Your opinion of my GPU performance and a few question

[IllogicalGlory]

My specs
HIS Radeon 7850 2gb
XFX Radeon 7870 2gb
Intel i5 3570 @3.4ghz (stock speed)
Corsair TX750
Sandisk 32GB SSD @ 3gb/s - both of my 6gb/s were used

Unigine benchmark

Questions:
Is this the kind of score I should expect from a rig like this?
Is that Intel integrated graphics throwing anything off?
If, so how can I disable it (I use an ASrock extreme3 Z77 mobo)?
(I had the 7850 first) Was buying a 7870 (as opposed to a second 7850) a waste of money?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Face2Face]

Go into your bios and disable the iGPU - You may even see something about Lucid Virtue - Disable it.

If you use MSI Afterburner try to disable ULPS, this may help you higher scores while benchmarking. I have heard it only works for cards in crossfire.

Not sure about your score? You are essentially cross-firing two 7850's. Your score should be about right..

EDIT: Sorry, I thought it was 1080P

(I had the 7850 first) Was buying a 7870 (as opposed to a second 7850) a waste of money?

Thanks in advance!

In the words of James Hetfield - Sad but trueee .. oowahh

 

[Eureka]

Even with two 7850s, your score should be a little bit higher than that. You're basically getting one 7970/680's worth of performance out of two cards. And the 7850 is not half of a 7970. I would expect a little bit better (at least 50 fps avg)?

Maybe I'm overthinking it... I haven't seen a 7850 CF set-up yet.

 

[Face2Face]

Even with two 7850s, your score should be a little bit higher than that. You're basically getting one 7970/680's worth of performance out of two cards. And the 7850 is not half of a 7970. I would expect a little bit better (at least 50 fps avg)?

Maybe I'm overthinking it... I haven't seen a 7850 CF set-up yet.

What are you getting with your GTX 680?

EDIT: I think you are right -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3X-0JEM2ow

 

[Durvelle27]

your score is pretty low as my single HD 7870 gets a higher score than that

 

[Eureka]

What are you getting with your GTX 680?

EDIT: I think you are right -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3X-0JEM2ow

Right around 46 on extreme Preset, I think (don't remember the exact numbers at the moment).

your score is pretty low as my single HD 7870 gets a higher score than that

Get out of here with your alien 7870.

 

[guskline]

Run the test with video mode of 1920 x 1080. What monitor are you using? What resolution are you running your games?

 

[Durvelle27]

Right around 46 on extreme Preset, I think (don't remember the exact numbers at the moment).



Get out of here with your alien 7870.

:biggrin:

RoFL

 

[Stuka87]

It would be a lot easier to compare if you didn't use a custom preset, and used a standard resolution. 1600x900 is a very non-standard resolution.

 

[futurefields]

For some reason the 'extreme' preset uses windowed 1600x900 by default. You actually need to set it up to run fullscreen 1080p or any other res.

 

[IllogicalGlory]

It would be a lot easier to compare if you didn't use a custom preset, and used a standard resolution. 1600x900 is a very non-standard resolution.

The problem is that the monitor I use is 1600x900 and I do not have an easily accessible 1920x1080 one.

As for the preset, the only custom part is fullscreen. Apart from that, its the regular extreme preset.