Why is my 690 running DX10??

[huntrik]

I finished building my new rig last night, woke up this morning to start a million different downloads and updates and I happened to notice something that showed my 690 running DX10...shouldn't it be at 11? Thanks for the help

Hunt

 

[4745454b]

What is this something of which you speak?

 

[huntrik]

windows experience index

 

[JKatwyopc]

The grphics card can run all versions of DX. What OS are you using? Windows XP doesn't support DX 11.

 

[huntrik]

W7 ultimate 64. That is not the only problem Im having, cpu-z shows my cpu @ 1.6 instead of 4.2...I have watched it switch between the 2. Not just cpu-z but I can see it happen in Asus tools utility

 

[A Bad Day]

Windows Experience Index also says that my Windows 7 laptop is running on DX 10 when my GPU supports DX 11. Checking DX version directly and the Catalyst Control Center revealed it is DX 11.

I wouldn't be worried. I think WEI is bugged.

 

[huntrik]

does the freq scale to usage or something? That is the only thing I can think of

 

[huntrik]

Instead of being @ 103x41 it drops to 103x16

 

[coozie7]

All current cards and CPUs change freqencies according to load, you're seeing nothing unusual, mate.

 

[huntrik]

so I cant run it at 4.2 all the time?

 

[bystander]

windows experience index

Don't be confused by the graphics engine used to test something and what the card is capable of. If they use a DX 10 graphics engine to test, it'll show you are running in DX10 mode. If you play The Witcher 2, it'll show you are in DX9, but when you run Metro 2033, and set it to DX11 settings, it'll show you in DX11.

 

[Sunius]

so I cant run it at 4.2 all the time?

You can disable the speed step technology in BIOS, but do you want your CPU to burn energy when you're not using it?

 

[bignastyid]

You don't need ot to run at 4.2 all the time it will throttle up and down depending on the load. So if you are running something(s) that is cpu intensive the cpu will throtte up to meet demand, also if the system is idle or not using much cpu time it will throtle down to conserve power and produce less heat.

 

[SteelCity1981]

The grphics card can run all versions of DX. What OS are you using? Windows XP doesn't support DX 11.

first off he stated he saw it in the WEI and Windows XP doesn't have WEI. Second, Windows XP doesn't support DX10 let alone DX11.

 

[huntrik]

I guess when I look at 1.6 in CPU-Z it just feels like my $2,600 rig is falling on its face. It doesn't "feel" very fast when opening programs and switching between 10 different web pages...

 

[coozie7]

I take it the rig has a SSD?

 

[huntrik]

I take it the rig has a SSD?

Samsung 830 128GB

 

[bignastyid]

Run HDTune to make sure your hdd is running as it should. I have an older Vertex 2 SSD in my system and startup and opening apps is very quick.

 

[SteelCity1981]

Well you're not going to tell the diff between a 2600 dollar pc and a 400 dollar pc if you are just doing typical task. were all that performance will come in is when you do graphic intense task r heavy video rendering.

 

[coozie7]

How I'm beginning to hate you
Even the fastest systems are going to take a few seconds to load a large program, even SSD tech has its limits.
As a matter of interest, how have you set up the SSD?

 

[huntrik]

Well due to a financial restraint at the end of the build I haven't picked up a new SSD for my old machine so I can pull the dual WD raptors out of for a back up drive, so right now I just have the OS, updates, skyrim and GR: future soldier on this SSD

 

[SteelCity1981]

have you ran benchmarks like 3dmark11 or cinebench 11.5 on that system?

 

[huntrik]

have you ran benchmarks like 3dmark11 or cinebench 11.5 on that system?

d/ling 3dmark time now

 

[huntrik]

11654...not impressed

 

[bystander]

11654...not impressed

What is the rest of your system? That's a higher score than any single core GPU can get, though lower than I'd expect from a 690 (my 680's get over 15k). I'm assuming that was 3dmark11 in performance mode with a p after the score.