GTX 295 on Q6600 performance

[dogz 10]

@Akilez... I dunno where you get ur info from but every review i have read says Asus P5N-T Deluxe has 2 x PCI 2.0 x 16 slots.

Please point me to the specs that say it is only PCI 1.0 are there different versions of the board?

This from ASUS website:

Asus P5N-T Deluxe

PCIe 2.0

Double Speed; Double Bandwidth

This motherboard supports the latest PCIe 2.0 devices for double speed and bandwidth which enhances system performance.

Edited September 1, 2009 by dogz

[Akilez 10]

You're probably right dogz thinking back the 2.0 slot showed up with the 7xx series of nVidia chipsets. To be honest I had such a pounding headache after reading 9 posts of rant for every 1 post of meaningful info I seriously mis-spoke. Apologies for the confusion..no excuses. I do stand by the rest of the post though.

Cheers,

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Note: I struck through my mistaken reference to 780 in previous post.

Edited September 1, 2009 by Akilez

[dogz 10]

np m8 I have done the same thing myself... and when I saw such feeling and it put so strongly it reminded me of me...;)

first thing I thought was I wonder if he actually checked the specs...

I run 1680 x 1050 on a Q6600@3G and a 9800GT with all settings normal VD 5300m no PP no AA Nvidia 182.50

It runs well enough to enjoy but of course it could be better.

[bangtail 0]

you are just reminding me to never go out and buy a nividia 200 series card and stick with my 8800gts 512mb card for another year or 2. Apoc_reg has also cleared up something for me and answered a question i had. That was would upgrading my Graphic card give me better performance in Arma 2 , answer NO, until next generation of hardware, cpu , gpu comes out combined with loads of patches. Im sure after a years time we will all be running this game sweet as,lol.:):):)

Go try the editor everyone for anyone that hasnt already tried the editor, its the CREME of Arma 2.

Answer : YES, of course a better card offers substantial performance gains over your 8800 (in some cases, more than twice as fast).

http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,685770/Armed-Assault-2-Graphics-card-benchmarks-and-visual-quality-compared/Practice/

Those tests were done around launch time.

As you can see, an 8800GTS <> any of the 200 series. It really is time for you to stop making stuff up and accept the fact that newer cards are MUCH faster than your rather old (and slow) card.

I can't wait to hear how bad the new ATI/Nvidia cards are in a few weeks. No doubt it "won't be worth upgrading" because his 8800 is "faster".

Eth

Edited September 1, 2009 by BangTail

[UNN 0]

yeah right if you say the game is running smooth you mean it's running above 60 FPS isn't it?

Sorry, I'm not interested in such details. Plus with my old eyes, I doubt I could tell the difference between 30 and 60 fps. It runs smooth, in that I just don't think about it playing online, it's not an issue.

[Bulldogs 10]

I'm still not sure why people are obsessed with running such a high View Distance. I run a 9800GT and have my view distance set at 1600m anything higher and I start suffering (I can get better performance with all settings to high and 1600 VD over all settings to low and 4000 VD)

Sometimes I set it to 2.5K for air combat and long range battles but I usually don't even need it for that.

[kklownboy 43]

its not like you can even see AI or other players beyond 2k, but to see 2k i think you really need 3.5k,.I use anywhere from 500k to 3600k. But its really what ever the Server/Missions has it set to. Biggest performance drop other than High AA is VD...then blurry high PP

[dogz 10]

I'm still not sure why people are obsessed with running such a high View Distance. I run a 9800GT and have my view distance set at 1600m anything higher and I start suffering (I can get better performance with all settings to high and 1600 VD over all settings to low and 4000 VD)

Sometimes I set it to 2.5K for air combat and long range battles but I usually don't even need it for that.

I am not obsessed with VD but like most Arm2 players I have done a lot of testing and it makes no diff on my rig between 3.5k and 5+k

I dont use AA as the drivers I have the least probs with wont allow AA to function well.

I dont think ur obsessed with high settings and low VD but then thats just my POV.

[JuggernautOfWar 1]

Maybe try getting a GTX285 next time. Two GPUs in one causes nothing but problems. Get the new GTX 285 Classified Edition and quad SLI it. There's some performance for ya.

[bangtail 0]

Maybe try getting a GTX285 next time. Two GPUs in one causes nothing but problems. Get the new GTX 285 Classified Edition and quad SLI it. There's some performance for ya.

While I agree that Nvidia "2 in 1" cards are problematic, I wouldn't buy a 285 now. The new cards are too close. The GT300 series will appear in November/December or there's the new ATI cards in 2 weeks or so.

I'm not even sure why EVGA is bothering with a new 285 at this point. I guess someone will buy it. The new MB looks nice (might have to rev up the debit card).

Eth

Edited September 2, 2009 by BangTail

[echo1 0]

SLI seems to be far more trouble than it's worth, not only in regards to ArmA 2, but a whole lot of other games as well. I think a large part of the problem is an unwillingness to spend a load of time optimizing a game to work on hardware that only about 2-3% of people actually own. Also, in terms of value for money, it sucks.

[bangtail 0]

SLI seems to be far more trouble than it's worth, not only in regards to ArmA 2, but a whole lot of other games as well. I think a large part of the problem is an unwillingness to spend a load of time optimizing a game to work on hardware that only about 2-3% of people actually own. Also, in terms of value for money, it sucks.

Not true at all, SLI works very well with A2. The problem, by all accounts, is the 295 and it's particular implementation of SLI. As I've said several times before, a similar thing happened with the 295's predecessor (9800GX2) and Far Cry 2.

SLI can involve some amount of "tweaking" to get it working properly and I certainly don't understand why people with no PC experience are buying Quad SLI machines and OC'ing their processors all over the place. If you don't know what you are doing, this is likely to cause more problems than it solves.

At any rate, the performance gains are certainly worth the money if you have the right hardware.

http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-285-review--3way-sli/17

Bottom of the page(s) for the SLI/Tri SLI results.

SLI and Tri SLI provide huge performance gains (over 2 x the performance of a single card). If you want the best performance, it's worth the money. If you are happy with one card, and it suits your performance requirements, it's not.

Edited September 2, 2009 by BangTail