The Official Graphics Card and PC gaming Thread

Same, or rather, was until I did two things. Number 1, switch to Vista, but number 2, most importantly, press escape to get to the menu, then go back to the game. Did that and both the fan speed and frame rate soared, indicating GPU2 had woken up. Went from a miserable 22fps in a sheltered spot to a reasonable 34. Still at 1920x1200, going to re-test to see if I can replicate this, if it stays working, and if it renders 2560x1600 more playable.

 

Fixed the bug by geting Cat8.9 for vista, thought I already had it...
Performance now as follows:

Detail level: All Enthusiast.Test section: "Call me Ishmael"
1920x1200 0xAA
Single GPU performance: 18-24fps. Techspot benchmark result: 18fps
Dual GPU performance: 15-22fps. Techspot benchmark result: 25fps
Dual GPU now fixed: 23-25fps.

2560x1600 0xAA
Single GPU performance: 14-17fps.
Dual GPU fixed: 21-25fps.

 

For shame :O

I hope it's just a cracked exe and not a pirated game. Piracy doesn't hurt console gaming, but it's hurting PC gaming badly. Don't make my only hobby die out

Anyway, no crossfire support is a load of bullcrap. I'm glad Crysis isn't the be all end all of games, or I would cry. Still, it's a great game so I might shed a tear or two

Gladly, almost every other game I play is crossfire compatible out of the box. Unless you tell me CoD4 and Oblivion don't use crossfire. Because those are the two that could use a boost. Other than that, a second 4870 is future proofing for me...

 

Oblivion scales well, COD4 scales the best of all. Anyway, read my revised post, Warhead DOES have crossfire support, if you use Vista. As far as the cracked exe goes, I was going to buy it assuming it worked. Now it does, I shall be purchasing the title on Steam shortly.

 

Sam, I missed something back there (thanks for the info about the LCD screens by the way.) You just got Warhead working, you own Warhead, now the cracked exe is Warhead, right? - so you're going to buy Warhead off Steam? What???

 

I don't own Warhead yet, I have it. I'll let you figure that one out...

 

Buy it man. Support the developers.

I think it's funny the Geforce 6800s were almost useless in Oblivion. Isn't it a TWIMTBP game? As far as I've seen, 6800 Ultra struggles on medium settings at 1024 with only bloom on. But my X850XT was very playable on fairly high settings at 1280 res with bloom. Mine is still sitting around somewhere, lol. It was an amazing card in its day.

 

lol, yeah idn't 6800 suppost to be a good card? I don't know why...

Oh about warhead, i'm stuck! I think i'm on the last mission or something where you'll have to use a gun called PAX to kill the monster, i keep getting killed (Sorry for the spoils)

 

Yeah GTR, you ruined it for me. You have to kill a monster named "Pax?" That's a crock. Can't play the game now!! Lol

 

lol, i didn't, the weapon is called PAX...i think...and of course the game is full of monsters/aliens...so technically i didn't not ruined it...lol

 

Estuansis: OH YEAH! lol

Oblivion used to be a really harsh game for its time, it was the Crysis of its day...

 

LOL holy cow! the FPS are high with AA/AF on max! Ha!

yesterday i was installing new PSU and GPU for my friend, and his computer was darn silent! Well, he only has CPU fan and a 80mm fan at the back. BUT it was so quiet, i kind of miss the "quietness".

SO People which case is better? P182 VS CM690

I will be OC my system and i don't want it to over heat

 

The CM690 is way better for cooling.

 

but can it also be a quiet case?

 

The CM690 is not much better than the P182 at the same noise level. The P182 can cool a system silently without it overheating, especially if you disconnect the noisy top fan. The CM690 will never run silent due to its design.

 

The CM690 will never be totally quiet, but it has a much better design for higher end cooling. If you buy good fans and stategically place them in the case and cover up the rest with sound proof foam it should give good results. The whole front is a mesh so it's still going to be noiser than the 182

 

The P182 fits four 120mm fans, which even at stock can be set to 2200rpm. It will be loud then, but to say it won't cool well like that is ludicrous. The P182 can cool as much or as little as you like.

 

oK...so one favour P182 and the other CM690..who shall i listen too LOL. I should listen to myself. hmm, i think i'll be CM690 it's like my "first" build and i want to have one extreme cooling case and later on a silent one. Because once i got the stuff i'll be gaming a lot! therefore need good cooling

thanks you two

 

i have the p 182 and i like it. it is very quiet and provides sufficient cooling. when the fans are on low i can not hear anything and it provides sufficient cooling. but cooling is not as good as some other cases. the 690 would be better for that but would not be as quite. when you do play games it is a good idea to increase the fan spead. i set them all to medium with cpu and gpu fan at max and my temps are fine and i can not hear anything except the game.

 

i don't know hey, CM690 is way cheaper than P182 here in South Africa. I don't mind the noise, but not too loud. If i use a fan controller then I should be able to control the fan/noise.