Hi guys... I have 2 6950 pcs++ and i made the mafia II benchmark in full hd. What happens is that i think the score is too low... In full HD, all max (physx off of course) i have : single gpu : 62 fps dual gpu: 88 fps I went to see some reviews and they have 90+ fps in single gpu... so, what could it be ? do you guys have the same performance ? I am using 11.4 early preview
have you overclocked your nothbridge in the bios you need to have it to 2600mhz or if you can 3000mhz its most likely your overclock because i am getting real good scores with my setup, what psu?
dont use 11.4 not for crossfire use the original 11.2 from amd website and download the cap of there website aswell trust me 11.4 is bad with 6 series crossfire that is 99% of your problem trust me:banana:
yes i have... how much fps do you have ? corsair tx850w well went to 11.2 and cap4, and dirt2 performance dropped even more... dunno what's happening in some games :s
try set AA, by Appliccation then set AA in Mafia2 ... Sadly i can only test the demo benchmark.. dunno if they have crippled the game with an update lately.
thats what i do by "default"... and my problems arent just with mafia II, its with dirt2 (i always have 77 fps) and f1 2010 (i always have 57 fps)... Gonna make a fresh instal and instal the 11.2 with cap 3 or cap 4 and see if this do the trick... I am doing a review of this cards and it sucks to have this scores in this games... so far, in like 18 benchmarks even gtx 560 sli is on front of this crossfire...
well DIrt2 can be cpu dependant to some extend, maybe mafiaII too. this can explain the difference we see on some reviews ( i have compare the computerbase.de vs Hardwareheaven, the difference are really big with mafiaII between an I7920 stock and a 980x@4.4ghz+). Sometimes ago i have make a comparaison with my old I7 950 @4.2-4.3ghz vs my 2600K@5ghz... all settings are maxxed in games ( 8xAA-16xAF 1920x1080 and HQ on cat AI with the 2600K, system on my sig. ) Dirt2 - ingame benchmark Max DX11 difference +25fps I7 950: minimum: 86fps average: 125.6 2600K: minimum: 120fps average: 153.6fps F1 2010: Ingame benchmark max settings DX11 difference +20fps I7 950: minimum: 86fps average: 97fps 2600K: minimum: 98fps average: 116fps RE5: this is where the things start to explode. +40fps on the variable test, look well the numbers in the 4 tests.. this game have allways been highly cpu dependant but maybe more due to the fact any gpu's is enough. I7 950: variable test: 160fps fixed test 140fps.. I7 2600K Variable test 202.6fps Fixed test 165.6fps EDIT: Im not sure AA is working on my setup with Mafia II demo, it look applied when i run it, but each time i launch the demo it's set to off and i need set it back to on.
well but i think i should have more in dirt2 and f1 2010... cause i had more fps in my previous 5970... PS: my setup has WAY lower scores than yours :s when i get home will try to load just 4 cores to see if i can get it benching at 4.7 or so so kill some doubts... But anyone with 6950/70 have the same problem ?
well got some improvements in f1 2010 and dirt 2... dirt2 had a huge scale (from 77 fps to 125 fps), f1 keeps a little low (57fps to 79 fps). All i had to do was modify some files so that these games would use my 6 cores... In mafia looks like i cant do this... so the problem must be my cpu...
Im not suprised, i had use thoses games benchmark for this reason when made this " comparaison " between both CPU OC... they scale completely with the CPU cores and overclocking... As i was said for MafiaII, i have a doubt about AA, as it don't use the standard MSAA, im not sure the bench of the demo keep it enabled ( i have 130fps, max is 250fps and and lower 6fps ( lol it happend one time when the girls start run, i believe it's a bug in the demo ) .... don't forget my system is highly overclocked ( CPU, this runs are all made with default 5870 clock.. )
its most proberbly your overclock it might not be right whats the settings in your bios multi x fsb voltage etc
I have forget to put the driver used: for Mafia II this is the 11.4 preview + 11.2 CAP4.... other i was using the 11.1 or 11.2 for the 2600K runs.
i even underclocked a little (to 4.1) and kept the voltage high (1.42) just to make sure it was stable (i stable 4.2 with with less voltage) and had the same 86/88 fps... but i use the full game, dont know if this might lower the scores but doubt it... had a big improvement in far cry 2, now i have almost 140fps all max , in small ranch bench... but i think its the cpu holding the gfx back cause almost none game uses the 6 cores, its almost as i was using a 955 or 965... Gotta get rid of this thing :s
Nah, i doubt your CPU is holding back mate, also dont get rid of it, its future proof, imo, you are getting a good perfomance, and you should keep it.
I need agree with Nemesis, .. you need to see my CPU is OC to 5ghz, the 2600K allow this easely, and so in games/bench who show this, the difference can look big ( i was myself suprised by the result ) .. this don't mean at all your cpu is not good for sustain the power of your rig...... and this result will surely completely differ with a 2600K at stock . Crossfire and SLI of high end GPU put so much power on the table, the system power ( CPU ) become really important.
well some news, now i discovered that in f1 2010 i have better scores in single gpu (95 fps woot) than dual gpu (81 fps)... This things are just crazy :s At least i am happier now xD mafia must be a intel cpu friendly game... thats the only explanation since i get the same performance at 4.0 and 4.4 and lane with his 2600k has so much diference (what i mean is that in my case getting my cpu to higher clocks doesnt bring better performance)
turn your ht 2600mhz @ht stock voltage and get your cpu/nb to 30000mhz between 1.3 / 1.35 volts you will be alot happier with your gameplay
