Splinter Cell - nvidia vs. ATI

[cvearl]

Originally posted by Rogozhin
Anyone willing to try my fraps txt log bench procedure?

Rogo

I will on any game I have installed. I am still waiting to "borrow" my firends copy of splinter cell. Then I would for sure if you can wait until then.

Charles.

[Onde Pik]

A list of reviews have used this game for benchmark. It really doesn't like the FX cards. Radeons seam to smoke the FXs in this benchmark even more so than in everything else.

[jAkUp]

i was getting an average of 35fps at 1600x1200 all options maxed on my nv30

[Skinner]

Yes it uses the Unrealengine, build 927 with a lot of modified stuf.

[vampireuk]

Link

Now does that sum up fanboys better than anything else?

[Rogozhin]

cvreal

let me know if you get the game and run a txt log.

thanks

rogo

[cvearl]

Originally posted by jAkUp
i was getting an average of 35fps at 1600x1200 all options maxed on my nv30

I am wondering how you are beating my CPU score so much in 3DMARK03. ARe you overclocking anything? And what are ULTRA memory timings?

Charles.

[stncttr908]

Originally posted by cvearl
Stat fps.... hmmmm. That would suggest that this is based on the UT2003 engine. That's the same command in that game.

Charles.

That's because it is. It's one of those new Unreal engines...

[jAkUp]

Originally posted by cvearl
I am wondering how you are beating my CPU score so much in 3DMARK03. ARe you overclocking anything? And what are ULTRA memory timings?

Charles.

nothing is overclocked... my fsb and cpu are all at the default... my corsair memory is at 400mhz cas 2 ultra timings...... (in the bios there is timing settings safe/normal/turbo/and ultra) im thinking thats its probably the memory speeds. how fast is your memory?

[jAkUp]

im not using the patch yet... im about to install it

[cvearl]

Originally posted by jAkUp
nothing is overclocked... my fsb and cpu are all at the default... my corsair memory is at 400mhz cas 2 ultra timings...... (in the bios there is timing settings safe/normal/turbo/and ultra) im thinking thats its probably the memory speeds. how fast is your memory?

Ahhh. I see. My FSB and Vidcard clocks are all standard. No overclocking. As for memory I am running Micron 2.5 CAS PC2700 DDR333 at standard speeds. Unfortunately it wont go much faster. It's not like Corsair XMS3200 or somehting like that. But it appears as though your score is higher relative to your CPU score beating mine and I do know that memory bandwidth plays a large part in CPU performance in 3D.

My MOBO supports separate memory and FSB timings in which case I am thinking of going and getting PC3200 Corsairs and pushing the memory up a bit more aggressively. Essentially, that means DDR400??? Ok, so what are the timings for that? DDR333 is 166*2 right? So if I want to go DDR400 do I set it to 200*4?

If I am not "overclocking" the CPU leaving it at 18*133 (2.4Ghz), but I am separately pushing XMS3200 RAM to 200*4 (400Mhz), are there any side effects to that action? Stability? Heat? Timing with the processor and memory controller? Or do people do this all the time? I don't like overclocking but this really is not overclocking if the motherboard and RAM both support it right?

Also, does doing this give you near PC1066 RDRAM performance?

Just wondering.

Charles.

[saturnotaku]

I thought it was not beneficial for Athlon systems to run with their FSB and memory speeds out of sync, and in fact hurts performance to a degree. Am I wrong on this?