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Odd result with 680...

mattius1989

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I have just run the High 1080p benchmark for Shogun 2 with my brand new 680GTX and it has given me a worse result than with my CF6870s? I have looked at anandtech's review and it should be getting double the result I am getting (which is 56.575)...

Any ideas? It certainly seems to have no trouble with BF3 on Ultra though :D
 
Hmm. I would have thought that CF 6870 were actually faster at raw speed when scaling than a 680.

I'm probably wrong, mind, but I could swear that 6870CF was very fast indeed, lacking only in vram :S
 
The 680 is probably bottlenecked in an AMD system in a cpu intensive title whereas AMD gpus work better in a complete AMD setup.

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Probably due to AMD putting more effort in to ensure their own tech works better with each other.
 
Shogun 2 is very reliant on CPU power.

I got the same result on a GTX275 as i did on a 480gtx until i made the jump from Core2Quad to i5 2500k.

Going from a 3.6GHZ Q9650 to an i5 2500k @4.6GHZ doubled my framerate.
 
kitch9 said:
Uhm why wasn't the processor bottlenecked before seeing as CF is even more CPU intensive?
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Who's to say it wasn't?
Majority of people don't even realize they're bottlenecked because you get the same old people saying "CPU's aren't that important in gaming"
 
Well I used to get 75fps with my CF6870s on the same benchmark. So if I am CPU limited then surely I would get the same FPS with either the 680 or CF6870?
 
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Guess not.

I suppose Shogun 2 is quite CPU intensive, so it's just going to be a one off really as most of the games I play a more on the GPU side of things.

Thanks.
 
ALXAndy said:
Hmm. I would have thought that CF 6870 were actually faster at raw speed when scaling than a 680.

I'm probably wrong, mind, but I could swear that 6870CF was very fast indeed, lacking only in vram :S
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I've gone from a 6870CF to a 680, and damn it's a big improvement.

6870CF is about equal to the power of a 580, not counting compatibility/drive issues in some games.

The 680 is leagues ahead, well worth the upgrade for me :)

But as above, your limitation is your cpu.
I'm running an i5 2500k at 4ghz and it flys.
 
Davepen said:
I've gone from a 6870CF to a 680, and damn it's a big improvement.

6870CF is about equal to the power of a 580, not counting compatibility/drive issues in some games.

The 680 is leagues ahead, well worth the upgrade for me :)

But as above, your limitation is your cpu.
I'm running an i5 2500k at 4ghz and it flys.
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I agree. It was just Shogun 2 running slower in the bench than my 6870CF was a bit of a suprise.

But I suppose it's AMD Optimized. But, why would it run slower than my CF setup on the same CPU if I was CPU limited?
 
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