GroundWiz DX11 Tessellation Real Time Lighting Benchmark

[Grooveriding]

http://www.gugila.com/products_gwrts.php

This is a cool new DX11 benchmark using tessellation and real time lighting rendering some outdoor scenes. Post up your results!

 

[3DVagabond]

Looking at the vid I like the wind effect on the foliage. I wonder what physics engine they are using and if it's gpu or cpu based?

On the negative side though, you can clearly see the LOD change as you get closer to objects.I don't know if they are using tessellation or actual LOD on the models? Tessellation, I would imagine. I guess the way to tell would be to run it in Dx9/10 and see if the effect remains.

 

[Grooveriding]

DX11 1024x768

Left all settings alone except to put tessellation on ultra and 60 seconds for the benchmark length.

SLI is not working so for a single 480

Avg: 22.1
Max: 23.8
Min: 16.9

 

[Qbah]

I clicked on Benchmark and... BSOD. 11.4 preview drivers FTW! :awe:

 

[FalseChristian]

Amazing screen shot! We're getting oh-so close to photo realism. After we hit photo realism then what?

 

[tviceman]

dx11 1024x768

Tessellation on max setting, everything else default

avg: 16.3
maximum: 19.8
minimum: 11.6

gtx465 @ 800mhz core, 4000mhz mem
i7 2600k @ 4.5 ghz

 

[arkcom]

I clicked on Benchmark and... BSOD. 11.4 preview drivers FTW! :awe:

Site says it's most likely sound drivers. Turn off sound and try again.

 

[ShadowOfMyself]

Amazing screen shot! We're getting oh-so close to photo realism. After we hit photo realism then what?

It looks amazing in still shots, but as soon as the camera starts to move, its like "ouch" lol

The LOD adjustment is TOO obvious... Its a bit ridiculous how you see all trees change shape as you go...Does it have a mode where it doesnt do that? It would be incredibly taxing but still

 

[3DVagabond]

After reading the site a bit more they use LOD's. Tessellation is just for the ground. The transition is to dramatic. Seems like they are only using 2 LOD's and the switch is done too close to the camera. Needs at least one more LOD, probably two.

 

[Bartman39]

dx11 1680X1050 (why not...?)

Tessellation on ultra

Avg 13.4
Max 17.3
min 8.4

dx11 1024X768

Tesselation on ultra

Avg 18.3
Max 21.9
Min 14.9

6950HD (unlocked 900/1375mhz)

 

[Lonyo]

DX11 (obv)
6850 at stock I think, Cat 11.4. Everything default, 1024x768, 60 second benchmark. 1 run (did a second run at "none" but results were within 0.1fps)

Tessellation: Avg/Max/Min

None: 14.3/18.9/11.5
Low: 13.8/17.6/10.9
Normal: 12.9/16.6/10.1
High: 11.4/13.6/9.3
Ultra: 9.7/11.7/6.4

 

[kingcold9]

DX11 1024x768

Tesselation on ultra, everything else left alone

Avg 16.1
Max 19.6
Min 12.7

Q6600 3.0Ghz
HD 6950 1gb at stock clocks

 

[Marty502]

Wow, the benchmark really pushes the crap out of newer cards!
I can't believe the FPS you guys are getting.

But more or less objectively speaking, does it look really jaw-dropping?
That forest shot looks insane.

EDIT: Haha, on DX9 - 1680x1050 my 4670 can't even scratch 5 FPS.
Though with all the on-screen stuff going I wonder if my X2 could be bringing my FPS down.

 

[Bearach]

Wow, the benchmark really pushes the crap out of newer cards!
I can't believe the FPS you guys are getting.

But more or less objectively speaking, does it look really jaw-dropping?
That forest shot looks insane.

In my opinion? A huge no, it's not that good visually. The picture shown is not what you see. The graphics quality doesn't merit the poor FPS.

I first cranked it up to 1920x1080 at ultra tesselation and still it looked rather bad to me... Maybe I'm missing something?

Arcania Gothic 4 uses I believe PhysX to offer tree and foliage movement and they look much better and a lot faster frame rates.

