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Slow GTX280?

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palladium

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I'm playing Company of Heroes with my rig below ( sig) on my old 17" monitor - 1280*1024 ( the 24" monitor that I want is out of stock ATM). I maxed out all settings, except AA and AF which I set both to 4x ( AF done under NVCP). I get 50-60fps most of the time ( I think there is a frame cap of 60fps, I turned off vsync), but during heavy load ( lots of bombing/smoke) I get as low as 30fps.

Given that CoH is a 2 year old game ( and developed for the 7 series card), is my GTX280 performance sub-par, or am I likely to be CPU limited? ( running the GTX280 at stock speed - anyone know of a good, reliable OC tool for GPUs?). I'm kinda worried that this card is not enough for 19*12, even if I turn off AA/AF. I have 3 more days to exchange this card for a 4870X2 ( with a small restocking fee), should I do it?
 
Originally posted by: palladium
I'm playing Company of Heroes with my rig below ( sig) on my old 17" monitor - 1280*1024 ( the 24" monitor that I want is out of stock ATM). I maxed out all settings, except AA and AF which I set both to 4x ( AF done under NVCP). I get 50-60fps most of the time ( I think there is a frame cap of 60fps, I turned off vsync), but during heavy load ( lots of bombing/smoke) I get as low as 30fps.

Given that CoH is a 2 year old game ( and developed for the 7 series card), is my GTX280 performance sub-par, or am I likely to be CPU limited? ( running the GTX280 at stock speed - anyone know of a good, reliable OC tool for GPUs?). I'm kinda worried that this card is not enough for 19*12, even if I turn off AA/AF. I have 3 more days to exchange this card for a 4870X2 ( with a small restocking fee), should I do it?
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are you using some kind of exotic AA method or DX 10?

I'm pretty sure CoH is not that hard on current high end PCs.

took me a while to find it but here's a link with a CoH benchmark comparison

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/745/4/
 
I had multisampling set under NVCP, and yes, I'm using DX10 ( how much harder is it to run on DX10 compared to DX9?)
 
Originally posted by: palladium
I had multisampling set under NVCP, and yes, I'm using DX10 ( how much harder is it to run on DX10 compared to DX9?)
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MUCHO more.

If you run DX9, it will run 100+FPS even with max AA and AF.

DX10 adds nice little effects so I use it instead of 9 with AA off.
 
I also play COH... but I have to play on DX9 instead of DX10. If i set it to DX10 no AA forget it... it lags big time... I play on 24" Monitor and have a 8800 ultra. This is the reason I'm planning to upgrade with GTX 295 next month... With upgrade I'm hoping to be able to play on DX10.

Doesn't look like a GTX280 has any sort of problem with CoH even at 19x12 with 8xAA.
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I have a friend that has a GTX280 and plays at 19x12 and he tells me that he has to play on DX9 cause DX10 lags his game... Now I don't know if he sets crazy AA that he lags... dunno... That's why I'm waiting for GTX295 instead of GTX280.
 
4gb is a must for coh opposing fronts. it must have bad coding though cause its dx10 implentation is atrocious.
 
Thanks for the replies guys

Originally posted by: videogames101
Multisampling can kill almost any card's FPS if coupled with high AA values.
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Hmm.. isn't Multisampling the one that 'offers superior performance' ( quote from NVCP)?

@spike: It is done in NVCP. I think it's one of two methods of implementing AA... perhaps someone more knowledgeable can fill me in.

I have a friend that has a GTX280 and plays at 19x12 and he tells me that he has to play on DX9 cause DX10 lags his game... Now I don't know if he sets crazy AA that he lags... dunno... That's why I'm waiting for GTX295 instead of GTX280.
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Well my CoH isn't patched to the latest version ( mine is 2.101; I've reached my internet cap for the month), maybe that's the case for your friend too. Hopefully keys is right after I get my game patched 🙂

From the 3 reviews ( espeacially the ones from keys), it seems that this game is quite dependant on the CPU - fps don't drop much from 12*10 to 19*12. I'll do some OC-ing tonight to verify this....( wish there's a way to get rid of the frame cap though).
 
but if you have a corei7 @ 3.05ghz then cpu speed is a moot point. U shouldnt need anything more powerful than the latest generation cpu to play a 2 year old game mate.
 
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