Am I correct in reading that this patch (assuming it will be re-released) improves SB performance? Only hyperthreaded chips or will my bf3-bottlenecked 2500k see a benefit?
Can anyone theorize how the 7950 and 7970 will compete with 2 x 6870 in CFX? Sick of Crossfire bugs and incompatibility and itching to go back to a single card solution.
64 player servers on BF3 max out my 2500k @ 4.4 GHz. Each of my 6870's only run at about 80%. So with sufficiently powerful GPUs you can definitely peg SB CPUs even with today's games.
So I've determined that two 6870's at stock are enough to bottleneck my 2500K @ 4.4GHz on full 64 player maps. My CPU is loaded to 95-100% while each GPU is sitting at only around 75%. At low settings and 1080P this translates to between 90 and 150 fps, but mostly sitting around 100. It...
I have an i5-2500K @ 4.4 and 2 XFX 6870's in crossfire. On big 64 player maps I average maybe 100 fps on medium-high custom settings.
wtf @ the graph here though:
http://www.techspot.com/review/458-battlefield-3-performance/page7.html
34% CPU usage? Mine is pegging all four cores at...
Was really hoping BD could shake things up, but oh well.
Bought a 2500k for a song at Microcenter. Coming from a Q6600 I expect to see a huge advancement in games.
I'm wondering if it's worth it for me to get a 2nd 6870..
I just upgraded to a 2500k, but I'm hearing all kinds of worrying information about microstuttering. On top of that, I'll be stuck with 1 gig of VRAM for a while as I don't intend on getting another single card solution for two years...
I have a 6870 but I can tell you my Core 2 Quad (Q6600) was definitely bottlenecking my performance, at least while playing 64 player Caspian Border, where I often dipped to 20-25fps (unplayable imo). 32 player Operation Metro was completely fine, however.
I have a Q6600 @ 3.2, along with an HD6870. I upgraded to the 6870 from an 8800GT and thought my fps in Bad Company 2 would skyrocket, but the increase was modest and fairly disappointing. What did happen was my CPU usage went from around 50% in-game to much closer to 100%, which leads me...
Quick question since I've yet to do any overclocking in the turbo boost era. Is that 4.5ghz you mention your full-time speed with turbo disabled? Or the max single-core turbo? Or the max four-core turbo?
TIA.
I think debating the semantics of the thread title is what's gotten silly here. We have an official AMD webpage stating that an 8-core Bulldozer chip will have a retail price of approximately $300, which is what the thread title states. Nowhere did I claim that it will be the very top end...
Ugh, you guys get so pedantic. If it really bothers you so much, don't open any more Bulldozer threads until the Anandtech review is up.
Some people like reading rumors. If you don't, just pass the thread up and try to resist posting snide comments that advance nothing but your sense of...
It's an official AMD page stating the price will be approximately $300. If it said approximately $200 or approximately $400 we would have different information. What about this is so hard to grasp?
Well, some of the unwashed masses will certainly be swayed by a badge proclaiming an OCTOCORE chip in their next PC purchase, and they certainly won't be perusing benchmarks on Anandtech... Marketing can sometimes work wonders.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20110728094628_AMD_Confirms_Pricing_of_Eight_Core_FX_Processors_Approximately_300.html
I guess that's what we were all assuming: price (and hopefully performance) parity with the 2600k.
While I'd always welcome graphics advancements, I'm more looking forward to other advancements in gameplay. Give me a 1000-player persistent world MMOFPS please!
I'm strongly considering upgrading to the re-released Sandy Bridge from my Q6600 @ 3.2. Before I upgraded my video card to a 6870 I thought I had no reason to upgrade any time soon. But, now my rig is substantially CPU bottle-necked while playing Bad Company 2. On full 32-player servers I get...
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