***THE BF4 BENCHMARKS THREAD***

[LtMatt]

Uncle Petey with his 7970.

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
51837, 737463, 7, 129, 70.291

Vram usage: 1998Mb

All Ultra with 2xMSAA

2500K @4.5
7970 @1230/1800

The min fps is down to some kind of random glitch with the beta in my opinion.
Once or twice during a round, it'll stutter for a couple of seconds whether I'm surrounded by explosions or just walking down the street with absolutely nothing going on.

Generally, the fraps counter (if I'm not benching) will show 55-80 fps, regardless of the situation.

 

[pgi947]

I was playing last night with my new 7990

At ultra I was getting 40-50fps, was very laggy but I'm guessing it's because it's a beta?

System spec
I5 760@4ghz
2x4gb xms3 1600mhz
Gigabyte 7990@stock

Looked in afterburner and hottest temp was 66 and my cpu bottlenecks my 7990 to 56% useage need a 4770k quick! Lol

Classic example of thread bottleneck with a 4 thread chip unfortunately, looks like its upgrade time!

@Matt I had no drops that low what so ever, lowest over 4 rounds was around 45fps, could be the drivers need fine tuned?


@Kaap, that graph shows the engine utilises 8 threads and that you have no cpu bottleneck, will likely run better too given you have 6 physical cores

 

[LtMatt]

Massive cpu bottleneck of epic proportions brah. What were you thinking?

 

[zoomee]

It might also be worthwhile stating which operating system you use to help gauge where the problem lies fellas.

If i recall correctly - didn't Windows 8 bring along a new thread scheduler? - So in effect this could have an impact on how the game currently runs bearing in mind it looks like its one of the few multi-threaded titles due (AND ABOUT BLOOMIN TIME TOO!!)

 

[Kaapstad]

@Kaap, that graph shows the engine utilises 8 threads and that you have no cpu bottleneck, will likely run better too given you have 6 physical cores

Now all I need is for NVidia to sort the SLI support.

NVidia drivers are a bit like buses at the moment.

You wait ages for a good one to come along then 3 bad ones turn up at once.

 

[GavinG]

Playing well for me 70+ FPS steady all on ultra, I'm quite impressed how my rig is handling it. The only thing I noticed was GPU usage sometimes spiked to 100% but it didn't cause any drop in FPS. Windows7 Pro and 13.4 graphics driver here

 

[whyscotty]

Now all I need is for NVidia to sort the SLI support.

NVidia drivers are a bit like buses at the moment.

You wait ages for a good one to come along then 3 bad ones turn up at once.

Which drivers - as the the latest betas are working very well

 

[whyscotty]

Tonester, i believe you owe me a copy of Battlefield 4. Whilst one card can not provide playable fps and exceed the 2gb limit at 1440p/1600p, two cards certainly can.

You may have to wait for further proof as it's looking as it's the 2500k that is the limiting factor in my case.

Reading around, a lot of others seem to be having similar performance issues with i5's

 

[Kaapstad]

Which drivers - as the the latest betas are working very well

331.40

They don't do much for my GTX 690s at all and 4 way on the Titans although better is a long way short of good.

Having said the above I think NVidia will have it sorted in the next few weeks.

 

[teppic]

Playing well for me 70+ FPS steady all on ultra, I'm quite impressed how my rig is handling it. The only thing I noticed was GPU usage sometimes spiked to 100% but it didn't cause any drop in FPS. Windows7 Pro and 13.4 graphics driver here

I'd install the 13.10 beta 2 drivers, you'll get improved performance even though it sounds like you're doing fine.

 

[Kaapstad]

You may have to wait for further proof as it's looking as it's the 2500k that is the limiting factor in my case.

Reading around, a lot of others seem to be having similar performance issues with i5's

I think there is a lot more performance to be had on gk104 GPUs once the drivers are sorted.

IIRC the original challenge was to do with vram, from what I have seen the cards don't have a problem with that.

