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FileAnt
10-01-08, 04:41 AM
Could someone try an old 2D game called continuum (eg server.. http://www.extreme-games.net/main/) and tell me what you see in the center, as a spectator, over the spawn area. In the game press ESC+f to turn on the fps meter.

It is 30fps for me but my old card got 100's of fps... I am interested what the (48xx + fast processor) gets. I am curious if a 48xx is the same as a 38xx because of the the pixel fill rate or if the CPU makes a difference with these cards for 2D. Please be honest and constructive with what you find... no point in filling the internet with bs... you can get 60fps if you move the screen to somewhere without much graphics... but I want to know what the minimum is.

My guess is if you do this you will start to understand why some of your games are slow... MADDx1.x ;oP

Also, the GPU cuts down to 50% for a HD3850 in continuum... i see some of you 48xx ppls are starting to notice this in other games like wow ;o)
http://newbling.net/BenchmarkImages/HD3850/continuum-GPU-turning%20some%20stuff%20off!.jpg

SeanBest
10-01-08, 06:54 AM
I'll see if I can do that later, class starts here in a few minutes...I'll try and get to it when I get home later.

hajalie24
10-01-08, 08:39 AM
alright ill try it out

hajalie24
10-01-08, 08:48 AM
stays locked at 60fps, i only seen it drop to 50fps once and it never happened again.

ObiWong
10-01-08, 10:15 AM
stays locked at 60fps, i only seen it drop to 50fps once and it never happened again.

is vsync disabled?

hajalie24
10-01-08, 10:20 AM
is vsync disabled?

i think it was on, but there's nothing in the options menu to disable it

FileAnt
10-01-08, 10:38 AM
oh by the way what res?... make sure you use 1680x1050 (sorry forgot to mention that)

you can turn off vsync in advanced options in the menu.. "No Frame Rate Limit" and maybe "No Page Flipping"

hajalie24
10-01-08, 10:47 AM
Nice! maybe it uses the TU's or something then not Pixel Fill Rate... anyone know?

or maybe the 4870 just has better architecture so more Pixel Fill Rate is being used for this type of BitMap 2D.
60fps equates to about 6000MPixels/s I think

oh by the way what res?... make sure you use 1680x1050

you can turn off vsync in advanced options in the menu.. "No Frame Rate Limit" and maybe "No Page Flipping"

1280x1024, my new 22" monitor should come today or tommorow so ill try it again :beer:

FileAnt
10-01-08, 07:55 PM
cool