Crysis3 no dx10.

Going to give it a shot still on my quad 4890s. Been waiting it out until 1 good video card could replace 4 4890s. Might be possible with these new generation of cards this year but have to see.
 
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Conker said:
Going to give it a shot still on my quad 4890s. Been waiting it out until 1 good video could replace 4 4890s. Might be possible with these new generation of cards this year but have to see.
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I really considered Xfireing my 4890 and holding off but I didn't feel confident that the xfire support for the HD4000's would scale well enough to compete in games vs HD 6900's and above. Sounds like that hasn't been the case for you?
 
Though this thread is full of flame fuel it's topic for discussion. In many ways I'm happy that my dual 5850s have lasted this long and will continue to.

Beyond the Hawken swirly flame physx effect that's on Nvidia hardware I don't really feel I'm missing out on anything or need to upgrade my hardware.

Moreover, If you factor in the PS4 press release and killzone video a couple of days ago, you'll see that consoles are migrating over to x86 hardware and finally something like a HD7850. So our swanky PC setups will finally look at least as good as a maxed out AMD A10 with a HD7850 today on games 4-5 years from now.

;)

My point being that I honestly am still not wowed by Crysis 3 and Tesselation was something that was introduced right around when my 5850s were in 2009? I believe? It takes a hell of a long time for the software devs to adopt features because they want to wait until these features become mainstream.

I do find it funny that the 8800gt can run many DX10 titles but then again the 7-8 year old console parallel is exactly why.
 
FlawleZ said:
I really considered Xfireing my 4890 and holding off but I didn't feel confident that the xfire support for the HD4000's would scale well enough to compete in games vs HD 6900's and above. Sounds like that hasn't been the case for you?
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I ran 2x 4870x2 in Quad Crossfire in my main computer up until last year and they are still running in my secondary computer. Scaling was never an issue for me. I use a G15 keyboard and always use it to monitor my GPU usage. The only game I ever remember that didn't make use of more than 2 GPUs was CoD:MW2, but being based on such an old engine it ran at 100+ FPS even just using 2 GPUs. In every other game, especially games like BF3 where the GPU power really came in handy, they worked great.

When I upgraded to a single GTX680, it ended up being a side-grade at best, which is one of the main reasons I got a 2nd 680. I never stopped being happy with my quad 4870 GPU setup, and maintaining 60fps when I needed it was never a problem. The reason I upgraded was because I got a 120hz monitor and thus needed even more FPS, and also wanted to take advantage of features such as adaptive Vsync. A quad 48xx setup does have it's downsides, but performance in games isn't one of them.

They just released a new legacy driver, 13.1, last month. You can also install the latest CAPs on top of the legacy driver (which is where you get most of your crossfire support from anyway).
 
GotNoRice said:
I ran 2x 4870x2 in Quad Crossfire in my main computer up until last year and they are still running in my secondary computer. Scaling was never an issue for me. I use a G15 keyboard and always use it to monitor my GPU usage. The only game I ever remember that didn't make use of more than 2 GPUs was CoD:MW2, but being based on such an old engine it ran at 100+ FPS even just using 2 GPUs. In every other game, especially games like BF3 where the GPU power really came in handy, they worked great.

When I upgraded to a single GTX680, it ended up being a side-grade at best, which is one of the main reasons I got a 2nd 680. I never stopped being happy with my quad 4870 GPU setup, and maintaining 60fps when I needed it was never a problem. The reason I upgraded was because I got a 120hz monitor and thus needed even more FPS, and also wanted to take advantage of features such as adaptive Vsync. A quad 48xx setup does have it's downsides, but performance in games isn't one of them.

They just released a new legacy driver, 13.1, last month. You can also install the latest CAPs on top of the legacy driver (which is where you get most of your crossfire support from anyway).
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Thanks for the feedback. Between you two you've inspired me to pickup a 2nd 4890 to couple with a spare gaming rig for my GF. I've been on the fence about it but hearing your positive feedback regarding current games and performance, I'm going to try it out.
 
crysis 3 is pissing me off... ati drivers are pissing me off.. 2x 7970 + 3930k here and I see no difference in FPS w/ 3d enabled and disabled LOL and the optimization is poor + frequent crashes. fuck this game
 
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