Layte's super-duper 480SLI Benchmark-O-rama!

layte · 27 Jul 2010 at 18:54

Layte's super-duper 480SLI Benchmark-O-rama! - AMD shareholders cry salty tears

As some of us know, when ever 480SLI benchmarks are talked about somebody will pop up and state how much faster their ATI tri-fire setup is. I am interested to see if this is really the case, so to do that I have benchmarked a few different titles (more to come, give suggestions) at a resolution of 1920x1200 on my 480SLI setup.

I would appreciate it if any tri-fire owners could run their own tests with identical settings so that the two different setups can be compared.

System Specs:
[email protected]
SLI GTX480 900Mhz Core 4400Mhz Memory

So to start, here are the pretty pictures (will links to pretty pictures..)

Just Cause 2
Dark Tower
Concrete Jungle
Desert Sunrise

Crysis Warhead
Crysis Warhead

Stalker: Call of Pripyat
Ultra DX11 (click the rate button and run the DX11 test) The first test had a weird loading judder at the start, hence the low minimum. (I couldn't be bothered to re-run as it takes ages and the subsequent tests are more demanding anyway

)

Street Fighter IV
Settings
Result

As requested by RavenXXX2

Resident Evil 5
RE5 1920x1200 16xAA (memory use never went above 700MB)
The test decided to go into window mode in test 4, hence the momentary dip.

Dirt 2
1920x1200 DX11 all settings maxed 8xAA

Crysis
Assault Harbour 1920x1200 8xAA

27/07/2010 20:07:32 - Vista 64
Beginning Run #1 on Map-harbor, Demo-Assault_Harbor
DX10 1900x1200, AA=8x, Vsync=Disabled, 32 bit test, FullScreen
Demo Loops=4, Time Of Day= 5
Global Game Quality: VeryHigh
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TimeDemo Play Started , (Total Frames: 4100, Recorded Time: 132.23s)
!TimeDemo Run 0 Finished.
Play Time: 77.30s, Average FPS: 53.04
Min FPS: 35.22 at frame 3906, Max FPS: 89.88 at frame 985
Average Tri/Sec: -10573434, Tri/Frame: -199343
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -0.07
!TimeDemo Run 1 Finished.
Play Time: 65.71s, Average FPS: 62.39
Min FPS: 35.22 at frame 3906, Max FPS: 89.88 at frame 985
Average Tri/Sec: -14277312, Tri/Frame: -228832
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -0.06
!TimeDemo Run 2 Finished.
Play Time: 65.48s, Average FPS: 62.62
Min FPS: 35.22 at frame 3906, Max FPS: 89.88 at frame 985
Average Tri/Sec: -14586503, Tri/Frame: -232940
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -0.06
!TimeDemo Run 3 Finished.
Play Time: 66.01s, Average FPS: 62.11
Min FPS: 35.22 at frame 3906, Max FPS: 89.88 at frame 985
Average Tri/Sec: -14470539, Tri/Frame: -232988
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -0.06
TimeDemo Play Ended, (4 Runs Performed)
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Completed All Tests

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27/07/2010 20:07:32 - Vista 64

Run #1- DX10 1900x1200 AA=8x, 32 bit test, Quality: VeryHigh ~~ Overall Average FPS: 62.373333333333333333333333333

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As requested, here are some single card numbers (same OC)

Just Cause 2

Dark Tower - Single Card (I accidently ran this test at stock and got 39.54fps)
Desert Sunrise - Single Card
Concrete Jungle - Single Card

Dirt 2

Dirt 2 - Single Card

Crysis

30/07/2010 20:15:15 - Vista 64
Beginning Run #1 on Map-harbor, Demo-Assault_Harbor
DX10 1900x1200, AA=8x, Vsync=Disabled, 32 bit test, FullScreen
Demo Loops=4, Time Of Day= 5
Global Game Quality: VeryHigh
==============================================================
TimeDemo Play Started , (Total Frames: 4100, Recorded Time: 132.23s)
!TimeDemo Run 0 Finished.
Play Time: 107.50s, Average FPS: 38.14
Min FPS: 29.77 at frame 2903, Max FPS: 54.18 at frame 981
Average Tri/Sec: -8984397, Tri/Frame: -235573
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -0.06
!TimeDemo Run 1 Finished.
Play Time: 101.53s, Average FPS: 40.38
Min FPS: 29.77 at frame 2903, Max FPS: 54.18 at frame 981
Average Tri/Sec: -10843651, Tri/Frame: -268515
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -0.05
!TimeDemo Run 2 Finished.
Play Time: 101.49s, Average FPS: 40.40
Min FPS: 29.77 at frame 2903, Max FPS: 54.18 at frame 981
Average Tri/Sec: -10864966, Tri/Frame: -268941
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -0.05
!TimeDemo Run 3 Finished.
Play Time: 99.62s, Average FPS: 41.16
Min FPS: 29.77 at frame 2903, Max FPS: 54.18 at frame 981
Average Tri/Sec: -11251692, Tri/Frame: -273391
Recorded/Played Tris ratio: -0.05
TimeDemo Play Ended, (4 Runs Performed)
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Completed All Tests

