5870 is here :) :) :)

[TX-Gunslinger]

Installed - functional.   I'll start benchmarks tonight after work.

More to follow.......

Ahhhh ATI Catalyst - have not seen those screens in 5 years.

S~

Gunny

[TX-TOAD]

Your sharpness trick for IL2 recon no longer works with ATI!

One of the reasons, I followed you to Nvidea, and your tweaking ideas.

But You will soon see the IQ with IL2 at least and ATI kicks Nvidea's ass.

Even  my old 1950 although has much lower FPS it's IQ is better than this 260 for sure.

[GOZR]

You can tweak many of this quality..  but the ATI profiles per game is real bad from ATI and that need to be addressed  .. but now we will see the benchmarks with this good ATI card

I'm exited to see the results

[TX-Gunslinger]

If ever there was a dAy I wish I could blowoff work..l


Later,

s~

G

[GOZR]

Plz Gunny take some pictures please if you can to see the size etc..

Thx.

[TX-Gunslinger]

Very initial data - ATI AA and Sampling options scale differently.  Even though frame intense - I found a setting (unplayable) which has absolutely NO TERRAIN SHIMMERING

Here we go....  These are the higher end tests mind you....

Effects off - Supersampling AA Mode - 16X AA (Wide Tent x-8) 16X AF
1920 X CPU Back to 4.0 GHz

WIDE TENT AA
Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
  7273,    179112,  27,  63, 40.606

EDGE DETECT Same settings as AA/AF Ap controlled max
Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
  7325,    179125,  27,  62, 40.893

NARROW TENT
Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
  6963,    178942,  25,  59, 38.912

BOX
Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
  6967,    179054,  25,  58, 38.910

MIPMAP to Performance (From HIGH QUALITY in ALL previous tests)
  6948,    179271,  25,  60, 38.757

MIPMAP BACK to HIGH QUALITY - Edge-detect AA 12 X Level 4X - AF X8
Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
  6301,    179161,  24,  49, 35.169

Change from SuperSampling to Adaptive MutliSampling
Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
  8701,    178895,  27,  81, 48.637 - Shimmering back-see movie1200 - All settings High  (Forced AA/AF)

EDIT:  Original SPU clock not correct.  CPU back at 4.00 GHZ Q9650...

S~

Gunny

[GOZR]

So Gunny what is your feeling ?
Thx

[TX-Gunslinger]

Whoa - just noticed my CPU is running near stock clock.... must have reset when I changed boards.....

Hold on.... back to 4.00 GHz...

S~

Gunny

My initial feelings are it's where a 280 is, but it has a lot more options for Anti Aliasing/Shimmer control.  I've been able to get almost reasonable clocks with no shimmer in the terrain at good AA....  it may be that this card is more tuneable to ROF - but it's too early to tell.  Not much different than 280 - I think....   but let me get my test system back to the standards that I tested the 280 under...

S~

Gunny

[GOZR]

ok Are you under XP, Vista or W7 64 ?  btw

[TX-Gunslinger]

Vista ala 64

S~
G

[GOZR]

Do you have w7 64 yet the cd ? ( my advice ditch Vista asap )

[TX-TOAD]

Well sat on TS for last two hours, figured there be some activity, at least conversation.

Off to be now.

[GOZR]

Hoo sorry TOAD i could of come but i didn't check !! Sorry..

[TX-Gunslinger]

No don't have Win7 yet, I can get it for 30$ at the campus store though.

Sorry I missed you on TS, Toad...

S~

Gunny

[TX-Gunslinger]

Gotta go to bed....  replaced numbers above for correct CPU clock - tests.

It performs like 280, probably a wee bit better.  Still not done....  too early to pass judgement.  It's solid and functional.....

S~

Gunny