Question about 4870x2

[titdoctor]

I have the ASUS tri-cooler 4870x2.. Why does the gpu use only say 31%? Is there any way i can use the whole thing? or do some games not support both gpu's?

 

[aevm]

Try running at the highest resolution your monitor supports, and enable all the eye candy in the games.

There's nothing wrong with 31% usage. I'm sure some future games will be more demanding, and it's good to have room for them too. Or maybe you'll get a larger monitor with 1920x1200 or 2560x1600, as prices drop, and then your GPU will have to work harder even if you don't change the games.

Some games do support 2 ATI GPUs well (i.e. Crossfire), like CoD for example. Others are optimized more toward two nVidia cards, like Crysis.

 

[Guest]

Are you sure your not talking about fan speed? If that is the case just open up CCC (8.12 drivers) and turn it up to your liking

 

[aevm]

Post a screenshot, maybe, just to clarify?

If it is about the fan speed, check the video card temperatures too. If your fan runs at only 31% and the card isn't very hot, that's great news IMO and you don't need to change anything.

 

[titdoctor]

I got my fan speed at 100%. Very quiet btw compared to my old x1950 pro ^^. I get idle temps around 29 degrees and at 48% load about 34d. Do you think windows vista would increase the performance of my 4870x2? I also play at 1900/1200 res on a 24" monitor.

 

[aevm]

Vista would bring DirectX 10 to the table. Some of your games will look better. As far as performance (i.e. number of fps) it will be a few fps lower than on XP or the same, in general.