Quake 4 1.05 beta dual core patch benchmarks

[ruiner5000]

http://www.amdzone.com/modules.php?op=m...index&req=viewarticle&artid=216&page=1

The patch seems slower than 1.04, and enabling SMP support slows it again in our Athlon 64 testing. This could very well be an Intel only benefit.

 

[sandorski]

that freakin sucks

 

[ruiner5000]

yeah, i had gotten excited. anyway, hopefully there is some benefit. If any of you have tested it I'd love to see numbers.

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: ruiner5000
yeah, i had gotten excited. anyway, hopefully there is some benefit. If any of you have tested it I'd love to see numbers.

I think that review was wrong/incorrect. Others(Users) have been reporting dramatic improvements on X2s.

 

[ruiner5000]

where? i tried multiple systems, and believe it or not I've been testing quake since 96. it is quite possible due to the hardware configuration/drivers. calling it wrong or incorrect without any basis for that is incorrect. did you even read it or did you just look at the graph?

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: ruiner5000
where? i tried multiple systems, and believe it or not I've been testing quake since 96. it is quite possible due to the hardware configuration/drivers. calling it wrong or incorrect without any basis for that is incorrect. did you even read it or did you just look at the graph?

Users at Rage3D are reporting 20ish% improvements on their own X2 systems. I'll have to figure out how to do a timedemo in Q4 and try it myself I guess to know for sure.

 

[ruiner5000]

it might be that the unreleased nvidia drivers i'm using are causing a problem, but they are ones with dual core support.

 

[TheUnk]

Originally posted by: ruiner5000
where? i tried multiple systems, and believe it or not I've been testing quake since 96.

I tested EQ2 since 92 and I've been testing DNF since 84.

 

[ruiner5000]

We have confirmed from Nvidia that there is a driver issue beyond a certain version with the 1.05. More details are here.
http://www.amdzone.com/modules.php?op=m...e&sid=4510&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

 

[BFG10K]

They should run the tests on Catalyst 5.12 running on ATi hardware.

 

[ruiner5000]

At ATI's request we are doing tests of the 5.12 with many games. The flu bug has hit, and slowed us down considerably.