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Also none of the results show a minimum or average, just the top FPS I assume? This has amateur written all over it.
Also none of the results show a minimum or average, just the top FPS I assume? This has amateur written all over it.
I wish you would have actually tested some dual core processors rather than just disabling cores. I don't see how you can say that CPU is taken out of the equation when I've talked to many people that are running Geforce 8800GTS cards and while dual core users are just barely playable, quad core users are reporting decent performance.
Good article but really applicable for single player only. MP is very very much more demanding of CPU with all the physics calculations. Dual core Athlons especially have a terrible time of it, no matter what video card.
[-Steve-] said:
Interesting story but a few things don't quite add up. For example with a Core i7 920 processor we saw just 40-50fps with a Radeon HD 4870 (1GB). Yet with this relatively slow graphics card you saw a 60% performance increase when going from a 3GHz dual-core to a 2.8GHz quad-core.
[-Steve-] said:
Ohh and I didn't mean to pick on the Radeon HD 4870. I just meant that by today's standards its just a mid-range graphics card...
To be honest, I can't see any difference between HBAO set to "On" or "Off" (in DX10) visually. The only thing that is noticeable is the performance loss.
I wouldn't mind seeing some tests at 2560x1600 and 1920x1080 with all "High" settings and HBAO set to "Off".
You will see a big difference with a Q9550.
Apologies, the previous post should have included the following quote above it (which didn't work as intended here) :
Are you sure you have got the graphs correct? The Radeon 4830 for example delivers 32.3 fps on the high setting at 1680x1050 and then apparantly goes down in performance to 28.5 fps on the medium setting. Any explanation for this or why this discrepancy wasn't mentioned in the article?
Apologies, the previous post should have included the following quote above it (which didn't work as intended here) :
Are you sure you have got the graphs correct? The Radeon 4830 for example delivers 32.3 fps on the high setting at 1680x1050 and then apparantly goes down in performance to 28.5 fps on the medium setting. Any explanation for this or why this discrepancy wasn't mentioned in the article?