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Found this nice little review on video cards over at Tomshardware. Thought some of you would find it interesting, it touches on Nvidia and AMD cards in single and SLI/Crossfire mode. Mentions a few issues as well.

I'll quote a couple of the issues the reviewer found first, in case some of you are experiencing them:

About Nvidia Tomshardware wrote:

These are our largest Nvidia-based charts, including 11 different cards at three resolutions. Note that the GeForce GTX 400- and 500-series cards are DirectX 11-capable, and the 200-series boards are limited to DirectX 10. This is an important distinction because, even though the 200s throw up some reasonable performance numbers (especially the GTX 295), they’re not doing as much work. The game automatically dials Terrain Quality down from High to Low, yielding some pretty nasty artifacts as shadows interact with the environment.

Hopefully Nvidia can fix this in its drivers. For now, those older Nvidia cards don't do Battlefield 3 any favors...

About AMD Tomshardware wrote:

I was a little surprised to encounter so many problems getting AMD-based multi-GPU configurations working.
At first, the Radeon HD 6990 wouldn’t run at all with the Catalyst 11.10 Preview 3 driver installed, locking up before I could complete any benchmark run (and on the only two boards in my collection). The Radeon HD 5970 worked, but dropped a GPU after every resolution change, requiring a game restart. A subsequent install cratered the 5970 altogether, preventing us from generating anti-aliasing scores with it. None of our two-board setups functioned at all.

Then, I spent a full day trying to drum up answers. Replacing cards, power supplies, switching motherboard slots, swapping SSDs, reformatting SSDs, installing beta Application Profiles…none of it helped. On a whim, I pulled the 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) Crucial DDR3-1333 memory kit I used for my Bulldozer review and replaced it with 8 GB of G.Skill modules. Suddenly, I could run benchmarks. They’d still crash when I changed resolutions. But I could generate results, at least.

I asked AMD what interaction CrossFire had with system memory that wasn't part of a single-card config and would cause a system memory compatibility problem, but didn't get an answer. The company did, however, confirm that it's seeing the same CrossFire-based issues in its own lab.
Nvidia Cards:
https://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g294/twigmar/nvidiahigh1920.png

https://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g294/twigmar/nvidiasli1920.png

AMD Cards:
https://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g294/twigmar/amdhigh1920.png

https://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g294/twigmar/amdcrossfire1920.png


Its a fairly long article, check it out over there. All info was found at www.tomshardware.com
Lucien
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My 6950 doesnt fare as well on default high settings (1920x1200) as these charts suggest

45-50 fps in multiplayer during combat

That crossfire difference is nice though, might upgrade to it if i dont get bored of this game
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Ilocano
buuuurrrrrrppppp.......
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Hmmm.  I'll have to test out my two 6950's versus my 580 then.
menzo
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what are the other specs?  CPU used?
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Pineapplewhat
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Its in the article.
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Pineapplewhat
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Lucien wrote:

My 6950 doesnt fare as well on default high settings (1920x1200) as these charts suggest

45-50 fps in multiplayer during combat

That crossfire difference is nice though, might upgrade to it if i dont get bored of this game
Compare it to that gone hunting level, thats where they did the test.

Ilocano wrote:

Hmmm.  I'll have to test out my two 6950's versus my 580 then.
Watch out for that quoted crossfire issue.

Last edited by Nic (2011-10-28 11:22:23)

Lucien
Fantasma Parastasie
+1,451|6623
Who really cares that much about singleplayer performance though? It's all about the MP

Especially as higher settings actually make it easier to spot stuff in this game
https://i.imgur.com/HTmoH.jpg
PigPopTart
Shotgun whore
+133|6260|Pacific NW, USA
My 6870 gets about 8-10fps faster than those charts suggest. OC'd 2500k ftw? jajajajajaaaaa
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Lucien wrote:

Who really cares that much about singleplayer performance though? It's all about the MP

Especially as higher settings actually make it easier to spot stuff in this game
uh... most of the reviews you see are done in singleplayer lucien. Its the best control you have when doing reviews with multiple cards. Did you not know this?
Also, this is to give you a rough idea of how cards perform compared to each other in this game.

Last edited by Nic (2011-10-28 12:30:44)

Finray
Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro
+2,629|5759|Catherine Black
Why is the GTX 285 involved in that?
https://i.imgur.com/qwWEP9F.png
Finray
Hup! Dos, Tres, Cuatro
+2,629|5759|Catherine Black

Nic wrote:

Lucien wrote:

Who really cares that much about singleplayer performance though? It's all about the MP

Especially as higher settings actually make it easier to spot stuff in this game
uh... most of the reviews you see are done in singleplayer lucien. Its the best control you have when doing reviews with multiple cards. Did you not know this?
Also, this is to give you a rough idea of how cards perform compared to each other in this game.
You can run a multiplayer demo with most titles. Unfortunately, BF3 isn't one of them, yet. I heard rumours of Battlerecorder coming back.
https://i.imgur.com/qwWEP9F.png
Lucien
Fantasma Parastasie
+1,451|6623

Nic wrote:

Lucien wrote:

Who really cares that much about singleplayer performance though? It's all about the MP

Especially as higher settings actually make it easier to spot stuff in this game
uh... most of the reviews you see are done in singleplayer lucien. Its the best control you have when doing reviews with multiple cards. Did you not know this?
Also, this is to give you a rough idea of how cards perform compared to each other in this game.
lol, dont be such a derp
https://i.imgur.com/HTmoH.jpg

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