THE BF4 BENCHMARKS THREAD

Jono8 · 16 Dec 2013 at 17:42

LtMatt said:
Stage one of the Mantle patch complete.

I hope you aren't holding out much hope for BF4 and Mantle! They can't even get it right on an API that has been around for ever yet!

setter · 16 Dec 2013 at 17:43

OLDPHART said:
IMAO, you naughty boy, but you are awful.

Hopefully not so naughty that santa forgets me lol.

Ian Evey · 16 Dec 2013 at 17:45

Rusty0611 said:
Is that it?

Only a virgin would say that :eek:

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LtMatt · 16 Dec 2013 at 17:46

Jono8 said:
I hope you aren't holding out much hope for BF4 and Mantle! They can't even get it right on an API that has been around for ever yet!

Thankfully most (but not all) of the BF4 problems are engine related rather than API related. Nonetheless it doesn't fill you with confidence does it lol.

Ian Evey · 16 Dec 2013 at 17:47

setter said:
Hopefully not so naughty that santa forgets me lol.

Setter, Do you not miss sli 670's over the 780wf? Is it pretty much the same game experience except for fps figures?

setter · 16 Dec 2013 at 17:49

Still feels the same tbh, yes max fps are down a bit but overall it feels smoother. Temps and power use werent an issue with sli for me as i usually end up sli'ing every nv card ive owned.

Rusty0611 · 16 Dec 2013 at 17:50

Ian Evey said:
Only a virgin would say that Media

Mrs. Rusty probably agrees with that assumption. It is, after all, a massive waste of her time

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LtMatt · 16 Dec 2013 at 17:52

The BF4 problems have encouraged me to buy Need For Speed Rivals in the MM for £19. How i will cry if theres flickering issues in that. It uses Frostbite 3.0. :cool:

Richeh · 16 Dec 2013 at 17:53

Got home from work to see what the new patch offered. Flickering. Great so disable my second 7950 and see if the crappy min's are still there, test Shanghai, lower settings a little and turn off AA. Same 45 FPS min as with crossfire when that bloody tower comes down and from then on.

I seriously hope Mantle can fix my issues as the GPU's are only at about 50-60% during this. But I doubt DICE are that competent.

LtMatt · 16 Dec 2013 at 17:55

Richeh said:
Got home from work to see what the new patch offered. Flickering. Great so disable my second 7950 and see if the crappy min's are still there, test Shanghai, lower settings a little and turn off AA. Same 45 FPS min as with crossfire when that bloody tower comes down and from then on.

I seriously hope Mantle can fix my issues as the GPU's are only at about 50-60% during this. But I doubt DICE are that competent.

Probably a very cpu intensive part which ends up bottlenecking the gpu's. Technically speaking Mantle should help with that, will be interesting to see if it does. It could be an engine limitation because of Havok Physics though in which case i don't know if mantle would improve that.

Ian Evey · 16 Dec 2013 at 17:56

So tempted to get a 780, but with the new cooler 290's and mantle and assumptions of more new cards around march, whats a guy to do.

Gregster · 16 Dec 2013 at 17:58

Ian Evey said:
So tempted to get a 780, but with the new cooler 290's and mantle and assumptions of more new cards around march, whats a guy to do.

Get a 780 that has enough frames in games already that you don't need Mantle to "help out"

Rusty0611 · 16 Dec 2013 at 17:58

Buy now, worry later.

setter · 16 Dec 2013 at 18:03

LtMatt said:
Probably a very cpu intensive part which ends up bottlenecking the gpu's. Technically speaking Mantle should help with that, will be interesting to see if it does. It could be an engine limitation because of Havok Physics though in which case i don't know if mantle would improve that.

Kinda surprised if it is a cpu thing, cant see a 4770k at 4.4ghz bottlenecking too much? At 4.2ghz mine matched my previous 3770k at 4.5ghz.

Jono8 · 16 Dec 2013 at 18:30

Dice employee on twitter:

"Flickering issue on SLI setups are fixed already in-house, we aim to release it with next PC patch."

Um....how about you release it now???!!

Rroff · 16 Dec 2013 at 18:35

LtMatt said:
Probably a very cpu intensive part which ends up bottlenecking the gpu's. Technically speaking Mantle should help with that, will be interesting to see if it does. It could be an engine limitation because of Havok Physics though in which case i don't know if mantle would improve that.

I think theres an issue with havok somewhere and servers that have been up awhile - I notice around buildings with lots of damage it can get quite choppy sometimes even when the CPU and GPU are coping fine but other times especially if the server has just restarted a map or 2 back I won't get it at all.

~Mike~ · 16 Dec 2013 at 18:41

LtMatt said:
The BF4 problems have encouraged me to buy Need For Speed Rivals in the MM for £19. How i will cry if theres flickering issues in that. It uses Frostbite 3.0.

What a waste of £19. :rolleyes:

Should have bought a proper sim like Assetto Corsa.

Uncle Petey · 16 Dec 2013 at 18:49

You're talking to the guy that loved Dirt: Showdown

Is fraps now crashing BF4 for you guys too? I had no issues with it before today.

setter · 16 Dec 2013 at 18:51

Uncle Petey said:
You're talking to the guy that loved Dirt: Showdown

Is fraps now crashing BF4 for you guys too? I had no issues with it before today.

Been crashing bf4 for me since last thursday Petey. Prior to that it was fine. I only have to have it running and the exe stops responding upon launching the game.

~Mike~ · 16 Dec 2013 at 19:01

Uncle Petey said:
You're talking to the guy that loved Dirt: Showdown

Is fraps now crashing BF4 for you guys too? I had no issues with it before today.

Showdown was alright for a laugh but that's all!!!!!!

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