I got the cards from nVidia, the only packaging was the shipping box. I have a friend who works there and can get me good deals every now and again, occasional tidbits of info.
I got the cards from nVidia, the only packaging was the shipping box. I have a friend who works there and can get me good deals every now and again, occasional tidbits of info.
Ah. I imagine their benches are correct. Too bad they couldn't put up the only one that mattered, 16X12 4X8X.
They didnt use timedemos in doom3, which means it was running SMP aware.
The dual core CPU has a strong advantage over single core in non-timedemo benchmarks.
They also only ran retarded low settings.
The dual core CPU has a strong advantage over single core in non-timedemo benchmarks.
They also only ran retarded low settings.
Originally posted by: Rollo
Ah. I imagine their benches are correct. Too bad they couldn't put up the only one that mattered, 16X12 4X8X.
Yeah, thats the one that I look at in benchmarks anymore. I hope they add 1920x1080 or 19x12 in the future.
Their framerates still seem awfully low for being lower resolution. I remember playing Doom 3 at 16x12 with 2xAA 8xAF and it being totally playable in almost all cases on my 6800 @ 400/1100.
For god's sake what's the big deal? Anyway, I was talking about where the company is based, not where it has offices.
I suppose the east gets it first because of the illegal selling of hardware is more rampant than in the west?
That is a pretty empty post. Check what again? Where are your links with hard info? The Doom3 engine may be SMP aware but Doom3 certainly isn't multi-threaded - http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2410&p=7
SMP aware means that the software is written for SMP, also known as symmetrical multi processing. SMP is mutli-threading...
When you are running timedemos (like anand always does) the SMP threads are not executed beacuse the AI and physics are not used, this skews scores in the favor of single core CPUs.
Probably the same reasons why North America's cell phones are 2 years behind Europe's. The delivery time is shorter for the products to get from Aisa to Europe then from Aisa overseas to North America. Don't forget the manufacturing labour is outsourced, along with tech support lines.
I'm well aware of the definition of SMP. What I'm waiting on is some kind of proof from you that Doom3 is multi-threaded and sees gains on dual-core CPU's. All you've given me so far is your 'word' and I can find no evidence to back it up so I'm hoping you can find some for me....
From what I've read, the doom 3 engine isn't multi threaded, nor is any other engine out. First engine that is supposedly supposed to support the multiple threading is the unreal 3 engine.
No you're still wrong. All that says is that Doom3's instructions are alternating between the different cores - not that they are being processed in parallel. If you were to sum those graphs you would get a relatively flat line around 100%. You obviously don't understand how this thing works.
http://www.techreport.com/reviews/2005q2/athlon64-x2/index.x?pg=5
Thats windows 2000 HT support. There is a bug in the sceduler. There was also very little going on in the game as i just loaded it and did nothing.
Sorry to say this but, you my friend, are full of shit. Is it an ego thing? Just admit you're wrong. If Doom3 was multi-threaded we would have a billion threads with evidence to support your claims. Instead all we have are a bunch of reviews that totally deny what you are saying.
The scene test consisted of saving at a point of looking at a scene in a large room with a moving machine in the middle.
The Fight test consisted of a non-timedemo approximated gameplay and moving around in an large area trying to get the lowest fps possible.
Neither of these are very scientific, but approximate results are...
1600x1200 4xAA 8xAniso, Ultra Quality, Everything all the way up, Vsync disabled.
Scene:
HT on : 47fps
HT off : 44fps
Fight:
HT on: 29-60fps (doom 3 is capped at 60fps)
HT off: 27-60fps
The Fight test consisted of a non-timedemo approximated gameplay and moving around in an large area trying to get the lowest fps possible.
Neither of these are very scientific, but approximate results are...
1600x1200 4xAA 8xAniso, Ultra Quality, Everything all the way up, Vsync disabled.
Scene:
HT on : 47fps
HT off : 44fps
Fight:
HT on: 29-60fps (doom 3 is capped at 60fps)
HT off: 27-60fps
If it is true, why can't you find a third party to support your claims? It should be very easy to do if it's true, don't you think?
Can we please get some more HT or dual CPU people to confirm this...
The doom 3 engine is multithreaded, Carmack says its multithreaded... The results show its multithreaded.
ENCODING VIDEO uses 50% 50% on windows 2000, that must be "switching threads" too right? Even though theres a 19% performance increase.
The doom 3 engine is multithreaded, Carmack says its multithreaded... The results show its multithreaded.
ENCODING VIDEO uses 50% 50% on windows 2000, that must be "switching threads" too right? Even though theres a 19% performance increase.
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