6870 TOO POWERFUL

[mantalic]

Hello i own a XFX 6870 1GB and i play on a 32inch 1366x768(not going to change it, its great)

Phenom ii x4 965 BE @ 3.4
XFX 6870 1GB
8GB 1866MHZ

I think there is something wrong with my graphics card but in a good way i play alot of games with fraps on to see how much fps i get and the fps i do get is quite amazing.

BF3 - 50 MIN WITH SOME ULTRA EXPLOSIONS 85 avg and 150 max (fps)
i play on ultra everything except v sync on

gta 4 about 90 fps avg all maxed out too without distance, all distance on 1

mafia 2 about 120fps on avg.

Crysis 2 - 70 fps avg

Are these the normal fps rates for my system also when i play gta 4 it says i have 1gb of vram so i made a commandline.txt and put that i have 2gb and i can set settings over 1gb like 1.5gb and it works, never ever has it gone over 55 degrees, when i start my pc its about 4 degrees above room temp so 24 degrees on avg.

Should i be gettings fps as high as this or is there something wrong? thanks for the replies

 

[lchrisk]

I have no idea, but that's quite amazing. Don't know how, are you sure your graphics card is a 6870? Those frame rates are as much as a 7870, and even 7950. Quite impressive.

 

[samuelspark]

That's because your resolution is so low as it is barely 720p. 1080p will cut your frames in about half.

 

[mantalic]

Yup I'm sure i brought the graphics card off dabs.com and installed it myself & yeah its pretty weird im kinda confused

 

[mantalic]

But lower resolution uses the cpu more so i dunno how that makes sense but correct me if i am wrong

 

[samuelspark]

But lower resolution uses the cpu more so i dunno how that makes sense but correct me if i am wrong

No it's dependent on the CPU more as a percentage not as a number. It will still require the same CPU resources at 1080p if not more.

 

[captainblacko]

you are nerfing your system running at those resolutions. upgrade the monitor and experience BF3 at 1080p!

you won't regret it...unless you find your hardware cant hack it...in which case you are welcome to come back to this post or forum and bit*h at us about how we ruined your bank balance.

 

[Derza10]

1366x768 is pretty low res, no surprise at all that you are getting those FPS. Try something like 1920x1080 or higher and then come back and tell us how amazing it is

 

[mantalic]

the intel hd 4000 can give that at this resolution... Too powerfull "try 2560x1600" and you will find the answer "trash"

Please show me proof

 

[mantalic]

720p is fine once you get used to it you cant really tell the difference, and anyway i dont wanna lose a bunch of fps just to play 1080p, i love to play 60 fps

60fps>1080p

 

[Sakkura]

No it's dependent on the CPU more as a percentage not as a number. It will still require the same CPU resources at 1080p if not more.

Exactly. Lower resolution just puts less load on the graphics card so the bottleneck will sometimes shift from the graphics card to the CPU. When FPS drops when you turn up the resolution or graphics settings, the CPU is still capable of the higher FPS number, it's just sitting idle more often waiting for the graphics card to finish rendering the bigger/more complicated frames.

 

[Derza10]

720p is fine once you get used to it you cant really tell the difference, and anyway i dont wanna lose a bunch of fps just to play 1080p, i love to play 60 fps

60fps>1080p

Ok well to your question then... No that is not Amazingly high fps given your settings.

 

[mantalic]

what would my fps be if i was playing at 1080p

 

[Sakkura]

720p is fine once you get used to it you cant really tell the difference, and anyway i dont wanna lose a bunch of fps just to play 1080p, i love to play 60 fps

60fps>1080p

If 1366x768 was the native resolution of the screen it would be okay. Not quite as good as 1080p, but still something you can live with easily.

However, I bet your screen has a native resolution of 1080p or higher, and that means when you're sticking a 1366x768 frame on there, some of the pixels get misaligned and it just mucks up the image quality. I wouldn't recommend it. Then again, it's your eyes; if you like it, that's all that really matters.

 

[Derza10]

If 1366x768 was the native resolution of the screen it would be okay. Not quite as good as 1080p, but still something you can live with easily.

However, I bet your screen has a native resolution of 1080p or higher, and that means when you're sticking a 1366x768 frame on there, some of the pixels get misaligned and it just mucks up the image quality. I wouldn't recommend it. Then again, it's your eyes; if you like it, that's all that really matters.

He could give us more info on the tv but i would assume it is a 1366x768 native, a lot of 32 inch tvs are that resolution.

 

[mantalic]

32 inch AV320PD TFT LCD brand - evesham

Hope that helped

 

[Sakkura]

He could give us more info on the tv but i would assume it is a 1366x768 native, a lot of 32 inch tvs are that resolution.

Oh, yeah if it's a TV then it could well be native. But then TVs are kinda crappy for gaming.

 

[Derza10]

Oh, yeah if it's a TV then it could well be native. But then TVs are kinda crappy for gaming.

I agree, and yes it is 1366x768 native. OP says its great, guessing hes never played on 1080p or higher on a monitor and not a tv.

 

[mantalic]

I have played on a 23 inch 1080p before, and ive played on a 50inch 1080p and i dont see that much difference once ive gotten used to it, but i do agree 1080p is nicer

 

[mantalic]

I did a quick check on a 1080p tv and the fps has stayed more or less the same

 

[Derza10]

You changed your resolution in each game to 1920x1080? and have all settings same as before other than that?

 

[mantalic]

You changed your resolution in each game to 1920x1080? and have all settings same as before other than that?

yeah i plugged it to another tv which 1080p and the settings on bf3 are the same but i just changed it to full hd and fps is still the same around 80-85 avg with 50 min cos i played the same mission to test it

 

[Derza10]

So you went into the settings on BF3 and changed the resolution from 1366x768 to 1920x1080?

 

[mightymaxio]

Meh calling BS on this. Pics or it didn't happen. BF3 with all settings on ultra running full AA and DX11 will lag that card so bad.

So nice try at trolling almost had me fooled that I could get that framerate using my 5870 which is faster than a 6870 by 4-5fps. Had a good laugh thanks

 

[mantalic]

yea