Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 VGA performance review

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Last week the long awaited sequel to Call of Duty Modern Warfare was released -- COD Modern Warfare 2 probably has been one of the biggest anticipated PC game titles this year. This is Guru3D.com we...

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WhiteLightning · 11-16-2009, 11:39 | posts: 20,605 | Location: Netherlands

Damn my card cries with this game,bring the new drivers on Ati!!!!.
i do expect some higher numbers with the 9.12 beta's instead of these 9.10 ....

ibitato · **Memory**: 4x2GB@1080 5.5.5.15 5:6

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Originally Posted by WhiteLightning

Damn my card cries with this game,bring the new drivers on Ati!!!!.
i do expect some higher numbers with the 9.12 beta's instead of these 9.10 ....

White,

1920x1200
4xAA
16xAF
All settings maxed out

with your card it's 75 fps on the test

That can't be that bad

LOL

WhiteLightning · *Last edited by WhiteLightning; 11-16-2009 at 11:56.*

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Originally Posted by ibitato

White,

1920x1200
4xAA
16xAF
All settings maxed out

with your card it's 75 fps on the test

That can't be that bad

LOL

well you know its a new game, its not supported in the drivers, so things can only get better.

these test are done with catalist 9.10 , and hopefully things have been improved with 9.11 and 9.12.

but i know what your thinking, and yes your right, i only need 60FPS

cowie · 11-16-2009, 12:30 | posts: 10,949 | Location: new jersey

dude the x2 is like over a yr old....give up all hope lol
nah just kidding g/l

hurah for console ports to pc it puts cards pretty much on a even playing field.

DF-1 · 11-16-2009, 12:36 | posts: 1,391

something looks wrong with the GTX 285 SLI in 2560x1600 and 1920x1200 resolutions...

in 2560x1600 theres 0 fps difference in 4AA and 0AA. in 1920x1200 theres a 1 fps difference.

Hilbert Hagedoorn · 11-16-2009, 12:54 | posts: 17,239 | Location: Guru3D testlab

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Originally Posted by DF-1

something looks wrong with the GTX 285 SLI in 2560x1600 and 1920x1200 resolutions...

in 2560x1600 theres 0 fps difference in 4AA and 0AA. in 1920x1200 theres a 1 fps difference.

That does seem odd -- definitely a driver quirk of some kind. Looks like 0xAA is applying 4xAA regardless of the setting.

I'll have to re-test the SLI GTX 285 and have a close look at IQ. But do not have the time right now, gotza give the 5970 a little priority that just arrived

But I'll look into the oddity this week and sort it out.

Kohlendioxidus · 11-16-2009, 12:56 | posts: 1,257 | Location: Germany

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Originally Posted by Hilbert Hagedoorn

....... gotza give the 5970 a little priority that just arrived

............

Did I just read that??

When can we expect some benchies?????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????

sharkchu12 · 11-16-2009, 13:00 | posts: 241 | Location: Australia

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Originally Posted by Hilbert Hagedoorn

But do not have the time right now, gotza give the 5970 a little priority that just arrived

All of a sudden, I forgot about the review, and more interested in THAT.

Kohlendioxidus · 11-16-2009, 13:01 | posts: 1,257 | Location: Germany

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Originally Posted by sharkchu12

All of a sudden, I forgot about the review, and more interested in THAT.

mee tooo I'm sweting to see some benchies with that card about yesterday if is possible

.

kapu · *Last edited by kapu; 11-16-2009 at 12:42.*

WOW 9800GX2 , Just look at them!

It's legendary , they will live forever

Kohlendioxidus · 11-16-2009, 12:42 | posts: 1,257 | Location: Germany

I just want to see how 5870 in CrossfireX will gonna trash down GTX295 with Catalyst 9.12 and crossfire fixed

.
As I see that only 1 5870 kicks really hard on an nvidia made for game. CrossfireX could be forgoten with actual drivers.

Tat3 · **Memory**: 3*2Gb 8-8-8-20 @ 1680MHz

GTX285 SLI seems to perform quite well with AA enabled.

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Originally Posted by Kohlendioxidus

I just want to see how 5870 in CrossfireX will gonna trash down GTX295 with Catalyst 9.12 and crossfire fixed

.
As I see that only 1 5870 kicks really hard on an nvidia made for game. CrossfireX could be forgoten with actual drivers.

First you say how well it's going to perform when drivers are fixed, but then you say that they don't need to fix those drivers...

Lets see if ATI gets those drivers out before Nvidia has g300 out.

WhiteLightning · 11-16-2009, 12:50 | posts: 20,605 | Location: Netherlands

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Originally Posted by Tat3

GTX285 SLI seems to perform quite well with AA anabled.

