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PPU more then 100% faster then CPU in UT3 benchmark here.

You still get a performance increase on the none PPU maps and they didn’t use a high end GPU but did use max settings. You either need to turn down the settings or get a better GPU. Or a quad core with the PPU would be over 30fps avarge. The game is CPU limited.

The point is it proves the PPU makes noticeable FPS difference.
 
under 30fps on a fast paced game as this is unplayable - you'd be using low details for a start to keep fps high whereas max everything on non ppu maps it's over 60fps at all times.

whether it proves anything or not matters not in this case simply because ppu map performance is so dire. nobody is going to buy a ppu for ut3 if they're going to be getting under 30fps.
 
Never seen below 55 fps (almost always at the max game limit of 62 though) on any map i've played so far in UT3. Fair enough they may help some people out, but I think they're a waste of a pci slot myself.

Each to their own though.
 
Meh, this test is on the crappy physx maps especially optimised for the card, of course it is bound to be faster with the card, these maps have been specifically designed to use the PPU, it has got to be faster using one. Then you look at the performance, lmao 25FPS, I've seen more specialized processing power in a wet fart.
 
“nobody is going to buy a ppu for ut3 if they're going to be getting under 30fps.”
You’re not though. You get over 30fps on all but 2 maps with a PPU. Those two maps that are under 30fps are only under 30 if you have mid range hardware. High end hardware is fine.




“Then you look at the performance, lmao 25FPS, I've seen more specialized processing power in a wet fart.”
All the maps are optimised for the card. Did you lot not bother to look at the hardware used? They didn’t use high-end hardware.

But I agree some none PPU and PPU scores on normal maps would be nice. With the same graph over time they used.
 
Really don't see the point of this. There you are running UT3 with full settings and 60fps. Why would you want to turn on physics and for such a frame drop greater than 50%? So in order to get a playable frame rate you are going to have to reduce the settings.
Now why would I want to do that?
 
Pottsey said:
All the maps are optimised for the card. Did you lot not bother to look at the hardware used? They didn’t use high-end hardware.
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* Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 dual-core @ 2.93 GHz
* NVIDIA nForce 680i motherboard
* 2GB DDR2-800 memory
* NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512MB
* Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi
* BFG PhysX 128MB card
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Exqueze me? Not high end hardware?
 
So let's recap..

Average FPS without PPU: 12.1
Average FPS with PPU: 26.1
Average FPS if you don't care about crappy Ageia PhysX effects: 60

Decisions, decisions!
 
“Exqueze me? Not high end hardware?“
Quad core = high end
Dual core = mid end.

Unless I got the GPU’s muddled up its
8800 GT = mid end
GTS/GTX = high end.




“£88, for still under 30fps.“
Its more like quad core = under 15fps
Quad core + PPU = over 30dfps.




“Average FPS if you don't care about crappy Ageia PhysX effects: 60
Decisions, decisions!”
Average FPS with the PPU if you don’t care about the two maps over 60.
Think I will take over 60 for how a cheap a PPU is. That way I can turn more settings up and stay at 60fps.
 
an x6800 is not mid end lol i know lots of people with mid end pc's. those are like 4200+ IF THAT. quads are enthusiast end, dual core, especially an x6800 is definately high end lol. and yeah you got the graphics cards a bit mixed up as well. a GT is close to GTX performance, and a GTX/ultra is enthusiast end, making the GT a high end card, which it would be anyway as its an 8800 series card. mid end would be anything else in the 8*00 series, (minus the 8400/8500) and also the late 7 series. anything less/older is low end

and your point about quad core + ppu = over 30fps, not sure what you mean. if they used a quad, you think it would have made such a huge difference to 26fps? maybe pushed it over 30? for a game such as UT, which is a twitch shooter, you cant play it at that (most people who are good could not).
 
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Pottsey said:
“Exqueze me? Not high end hardware?“
Quad core = high end
Dual core = mid end.

Unless I got the GPU’s muddled up its
8800 GT = mid end
GTS/GTX = high end.
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Yeah, an Core 2 X6800 is mid end. :rolleyes: Plus, the GT is almost as fast as a GTX in numerous scenarios. That system is high end.

Pottsey said:
“£88, for still under 30fps.“
Its more like quad core = under 15fps
Quad core + PPU = over 30dfps.
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More like Quad Core - PhysX entirely = over 60 FPS.

Pottsey said:
“Average FPS if you don't care about crappy Ageia PhysX effects: 60
Decisions, decisions!”
Average FPS with the PPU if you don’t care about the two maps over 60.
Think I will take over 60 for how a cheap a PPU is. That way I can turn more settings up and stay at 60fps.
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Uhm... why would you buy a PhysX card to not play the PhysX maps? It's like buying a high end GPU then not playing any games. And we already know what happens on the PPU maps..
Pottsey said:
Average FPS with PPU 26.1
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:rolleyes:
 
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MystaEB said:
So let's recap..

Average FPS without PPU: 12.1
Average FPS with PPU: 26.1
Average FPS if you don't care about crappy Ageia PhysX effects: 60

Decisions, decisions!
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Lol :P

Would the game use all 4 cores on a modern Intel CPU without the PPU though, if yes then that's one big sales argument for Ageia, if not that's one big reason for getting the Epic folks on a training session.
 
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