What is wrong... with this picture... HL2 Benches, please look

Pulling this out of Brent's timedemo thread as it seems that thread is dead, Zed...

Maybe can get some more input on its own.


Ok.. Need a little help here. I tried doing this as scientifically as I could... but here goes.

Odd results for me on the City 17 demo ( hard_c17_12.dem ) :

At 1024x768 x 4AA / 16AF / High Models / Medium Texture I get..... Roughly 32fps.
At 1024x768 x 4AA / 8AF / High Models / Medium Texture I get..... Roughly 32fps.
At 1024x768 x 2AA / 16AF / High Models / Medium Texture I get..... Roughly 32fps.
At 1024x768 x 0AA / 0AF / High Models / Medium Texture I get... you guessed it. ~32fps.

Now. That's all OC'd at 360/285 on my softmodded 9500 non-pro ( Omega Driver v2.5.58 )

So I find this all a little strange and try some further tests.

No OC, AA, AF. Using High Models, Medium Texture. ~32fps.

1024x768 Resolution :
OC @ 360/285, No AA/AF = ~33fps ( 2.xxx variable though... so still the same )
OC @ 360/285, No AA/AF, Medium Models and Texture - ~32 fps.
OC @ 360/285, No AA/AF, Low EVERYTHING = ~35 FPS ( again with the 2.xxx variable )

800x600 Resolution :
OC @ 360/285, No AA/AF, Low EVERYTHING = ~35 FPS

640x480 Resolution
OC @ 360/285, No AA/AF, Low EVERYTHING = ~35 FPS

Now... Just to see if what else I could test. I loaded up the Canal demo.

640x480 Resolution
OC @ 360/285, No AA/AF, Low EVERYTHING = ~52 FPS ( Using Simple Reflections )

1024x768 Resolution
OC @ 360/285, No AA/AF, High Models, Medium Texture, Simple Reflections = ~37FPS

So... Why do changes I make not improve the City 17 speeds? Any idea?
Also, just so I can reverify, what's the easiest way to make sure the 8 pipes are in fact, enabled? ( They always enabled before, but I did run in to some driver hopping a few days ago )

Disable VSync?

OriginalReaper said:

Disable VSync?

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It was. Monitor runs @ 85hz as it is.

old vid card?

The Combine limits FPS in City 17 for security reasons.

Try reinstalling your drivers since its a software problem.

CPU, RAM bottelneck....
Ram is at recomended and cpu is under it, its best to be over those so, thats the best advice I can give you.

CPU limits.

thanks for the info guys... I figured it was wearing thin... It's a damn palomino too, so it's not going any higher. heh. mobo only supports 12x multi anyway, so I can only raise FSB and all I've got is crucial pc2100.