing the first race with those settings i didnt really notice any performance hinderance, but to be honest, my driving was awful anyways
. also ran the batman AA benchmark with everything maxed on 1920x1080 and got an average of 68fps, with gfx settings still on stock settings, so pretty happy.my lovelly wife bought me an xbox 360 controller today so finally got a bash at the first race of dirt to unlock the benchmark. set to ultra on 1920x1020 i get an average of 33FPS which is ok. playing the first race with those settings i didnt really notice any performance hinderance, but to be honest, my driving was awful anyways
Hmm, I'm a bit shocked that you are only getting an average of 33FPS on Dirt 2 and I'm assuming this is with the at stock core and not OC'd?
Most of the Benchmarks I've seen of Dirt 2 running in DX11 and maxed out at 1080p, the FPS was 60+ http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-6850-6870-review/15
Again, on my 4850 @ 1980, my average FPS on Batman AA benchmark is 60fps but that is running the game at max but without any anti-aliasing and physX disabled.
Have you noticed a worth while improvement over your previous graphics cards?
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the last card in this build was a 7200GS so yes, is a lot better. but in my last pc (which i sold last summer) i had an i7 @ 4GHz and 2xHD5770 and to be honest, in gaming i would say this one feels a little smoother than the 5770s were but as it was sooo long ago i cant really remember. all i can say is, even maxed out, it feels like its out performing my ps3 on the games i can compare side by side.
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i had EVERYTHING on and at its max
i just wanted to see how it ran, would not game with everything maxed out normally as i know it wont handle it, but for the benches it cant hurt.I have heard many people going from dual-gpu setups to single setups and the thing that seems to be mentioned is the smoother experience of using a single GPU and that on dual-GPU setups, the gamplay seems to micro-stutter - FPS may be 60+ but theres seems to be slight stutters.juddeing as you move forward or turn around.
What would put the slightly smoother experience of your 6850 down to?
i had EVERYTHING on and at its max
Ok, if you are getting an average of 68fps on Batman AA with everything on max (including anti-alising AND physX), then that really is impressive.