Dual core performance improvements for latest nvidia drivers (81.26)

[Dribble]

A german site has got there hands on some 81.26 beta forceware drivers which can make use of dual core systems. They show performance improvements of not a lot to up to 50% in one case. Great stuff for all you rich dual core A64 + 7800GTX owners.

http://www.hardwareoc.at/Geforce-7-Treibervergleich.htm

 

[Genx87]

If these hold up this is an interesting dev imo.

 

[xtknight]

WOW, look at the Doom 3 benches. Simply amazing. Who would have thought a dual-core CPU could make such a difference? Maybe it only makes a difference when the game is CPU limited.

 

[Polish3d]

Omg this is better than sex I can't wait

 

[reever]

I could have sworn OpenGL already has native support for multi-processor systems

 

[otispunkmeyer]

thats looking pretty good.

in all the normal modes theres a nice boost, but when they increase the IQ that seems to go, Farcry got some good numbers

those doom3 numbers are fantasitc, i wonder why it has such a profound effect in that game. is it to do with the look up tables n stuff?

 

[IeraseU]

simply amazing...now I'd like to see some ATI DC optomized drivers as well.

 

[SynthDude2001]

Wow, that's really impressive (especially Doom 3). Makes me want to go ahead and buy that X2 :evil:

Edit: Anyone know if similar (percentage-wise) gains will be seen with "older" cards like the 6800GT too?

 

[ddogg]

sheesh those Doom3 benchmarks make it seem like a next generation card. quite impressive.

 

[Polish3d]

LOL @ all those people who told me "Oh you wont' see a real boost in performance from newer GTX drivers because its already mature technology"

 

[ArchAngel777]

Originally posted by: xtknight
WOW, look at the Doom 3 benches. Simply amazing. Who would have thought a dual-core CPU could make such a difference? Maybe it only makes a difference when the game is CPU limited.

No offense, but I think the answer is obvious. If a video card is CPU limited, then a faster CPU will increase performance. Likewise, if a system is GPU limited, then putting in a faster CPU will be negligable for performance.

 

[Insomniak]

Looks like everything got a nice little boost. As Nvidia continues to refine their code, I'm sure things will only get better. Expect something similar from ATi drivers before too terribly long.

 

[xtknight]

Originally posted by: ArchAngel777

Originally posted by: xtknight
WOW, look at the Doom 3 benches. Simply amazing. Who would have thought a dual-core CPU could make such a difference? Maybe it only makes a difference when the game is CPU limited.

No offense, but I think the answer is obvious. If a video card is CPU limited, then a faster CPU will increase performance. Likewise, if a system is GPU limited, then putting in a faster CPU will be negligable for performance.

Yeah but these are multithreaded drivers vs. a multithreaded game.

 

[Tetragrammaton]

WOW I am glad I got a dual core in my new system. Now if I can just get the damn thing working...

I wonder if SLI + dual core drivers has any different effect?

 

[James3shin]

impressive

 

[Hacp]

Wow, great. Makes me sad that I got a 6800GT though. I should have gotten a 6800 with my x2 because the performance increase won't be noticible in a real world scale with my 17 inch LCD. Can't wait until the drivers are released.

 

[Kalessian]

Originally posted by: James3shin
impressive

most impressive....

</vader>

 

[xtknight]

I thought the CPU was busy doing physics, but I guess the real hang-up is the driver processing?

 

[jiffylube1024]

Looks pretty good. Let's hope the US sites confirm these improvements .

 

[imported_michaelpatrick33]

Pats his X2 4400+ at 2750 and BFG 7800GTX OC at 521 and 1420mem. Drools, showers, drools, showers... repeat process until drivers show up. LOL

 

[Duvie]

So this performance will happen across the board on nvidia cards with X2's?? Will I see something with my softmodded quadro FX4000...perjhpas in my specveiewperf scores???

 

[AnImuS]

Originally posted by: Kalessian

Originally posted by: James3shin
impressive

most impressive....

</vader>

 

[remagavon]

Apparently these drivers aren't rendering shadows properly in a lot of games.. there's a thread on it over at nvnews.

 

[chinkgai]

i wonder why there is such a huge drop in performance when the tests are run in high quality? altho not for all the benchmarks...interesting? any ideas?

 

[Hacp]

Will this work with HT or is this just Dual core?