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30/07/2010 20:15:15 - Vista 64

Run #1- DX10 1900x1200 AA=8x, 32 bit test, Quality: VeryHigh ~~ Overall Average FPS: 40.646666666666666666666666667

Now some GTA:IV TfLC numbers

Ballad of Gay Tony

Statistics
Average FPS: 46.47
Duration: 33.21 sec
CPU Usage: 36%
System memory usage: 62%
Video memory usage: 91%

Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1920 x 1200 (60 Hz)
Texture Quality: High
Shadow Quality: Very High
Reflection Resolution: Very High
Water Quality: Very High
Texture Filter Quality: Anisotropic x16
Night Shadows: Very High
View Distance: 100
Detail Distance: 100

Hardware
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium

Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480
Video Driver version: 258.69
Audio Adapter: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz

File ID: TBoGT-Benchmark.cli

Devil May Cry 4
Everything maxed - 16xAA

Far Cry 2
Settings page 1
Settings Page 2
Results
Average Results

To be continued.....

RavenXXX2 · 27 Jul 2010 at 18:58

Sweet, how about Dirt 2, RE5, and the original crysis but do the assault harbor bench and not the fly through.

Stanners · 27 Jul 2010 at 18:58

Nice one Layte, this what i am after. Should be good to get the results from different setups. Is there a way of doing a BFBC2 benchy ?

layte · 27 Jul 2010 at 19:00

RavenXXX2 said:
Sweet, how about Dirt 2, RE5, and the original crysis but do the assault harbor bench and not the fly through.

Good suggestions, watch this space.

RavenXXX2 · 27 Jul 2010 at 19:06

I would try and keep to max 8XAA, so any ATI benchers can compare like for like.

jigger · 27 Jul 2010 at 19:10

Cool. Waits for pritty pictures.

buttkinz · 27 Jul 2010 at 19:24

bad company 2 is sorely missed off there

game of the year that beauty!

jigger · 27 Jul 2010 at 19:25

What about a few old school time demo's ?

layte · 27 Jul 2010 at 19:26

Ooohh just found out FFXIV beta is running tonight, tomorrow for more benchies folks.

I dont have BC2, if somebody would like to give me a copy....

RavenXXX2 · 27 Jul 2010 at 19:27

Need to state your system specs and any overclocks you got on.

layte · 27 Jul 2010 at 19:29

RavenXXX2 said:
Need to state your system specs and any overclocks you got on.

Speeds as shown here: http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~layte/pics/vantage-p-new.PNG

layte · 27 Jul 2010 at 20:20

RavenXXX2 said:
Sweet, how about Dirt 2, RE5, and the original crysis but do the assault harbor bench and not the fly through.

As requested.

RavenXXX2 · 27 Jul 2010 at 21:47

Loving them Dirt 2 frame rates, just need some Xfire results in now, come on people there must be a good few out there with xfire rigs.

lay-z-boy · 27 Jul 2010 at 22:02

RavenXXX2 said:
Loving them Dirt 2 frame rates, just need some Xfire results in now, come on people there must be a good few out there with xfire rigs.

They've all gone quiet now.

RavenXXX2 · 27 Jul 2010 at 22:10

lol yeah, Phoenixdancer was shouting his mouth off big time, let's see him put up or shut up ..

Phoenixdancer said:
What you should say is that the two card setup 5970 and 5870 is teh best

Phoenixdancer said:
And it is faster

Stanners · 27 Jul 2010 at 22:13

Raven get your 5970 out, go on you know you want to!!

RavenXXX2 · 27 Jul 2010 at 22:15

That went local yesterday.

can't say I'm too bothered either, sticking with the 5870 until the ATI refresh.

Van Diemen · 27 Jul 2010 at 22:15

Good idea,

Going to be going GTX 480 SLI myself soon.

Stanners · 27 Jul 2010 at 22:18

Was it that much of a let down Raven?(as in not worth the upgrade from the 5870 for what you use it for), I keep thinking about selling the 470 and trying a 5870 out of boredom really but i had a 5850 and i know i will not see much in the games i play in any of them. Should maybe try the 470 in SLI.

RavenXXX2 · 27 Jul 2010 at 22:22

Like I said I don't do multi GPU, I picked it up because it was going cheap and to sell it on for a profit, I will never go xfire or SLI, and yeah I get bored as well, that's why I was considering 480 but came to the realization that it would be a small step up in speed form a 1000 core 5870, so ATI refresh it is.