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What's the difference if you run the test with or without Crossfire? The m1730 scores 315 FPS with one card with fps_max set to 1000. If I enable SLi, it goes down to 60. If I set AA to 4X with SLi enabled, I get 330 FPS. Weird, I know...
CSS is an old game now, with an old Engine, so.. its not gonna support SLI very well, same thing goes for the call of duty series.. built on Quake 3 Engine
Yeah, my fps cap out at 300. Where do you enter that command? I know with all settings absolutely maxed at 1920x1200 I get around 222 fps. I have no idea how to disable one of the cards, sorry.
Hey, try using either the 8.11 or the 8.12 drivers. my GTA IV benchmarks were also stuck around 23fps with the 8.10 drivers. 8.11 bumped it to 27fps and 8.12 to 28-29 fps. OCing my CPU (to 300mhz higher) brings it to 32 fps (with the 8.11 drivers). Also, crossfire doesn't seem to work despite being 8.11 or 8.12 drivers; I physically took the slave card out of the system, and I still got similar scores. Your system in particular should get much higher than mine with that X9100 too.
Isnt GTAIV the worst ported game ever for pc?
I heard it was released prematuraly.and its almost
2009 all the games should support sli/cf setups.
sorry to get off topic but it doesnt seem like
anyelse is on topic a few exceptions.
GTA IV DOES support CrossFire, but not SLI currently. It's by far not the worst port ever, not even close. The game looks stunning, even at low to medium graphics settings. No glitches, no hickups, no crashes, nothing. I almost didn't buy it because of some forum gossip saying the game essentially didn't work at all, but I have seen no issues.
@Ichime: What graphics settings are we talking about? My X9100 is OCd to 3.33Ghz, and at full GFX settings & native res, I cannot achieve those numbers. I'm using the newest beta driver (can't remember exactly), modded with Mobility Modder.
Hmm, that's odd, and you definitely have a better processor than me too (this game is very CPU dependent). Here's a run I did just now:
Statistics
Average FPS: 27.16
Duration: 37.49 sec
CPU Usage: 94%
System memory usage: 55%
Video memory usage: 100%
Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1920 x 1200 (60 Hz)
Texture Quality: High
Render Quality: Highest
View Distance: 10
Detail Distance: 100
Hardware
Microsoft® Windows Vista" Ultimate
Service Pack 1
Video Adapter: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870
Video Driver version: 7.14.10.630
Audio Adapter: Speakers (2- Realtek High Definition Audio)
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8600 @ 2.40GHz
No, I've already got the commandline.txt thing going. I can select the same options you have in your post, but it uses ~850MB VRAM, which I obviously don't have. The bench won't even run.
I see. I had that problem a couple of times. What I do is set it to 800x600 with textures on high, run the benchmark, then after, set it to 1920x1200 and try it again. Or, I do it on medium at 1680x1050, then jack up everything in-game.
Call of Duy World at War 50fps All settings maxed, 1920x1200
UT3 (Frame Limiter 999FPS) 92fps All Settings maxed, 1920x1200
Fallout 3, OUTDOORS 15fps (not playable) All settings manually MAXED, 1920x1200
23fps (very choppy, still not playable in my opinion) ULTRA settings, 1920x1200
60fps HIGH settings, 1920x1200
50-60fps On ULTRA, 1920x1200, just turn the AA and AF to 2x.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.
