Joined Team Green - Maxxed Out Games Q?

Okay, so I joined team Green as I was having so much difficulty with 7970M's (three of them) I made Alienware send me a brand new M17x R4 fitted with 680M for no extra charge.

I am expecting delivery of my machine tomorrow, the most substantial specs are:

I7-3820QM Processor
nVidia GTX680M GPU
60hz 1080P screen
750gb HDD @ 7,200rpm
8GB RAM.

Now, I've found some benchmarks for the card, but the majority seem to be from the Clevo side of the range (4GB card) and I don't know if they perform any differently to the Dell 2GB ones.
I do plan on doing the custom Vbios + overclocking IF they're safe for 24/7 usage and fully stable for games (I have 2 year warranty)...

My question is, at stock clocks are the following games playable maxxed (with AA set to x2/4) at a consistent 50 - 60fps:

Batman Arkham Asylum
Batman Arkham City
Borderlands
Crysis (1, 2, Warhead)
Just Cause 2
Max Payne 3
S.T.A.L.K.E.R series
Civ V
Witcher 1 & 2

I ask because I want realistic expectations. Thank you to those who have the card and take the time to help/assist. Have a good day, guys.

 

Crysis 1 you're looking at 40-50 fps with very high settings and DX 10
Crysis warhead is a little better so 45-60fps at enthusiast settings and DX 10
Crysis 2 if you really want max settings you'll need to add the DX11 patch & high res textures and you will get 40-60fps - if you play maxed without DX11 you will get 60fps locked (vsync)

It's worth noting that I took these fps readings while making sure I played intensive parts of the games - wide open spaces, explosions etc, so you will see higher fps indoors for example

 

You're in for a treat, check this: http://forum.notebookreview.com/ali...enchmark-thread-part-4-a-329.html#post8751749

Also if you use the CCC mod/settings for Crysis 1 & Warhead, you get more FPS (60+ always at max) and it looks way better.

 

Lots of benchmarks here http://forum.notebookreview.com/sag...clevo-p150em-review-lots-680m-benchmarks.html

Credit goes to htwingnut for that one...

 

Just saying, the 7970M on mine can play all those at absolute max with 2x AA fine, smooth framerate no stuttering.

Have fun with your 680M, needless to say, I highly doubt that there will be any game for the next year at least your 680M won't be able to destroy with highest settings and 2X AA at 40 FPS +

 

Okay thanks guys.

Where do we download drivers for the 680M from, I've read people quoting various one's but I've looked on nVidia's website and come across none.

Which is the best driver thus far? I am currently on Dell stock ones, not planning on OC'ing until the 2GB model's kinks are ironed out.

 

Well.... you can try the modified LaptopVideo2Go drivers

click HERE, don't forget the modded inf file

 

Okay, much appreciated. Is there a tweak guide for the nVidia control panel in order to get the best performance? Thank you.

 

Just set the display mode to single display and power management to maximum performance, leave the rest to default.
I covered this and a few other must have tweaks for windows in my guide linked in the signature.
Take a look at it if you want to get the most out of your gpu.

 

Okay, thanks guy. Card worked wonders until...

I played War for Cybertron (console port, capped at 30fps) steam edition which crashed three times - I can only describe these crashes as if the framerate and sound were meshed together in a slow motion blender.

The way I sort this is either pausing for a number of minutes or closing the game; I did notice the time it crashed and I closed the game that the windows taskbar had turned into 'basic mode' blue.

Since then I cannot tell if my card is underperforming as benches on Batman: Arkham Asylum seem to be slightly lower.

Could anyone try the Batman bench at 1080P with various settings (if they have 680M) with the PhysX up to high please and report back so I may cross reference them with my own? It doesn't take too long.

This is exactly the same sort of crash that signalled the end of three 7970M cards so I am sceptical to say the least.

Thanks to anyone who helps out.

 

There's a Batman benchmark? The one in Arkham Asylum or City?

 

The one in Arkham Asylum.

I have it set to 1080p with everything set on max (including PhysX) - except in game MSAA which I have at x2.

I force FXAA and Adaptive Vsync within nVidia control panel.

Would you be able to run the same benchmark and post scores? I have the odd slow down during gaming (should that occur on such a game with such a card) and I just want to see general ballpark figures.

Thanks again to anyone who has the 680M and Arkham Asylum and tests it.

Edit: I have not OC the card (yet) either.

 

Here is without vsync:



And with adaptive vsync:



And here's settings:

 

Okay thank you very much

Were those scores with FXAA 'disabled' in nVidia control panel? I ask because I can only achieve scores like yours by disabling FXAA.

I had major slowdown during the second fight with Scarecrow, I'm talking less than 5fps as it was SLOW...the level does make massive use of PhysX though, should that to be expected?

 

Bump for my question.

Also, should I still expect slowdowns on a game such as Arkham Asylum (at stock clocks) due to the fact that the 680 is meant to be such a beast?

 

Its just PhysX being lame.
It is really meant for multi GPU setups.

Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2

 

Okay, gotcha. I turned it down, on "normal it" runs fine.

However, I have two issue (number 2 is much bigger as it is confusing) if anyone wouldn't mind helping:

1) FXAA - It is supposed to enable gaming with AA with not as much framerate hit, however when I apply it to Batman AA benchmark, I get fps which are substantially lower (talking 10 -15 fps off my max). I've beaten the game, I just want to know WHY I get such a framerate hit when every information outlet says that FXAA via NVid Control Panel is a minor performance hit, id say 10 - 15 f[s isn't minor.

2) Just Cause 2 - Runs perfect fine on benchmarks maxed out with x2 AA. However, whenever I actually try to PLAY the game it goes very slow/stuttery whenever I look at/enter forests/grassy areas - feels like 20 fps it gets so laggy. With x2 AA there is no way it should play like that. It never used to play like this on my 680M or my old 7970M and the card plays everything else at 60 fps fine (so it's not the card IMO) but now it just slows down. I've verified the cache, defragged, reinstalled, disabled CUDA processing on the game but all to no avail. Anyone any ideas?

Thank you.

 

Bump?

Please.

 

That's odd.

Are you sure the 680M is being used and not the Intergraded HD4000 is being used...? put Just Cause 2 under the list of exceptions so Optimus won't be able to run.

 

Yeah the game is definitely whitelisted so the 680M is working on this game.

Any idea what the problem might be?

I don't know if you're familiar with Borderlands but, the beginning of the Claptrap DLC has FPS drops whilst looking at Tartarus, too. Both of these games should be being eaten alive by this card IMO from every account I have read. I wonder what's going on.

 

I am.

What temps are you facing? Someone is terribly wrong... are you sure you've put your battery options to "High Performance"? Also try running these games with ThrottleStop, just for the sake of eliminating these exceptions

 

Sounds like you got temp throttle?

 

Yeah battery is always set to High Performance as well.

From GPU-Z running in the background my temps never go above 68oC... Is there something wrong with my card or something especially given the games I'm getting FPS drops in? :[

Surely, my card can't be throttling at such low temps...

 

try downloading the new 306.02 beta driver from nvidia.com. Its the first driver released directly from nvidia that supports the card. Worth a shot. I saw an improvement in several games