First you say how well it's going to perform when drivers are fixed, but then you say that they don't need to fix those drivers...

Lets see if ATI gets those drivers out before Nvidia has g300 out.

well it will be summer again, so who knows hehe

Kohlendioxidus · 11-16-2009, 12:52 | posts: 1,257 | Location: Germany

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Originally Posted by Tat3

GTX285 SLI seems to perform quite well with AA anabled.

First you say how well it's going to perform when drivers are fixed, but then you say that they don't need to fix those drivers...

Lets see if ATI gets those drivers out before Nvidia has g300 out.

For 1 5870 a see that the performance is good but for crossfirex the scaling sucks

. Cat. 9.12 will have to deliver better performance.
If you test STALKER COP with 5870 crossfire it roacks

as this one is optimized for AMD/ATI.

Tat3 · **Memory**: 3*2Gb 8-8-8-20 @ 1680MHz

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Originally Posted by deaffob

Something is seriously wrong here, 2 5870 is slower than 1 5870

It's because game doesn't have driver support. Renaming game to something else might help before new drivers are out. Dunno which exe name W@W has, but it should help.

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Originally Posted by Kohlendioxidus

For 1 5870 a see that the performance is good but for crossfirex the scaling sucks

. Cat. 9.12 will have to deliver better performance.

Ofc those will improve performance, no doubt about it. I'm just wondering, when those drivers are out. If game isn't very different from COD4 or W@W, then quite soon I think, if they need to actually fix something, then it may take longer.

deaffob · 11-16-2009, 12:51 | posts: 30 | Location: NY

Something is seriously wrong here, 2 5870 is slower than 1 5870

Tat3 · **Memory**: 3*2Gb 8-8-8-20 @ 1680MHz

Muropaketti will have review next week, I would expect Guru3D to have it about same time. Guru3D is usually the first site/one of the first sites to publich review, when NDA is lifted.

And I'm quite sure that there will be teaser before that review is out. Check this forum daily and you will not miss it

EDIT: Oops, that was posted yesterday, so review will be out this week.

dcx_badass · 11-16-2009, 13:03 | posts: 9,568 | Location: Leeds [UK]

Nice looks like my 8800GT will be great at 1280*1024 on max, how much will my CPU ruin it though?

Hilbert Hagedoorn · 11-16-2009, 13:06 | posts: 17,239 | Location: Guru3D testlab

Oh and to the Crossfire remarks, yes ... ATI needs a new driver for better optimizations as scaling is off. Only in 2560x1600 you'll notice a performance increase, the rest of the score goes down to some sort of CPU bottleneck (two GPUs require more CPU cycles than one single GPU) This is the reason why I only included so very few SLI / Crossfire results. As you can see, we immediately run into some minor issues.

For now try to focus on the single cards graphics performance. Later on once NVIDIA's and ATI's drivers are optimized withy proper profiles, of course we'll add the many multi-GPU scores in our reviews and perhaps update this article as well.

DementeD · 11-16-2009, 14:46 | posts: 852 | Location: Tampa, Florida

yea ati definitely needs a driver release..4870x2 is scoring the same or within a few fps of a 4870 or even losing to it..definitely not right but we all know this and cant wait to see an update of it ..

DSK · 11-16-2009, 15:28 | posts: 17,984 | Location: Coldwells,UK

Hmm wow my card did well

mitzi76 · *Last edited by mitzi76; 11-16-2009 at 15:56.*

Well seems like holding off 5870's in xfire has been the right move until drivers get better.

Although will be interesting to see how Bodar gets on with his video review!

Couldnt see the speed of the Cpu anywhere in the review. I guess that omission was on purpose or I'm being blind

Still am chuffed with how it runs on the 5870. Getting a slowing down with the smoke on the first level though.

I wonder if Hilbert noticed this with his tests and it affected all cards...?

Very nice review!

jmpnop · 11-16-2009, 15:44 | posts: 1,395

My card does it real good

and omg @ Hilbert, 5970!

Doug · 11-16-2009, 16:47 | posts: 4,811 | Location: UK

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Originally Posted by mitzi76

Well seems like holding off 5870's in xfire has been the right move until drivers get better.

Although will be interesting to see how Bodar gets on with his video review!

Couldnt see the speed of the Cpu anywhere in the review. I guess that omission was on purpose or I'm being blind

Still am chuffed with how it runs on the 5870. Getting a slowing down with the smoke on the first level though.

I wonder if Hilbert noticed this with his tests and it affected all cards...?

Very nice review!

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