AMD 7970HD 3Gb and CoD

[Flanker35M]

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Managed to get the usage with GPU-Z. Clocks ticked in normally 925/1375MHz, memory was used up to 921Mb average being 800Mb or so. GPU usage varied between 20-91%, average around 40-50%.

[TheEditor]

Only 40-50%? Is that a cpu bottleneck or is the games code at fault?

[Flanker35M]

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Editor, my bet is on the game code. Eagerly waiting for the patch to see what it brings to the table

[Ataros]

On the other hand this shows that the game scales well with CPU speed:

I5-2500К-3.3GHz
min=13/14/15
avg=45/46
max=113/114/119

I5-2500К@4.0GHz
min=14/15/17
avg=50/51
max=134/138/140

I5-2500К@4.5GHz
min=14/15
avg=55/56
max=152/156/160

SSAO=off, AA=off, VSYNC=off.

ASRock P67 Extreme6 / Gainward GTX 580 / DDR3 1600 G.Skill 3X4 Gb / Crucial M4 CT128 SSD + CT064M4SSD2 /Asus Xonar Essence STX/ Monitor DELL U2410 1920x1200 / Windows 7 Home Premium - 64 bit / Warthog / TrackIR 5

[Flanker35M]

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Seems the 4GHz is the sweet spot as above it the gain is less. I rather run stock as other games cause run extremely well anyway.

[priller26]

Originally Posted by Flanker35M

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Seems the 4GHz is the sweet spot as above it the gain is less. I rather run stock as other games cause run extremely well anyway.

Does anyone, AMD or Intel even make a cpu that runs stock at 4.0 or above?

[Codex]

Originally Posted by priller26

Does anyone, AMD or Intel even make a cpu that runs stock at 4.0 or above?

The Intel Core i7 3960X comes close in turbo mode (3.9 GHz), but you really would just get the 3930X (3.8GHz) and overclock it for the $500+ difference

[FFCW_Urizen]

Originally Posted by Ataros

On the other hand this shows that the game scales well with CPU speed:

Not necessarilty. As NV cards, or more accurately the driver allows to outsource some calculations onto the CPU, this increase in fps may not be mainly due to ocing the cpu but a result of nv drivers. so, in case of nv-gpus, it would be nice to know, if that particular setting (iirc "Multithreading" or something alike) is activated or not, and best, such tests should be run with it on and off to get a conclusive result.

This is of much concern for me, as i´m planning on replacing my Q6700 (as it is already 4 years old, hence i don´t call it an upgrade ) and would like to know, what cpu will i really need. not just for clod, but other games as well.

[Flanker35M]

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How many games really use several cores efficiently, as what I've read it is not "just like that" to program real multicore support or such. Will be interesting to see how Kepler will be and the upcoming AMD updates. Seems the GPU contest is getting very interesting

[priller26]

Well, my cpu...AMD Phenon 1100T x6 at 3.8 with win 7 64, 16 gigs of ram, and the 3 gig nvidia 580GTX SHOULD be able to easily handle particle effects, it does with no issue whatsoever in DSC A10, and shouldn't with this game as well. When frame rates come down from 60 flying to 8 upon landing kicking up dust, that tells me its not my cpu or gpu.

Thanks all for your help!