Getting the most FPS I can...

Post by **shiznit** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 12:07 am

5.10a

5.11 beta

So yeah I've been using 5.11 beta but now I tried 5.10a and it appears they give me a bit of a fps boost in most areas. However the driver uses Control Center and I can't seem to find a way to control my refresh rate. So I'm stuck at 60, I'm going to try to get the Control Panel instead since the Control Center is wearing down my system and not allowing me to change shit.

Get them here

http://support.ati.com/ics/support/defa ... onID=20856

Post by **shiznit** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 12:09 am

I have bump mapping on with 5.10a and still getting more fps on a 9800 pro then with 5.11.

Post by **plained** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 12:12 am

i hope all this plays out soon cause im getting a little itchy and i want to install my q4 , but i doen got no time to fuck around

Post by **nomadimage** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 12:24 am

TwR|Slice wrote:nomadimage i have the same system as u and get 35-44 FPS at this spot (my GPU is a 9600XT) what did u get ?

The ggl timedemo is giving me 48-52fps. (low quality/800x600)

I was originally running omega drivers and getting around 35fps.
I upgraded to the 5.10 catalyst which seems to help out a little more.

Post by **mjrpes** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 12:38 am

I have an AMD 2200+ & 6600GT and I get 10-15fps a good part of the time while playing MP. And this is with that special config file that makes the graphics look like complete shit at 640x480.

Post by **Psyche911** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 12:58 am

mjrpes wrote:I have an AMD 2200+ & 6600GT and I get 10-15fps a good part of the time while playing MP. And this is with that special config file that makes the graphics look like complete shit at 640x480.

This game is extremely CPU bound, especially in multiplayer. That's probably your problem, because a 6600GT should do a lot better than a 9800 Pro in this game like I have. Yet I average around 30fps, dropping into the teens rarely and often being between 35-40. I have a P4 2.4 @ 2.8GHz.

Post by **Psyche911** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 1:02 am

shiznit: I'm about to install the 5.10a drivers. They're a complete driver, right? Not a patch to a previous installed driver? Because I think I'm on 5.8, so I don't want to patch an older driver.

ATi's site seems to offer no info on that.

Post by **TwR|Slice** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 1:03 am

i looked through the forum of Ravensoft and they know the problem ... but no solution for it ...
i hate those teething problems of new games ...
I hope there will be a fix for this .... firstly i'll test the 5.10a and will post the improvement

So long
Slice

Post by **TwR|Slice** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 1:27 am

Heremy screenshot with 5.10a
My Screenshot
WTF ???
the lights are very dark, okay i got a performance "boost" but this is really crap ! i'll go back to 5.10 ... BTW my control center says i have Catalyst 2.02 ?!

Post by **shiznit** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 1:27 am

You need to uninstall your other ones, they are messing up my refresh rate in quake4 (I had to use r_diplayrefresh 85). But they seem to give me quite a fps boost.

Post by **shiznit** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 1:29 am

TwR|Slice wrote:Heremy screenshot with 5.10a
WTF ???
the lights are very dark, okay i got a performance "boost" but this is really crap ! i'll go back to 5.10 ... BTW my control center says i have Catalyst 2.02 ?!

No idea, I don't get that. I'm using 5.11 control panel I also get some odd driver number but they seem to work.

Post by **TwR|Slice** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 1:30 am

i don't know why but i think we should wait for a fix by Raven or id

Post by **nomadimage** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 2:25 am

TwR|Slice wrote:i don't know why but i think we should wait for a fix by Raven or id

Agreed. A point release is probably already in early stage development....I hope. :icon26:

Post by **RedAlley** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 3:09 am

Guess I'll try out the 5.10a drivers... here goes nothing.

Post by **RedAlley** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 3:13 am

I'm also gonna try out the 5.11 Beta drivers... some guy on rage3d.com said they give him the best fps on his x800.

Post by **RedAlley** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 3:40 am

5.11 Betas give me a 3fps drop on high... time for the 5.10a's.

Post by **RedAlley** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 4:46 am

THANKS GOODNESS!!!! Performance increases!!!

Using this timedemo: http://media.ggl.com/files/ggl-timedemo.zip

1024 X 768 on HIGH settings

No Decals

No AA... No VSYNC.

Open AL in the audio settings with a SB Audigy 4

Everything else is on with no tweaks in the config:

45.42 FPS on the 5.10A drivers.

Finally some improvement... I won't be satisfied untill I break 50.

Post by **RedAlley** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 5:18 am

Turned on 4x AA and got the same FPS. The 5.10a drivers are excellent... and with a patch from Raven/id the game could get an extra fps boost.

Post by **equivo** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 11:42 am

Are these 5.10a's the ones that are specifically for serious sam 2?

Post by **busetibi** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 11:51 am

Freakaloin wrote:
RedAlley wrote:ATI's card are great... the X850 PRO stands up to any GEFORCE 6800 GT. And the new ATI cards are just as good as the 7800's.

I see a lot of nvidia fanboys.
I'm an idiot.

youre having a great time in this thread arent you freak

btw redalley,
nVidia>ati
AMD>intel

Post by **TwR|Slice** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 12:21 pm

i would be glad if there will be an official statement of id or raven ...

Post by **Psyche911** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 3:07 pm

Wow. I'm so glad I installed the 5.10a drivers. Except when a few people are on screen, I'm maxed at 60FPS now, I even bumped the resolution upto 1024x768. It rarely drops into the teens now, usually the lowest is mid 20's.

I also think the extra 400MHz I overclocked the CPU helped though.

Post by **ex-28** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 4:39 pm

1280x1024
all settings maxed
Ultra
vsync -no
AA-4x
63 FPS constant same results
in 1600x1200 !!

OS: WinXP Professional 5.1 Service Pack 2
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3500+, 2.21 GHz
Video: ViewSonic VP201b
nVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra (1600x1200x32bpp 60Hz)
Sound: SB Audigy 2 ZS Audio [9C00]
Memory: Used: 436/2048MB

Post by **shiznit** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 5:19 pm

The 5.10a are great, far better performance.

But they fuxored my control panel a little.

Post by **RedAlley** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 7:03 pm

nVidia > ATI in open GL.

ATI > Nvidia in D3D.

Simple as that... no arguing.