cpu bottleneck with gtx690

[Phixsator]

Its a sad story with that FX processor, its pretty darn good when things are optimized for it and for multithreading but games just don't seem to like it very much and we all know why..

 

[Marine-RX179]

It is most of the time, Hitman is very demanding with all the IQ set to max, but it's probably looking for a new cap(which isn't going to happen this week due to the thanksgiving holiday).

FC3 is probably going to be the same too.



A single 7970 is going to do the job as well, just not capable of max IQ in a scant few titles at high fps.

My suggestion was more along the lines of saving a whack of cash as it looks like he has an upgrade itch.

I agree with you on FC3...but for Hitman, I thought the poor performance is more to do with crap GPU usage utilization?

 

[tommybhoy]

I agree with you on FC3...but for Hitman, I thought the poor performance is more to do with crap GPU usage utilization?

I haven't tried it in single gpu mode, but 1080p CrossFireX is ok, but yes the gpu utilization could be a lot better marine:

7970/50 CrossFireX@950/[email protected]

Max Everything:

Ingame Steroscopic 3D with CrossFire(AF:trilinear) is very poor though:

Scaling@35% is pathetic in 3D

Whether the devs fix it in a patch or AMD/Nvidia get more from it who knows.

 

[Marine-RX179]

I haven't tried it in single gpu mode, but 1080p CrossFireX is ok, but yes the gpu utilization could be a lot better marine:



Whether the devs fix it in a patch or AMD/Nvidia get more from it who knows.

Off topic, but I bought a B-grade Samsung S23A700D over the weekend. Quite happy with it so far, but in 2D to 3D mode the brightness become a bit dim. The 2D to 3D isn't the greatest or perfect, but still happy about being able to watch my 2D videos in the "sort of" 3D

If I go for proper HD3D, I suppose the 3D for gaming should be better right? Either way, I think I would need to upgrade my graphic card soon even if it was only for 120fps gaming, as my 5850 is definitely struggling to push frame rate above 70-90fps in Guild Wars 2 despite already have some settings lowered.

 

[tommybhoy]

There are a few settings on the osd that makes a difference to brightness/3D quality, but I don't have a clue off hand.

You can either look up the thread or send me a message through trust and I can send you my settings if you like.

Have you tried Tridef yet?

 

[Marine-RX179]

Have you tried Tridef yet?

No not yet. Didn't think I would bother with my 5850...or should I?

 

[tommybhoy]

No not yet. Didn't think I would bother with my 5850...or should I?

You should, remember that you switch off all AA in 3D, you may be surprised.

If performance tanks, try power 3D(game dependant performance gains) in the Tridef ingame hotkey settings.

If that's still a no go, then you change output to SBS.



Sorry to the op for going a bit ot.

 

[Marine-RX179]

You should, remember that you switch off all AA in 3D, you may be surprised.

If performance tanks, try power 3D(game dependant performance gains) in the Tridef ingame hotkey settings.

If that's still a no go, then you change output to SBS.



Sorry to the op for going a bit ot.

Sorry to OP for off-topic again.

I gonna make a separate topic in monitor forum.