So, I got my GTX 260 today. Now, while most things ran pretty well on my 4850 at 1920x1200, I just wanted a bit of extra grunt in my games. In particular Crysis and Crysis Warhead.
Thing is, even at stock the GTX should beat the 4850, not only cause it should have mroe grunt, but there is also the larger frame buffer and extra badwidth.
So why is this GTX typically slower than, or equal to my 4850?
Take Crysis for example - on the first level ther is that section where you come out of this little valley and look out over the bay. On my 4850 with all settings on high I would be getting around 29 FPS, almost constant. With the GTX 260 the FPS jumps between 25 and 29, though usually around 29 FPS.
On very high with the 4850 I'd get around 20 FPS, and with the GTX 260 I get around the same.
Another game that I though would benefit from the extra memory and bandwidth is Oblivion with Qarls installed. Exactly the same, if not slightly worse performance.
GRAW 2 runs about the same, though maybe a couple of FPS faster. Far Cry 2 runs a couple of FPS faster - maybe a 10% diff. UT 3 hardly any faster.
I originally tried the 182.08 drivers, but after finding they weren't giving me what I thought I should get, I uninstalled, ran driversweeper to remove all traces of ATI and Nvidia drivers and have tried the 182.48 beta's and still no better.
With the 4850 getting 30 fps on the section I mentioned in Crysis, I expected the 260 to be at least 10 to 20 percent. I certainly didn't expect it to run worse.
Any suggestions?
Edit: Oh yeah, this is with my Q6600 at 3GHz. Ocing that a little further to 3.2 made 0 diff in Crysis.
Thing is, even at stock the GTX should beat the 4850, not only cause it should have mroe grunt, but there is also the larger frame buffer and extra badwidth.
So why is this GTX typically slower than, or equal to my 4850?
Take Crysis for example - on the first level ther is that section where you come out of this little valley and look out over the bay. On my 4850 with all settings on high I would be getting around 29 FPS, almost constant. With the GTX 260 the FPS jumps between 25 and 29, though usually around 29 FPS.
On very high with the 4850 I'd get around 20 FPS, and with the GTX 260 I get around the same.
Another game that I though would benefit from the extra memory and bandwidth is Oblivion with Qarls installed. Exactly the same, if not slightly worse performance.
GRAW 2 runs about the same, though maybe a couple of FPS faster. Far Cry 2 runs a couple of FPS faster - maybe a 10% diff. UT 3 hardly any faster.
I originally tried the 182.08 drivers, but after finding they weren't giving me what I thought I should get, I uninstalled, ran driversweeper to remove all traces of ATI and Nvidia drivers and have tried the 182.48 beta's and still no better.
With the 4850 getting 30 fps on the section I mentioned in Crysis, I expected the 260 to be at least 10 to 20 percent. I certainly didn't expect it to run worse.
Any suggestions?
Edit: Oh yeah, this is with my Q6600 at 3GHz. Ocing that a little further to 3.2 made 0 diff in Crysis.
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