Fluidmark results- looks like i am crippling my 480 with a 9600 ??? thoughts???
 

just ran FLuid mark physx benchmarker and i was surprised at the results.

am i crippling the 480 with 9600 doing physx???

With the 9600 enabled=

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/2...sxwith9600.png

With the 9600 disabled=

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/122...ithout9600.png


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Re: Fluidmark results- looks like i am crippling my 480 with a 9600 ??? thoughts???
 

You sure you don't have your screenshots reversed? It looks like you've got a much higher minimum FPS with the 9600 enabled. :confused:

Re: Fluidmark results- looks like i am crippling my 480 with a 9600 ??? thoughts???
 

nope
, as you can see the pic for without the 9600 says just 1 GPU


hmm the score is higher with the 9600 but when i was running it it showed higher FPS without the 9600, im sure of it


any newer benches i can try?


EDIT: just to note even though the 9600 is on a PCIe 8x bus the 480 is not running on 8x, its still on 16x according to GPU-Z

Re: Fluidmark results- looks like i am crippling my 480 with a 9600 ??? thoughts???
 

For the sake of comparison:

GTX 480 with PhysX enabled on a 9800 GT

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/4940/gtx4809800gt.jpg

GTX 480 with PhysX enabled on it

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/9...80no9800gt.jpg

All settings in the NVIDIA control panel were left at their defaults. The 9800 GT in my system is also running on a PCI-E x8 bus on account of it being in the bottom slot on my eVGA X58 motherboard.

Re: Fluidmark results- looks like i am crippling my 480 with a 9600 ??? thoughts???
 

so this means a dedicated nvidia physx card DOES benefit a 480 despite what everyone else thinks/says

Re: Fluidmark results- looks like i am crippling my 480 with a 9600 ??? thoughts???
 

For those with a single 480, yes. Can't comment on 480 SLI setups, but we have several well established and respected members of this forum who say it doesn't help them. I would certainly take their word for it. I'd love to drop an extra $700 on a second 480 and a new PSU to verify, but I don't think my Antec Three Hundred case could handle it. :o

Re: Fluidmark results- looks like i am crippling my 480 with a 9600 ??? thoughts???
 

Here is how my 470 did! The highest my GPU got was 37% during this test.

Going to stick the 8800GTX in now.

Re: Fluidmark results- looks like i am crippling my 480 with a 9600 ??? thoughts???
 

My 9800GT that I was using as a physx card didn't help my SLI setup. Once the 256 drivers come out if the cards are working harder I may reinstall the card and test it some more.

Re: Fluidmark results- looks like i am crippling my 480 with a 9600 ??? thoughts???
 

On my system (HD5870) having a 8800GTX sure helps :p
With 8800GTX:
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/3139/with8800gtx.jpg

Without 8800GTX:
http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/6...out8800gtx.jpg

Re: Fluidmark results- looks like i am crippling my 480 with a 9600 ??? thoughts???
 

Here is the score when I run the benchmark. Please notice that I am running at the resolution of my monitor, 1080p.

http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/4148/fluidmark.jpg

Re: Fluidmark results- looks like i am crippling my 480 with a 9600 ??? thoughts???
 

OUCH!! Took a big hit with 8800 installed! Happy to see the 470 stayed in 16x with my 8800 in the 4X slot. Oh well I guess I can sell my card now!

Re: Fluidmark results- looks like i am crippling my 480 with a 9600 ??? thoughts???
 

Something is not right with your stats??? Of course ATI does not support Physics at all so thats probably why the 8800 scores so much better!