THE BF4 BENCHMARKS THREAD

setter · 21 Oct 2014 at 13:11

From what I've played with mantle, it is indeed smoother but some people are still getting the memory leak problem. Being an AMD backed game I suspect it will be better optimized for their cards than an equivalent nvidia model. Look at bf3, same basic engine but runs great on both vendors cards.

humbug · 21 Oct 2014 at 13:30

There is no conspiracy Setter ^^^^

Is 1187Mhz a good overclock for a 780TI? i thought its capable of more than that? 1120 on the 290X is less than what they can do on average.

Yet i don't see many 980's clocking past 1520Mhz, the 780TI and 290X look a bit gimped, what happened to [H] making real life comparisons?

thefogo · 21 Oct 2014 at 13:56

humbug said:
There is no conspiracy Setter ^^^^

Is 1187Mhz a good overclock for a 780TI? i thought its capable of more than that? 1120 on the 290X is less than what they can do on average.

Yet i don't see many 980's clocking past 1520Mhz, the 780TI and 290X look a bit gimped, what happened to [H] making real life comparisons?

I've had 5 780Tis and 1187 is around average from the cards I've had. Only 2 of the 5 clocked above 1200.

pgi947 · 21 Oct 2014 at 13:57

I'm fairly sure they don't use over voltage in any oc testing, a simple case of move the slider, which may well explain the 290x and 780ti clocks.

iirc the reasoning behind it is so someone inexperienced doesn't see the results at say 1.4v and use that as a 24/7 setting, likely cooking something in the process.

humbug · 21 Oct 2014 at 13:57

thefogo said:
I've had 5 780Tis and 1187 is around average from the cards I've had. Only 2 of the 5 clocked above 1200.

Really? ok, i though they averaged about 1250.

thefogo · 21 Oct 2014 at 14:18

humbug said:
Really? ok, i though they averaged about 1250.

It's possible I was unlucky I guess.
My highest clocker was the cheapest, a Palit that hit 1270Mhz lol

setter · 21 Oct 2014 at 14:22

Not suggesting a conspiracy, but AMD did have a headstart with the game.

RichardH754 · 21 Oct 2014 at 16:43

1 of my 780tis did 1187, the other did 1300!

Besty · 31 Oct 2014 at 14:40

thought I would report that at 4k resolution and 24/7 clocks of 1580/2000 the 980 is pushing around 45-50fps in single player with ultra settings, no oversample.

Vram usage is around 2.8GB.

Uncle Petey · 31 Oct 2014 at 15:50

Bit of a blast from the past, but I just stumbled across these old results. For the likes of Gerard and Mal X who had unfortunate experiences with their ridiculously hot 7990's and claim that it was only review samples that showed decent temps...

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=25471830&postcount=5589

All I did was re-paste them.

Gregster · 31 Oct 2014 at 16:21

Uncle Petey said:
Bit of a blast from the past, but I just stumbled across these old results. For the likes of Gerard and Mal X who had unfortunate experiences with their ridiculously hot 7990's and claim that it was only review samples that showed decent temps...

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=25471830&postcount=5589

All I did was re-paste them.

Checks date of posting (December 11th (brrrrrr) and wonders was the windows open?

Only joking Pete and there is a number of 7990s that run hot and others not so. Maybe something changed (revision?).

Uncle Petey · 31 Oct 2014 at 16:23

Hehe, I knew the time of year would get mentioned

Pretty sure I had the back door closed on this occasion though

Yeah, luck of the draw perhaps? Who knows.

pgi947 · 31 Oct 2014 at 16:45

Some vendor paste jobs are absolutely sickening, msi especially.

I remember it taking me near an hour and a half to clean the dies on a pair of msi 7970's. It was everywhere.

Uncle Petey · 31 Oct 2014 at 16:46

Yep, I had MSI 7970/7990's and their paste jobs were shocking.
Seemed like pretty poor stuff too - all dry and hardened...

setter · 31 Oct 2014 at 16:51

Does repasting make much of a difference? If so I might try it in my top card, tends to get a bit hot when gaming. New fans going into the case tomorrow, (finally arrived) so every little tweak helps

Gregster · 31 Oct 2014 at 16:52

setter said:
Does repasting make much of a difference? If so I might try it in my top card, tends to get a bit hot when gaming. New fans going into the case tomorrow, (finally arrived) so every little tweak helps

Yer Setter, it can. Use MX4 as well. I have gone through so many different pastes but the MX4 has always been the best for me.

I sent you an email yesterday bud

setter · 31 Oct 2014 at 17:10

Yep, mx4 here for my cpu.

Got your mail mate, forgot to reply as I was on the beer last night. Much appreciated.

Disco_P · 31 Oct 2014 at 17:21

pgi947 said:
Some vendor paste jobs are absolutely sickening, msi especially.

I remember it taking me near an hour and a half to clean the dies on a pair of msi 7970's. It was everywhere.

Uncle Petey said:
Yep, I had MSI 7970/7990's and their paste jobs were shocking.
Seemed like pretty poor stuff too - all dry and hardened...

Had the opposite with my 680 power edition. Barely used any paste at all to the point where the writing on the GPU dye was imprinted on the cooler itself. Replaced it with noctua stuff and temps dropped 20C.

Uncle Petey · 31 Oct 2014 at 17:24

That does sound shocking tbh. Too much or too little = literally not cool

humbug · 31 Oct 2014 at 17:30

Uncle Petey said:
Yep, I had MSI 7970/7990's and their paste jobs were shocking.
Seemed like pretty poor stuff too - all dry and hardened...

My powercolor PCS+ 7970XT MYST was like that, it started to get a bit toasty after about 6 months, i took the cooler off and was confronted with a thick layer of bone dry white paste, not impressed.

Luckily Powercolor seemed to have corrected that, i pulled the cooler of my PCS+ 290 after 6 months expecting to see the same thing, nope... a nice fresh layer of dark gray paste and still very much wet, much better.

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