FarCry2 Results- Let's see 'em.

[No1sFanboy]

Curious to see peoples results.

Settings 1680x1050 no AA everything max. Default Bench (Ranch small 3 passes)

Settings: Demo(Ranch Small), 1680x1050 (60Hz), D3D10, Fixed Time Step(No), Disable Artificial Intelligence(No), Full Screen, Anti-Aliasing(None), VSync(No), Overall Quality(Ultra High), Vegetation(Very High), Shading(Ultra High), Terrain(Ultra High), Geometry(Ultra High), Post FX(High), Texture(Ultra High), Shadow(Ultra High), Ambient(High), Hdr(Yes), Bloom(Yes), Fire(Very High), Physics(Very High), RealTrees(Very High)

Cat.8.10 WHQL- Avg. 57.66 Max 81.36 Min. 41.10

After Hotfix applied- Avg. 58.19 Max. 83.05 Min. 40.67

I'm surprised to see basically no difference after installing the hotfix.

Edit to add/update chart.

 

[L1qu1d]

This is before the BETA driver!

1680x1050 8x AA, Maxed Default Bench (ranch small 3 passes)

Settings: Demo(Ranch Small), 1680x1050 (60Hz), D3D10, Fixed Time Step(No), Disable Artificial Intelligence(No), Full Screen, Anti-Aliasing(8x), VSync(No), Overall Quality(Ultra High), Vegetation(Very High), Shading(Ultra High), Terrain(Ultra High), Geometry(Ultra High), Post FX(High), Texture(Ultra High), Shadow(Ultra High), Ambient(High), Hdr(Yes), Bloom(Yes), Fire(Very High), Physics(Very High), RealTrees(Very High)


AVG: 49.25
MAX: 77.73
MIN: 26.22

I only have 2 280s at the moment, my cuzin is borrowing my 3rd till he gets his cards back from EVGA.

 

[L1qu1d]

With out AA

AVG: 72.37
MAX: 98.29
MIN: 46.19

 

[alvine]

nice results liquid but I would never spend so much money on 3 280's :]

 

[L1qu1d]

I traded with my friend, I didn't actually pay for em. I gave him my old 9800 GX2s quads for these, he doesn't game and he got them through his company. So he said to give me 1 GX2 and he'll give me the 280s, but since I have nothing to do with the 2nd one I just gave it to him, I think he will just put it in a computer and sell it

 

[L1qu1d]

After Beta Drivers:
AVG: 59.39
MAX: 102.36
MIN: 48.37

 

[Noya]

@ L1qu1d,

What monitor / resolution do you play at? Do you really see a difference with the third 280 in the mix?

 

[L1qu1d]

didn't test it with far cry, in general, yes it does. I play @ 1680x1050 in my room, but in my living room (where I play most of the time) I play @ 1920x1080.

Tri-sli scales very well for me in almost every game. It really shows its min and avg power in Cyrsis, where I can have 8xs AA and still do around 50-60 fps.

Hopefully my cuzin get his cards back soon, I want to see what 3 can do with Far cry 2.

 

[mbbs20]

http://www.guru3d.com/article/far-cry-2-pc-vga-graphics-performance-review/5

looks good for my 9600 gt

 

[smartel7070]

Arrggghhhh you guys are killing me !!!! I have to wait 'till tomorrow to try this game .... will pick it up at EBgames after work and I will post my results ... A friend has a rig similar to mine and during gameplay he said it was running really smooth so I can't wait !!!

 

[gamerk316]

Speed wise, my GX2 can run everything at close to 60 FPS at 1280x1024 res with no slowdown, but has major grahpical glitches (latest WHQL drivers).

1) When loading a new scene, there is a 50/50 chance the display will get curropted.
2) When exiting the game, there is around a 75% chance of the display driver failing, and not being able to recover (comp works, but display frozen).

Again, latest WHQL, no other games have issues (counting Crysis), see sig for comp specs.

 

[SpinachEater]

nice results liquid but I would never spend so much money on 3 280's :]

L1qu1d is rich. If you were L1u1d you would spend your money on 3 280s.

