AMD 7970HD 3Gb and CoD

[Ataros]

Originally Posted by Flanker35M

Do you use a logging program of some sort Ataros, will gladly provide CPU/GPU usage stats for you

Thank you! This one has a "Log to file" checkbox on the 2nd tab for GPU. http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads...-Z_v0.5.8.html

For CPU logging I have not used any recently, maybe someone else can help.

My concern is that with SSAO ON your tests deliver 3-4 fps difference with gtx580 (running 4x AA). But switching SSAO off gives gtx580 substantial fps increase.

Maybe a clean reinstall of drivers with DriverSweeper may help. I would also reinstall directX and .Net after the clean driver installation just in case

[Flanker35M]

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Ok, will get that proggie I did clean up old drivers and all. But never hurts to check again. Still the results are very promising as there are no graphical anomalies at all and the shimmering is less too. Back in a moment..testing again

[Ataros]

Originally Posted by Flanker35M

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Ok, will get that proggie I did clean up old drivers and all. But never hurts to check again. Still the results are very promising as there are no graphical anomalies at all and the shimmering is less too. Back in a moment..testing again

I am sure that the drivers are not fully optimised yet and there will be 10-15% performance increase in the future at least.

PS. Do you have the UBI logo deleted?

Originally Posted by Flanker35M

are no graphical anomalies at all and the shimmering is less too.

Very good news. So you do not have any stripes on the border of water and land? They bother me a lot.

[Flanker35M]

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Yes, got UBI logo disabled. Strangely enough the log shows that my GPU never went above 150/300MHz?!! Maybe the program does not fully support this card yet as it showed no GPU usage either..

Also waiting for new drivers to improve the performance and add to that the patch that should fix a lot of things for us performance wise So good times ahead...

Will continue testing and writing back..Need also to test online as well.

[Ataros]

Originally Posted by Flanker35M

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Yes, got UBI logo disabled. Strangely enough the log shows that my GPU never went above 150/300MHz?!! Maybe the program does not fully support this card yet as it showed no GPU usage either..

You can try ATI Tray Tools to make sure. It does not log to file but shows on screen display. http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=733
Go to Tools & Options >> OnScreenDisplay >> Enable OSD on 1st tab and then >> Flash OSD to configure which info to show (CPU, GPU, etc.)

[Flanker35M]

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The GPU kicked in as should, runs at full 3D speeds. Did some testing. Even SSAO did have almost no effect on tracks it has in game when flying low. Increases ocasional stutters, without it smooth. So left it off as I did not notice any IQ difference either.

[Ataros]

Originally Posted by Flanker35M

Propably for best game play I would use VERY HIGH as base but change the following:

Building Detail: High, from Very High
Forest: Low or Medium, from maximum
Texture Quality: High, from Original
Visual Effects: Medium, from High

Will run a test with those changes and report back shortly.

As this gave you only 1 FPS I make a conclusion that your processor is the bottleneck. You can get up to 10 more fps if you overclock as shown in my 1st post for gtx580.

Do you have any stripes bug on the border of water and land? I mean not 3 lines of death on the horizon but water stripes going inside land and land stripes going into water.

[Flanker35M]

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Have not noticed any stripes so far and also the strange anomaly at the edge of draw distance with better textures is smoother. Clearly visible now over France but less so over England.

As of overclocking..even the 2500K does it nicely I am not very keen overclocker anymore. Too much fiddling around. Sure maybe a few MHz could help, but I want to OC only the CPU in that case as 1600MHz DDR3 should be fast enough.

As of testing other games...World of Tanks ran great. GTA IV had a strange anomaly, it let me play only in 800x600 because I was at "edge of running out of resources"..WTF?! 200mb of 3Gb used and game says no resources?! Now how I can reset the game settings to get it to work again..

Anyways..back to testing. Last night took a quick swing at a Repka dogfight server. Ran smoothly without stuttering, so very nice

[priller26]

Very interesting to hear about your FPS with the new card. I am getting I believe the same or close to frame rates with my 3 gig nvidia card. I am
also not a big fan of overclocking, I have tried it a few times, however I don't see the point in possibly frying your cpu/motherboard for a few more FPS, it's
to me just not worth the risk. I think your stock CPU with your graphics card should not be perceived as a bottleneck. I can't imagine you even noticing
a 10 FPS increase from say 60-70. There are many great articles on what exactly the eye sees, how it perceives it, and I'd be happy with 60 FPS.

[Ataros]

For comparison performance in ArmA2 http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/gra...0-3gb-review/4

(visibility 3600 m. only, not maximum 10 000)

Flanker, did you try pseudo-fullscreen mode? Luthier mentioned it may help ATI cards.

Also if you can quickly look through this list maybe you notice something that can hold the card back if it is not the CPU or drivers (like antivirus real-time shields, epilepsy, etc.) http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showpos...4&postcount=13