EDIT: Maybe lots moving on screen not helping, but it has rather poor detail. On their site (screens not in the demo), the engine looks impressive!

 

[Joseph F]

Damn, I'm stuck with a 4850 and DX10... Update time once I get a job!

 

[darckhart]

dx11 1024x768

tess-ultra
default everything else

avg: 24.3
max: 28.9
min: 20.9

i7-920 stock
gtx580 SC stock

 

[badb0y]

Tessellation: Ultra

Everything else default:

AVG: 19.5
MAX: 23.9
MIN: 16.2

 

[MentalIlness]

Below

 

[jimhsu]

I think this benchmark is simply poorly optimized. Or maybe they rely on "programmer artwork" - i.e. horribly optimized meshes, excessively big textures, excessive shader code, etc.

 

[MentalIlness]

DX11 / 6870 Stock / E7200 @ 3.6Ghz /Cat 11.2 / Everything default / 1440x900/ 60 seconds

Tessellation: Avg/Max/Min

None----15.0 / 19.5 / 12.8
Low-----15.1 / 19.0 / 12.5
Normal- 15.0 / 18.2 / 15.6
High---- 15.0 / 19.2 / 12.5
Ultra--- 15.1 / 18.9 / 12.4


DX11 / 6870 Stock / E7200 @ 3.6Ghz / Cat 11.2 / Everything default / 1024x768 / 60 seconds

Tessellation: Avg/Max/Min

None----18.4 / 24.7 / 15.2
Low-----18.3 / 24.2 / 15.2
Normal- 18.4 / 24.3 / 15.6
High---- 18.4 / 24.3 / 15.2
Ultra--- 18.4 / 24.4 / 15.1

DX11 / 6870 Stock / E7200 @ 3.6Ghz / Cat 11.2 / Everything default / 800x600 / 60 seconds

Tessellation: Avg/Max/Min

None----21.0 / 29.8 / 16.6
Low-----21.0 / 29.6 / 16.7
Normal- 21.0 / 29.8 / 16.7
High---- 21.0 / 29.7 / 16.9
Ultra--- 21.0 / 30.4 / 16.3

DX11 / 6870 Stock / E7200 @ 3.6Ghz /Cat 11.2 / Everything default / 640x480 / 60 seconds

Tessellation: Avg/Max/Min

None----23.1 / 34.3 / 18.0
Low-----23.2 / 34.5 / 17.7
Normal- 23.1 / 34.3 / 17.7
High---- 23.1 / 34.5 / 17.8
Ultra--- 23.1 / 34.1 / 17.7



Does this look CPU bottlenecked ?

 

[BD231]

Tessellation Ultra everything else default, 1024x768 res. GTX 460 @ 850 on Phenom II X3 @ 3.7ghz

15
19
13

 

[MentalIlness]

Tessellation Ultra everything else default, 1024x768 res. GTX 460 @ 850 on Phenom II X3 @ 3.7ghz

15
19
13

DX11 / 6870 Stock / Cat 11.2 / Everything default / 1024x768 / 60 seconds

Tessellation: Avg/Max/Min

Ultra--- 18.4 / 24.4 / 15.1

This is done on a E7200 @ 3.6Ghz. Wouldn't that seem like more cores don't matter ?

 

[BD231]

DX11 / 6870 Stock / Cat 11.2 / Everything default / 1024x768 / 60 seconds

Tessellation: Avg/Max/Min

Ultra--- 18.4 / 24.4 / 15.1

This is done on a E7200 @ 3.6Ghz. Wouldn't that seem like more cores don't matter ?

Kinna like how you raped kingcold9's score's despite the fact that he has a better video card *and* CPU :awe:. Interesting you didn't post x-fire results, or did you?? Does crossfire work or is it both sli AND cross fire that won't work??

 

[kingcold9]

just ran it again and paid attention to my cores with coretemp none of them even got above 30% utilization during the bench. dont really understand why my score is so low if the cpu isnt even maxing out

 

[thilanliyan]

just ran it again and paid attention to my cores with coretemp none of them even got above 30% utilization during the bench. dont really understand why my score is so low if the cpu isnt even maxing out

It may not be properly optimized for multiple cores, but rather likes high CPU clocks?