July 12, 201213 yr I've been wanting to do this for a long time. This is a benchmark flight, very much like FSMark11 & FSMark07 but focused on the GPU. The idea is to figure out which GPU models & architectures run better at high IQ levels in FSX. It doesn't require a clean FSX install or anything like that, the only requirements are: - Max out your Cloud Coverage Density (8 or more) - Nvidia users, load the .nip Inspector profile provided (right click on the GPUMark.nip file, select "open with..." and browse for the nVidia Inspector executable) - Run the benchmark like you would FSMark11 - Set your resolution to 1920x1080 Let's see what's the best GPU to crank up those AA settings! Download GPUMark
July 12, 201213 yr Author This is my score: GTX580 @ 900MHz / 2200MHz (memory) Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg 5284, 300000, 15, 20, 17.613 GTX580 Stock clocks: 772MHz / 2004MHz (Memory) Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg 4569, 300000, 13, 18, 15.230 Scaling 1:1 with core clock ...so it seemed like the obvious question that arises is, what role does memory speed play here?: GTX580: 900 / 1800MHz (Memory - downclocked) Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg 5282, 300000, 15, 20, 17.607 Interenstingly, memory speed is a non factor!
July 12, 201213 yr This is my score: GTX580 @ 900MHz / 2200MHz (memory) Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg 5284, 300000, 15, 20, 17.613 GTX580 Stock clocks: 772MHz / 2004MHz (Memory) Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg 4569, 300000, 13, 18, 15.230 Scaling 1:1 with core clock ...so it seemed like the obvious question that arises is, what role does memory speed play here?: GTX580 Stock clocks: 772MHz / 1800MHz (Memory - downclocked) Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg 5282, 300000, 15, 20, 17.607 Interenstingly, memory speed is a non factor! I think you mean you did the last test (underclocked) with the core at 900MHz. Another problem with the test is you've got people using different cloud textures and resolutions. You could get people to test with the 1024x1024 32bit clouds that come with HDEv2.0. Luke Harvest
July 12, 201213 yr Author I think you mean you did the last test (underclocked) with the core at 900MHz. Correct, thanks a lot Luke ^_^ Another problem with the test is you've got people using different cloud textures and resolutions. You could get people to test with the 1024x1024 32bit clouds that come with HDEv2.0. Again, you're right, I edited the first post to include the requirement for 1920x1080 Not sure how much having 3rd party textures can affect the scores, I'll do some tests
July 12, 201213 yr Correct, thanks a lot Luke ^_^ Again, you're right, I edited the first post to include the requirement for 1920x1080 Not sure how much having 3rd party textures can affect the scores, I'll do some tests If you've got REX try running 1024x1024 DXT5 and 4096x4096 32bit clouds, with high AA there should be a massive difference. Luke Harvest
July 12, 201213 yr Author Dazz Shall i do the test with both 670 4gb and 680 4gb ? Hasse Well, if you have to go messing with swapping cards, don't bother man. One of those is more than enough If you've got REX try running 1024x1024 DXT5 and 4096x4096 32bit clouds, with high AA there should be a massive difference. testing it right now, but yeah, you're most likely right
July 12, 201213 yr Well, if you have to go messing with swapping cards, don't bother man. One of those is more than enough I swappted CPU today and shall swapp back the 2700K , if a make a fast swap with the cards run the tests tomorrow. The 3770K gone retaire until i am ready with the 24/7 SS. http://
July 13, 201213 yr Hi Dazz Dont know what a doing wrong. Cloud 8 evry setting as FSMark11 exept 1920x1080 in FSX and NV CP. Inspector file loaded ok. KFA2 680 4gb Std 1110mhz/3000mhz 3770K @4.7 downclocked Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg 9560, 300000, 27, 36, 31.867 http://
July 13, 201213 yr Author Hi Dazz Dont know what a doing wrong. Cloud 8 evry setting as FSMark11 exept 1920x1080 in FSX and NV CP. Inspector file loaded ok. KFA2 680 4gb Std 1110mhz/3000mhz 3770K @4.7 downclocked Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg 9560, 300000, 27, 36, 31.867 Thanks Hasse Do you have REX installed? Can you please load the flight and check if your GPU load is close to 100%? no need to rerun the test, just a quick check
July 13, 201213 yr GPU load in PresX 75% I have rex shall i put in 4096 and change cfg? what teme in rex? Hasse http://
July 13, 201213 yr Author GPU load in PresX 75% I have rex shall i put in 4096 and change cfg? what teme in rex? Hasse In my tests yesterday it didn't really matter what REX theme I had installed, the scores were unnafected. That GPU load is too low, something's not right. Can you please confirm you have 4x Sparse Grid Supersampling and 16xS antialiasing set in Inspector? Can you see lots of clouds around the plane in the test?
July 13, 201213 yr Hi here is a a Screen http://dl.dropbox.co...en gpu test.png You got PM the only way to get upp the gpu usage was turn down water and run 5040x1050 have 93%. http://
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