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

layte · 28 Jul 2010 at 10:08

nalla said:
i too can benchmark at 2560x1600, 480 sli, if you tell me what benchmarks to run, i did run the final fantasy 14 official benchmark yesterday, maybe that could be a test everyone could run. it only runs at 1920 though.

also i am going to a lan tomorrow and my m8 has the exact same mb/ cpu / overclock as me but he has a 5970 instead of 480's, i could run a test on his too if needed.

The FFXIV test currently has no multi GPU support.

nalla · 28 Jul 2010 at 10:10

oh ok, actually are you sure im sure i had msi afterburner running and both gpu's were running at around 80%, could rerun to make sure

rjk · 28 Jul 2010 at 15:48

any advance on the single card/multi card comparison?

RavenXXX2 · 28 Jul 2010 at 15:49

+1 for single card comparison, 480 could be heading my way if I like what I see.

layte · 28 Jul 2010 at 16:14

I can try a few tests with SLI disabled later on.

Locky · 28 Jul 2010 at 16:20

RavenXXX2 said:
+1 for single card comparison, 480 could be heading my way if I like what I see.

Thought you was a die-hard avid ATI buff

Van Diemen · 28 Jul 2010 at 17:31

Just did a quick run on Crysis.
i7 920 clocked to 3.8
GTX480 @ stock (single card)

Will try and do a few runs with some of the other games.

Problem is I don't own a lot of them.
Any of you SLI guys got a spare code for Just Cause 2?

RavenXXX2 · 28 Jul 2010 at 21:53

Layte, single 480 results if you please.

layte · 28 Jul 2010 at 23:33

RavenXXX2 said:
Layte, single 480 results if you please.

Tomorrow, had a busy evening.

Also; still waiting on some tri-fire results.

HangTime · 29 Jul 2010 at 01:09

GTA4 benchmarks would be nice

layte · 29 Jul 2010 at 08:27

HangTime said:
GTA4 benchmarks would be nice

I'll do some tonight.

Stanners · 29 Jul 2010 at 09:05

What has happened to the Tri fire results ?

Can anyone do some with crossfire ?

Marine-RX179 · 29 Jul 2010 at 10:38

Van Diemen said:
Just did a quick run on Crysis.
i7 920 clocked to 3.8
GTX480 @ stock (single card)

Have you tried at 4xAA? I would like to know if minium frame rate can get over 25fps at 1920x1200, Very High, 4xAA. Also, has anyone got a 5870 that's overclocked to over 900MHz~1GHz and have a run at those settings?

Van Diemen · 29 Jul 2010 at 11:13

Marine-RX179 said:
Have you tried at 4xAA? I would like to know if minium frame rate can get over 25fps at 1920x1200, Very High, 4xAA. Also, has anyone got a 5870 that's overclocked to over 900MHz~1GHz and have a run at those settings?

No real performance difference between 8xAA and 4xAA.

In fact the results are almost identical

Razor Time · 29 Jul 2010 at 11:49

I get 1 frame difference going from 8xAA to 16xAA.

Razor Time · 29 Jul 2010 at 11:58

Here are a few benchmarks I did for myself on the 480gtx. All benchmarks are at 1080p

Single gpu at the time was clocked to 875Mhz/2050Mhz. SLI only clocked to 825Mhz/2000Mhz as one card is currently on air as I am awaiting a new waterblock to arrive from EK. I am expecting both cards to hit 890Mhz when both under water (my first 480 which is underwater hits 890mhz), which is about a 10% increase in clock speeds. Single card was benched on released drivers. SLI has been benched on 258.96

Stone Giant all settings on max

Single 480

SLI

Crysis Warhead 16xAA all settings on max.

Single 480

SLI

I will be redoing my benchmarks once I get my new EK block.

Duff-Man · 29 Jul 2010 at 12:16

I'm getting very tempted by a GTX480 SLI setup, now they're down to ~£370 a piece. A single GTX480 would not be such a large step-up from my 4870x2, but SLI 480s almost seems like overkill... I'm at 2560*1600 resolution though (or I will be once my replacement power pack comes through for my hazro!), so maybe I will see some improvement. At that resolution I generally prefer to have no AA though (always seems like a 'cleaner' image), so I won't get the full benefit of all the horsepower.

Razor Time · 29 Jul 2010 at 12:35

Duff-Man said:
I'm getting very tempted by a GTX480 SLI setup, now they're down to ~£370 a piece. A single GTX480 would not be such a large step-up from my 4870x2, but SLI 480s almost seems like overkill... I'm at 2560*1600 resolution though (or I will be once my replacement power pack comes through for my hazro!), so maybe I will see some improvement. At that resolution I generally prefer to have no AA though (always seems like a 'cleaner' image), so I won't get the full benefit of all the horsepower.

I had a 4870X2 and going to a 480 was a nice jump in performance. Game play seemed smoother and once the 480 was overclocked the performance was jump was very noticeable especially when AA was applied.

Unfortunately my 4870X2 developed a fault so I no longer have one, which is a shame as I really liked it.

Bodom · 29 Jul 2010 at 13:41

Ok heres my Crysis benchmark scores

Very High 64bit 1900x1080 x8 aa

CPU Benchmark Avarage: 36.05
CPU 2 Benchmark Avarage: 20.68 (This one seems abit buggy )
GPU Benchmark Avarage: 35.72

W7 64bit
C2Q @3.3ghz
4gig ddr2 ram
5870 2gb @900/1250
Drivers Cat 10.7

layte · 29 Jul 2010 at 13:48

Is it time to post "You're not singing anymore" for the tri-fire crowd?