My system's not running as well as I'd imagined.
My specs are:
Graphics card: HIS 6950HD 2GB
Processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1100T 3.30 GHz
RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-990XA-UD3
Power supply: 650W that came with older system, not high-end at all.
Operating system: Windows 7 64 bit
I made this system specifically for gaming, as it runs things really well on high settings (BF3 ultra 30+ FPS constant) I see on reviews for graphics cards that aren't as good (HD6850 for example) that get the same performance as I do in games. I feel as if it should be performing better than a 6850 (even though it's a great card).
Does anyone know if this is normal, or know why it's happening? It'd be much appreciated if you'd give me a little insight, thanks.
My graphics card gets to 70C - 80C while under load.
Also, windows rating is 5.9, if that matters any. Lowest subscore is my hard drive which has a disk data transfer rate of 5.9, it says.
Graphics card: HIS 6950HD 2GB
Processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1100T 3.30 GHz
RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-990XA-UD3
Power supply: 650W that came with older system, not high-end at all.
Operating system: Windows 7 64 bit
I made this system specifically for gaming, as it runs things really well on high settings (BF3 ultra 30+ FPS constant) I see on reviews for graphics cards that aren't as good (HD6850 for example) that get the same performance as I do in games. I feel as if it should be performing better than a 6850 (even though it's a great card).
Does anyone know if this is normal, or know why it's happening? It'd be much appreciated if you'd give me a little insight, thanks.
My graphics card gets to 70C - 80C while under load.
Also, windows rating is 5.9, if that matters any. Lowest subscore is my hard drive which has a disk data transfer rate of 5.9, it says.
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GPU driver is the latest AMD drivers, 12.2.
Anti-virus is just Windows Firewall/Windows Defender.
When you're comparing performance to a review, you need to be aware of a lot of things:
cpu speed, brand, number of cores, etc
amount/speed of memory
resolution (this has a huge impact)
all video settings (in game and in catalyst control center)
etc
Should I tweak my Catalyst settings?
Midga, it says in the post that my framerates are equivalent to rigs with worse cards.
This isn't really a huge problem, I still play my games fine, but if my system can do better, I'd like it to. (Without overclocking, it gets hot enough already)
Anyone that runs the game on ultra should disable deferred AA and set post-processing AA to high for a crapload of extra performance and no reduction in visual quality.
Doing two AA passes is just dumb and I don't know why BF3 does it.