My 8800 GTS & 7900 GTX CPU Scaling Tests

[T2k]

True though this one...

I'm sure you've probably addressed this in another thread, but why DX7 for CoD2?

Performance is about three times faster but the hit in IQ is minimal. Then with the extra performance I can crank the settings and improve the overall IQ.

Under DX9 I'd probably need to be running under low resolutions like 1152x864 or 1280x960 to keep those AA and performance levels and even lower to keep 8xS.

...is quite a stretch, TBH. AFAIR DX7 vs DX9 were really different - I remember how surprised I was when I first 'geared' down, just out of curiosity... BTW I was playing CoD2 on my former 4400+ with x1900 in 1920x1200 'cause that high you don't need more than 2xAA.

 

[BFG10K]

I would disagree on both counts.

For me the small amount of extra IQ was not even close to being worth it for such a massive performance hit and the game still looks superb & better than the original CoD under DX7.

As for 2xAA, that's not even close to being enough. 4xAA is the bare minimum and even that's not enough in many cases.

 

[ErikaeanLogic]

Originally posted by: Smartazz
nice tests. Not a big enough diffrence to make me go core 2 duo, so I'm relieved.

...until you're running that 6600 @3.6GHz. At higher resolutions with a cpu bottleneck, that extra 1GHz+ of horsepower is really going to come in handy.

Nice comparisons, bfg! Thanks for taking the time to do the legwork and post your results for us AT'ers to see, too.