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qzett   08-11-2009 at 12:11:41 PM

Hi,

My system is :

GA-MA790XT-UD4P
AMD PHENOM II X2 550 @ 3.1
4870 x2
4 Gb Ram Corsaire @ 1333
650 W Corsair
OS : Windows XP X64

I am getting in 3dmark 2006 a score of 15108. This is a low score for a 4870 x2 ...

What can i do to increase my performance?

Thanks you ,

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Bronze Graphics badge JofaMang   08-11-2009 at 04:08:37 PM
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Check the Temps on your GPUs. I just recently had to RMA my XFX 4870 x2 because one of the GPUs was drastically overheating, and causing me serious performance issues (and threatening the long term usage of the part). I was running with PheII 710 x3 @ 3.35ghz with my old card (4870 512mb at 790/1050 clocks) managed to squeek out 15294 on 3DMark06.

I haven't (and don't plan on) OCing the 4870x2, as it is such a champ as is @1920x1080, but with my CPU now at 3.1ghz (highest stable clock at stock volt) and the 4870x2 my highest score is around 17k. So taking your x2 550 into consideration, You might not be that far off. My GPU scores scaled very strongly as I benched each step climbing through higher CPU clocks, not just the CPU score.

You would likely see a strong improvement in your 3DmarkO6 overall score if you overclocked the 550. You would see an even greater improvement if you had a stable unlock of your other two cores (your Mobo does support it.)

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strangestranger   08-11-2009 at 04:29:00 PM
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Check actual games.

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qzett   08-12-2009 at 11:44:39 AM
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strangestranger wrote :

Check actual games.




in Crysis warhead at 1600x1200 Full detail , 16 AA , Vsync , the fps are between 15- 30.
in COD 4 World at War at 1600x1200 Full detail no AA , 90 fp and can drops to 39.

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strangestranger   08-12-2009 at 11:59:21 AM
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Sounds fine, although why the 16xAA in crysis?

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qzett   08-12-2009 at 01:16:03 PM
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strangestranger wrote :

Sounds fine, although why the 16xAA in crysis?



just to see how many fps i get

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strangestranger   08-12-2009 at 03:20:20 PM
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What do you get with 8xAA using the crysis settings options, do you get 30+ for the most part?

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Helloworld_98   08-12-2009 at 03:34:44 PM
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are you sure you don't mean 16xAF?

because even top end setups can't run Crysis at 8xAA.

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darkvine   08-12-2009 at 03:44:14 PM
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Not sure with the 3d mark sorce off hand (to tired to think) but what bopped into mind just quickly reading over all of this is possible bottlenecking with the cpu? you can overclock that and see if it helps.

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strangestranger   08-12-2009 at 04:06:04 PM
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Haven't ran through the whole game with 8xAA but in the parts I tested runs fine.

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trkorecky   08-13-2009 at 01:09:11 AM
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I'd say about 70% of the 3DMark06 score depends on your CPU.

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qzett   08-13-2009 at 10:45:49 AM
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strangestranger wrote :

Haven't ran through the whole game with 8xAA but in the parts I tested runs fine.


how many fps do you get?

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qzett   08-13-2009 at 10:50:23 AM
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just found this link m:

http://www.techspot.com/article/11 [...] page3.html

pls tell me your viewpoint.

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qzett   08-13-2009 at 10:51:47 AM
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Helloworld_98 wrote :

are you sure you don't mean 16xAF?

because even top end setups can't run Crysis at 8xAA.



sorry my mistake it was 8AA.

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strangestranger   08-13-2009 at 10:59:59 AM
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Well, in crysis I usally get around 30 fps on average depending on what is going on in the game.

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qzett   08-13-2009 at 12:18:01 PM
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strangestranger wrote :

Well, in crysis I usally get around 30 fps on average depending on what is going on in the game.




i think Crysis is not the best game to test the 2870 x2 , the game is not optimized for ati cards..

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strangestranger   08-13-2009 at 12:27:20 PM
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On the contrary, it is an excellent game for testing it as it pushes the hardware and has perfect scaling in crossfire.

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qzett   08-13-2009 at 02:57:48 PM
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strangestranger wrote :

On the contrary, it is an excellent game for testing it as it pushes the hardware and has perfect scaling in crossfire.




look at this link
http://www.techspot.com/article/11 [...] page3.html
the cross fire does not do a very good job..


Message edited by qzett on 08-13-2009 at 03:02:22 PM
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strangestranger   08-13-2009 at 03:15:19 PM
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Look at the date of that review.

Ask yourself this, if I have the card, and I have tested crysis and played the game.

Wouldn't I know better than an almost year old review?

The drivers have improved things since then.

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darkvine   08-13-2009 at 03:49:48 PM
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actually in some performance ranges ATI cards spank the nvidia in Crysis. The 4850 x2 for one beats all it's same price range Nvidia counter parts. That make it amazing test bed. Also to many of the big name games are optimized for Nvidia so you don't have much of a choice.

And don't forget that the drivers SUCKED when they first game out, hell there wasn't even drivers when it first game out. Over time all the 4XXX have had the bugs worked out and play the game smoother.

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