Why GFX card with more RAM? - Page 8

Ataros · #71 01-27-2012, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by SEE

I expected to see differences in performance but didn't except for Screen Tearining in 1 above. In fact, just having Vsync enabled in 2 above seemed just as good as 3, 4, and 1 but without the screen tearing....

I can not say for sure or test it as I have ATI. It may be the case that your CPU is the bottleneck and FPS is limited only by CPU no matter what graphics settings you have. You can try running a track like the Black death with everything maxed out to see if you can stress GPU enough. (However it loads processor too.) Then you can run the same test with tripple buffering.

I mention some tips on running a test here http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showpos...01&postcount=2

To make sure the performance is not stuck because of your CPU only you can try running the same test in a small window on low settings. If this does not give you big fps increase then it is CPU fault.

PS. Is it necessary to change pre-render frames? IIRC I always have them on auto/default. Increasing them causes input lag. Reducing - reduces performance. I would change it only if I have a very old card. But again for nVidia it may be different.

Chivas · #72 01-28-2012, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by icarus

You are lucky or you have a lot turned down. I have nearly the same rig as you with more ram and 2x gtx 580 3 gb and it stutters and looks bad with no AA or AF even with decent fps. CoD uses way more video ram than you have so you must have it turned way down or fly over water all the time. It uses upwards of 2.5 gb vram and I have a few things turned down and that is with no AA or AF remember. Turn those on and it would be a slide show for everyone, that's for sure. That is proof of a need for optimization. I look forward to the next patch and stutter free flying.

I also have had a couple of CTD's and the launcher doesn't respond sometimes when you change settings and it reboots the game. BTW, why does the game have to restart whenever you change video settings?

EDIT: "On the other hand, locating a memory leak can take many long months of dedicated work by some extremely qualified programmers." -Luthier today. There well may be memory leaks which I had suspected.

I have everything turned ON and set to HIGH and run @1920-1080. I only installed one 580 until the sim is optimized to run with two. I think the main reason I have no problems as I have the sim installed on a separate SSD, with only a copy of Windows 7 64 bit, and peripherals installed on it. The game loads, missions start in a few seconds, and never CTD's. I also have a very fast 50mbps online connection. A 60gig SSD is relatively cheap, but I have to reboot to its Operating System when I want to fly COD, although the reboot is very quick. I also have COD installed on a HHD with Windows XP, and its excruciatingly slow in comparison.

icarus · #73 01-28-2012, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Chivas

I have everything turned ON and set to HIGH and run @1920-1080. I only installed one 580 until the sim is optimized to run with two. I think the main reason I have no problems as I have the sim installed on a separate SSD, with only a copy of Windows 7 64 bit, and peripherals installed on it. The game loads, missions start in a few seconds, and never CTD's. I also have a very fast 50mbps online connection. A 60gig SSD is relatively cheap, but I have to reboot to its Operating System when I want to fly COD, although the reboot is very quick. I also have COD installed on a HHD with Windows XP, and its excruciatingly slow in comparison.

It must be the SSD. I have W7 on an SSD and CoD on a Velociraptor. Perhaps I should install it on my SSD. That would explain the stuttering at good fps. I'll let you know if it makes a difference.

Edit: $%#%^$# Steam won't let me put it on my SSD C drive and I'm not going to dual boot on a separate SSD. For me, sooo not worth the hassle. I'll wait for the patch. If that doesn't fix it, I'm shelving it for good. Thanks for the reply though.

Chivas · #74 01-28-2012, 02:07 AM

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Originally Posted by icarus

It must be the SSD. I have W7 on an SSD and CoD on a Velociraptor. Perhaps I should install it on my SSD. That would explain the stuttering at good fps. I'll let you know if it makes a difference.

Edit: $%#%^$# Steam won't let me put it on my SSD C drive and I'm not going to dual boot on a separate SSD. For me, sooo not worth the hassle. I'll wait for the patch. If that doesn't fix it, I'm shelving it for good. Thanks for the reply though.

Hmmm... Steam was able to install COD on three seperate harddrives 2 HHD's and one SSD on my system. One with XP, and two others with windows 7. Can you copy and paste Steam and IC Softclub onto your SSD, and try running it from there?

icarus · #75 01-28-2012, 02:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Chivas

Hmmm... Steam was able to install COD on three seperate harddrives 2 HHD's and one SSD on my system. One with XP, and two others with windows 7. Can you copy and paste Steam and IC Softclub onto your SSD, and try running it from there?

No, my Steam account is bigger than the remaining space on my SSD I need two instances of Steam and that is a no go.

addman · #76 01-28-2012, 07:00 AM

I can't say an SSD will solve all of your CloD problems but it sure loaded faster and ran smoother on my SSD. Harddrives are so over the top expensive right now so why not go for one?

icarus · #77 01-28-2012, 03:35 PM

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I can't say an SSD will solve all of your CloD problems but it sure loaded faster and ran smoother on my SSD. Harddrives are so over the top expensive right now so why not go for one?

Because my Steam account is too big for my SSD C drive and I can't afford the $1200 for an SSD big enough to replace one of my 600 GB HDD's. I'm not removing my data/programs to put in a small drive and I'm not dual booting for CoD. If it wasn't for the insistence on Steam, I'd buy a DVD and install it on my C drive.

Thee_oddball · #78 01-28-2012, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by icarus

Because my Steam account is too big for my SSD C drive and I can't afford the $1200 for an SSD big enough to replace one of my 600 GB HDD's. I'm not removing my data/programs to put in a small drive and I'm not dual booting for CoD. If it wasn't for the insistence on Steam, I'd buy a DVD and install it on my C drive.

this might help, its only $149 (500GB)
"Hybrid Hard Drive Designed with high-performance core components on an innovative platform, the Seagate Momentus XT solid state hybrid drive consists of a 7200-RPM hard drive with 32MB of cache, 4GB of solid state SLC NAND flash storage, and Adaptive Memory technology, delivering an 80 percent faster performance than traditional 7200RPM hard drives."

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148591

icarus · #79 01-28-2012, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Thee_oddball

this might help, its only $149 (500GB)
"Hybrid Hard Drive Designed with high-performance core components on an innovative platform, the Seagate Momentus XT solid state hybrid drive consists of a 7200-RPM hard drive with 32MB of cache, 4GB of solid state SLC NAND flash storage, and Adaptive Memory technology, delivering an 80 percent faster performance than traditional 7200RPM hard drives."

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148591

Thanks. Funny thing, I was just looking at hybrids when you posted LOL. Anyone tried these?

Edit: Testing shows the SSD part of the hybrid is twice as fast as a 7200 rpm and half as fast as an SSD. I have 10000 rpm Velociraptors which will not be as fast as this, but I don't think the difference will be that much.

Ataros · #80 01-28-2012, 06:09 PM

I think you can move only Clod files to SSD and place a simlink alias or whatever it is called to Steam folder. I think there was a thread about this it the tech forums. Also there is a link on how to use simlink with RAM-drive in the FPS guide linked in my sig (8 ).