Thread: bang for the buck on futuremark

this is the thread for "what you game on" http://www.texasteamplayers.com/index.php?topic=9919.0 which is also where we started adding the "dynamic compare" icons to our names. Run it, and add your link to your forum profile.

As for you lagging out on the titan with 2 7800GTX's is SLI.......you've got some bigger issues then. Go to nvidia.com and use the autoupdate feeature for your motherboard drivers and graphics drivers (it autodetects). Also, do you have all your windows updates?

I've barely got 5000 3dMarks, and my titan lag is purely network based. It's as smooth as it can be.

As for soysoldier's take on how much value a 3dMark score is in terms of gaming.......fair enough. It's not the end-all, be-all benchmark to determine whether or not you can play games....HOWEVER......it's the only benchmark that is truly dedicated to determining just that. It also allows for you to post up your specs in a nice, easy to read dynamic compare link, so when you have an issue, you don't have to open your case and tell me what you have.....I can just look at your dynamic compare link, and tell yout he problem...compare it to my own hardware.....determine where your bottleneck is (looking at the individual scores)......

Most other benchmarks are geared towards measuring one or two things. the ability to draw polygons, draw textures, resample images, decode files/encryption, unpackage compressed files.......single tasks focused on determining your CPU's ability, or your GPU's mathematical ability to do something.

A 3dMark means not only can your CPU work hard, but so can your GPU, both at the same time, for extended periods of time, doing complex texture, polygon, and decoding excercises. Get through it without crashing, and it's also a "stability" benchmark, and something I use to ensure the computer I just build is capable of playing games.

nothing more frustrating than building a box that loads windows in 12 seconds, but crashes the second you start you 4 year old copy of BF2.

Originally Posted by BrokenApe

Errm, lesee... asus a8n32-sli deluxe mobo 2 gigs of ram 2x 7800 GTX's in SLI mode, sblaster x-fi.. you would think I wouldn't have any problems... and on the regular maps for the most part I do not... but on titans the fps just goes down, down, down.... as near as I can tell it's directly related to the amount of people on the titan, more then say... 9 people and that's when the fps goes down to hell

Yeah, just what BD said, that machine should stomp on BF2142 regardless of number of peeps in the hallway. I had a very similar system except it was SLI 6600 GTs and I had everything cranked all the way up at 1280x1024 and I never lagged out. You should be able to run super smooth with 2 7800 GTX cards.

get everything updated and consider what crud you have running in the background. Maybe there are some programs (AV, etc.) you could turn off? Do you have something under "3d settings" in the "nvidia control panel" for BF2142 set incorrectly (maybe your AA or AF is set too high)? I dunno what to tell you, should be plenty smooth with that rig. Do other games lag out like that?

I was having serious performance issues with my PC after upgrading graphics cards. I went from a 7600GT to an 8800GT and I was getting choppy performance. No matter what my video settings were, I'd get the same performance in 2142. I fixed this by downloading Driver Cleaner from Guru3D and cleaning off all the nVidia video drivers, rebooting and then installing the latest Forceware drivers. That made all the difference in the world.

Driver Cleaner works for most video drivers and also handles the drivers for nVidia chipset motherboards as well... Worth a shot anyways.

Originally Posted by BrokenApe

I now have 3d mark 2006 registered even and run, a link included in my profile if that will possibly help

where's the link?

I think he meant the link in his sig

which is this http://service.futuremark.com/compare?c=2790064_1

http://service.futuremark.com/orb/pr...jectId=4379884

comparing him to mine, he's got me beat on all graphics test (by about 20%), however I've got him beat on the CPU specific tests. Perhaps his CPU is slowing him down (bottlenecking his graphics power).....but his CPU scores aren't low enough to do that.

I'm guessing you've got some driver issues, brokenape. unistall everything, use the control panel to add/remove all nvidia graphics related stuff, and start with a fresh install of the drivers.

make sure you actually enable your SLI, as well, and have them linked together.

and I assume because it says "Linked display adapters = No", that you have 2 cards plugged in, but DO NOT have them in SLI.

problem solved.

and actually, your AMD3800 is old. Keep the 939 board, but pop in this guy.

http://www.directron.com/adafx57bnbox.html FX-57 $399 (little steep....perhaps).

maybe an FX-55 for less http://cgi.ebay.com/AMD-Athlon-64-FX...QQcmdZViewItem

unlocked....so add some volts, and OC them up to 2.8 or 3.0Ghz.