Arrggghhhh you guys are killing me !!!! I have to wait 'till tomorrow to try this game .... will pick it up at EBgames after work and I will post my results ... A friend has a rig similar to mine and during gameplay he said it was running really smooth so I can't wait !!!

Me too. I plan on getting it on my way home from work today. I half thought about calling in sick and picking it up this morning.... ....so sad...

 

[pauldh]

didn't test it with far cry, in general, yes it does. I play @ 1680x1050 in my room, but in my living room (where I play most of the time) I play @ 1920x1080.

Tri-sli scales very well for me in almost every game. It really shows its min and avg power in Cyrsis, where I can have 8xs AA and still do around 50-60 fps.

Hopefully my cuzin get his cards back soon, I want to see what 3 can do with Far cry 2.

Liquid, could you disable SLI and give us an idea how two of those beasts are scaling for now? I'll do it with my wimpy pair of 8800GT this weekend when I get the game. Hopefully they won't = the 9800GX2 current efforts.

 

[petevsdrm]

Hey guys FWIW I installed last night running @ 1920 X 1080 with all graphical settings maxed 4xAA in DX10 on my brand new 4870x2.

So with all settings at max:
min : 28
max: 76
avg : 39

All numbers I took from FRAPS.

P.S. I was using the 8.11 Beta and it would not work at all until I installed the hotfix drivers.

 

[L1qu1d]

I disabled SLI, it made no difference for me.

8xs AA 1680x1050 Maxed out DX 10.

Pretty impressive for 1 280 GTX.

AVG: 57.35
MAX: 95.99
MIN: 49.10


I'm surprised the min frame rate was actually 1 fps higher, which pretty much means no difference since 1 fps is just error zone.

 

[No1sFanboy]

Nice scores L1qu1d.

I've run through again with 8x AA. Still 1680x1050 max settings.

Avg 47.49
Max. 70.40
Min. 27.11

At this setting your 280 is really kicking my 4870x2. The demo looked good but stutters at these settings. [H] reported no improvement from the 4870 to the 4870x2 so I'm wondering if there is still room for this to improve.

@ smartel, look forward to seeing your 4870 results.

 

[petevsdrm]

^ +1

smartel I am pretty interested myself now.

 

[pauldh]

I disabled SLI, it made no difference for me.

8xs AA 1680x1050 Maxed out DX 10.

Pretty impressive for 1 280 GTX.

AVG: 57.35
MAX: 95.99
MIN: 49.10


I'm surprised the min frame rate was actually 1 fps higher, which pretty much means no difference since 1 fps is just error zone.

Thanks for doing that. Impressive for one 280 for sure. Not impressive for SLI though. Is there a Far Cry 2 profile in your current driver versions NV control panel?

 

[L1qu1d]

yes there is, it says SLI enabled, but honestly I don't see it helping. I think the driver didn't fully install properly, because fan options are gone for the 280s, I'm going to reinstalled 2nite and private message you the results so I don't have to flood the forums for our personal use

Unless ppl want to see the results

 

[invisik]

may i see the results?
=]

 

[pauldh]

Hmm, that stinks.

Feel free to PM, but IMO your findings/results are valuable to the discussion here.

 

[L1qu1d]

alright I'll have em up tonite @ 10, I'm going to re download the drivers.

I'll also put up my laptop scores maxed out, the game is only playable with geometry, shadows med and no AA 1440x900?

 

[No1sFanboy]

Don't worry about posting too many results. I like seeing how other systems perform. To keep the results easy to follow I've made a simple chart and will add it to my first post. I'll update this in the short term.

 

[L1qu1d]

Single 280 GTX
well I reinstalled the drivers, and with a single card I got 49 fps AVG with a 39 min frame rate with 8x AA:S thats a 10 frame decrease.

After I reinstalled the divers again, now I get back to 57-59 each time the test is very random, I still think there are some bugs. I think I saw a 55 there too for AVG, all with AA 8x.


I'm going to try SLI right now and post back.

 

[L1qu1d]

K SLI now is AVG 67 fps...this thing is soo random!!!! 8x 1680x1050...