offycakes
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System Name | Primary |
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Processor | Q6600 Kentsfield; Overclocked 3.2ghz - 1600mhz Bus (1.4V) |
Motherboard | Asus P5K Deluxe/WIFI-AP |
Cooling | Artic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler |
Memory | OCZ Reaper HPC 4gb (2x2gb) DDR2 1066 (PC28500) 5-5-5-15 (2.1V) |
Video Card(s) | Sapphire 4850x2 2gb @ Catalyst 9.2 (GPU625/Mem993) |
Storage | WD740GD; 10,000RPM |
Display(s) | Samsung 245BW |
Power Supply | RX-730SS Raidmax (730Watt) |
Software | Vista 32bit |
Hey there,
So I finally seem to have my 4850x2 running stable without any system reboots or anything, but I'm wondering whether or not the FPS I experience in various games is lower than what is expected. I know that I probably have some bottlenecks in my setup, which might be affecting it.
In Fallout 3 with every setting maximized except for AA @ 4x and resolution @ 1920x1200 (VS Off to see max fps) FRAPS reports my FPS outside is usually around 40ish outside of Megaton and slightly above 60 inside of Megaton.
In Farcry 2 with everything set to ULTRA on 1920x1200 with 4x AA I get about 30-45FPS average, it doesn't seem to drop below 30 hardly at all, but when it does no discernable visual lag is noticed.
I was comparing these results to a few reviews namely this one (http://www.cluboc.net/reviews/video/sapphire/hd4850x2/page5.asp) in which they seem to be getting higher FPS overall. Referring back to Farcry 2 I can barely get 20-25fps with 8x AA and all of the previous settings whereas the reviewer supposedly gets results in the 40's.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
One further note is that my motherboard is a P5K Deluxe (supposedly PCI-E 1.1) although GPU-Z reports my PCI-E bandwidth as 2.0? Perhaps it isn't reporting properly.