bobzilla2009
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System Name | Bobzilla the second |
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Processor | AMD Phenom II 940 |
Motherboard | Asus M3A76-CM |
Cooling | 3*120mm case fans |
Memory | 4GB 1066GHz DDR2 Kingston HyperX |
Video Card(s) | Sapphire Radeon HD5870 1GB |
Storage | Seagate 7200RPM 500GB |
Display(s) | samsung T220HD |
Case | Guardian 921 |
Power Supply | OCZ MODXSTREAM Pro 700w (2*25A 12v rail) |
Software | Windows 7 Beta |
Benchmark Scores | 19753 3dmark06 15826 3dmark vantage 38.4Fps crysis benchmarking tool (1680x1050, 4xAA) |
hi all!
I received my hd5870 yesterday, and i've been achieving around 15-50% (dependant on game) less than the scores in the reviews around the net, for example, at 1920x1200 in crysis i got this score on the standard gpu benchmark:
Run #1- DX10 1920x1200 AA=2x, 32 bit test, Quality: VeryHigh ~~ Overall Average FPS: 25.42
whereas in the review here: http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/ati_radeon_hd_5870_performance_preview/page11.asp
they have nearly 20% more frames than me, initially i thought it may be just good old cpu bottlenecking, but as you can see from this review of the 940, the difference between the 940 and the i7's just aren't that much in such a gpu bound game. Even in gta (another game that doesn't differentiate a lot between an i7 and a 940 in terms of frames) i'm getting around 30-40 fps average whereas a gtx 285 with a phenom 965 gets over 60fps in the review here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/core-i5-gaming,2403-8.html
it also isn't caused by power starving either, since i have actually changed power supplies, since my old one was pushing the limit and only barely ran the card while being very loud, but performance didn't improve when i got my new psu.
Could a reason be due to only having a pretty standard motherboard? since it is only a fairly basic 760G chipset, but surely the bus speeds will still be the same mostly? and i'm pretty sure 1066MHz ddr2 isn't that far behind ddr3 and none are really that limiting. Or are the drivers just a bit sucky atm? (if anyone could link me to some btw i'd be glad to have a look to at least try).
Please tell me if you have any ideas!
I received my hd5870 yesterday, and i've been achieving around 15-50% (dependant on game) less than the scores in the reviews around the net, for example, at 1920x1200 in crysis i got this score on the standard gpu benchmark:
Run #1- DX10 1920x1200 AA=2x, 32 bit test, Quality: VeryHigh ~~ Overall Average FPS: 25.42
whereas in the review here: http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/ati_radeon_hd_5870_performance_preview/page11.asp
they have nearly 20% more frames than me, initially i thought it may be just good old cpu bottlenecking, but as you can see from this review of the 940, the difference between the 940 and the i7's just aren't that much in such a gpu bound game. Even in gta (another game that doesn't differentiate a lot between an i7 and a 940 in terms of frames) i'm getting around 30-40 fps average whereas a gtx 285 with a phenom 965 gets over 60fps in the review here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/core-i5-gaming,2403-8.html
it also isn't caused by power starving either, since i have actually changed power supplies, since my old one was pushing the limit and only barely ran the card while being very loud, but performance didn't improve when i got my new psu.
Could a reason be due to only having a pretty standard motherboard? since it is only a fairly basic 760G chipset, but surely the bus speeds will still be the same mostly? and i'm pretty sure 1066MHz ddr2 isn't that far behind ddr3 and none are really that limiting. Or are the drivers just a bit sucky atm? (if anyone could link me to some btw i'd be glad to have a look to at least try).
Please tell me if you have any ideas!
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