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trek554

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with all this talk about image optimizations i decided to see how the four settings actually affected fps on my wimpy 6600. i used the doom3 timedemo ran on high settings in the doom3 options with no aa at 1024x768. i then ran the demo at each of the four image quality settings in the nvidia control panel. high quality=31.3, quality=32.0, performance=31.8, high performance=30.6. thats not a typo. the fps went down in the performance and high performance settings :confused: . i ran my card at stock 300/500. can somebody else do the same test and see what they get?
 
more than likely you are floating around a margin of error, the timedemo doesn't run exactly the same way each time, there are discrepancies that occur. also, the timedemo doesn't take into effect the games ai or physics

obviously in your timedemo run there isn't any difference in performance between the modes
 
Brent_Justice said:
more than likely you are floating around a margin of error, the timedemo doesn't run exactly the same way each time, there are discrepancies that occur. also, the timedemo doesn't take into effect the games ai or physics

obviously in your timedemo run there isn't any difference in performance between the modes
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actually i ran it three times at each setting and got the exact same results as i stated in the original post. the doom3 timedemo seems very consistent.
 
i got some free time. whats the command to launch the demo?

max res of my monitor is 1280x1024. what aa and af settings?
 
pandora's box said:
i got some free time. whats the command to launch the demo?

max res of my monitor is 1280x1024. what aa and af settings?
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i used 1024x768. the doom3 in game settings i used were no aa and settings on high. in the nvidia control panel i move the slider to high quality and clicked apply. i then fired up the game and held down ctrl alt ~ to bring up the console. then typed timedemo demo1. hit enter and that will load the small demo. after that i used the other three settings in the nvidia control panel.
 
1280x1024 NO AA in game settings set to high.

high qaulity = 107.4fps
quality = 107.9fps
performance = 108.2fps
high performance = 107.5fps

Also ran the demo with 8x SuperSampled AA applied with high quality settings in the driver:
49.7fps
 
pandora's box said:
1280x1024 NO AA in game settings set to high.

high qaulity = 107.4fps
quality = 107.9fps
performance = 108.2fps
high performance = 107.5fps

Also ran the demo with 8x SuperSampled AA applied with high quality settings in the driver:
49.7fps
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ok thanks. your fps didnt get any better in high performance mode and actually went down too. so theres no reason to use high performance since it can actually lower your fps. they should really make high quality the default setting. no point in getting shimmering or other things if there is no increase in fps. :D
 
my guess would be that im cpu limitted at those settings, thus no difference in fps.
 
pandora's box said:
my guess would be that im cpu limitted at those settings, thus no difference in fps.
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i wouldnt think so with your cpu. run the demo at high performance again using the same aa settings you used to get 49 fps.
 
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