 

[Rusty0611]

Tonester, i believe you owe me a copy of Battlefield 4. Whilst one card can not provide playable fps and exceed the 2gb limit at 1440p/1600p, two cards certainly can.



Expect the parcel force storm map to use even more vram and be more demanding than Shanghai imo as well.

http://www.sweclockers.com/artikel/17679-grafikprestanda-i-battlefield-4-beta/4#pagehead

Need to see 2GB running out. 6GB cards using more than 2GB doesn't prove anything.

 

[whyscotty]

331.40

They don't do much for my GTX 690s at all and 4 way on the Titans although better is a long way short of good.

Having said the above I think NVidia will have it sorted in the next few weeks.

Are playing in windowed or full screen mode, as the early screenshot you posted was windowed.

 

[LtMatt]

Need to see 2GB running out. 6GB cards using more than 2GB doesn't prove anything.

You may have to wait for further proof as it's looking as it's the 2500k that is the limiting factor in my case.

Reading around, a lot of others seem to be having similar performance issues with i5's

You're at 1080p though aren't you?

Swe clockers did some testing with a Intel Core i7 4960X @ 4,4 GHz. I've got all the proof i need my friend. SLI is working on the 690 btw.

Note the low minimums on the 690/770 aat high res that does not affect other cards.

With quality slider set to Ultra, it is clear that Battlefield 4 is heavy to haul around. In order to meet the gold standard 60 FPS average, two graphics processors in unison. Not even the mighty GeForce GTX Titan will close on their own.

Interesting is also the lowest values ​​for certain configurations with "only" 2 GB graphics memory, such as Geforce GTX 770 in SLI and GeForce GTX 690. The low numbers reflect the actual system requirements - clear cuts and twitching seen in a completely different way than, for example, the Radeon HD 7970 GHz.

When the resolution is screwed up also increases demands for more memory. Ultra lands according to GPU-Z of 2.7 GB, well above what eg GTX 690 or GTX 770 can offer. It may also be the explanation for why these cards suffer from noticeable frame rate drop in comparison with video cards that can provide more memory.

http://www.sweclockers.com/artikel/17679-grafikprestanda-i-battlefield-4-beta/4#pagehead

 

[LtMatt]

I look forward to the 2gb will live forever crowd trying to write this one off. My work here is done.

 

[Kaapstad]

Need to see 2GB running out. 6GB cards using more than 2GB doesn't prove anything.

+1

If the cards had a problem with vram it would be like trying to run RTW2 @1600p. It's like hitting a brick wall plus loads of graphical image problems.

 

[LtMatt]

+1

If the cards had a problem with vram it would be like trying to run RTW2 @1600p. It's like hitting a brick wall plus loads of graphical image problems.

Here we go.

What was i saying the other day Rusty, it manifests itself in different ways ala fps drops but not always down to single digits. Anyway it doesn't matter what evidence i present you'll never convince some people. I hope Tone sticks to the agreement though and coughs up.

 

[GavinG]

I'd install the 13.10 beta 2 drivers, you'll get improved performance even though it sounds like you're doing fine.

Will do this evening

 

[Gregster]

You may have to wait for further proof as it's looking as it's the 2500k that is the limiting factor in my case.

Reading around, a lot of others seem to be having similar performance issues with i5's

This.

Having gone back through this thread (and looked on other forums), the guys who are having problems are the ones with I5's or similar. It seems that the GPU is fine but BF4 is seriously pushing the CPU and this is what is causing poor frames and nothing to do with VRAM.

It seems that 6 cores is a minimum now and 4 cores are a thing of the past. Everyone was saying that AMD in consoles meant better frames with AMD GPU's and whilst this could be the case, you will need a decent high end 6/8 core CPU to make use of it.

I didn't read many picking up on that, including me.

 

[Kaapstad]

Are playing in windowed or full screen mode, as the early screenshot you posted was windowed.

I am reinstalling the game now and will give it another go.