Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth Benchmark

Kaapstad · 27 Oct 2014 at 18:33

humbug said:
Ah, use it if you want, it might be a little while before i crank my system up again

What drivers were you using please.

Kaapstad · 27 Oct 2014 at 18:36

humbug said:
Sorry. 14.9.2.

Thanks.

Kaapstad · 27 Oct 2014 at 22:43

Ian Evey said:
Don't forget my 1920x1200 score kaap, Puts me 2nd in that table, Or last if you want to look at it that way

And on the scoreboard.

Kaapstad · 28 Oct 2014 at 06:31

Scoreboard updated.

I would be playing this myself but I have got a crappy old PC I have got to get on with building today.

Kaapstad · 28 Oct 2014 at 08:37

Havana_UK said:
We've only got results at 1080p/1200p at the moment though Greg. The scales might tip at higher resolutions.

4K Score
DX11
4 x 290Xs @1220/1625
4930k @4.8
14.9.2 drivers

This was my first go as I am a bit busy today building a crappy old PC.

Kaapstad · 28 Oct 2014 at 11:07

Scoreboard updated.

Kaapstad · 28 Oct 2014 at 13:48

Scoreboard updated.

Kaapstad · 28 Oct 2014 at 18:37

4K result
Single 290X @1230/1625
4930k @4.0
DX11
14.9.2 drivers

The minimums are not bad for a single card @4K.

Kaapstad · 28 Oct 2014 at 18:48

4K result
2 x 290X @1230/1625
4930k @4.0
DX11
14.9.2 drivers

Kaapstad · 28 Oct 2014 at 19:01

4K result
3 x 290X @1230/1625
4930k @4.8
DX11
14.9.2 drivers

Kaapstad · 28 Oct 2014 at 19:15

Gregster said:
What does Mantle yield with the same settings Kaap?

Unfortunately Mantle won't run giving me a message that it does not run on some older hardware. :eek:

Kaapstad · 28 Oct 2014 at 23:48

Tonester0011 said:
Good scaling up to 3 cards.

I think above 3 cards it is a CPU bottleneck.

Kaapstad · 29 Oct 2014 at 06:44

thesmokingman said:
You need the latest beta driver and then edit the config in my games, mgpu = 1.

The option is in the graphics.ini but the game still won't run in Mantle.

Kaapstad · 29 Oct 2014 at 06:53

Rangerjr1 said:
Try installing your 290s

I think I will write it off to another epic Mantle failure.

IF AMD want this API to thrive they need to ensure the game devs make sure it works out of the box, this is unacceptable.

Kaapstad · 29 Oct 2014 at 06:56

Rangerjr1 said:
You running the latest Beta drivers?

Yes 14.9.2

Kaapstad · 29 Oct 2014 at 07:14

Rangerjr1 said:
I guess you messed up.

Dont blame AMD for everything, many people have gotten it to work without problems.

AMDMatt said:
The current build of Civilization: Beyond Earth Mantle only supports two graphics cards—additional GPUs must be disabled in device manager, or the game will not launch. This may be resolved by an impending day 0 patch. TL : DR The developer needs to patch the game.

As I was saying

If AMD want Mantle to die they are letting the game devs kill it.

It is all to easy to say the end user has messed up when the fault is elsewhere.

Kaapstad · 29 Oct 2014 at 07:18

Rangerjr1 said:
Ahem ...

Developer needs to patch game... How come you immediately went to attack AMD? And who's to say its AMDs responsibility to make sure Firaxis makes their game work?

Anyways, Mantle does work. Just not with 4 GPUs apparently.

Whose software is Mantle again.

Why do end users have to mess around disabling cards.

Where is the info to tell people this is the case.

Kaapstad · 29 Oct 2014 at 07:21

AMDMatt said:
Understand the frustrations Kaap, will keep you updated with any new information comes to light. Unfortunately we can't patch their game so it's on Firaxis to patch it, which they will in time. Disabling the gpu's in device manager should work, please let me know if it does not and i will report it.

Disabling cards in device manager is something I refuse to do on principle to get a game to run. This is something the end user should never have to do.

End users are not here to prop up very lazy sloppy game devs.

Kaapstad · 29 Oct 2014 at 07:24

AMDMatt said:
Kaap the info was provided in the link of the thread i created when the game launched.

I was under the impression there would be a day 1 patch to fix these issues, but perhaps it's been delayed slightly.

Source
http://community.amd.com/community/...preme-in-sid-meiers-civilization-beyond-earth

There is a difference between supporting only 2 cards and having to disable them in the device manager.

Kaapstad · 29 Oct 2014 at 07:34

Rangerjr1 said:
Oh my god just leave it, not a big deal, you're the only one whining about it.

No it should be right and it is no good for other people to blame the end user.

It is a bit like buying a new car only to find it has no wheels and the salesman telling you to fit them yourself.