am i asking too much?

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ann0yanc3

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I just got another BFG 7800GTX OC for my SLI setup. I'm not really that impressed with the performance increase. I can run F.E.A.R. @ 1920x1200 2xAA with everything on just fine. But it's sluggish. The in-game benchmark says that I average 60fps, but it feels like 30-ish in-game. Call of Duty 2 @ 1920x1200 4xAA & AF, runs at a mere 30fps if I'm lucky. I'm getting just above 70fps in Quake4 @ 1920x1200 at high quality. I'm dipping into the teens (15-19fps) on certain parts of the HL2: Lost Coast map, which is also running 1920x1200 4xAA, 16xAF, everything max.

I don't understand. And what does the green load balancing thing mean? If it fills up all the way, both cards are being used?

I think I have a decent setup to run games, but maybe I'm just expecting too much...

MSI Neo4 Platinum SLI
AMD 4400+ @ 2.475 (225fsb)
(2) 1GB Corsair XMS
(2) BFG 7800GTX OC
(4) WD Raptor 36GB (RAID0)
 
LOL...I've never had my own thread used in response to someone else's questions :).
 
Is there any stuttering? Or does it just seem slow at that res? Did you install the Microsoft Hotfix?

I agree that you shouldn't be having this much problem at that res with that setup.
 
all that AA is probably saturating the mem bandwidth/maxing out the 256mb at 1920x1200.
 
me thinks you are asking too much for the settings you play no matter what the hardware. That's just me though. GL.
 
How does it feel with no AA?

I've got a problem with my SLI configuration, I think its a power supply, but when I run F.E.A.R. using a single BFG GTX 512 default clock @ 1600x1200 max detail no soft shadows, I'm getting about mid 30's in the demo and FRAPS is reporting about the same, but I think is very playable.

A8N32-SLI Deluxe Motherboard - 805 Beta BIOS
Athlon 64 X2 4800+
2GB Corsair 3500LL Pro Memory
2x BFG 7800 GTX 512 SLI
3x RAID 0 Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6L300S0 300GB Serial ATA 7200RPM
Antec P180 case
PSU - Vortec 600??? Well that may be the problem.
 
2 gigs of ram will help for sure.

also, this is the precise reason i went with the 20" dell widscreen lcd instead of the 24". it was half the price and i knew i could guarantee top notch performance in every game on the market right now at 1680x1050. the extra couple of inches of screen realestate just aren't worth the performance hit.
 
illdklli said:
I just got another BFG 7800GTX OC for my SLI setup. I'm not really that impressed with the performance increase. I can run F.E.A.R. @ 1920x1200 2xAA with everything on just fine. But it's sluggish. The in-game benchmark says that I average 60fps, but it feels like 30-ish in-game. Call of Duty 2 @ 1920x1200 4xAA & AF, runs at a mere 30fps if I'm lucky. I'm getting just above 70fps in Quake4 @ 1920x1200 at high quality. I'm dipping into the teens (15-19fps) on certain parts of the HL2: Lost Coast map, which is also running 1920x1200 4xAA, 16xAF, everything max.
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F.E.A.R. runs sluggish for me on high quality at higher resolutions too but Quake4 runs smooth as silk on its high quality setting. If I were to try to run F.E.A.R. on high quality I'd want to have two 7800 GTX 512 cards in SLI, one card alone doesn't seem to cut it on that setting.
 
I have 2GB of RAM already. 2 sticks of 1GB.

When I disabled AA, I get better results. I'll have to look into the dual-core speed issues.
 
Scunner said:
Are you running with vsync enabled or disabled?
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was going to ask the same question...

also have you tried oc'ing? it will increase the min fps by a fair bit and give u smoother gameplay
 
VSync Off ALWAYS.

If you read my original post, you'll see that I'm running 225fsb. Almost 300mhz overclock. I'm at 1.35v, so I'm sure this thing could go higher. But, I'm have heat issues in my case right now.
 
FYI, the short "in game demo" for fear to test your settings excludes AI calculations, so performance will be lower in game. i also know that upping resolution and also AA can absolutely KILL your graphics card. read the damned read me, even the devs say to play at lower resolutions and up the AA. but, i think a sli system should be able to handle that.
 
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