how to benchmark video??

[TeleFragger]

Ok so machine is in sig..

my bud is building a machine..

he has everything but video card.. he is waiting for the geforce 9800g gt + or whatever it is..

anyhow..
he has
xfx 780i mobo
8gb ram 4-4-4-12 adata memory
q9450

so he has everything else... and I pulled a geforce 9600gt out to let him borrow 1... well I ran Performance test 64bit from passmark

and I dont like the results..
the spots that say this computer is with 1 video card and the q6600 base has 2... why would benchmarks show almost 0 % gain for 2 video cards?

I had sli enabled in the nvidea app... for me to remove a card I had to switch sli off so I know it was set... anyone have any ideas?
or is there a better utility?
Also fraps doesnt really show any gain in performance with 2 cards...... fraps should be sli compatible right?

http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/649441/original/telefragger.gif

 

[Nenu]

Ok so machine is in sig..

my bud is building a machine..

he has everything but video card.. he is waiting for the geforce 9800g gt + or whatever it is..

anyhow..
he has
xfx 780i mobo
8gb ram 4-4-4-12 adata memory
q9450

so he has everything else... and I pulled a geforce 9600gt out to let him borrow 1... well I ran Performance test 64bit from passmark

and I dont like the results..
the spots that say this computer is with 1 video card and the q6600 base has 2... why would benchmarks show almost 0 % gain for 2 video cards?

I had sli enabled in the nvidea app... for me to remove a card I had to switch sli off so I know it was set... anyone have any ideas?
or is there a better utility?
Also fraps doesnt really show any gain in performance with 2 cards...... fraps should be sli compatible right?

http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/649441/original/telefragger.gif

Can you rewrite that a bit clearer, I cant understand.
Be specific about what hardware is being tested in which machine.
What are spots?
If you put one card in one machine, how does the other still have 2 cards in it?
Without the results of some decent gaming benchmarks/FPS figures, its difficult to comment.

 

[TeleFragger]

ok...

first is first...
if you open the link in my post...it will launch a gif file...

http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/649441/original/telefragger.gif

now..

antec 900 case
corsair 620 p/s
xfx 780i motherboard
ocz reaper 5-5-5-15 memory
q6600 at 2600
xfx geforce 9600 gt 700mhz edition


now. I ran Performance test 64bit from passmark
with 2x video cards and running passmark all tests I received a passmark rating of 1392.3
when I removed a video card (to loan to a friend) I ran the same test and received a rating of 1385.6. This does not seem much less...
well when you look at the pic.. you can see the video benchmarks are not that different between sli and non sli.... just wasnt sure if I did something wrong..

also I ran gpu-id and it shows video cards in SLI..... so I know the machine is seeing them both....

 

[Mega666]

ok...

first is first...
if you open the link in my post...it will launch a gif file...

http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/649441/original/telefragger.gif

now..

antec 900 case
corsair 620 p/s
xfx 780i motherboard
ocz reaper 5-5-5-15 memory
q6600 at 2600
xfx geforce 9600 gt 700mhz edition


now. I ran Performance test 64bit from passmark
with 2x video cards and running passmark all tests I received a passmark rating of 1392.3
when I removed a video card (to loan to a friend) I ran the same test and received a rating of 1385.6. This does not seem much less...
well when you look at the pic.. you can see the video benchmarks are not that different between sli and non sli.... just wasnt sure if I did something wrong..

also I ran gpu-id and it shows video cards in SLI..... so I know the machine is seeing them both....

screw passcrap, go play a game and check your fps.

 

[TeleFragger]

screw passcrap, go play a game and check your fps.

that is even weird.... I will have to try.. with all settings pumped up and on 1920x resolution... I get 76fps in R6V2.... so will check with 1 card now.. well when I get home from work..

 

[apoppin]

if you want to see synthetic benchmarks, Futuremark has 3DMark06 and Vantage; they can give you a general idea if your rig is "in-line" with others

You can also run and use fraps to tell you exactly what FPS you are seeing; yes it works with SLI

Many games have built in benchmarks - just remove one GPU to see how well multi-GPU works for you.