9800 GX2 Performance Gain With new Drivers

Well I finally got around to installing the new Nvidia Forceware 175.16.

I've seen significant increases in performance.

Crysis is now running very smooth.

At the Intro of the game, I would get around 30-34 fps when you receive your orders. Now my frames shot up to the 60s....its really interesting.

As I played through the game, the frames stayed over 60 and I was very shocked because usually they would dip every now and then to around 30.

The resolution is at 1280x1024.

I also tried Cod 4 but that game ran well before as well, the frames are just higher now. Really didn't mean much.

I'll try some more and create benchmarks.

Yes, get a new monitor and play at a higher resolution. You might be CPU limited like I am at 1280 x 1024 (still have a 17" CRT -- saving up for a 24" LCD). Both the 9800gx2 and 3870x2 cry out for 24" LCD resolutions to get the best framerates.

I really hope Huang decides to innovate and supports the next Nvidia dual GPU card on one PCB, and both Nvidia and ATI need to go to shared memory for the CPU, because both the 9800gx2 and 3870x2 are somewhat hampered by only 512 megs of RAM per GPU.

We'll probably see dual core discrete GPU's alongside quad core CPU's with one GPU core within a few years. The dual GPU cards are a step in the right direction, but Nvidia needs to get their thermals and power usage down a bit. The days of monster cards from any company are soon to be past.

I also saw a insignificant boost in Crysis with the new drivers and my two 9800GTX's running with XP Pro 32bit. I have some of the settings set at Very High with the DX9 hack (shaders, physics, objects) and get around 50 FPS at the level you are talking about (1920x1200 no less).

I think ET:QW did not like the new drivers for me though. Had to reinstall and tweak the hell out of that game's cvars to get close to my old performance.

yeah I had the same prob with call of Juarez benchmarks. but I restarted my comp and it went up:S

I swear computers will be a mystery LOL!

meh!

I haven't Tried source engine but I doubt it will be any happier with the driver upgrade.

3Dmark, i'm not even going to try.

I'm going to buy age of conan and see what happens

yeah sure. I have windows Vista though, and its Direct X10 enabled, which will stress it more, it will be hard to compare:S

EDIT: Can you just run the benchmarks at 1280x1024 so I don't need to lug the computer int he living lol?? if not I'll do it

use this program : http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=1791

EDIT 2 :

Well my averages for 1920x1200 was 30.033 VeryHigh Settings

Here is what happens when you put the shader to low

Low



High



Low



High




See look at the low ones, the trees look bland, even the water isn't what it is in high, also look at the rocks and terrain.

Very High:



Very High (Low shaders):

interesting... try looking up the triple c pack on google... makes the game look better (in my opinon) and increases framerates...

i like it, maybe you will too