gimme meh performance!!

so maybe i'm wrong, but shouldn't a core m17x run better than a core asus g73

my setup is
i7 1.73ghz q820
4gb ram
2x 4870's in crossfire

his config
i7 2ghz 2630qm
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M
8gb ram


he can run crysis 2 in top settings and not lag but when i run it like that i lag enough where i notice it.

what gives?
i know his processor has a higher ghz and more ram. but still. a $1500 system better than a $3500 system?

 

His processor performs better and he is gaming on a lower resolution than you are, but what drivers? and what CAP are you using? this could play a big factor into the whole equation. Honestly even to a 2630qm and a 460 I expect the dual 4870's to outperform it. Also, when did you get it? If it was a while ago when was the last time you cleaned it?

 

$3500 wow you got ripped off.

I paid $3500 for my setup and it came with a 4 yr advance warranty. (My setup is at the bottom)

 

He must have bought it couple of years ago, that config is way beyond the one in your sig and mine. Compare it with a m18x with 6970m in crossfire with the 2820qm of today and see how much more than 3500$ that will cost.
To the OP, this could be a driver issue as Crysis 2 had issues with crossfire setups which was fixed with driver updates

 

it's a tad over a year old. i'm on catalyst 11.5 cap5 and i'm pretty sure all the other drivers are updated(atleast according to dell.com and driver genius)

 

Exactly like Hawk said. This is a GPU issue, the CPU has little to do with it. His GTX460m is stronger than 1 of your 2 4870s, but not both. Still Crossfire only gains you 0%-80% vs a single card. My guess is the drivers for his GTX460 run Crysis better than they do your 4870s (it is even possible Crossfire is of no real benefit at all on that particular game with your setup. This is all theory on my part but it seems logical. Hopefully a driver update will fix the issue.

 

Some people might say you got ripped off buying a Xoom for $600, when you could have bought a Transformer for $400. Plus by Christmas Tegra 2 tablets will be replaced by Kal-El and all the Tegra 2 buyers will feel ripped off.

Price is a matter of perspective.

 

I guarentee he isnt running it at the highest settings on 1080p, because when I do at 1080p it stutters here and there.
He's definetly using a lower resolution. Dont sweat it!

 

Also try updating Crysis(using EADM) and make sure you have the latest version(ie the one in which all the settings can be tweaked individually, not just high, Very High, Extreme). And right now way he can be running on the highest settings with a 460m, as even on my 6970m it will stutter at times(during the Nano Spore cut scenes it is more of a slideshow), he must have turned the resolution down to 768p or he was running on Medium.

 

Crysis 2 with 1.8 patch does not properly utilize crossfire. That is the problem. Patch 1.4 was perfect for crossfire utilization...but the game makes you update to 1.8.

 

I actually got the Xoom for $500, brand new. So yea I agree $600 is a rip off haha. Thats why I didnt pay that much.

 

thanks for all the info guys. crysis was on 1.4, and i haven't played since i updated it the other day.
although i did install coutner strike source and was unhappy to see that it was pretty laggy too for it being an older game. i tried to install the driver dell.com recommends but it was still laggy. i even tried kombuster on my graphics card.

it has to be a driver issue. before my windows 7 clean install a few weeks ago, my windows rating was 5.9. now it's 5.3. there has to be a bad driver somewhere.
i'm getting ticked now

 

I would def look into that. With windows rating I get 7.5 with my gpu. The only thing that is low is the hard drive rating. You must have a bad'driver

 

Oh really? This is timely information, I was considering picking up Crysis Maximum Edition but hesitated because of some reported issues with drm, but now I really am not going to get it.

Its unfortunate that so many good games dont support x-fire. I was originally on one 5870 and playing Fallout New Vegas with stutter (even with the fix) and I was excited to see the difference with the additional card, and it plays horrible! There is a light modulation effect in the day when you move supposedly called "HDR Bloom", it is annoying enough to go back to a single card but I have since lost interest in the game, its plagued with technical issues, I cant stand the stuttering anymore. And after playing graphically intense games like Crysis 2, Fallout just feels extremely dated.

I wish Bethesda did a better job accommodating multi-gpu platforms and addressed the stutter problem.