ATI 4890 + 1.31 = crap

[blato639]

I have a ATI 4890 from XFX with 1 gig of DDR5 video memory, an Intel E6600 CPU, and 4 gigs of DDR 800 ram with Windows 7 64bit and I get a total of 15 FPS with any settings on the Antwerp Benchmark for 1.31.

To put this in perspective, I also only get 20 fps currently in 1.30.

I have the latest drivers and I keep my system very clean and optimized (I'm a nerd). The 4890 is confirmed to use a different set of drivers than the 4870 which has been having no issues. I paid $300 for what is currently the 5th most powerful GPU on the market and I can't play this game or the beta worth crap.

I don't know if this is an issue for CRS or if it is on ATI's side (probably ATI, I hate their drivers and I am never buying one of their cards again), but I thought I would bring it up.

[blato639]

Might as well add that in the training area I get around 40 FPS and when I add some clones in, it drops my FPS to the 20s. When I did the vehicle test I got a whopping 15 fps...

[maxxim]

I have the latest drivers and I keep my system very clean and optimized (I'm a nerd).

No argument here, but you didnt specify the version number of the drivers. ATI known issues are posted elsewhere at present.

[blato639]

No argument here' date=' but you didnt specify the version number of the drivers. ATI known issues are posted elsewhere at present.[/quote']

9.12. The latest.

[ramseyR]

try it with older drivers i seen some in the windows support say they get better results from them.

ATI drivers are...interesting... to put it politely, at times.

[kalegek]

This game eats more of your CPU than your graphic card. I got a 4890 myself and everything High @ 1920x1200 and aa 2x/16x i still get 30 fps in big city`s and normal city`s around the 50fps

[excal]

i got the ati xfx 4870. i tryed driver 9.12 and older versions. i got a 3ghz dual core intel, 4gb ram.

bench antwerp 21 fps

benchvehicles 23 fps

changing it to high wont make any big differense.

[ramseyR]

what is your settings in the video card? have you set this to run via the application or are they set to max?

I been noticing that makes a big difference with the frame rate.

[excal]

what is your settings in the video card? have you set this to run via the application or are they set to max?

I been noticing that makes a big difference with the frame rate.

i dont know what you mean with ''you set this to run via the application ''....

i am changing ati settings to see if this helps..

[frito123]

I would say restart the computer only open ww2ol and try a benchmark and see what you get.

[blato639]

Opening the program alone didn't do anything. I really think it's a driver issue.

[ramseyR]

i dont know what you mean with ''you set this to run via the application ''....

i am changing ati settings to see if this helps..

what i mean is set the video card to application controlled for every setting you can and off on the rest of them and see how it goes.

in your ccc panel.

[blato639]

what i mean is set the video card to application controlled for every setting you can and off on the rest of them and see how it goes.

in your ccc panel.

I've done this and it doesn't help.

[frito123]

have you gone to the ATI site lately to doublecheck that you have the latest drivers?

also have you made sure vertical sync and no frame run ahead are off?

[blato639]

have you gone to the ATI site lately to doublecheck that you have the latest drivers?

also have you made sure vertical sync and no frame run ahead are off?

Vertical sync is off and there is nowhere to actually define frame run ahead.

[lutorm]

I agree with the cpu theory. The 6600 is pretty old. I think you're cpu limited. The way to check is to check fps at different resolutions. If it scales with number of pixels, you're gpu limited. If it's basically constant, you're cpu limited. I bet it's the cpu.

Edit: Background: I have a 4870 and a E8400 overclocked to just over 4GHz, and when I change the video settings in the test survey, there is very little effect on fps. Since it seems I'm CPU limited, there's no doubt you will be, too.

Edited December 22, 2009 by lutorm

[irelandeb]

I have the same card as you and the shadows are all in the wrong places. They're like 10 m from where they should be and look horrible as well. WTF!?!

[kpfzer]

is ur cpu overclocked? because that cpu will for sure bottleneck the gpu

[blato639]

is ur cpu overclocked? because that cpu will for sure bottleneck the gpu

It's at 3.0 ghz, up from 2.4 ghz. I have been suspecting this for quite some time now.

[excal]

I agree with the cpu theory. The 6600 is pretty old. I think you're cpu limited. The way to check is to check fps at different resolutions. If it scales with number of pixels, you're gpu limited. If it's basically constant, you're cpu limited. I bet it's the cpu.

Edit: Background: I have a 4870 and a E8400 overclocked to just over 4GHz, and when I change the video settings in the test survey, there is very little effect on fps. Since it seems I'm CPU limited, there's no doubt you will be, too.

what is your test result with the 4870? benchantwerp?

[haughtkarl]

I too have an E6600 overclocked (about 3.2) for mine and this patch has me eyeballing Newegg for a mobo/cpu/ram upgrade. However, I noticed that my FPS seems to fluctuate up and down more rapidly in Win 7 (64bit) than it does in Win XP.

[jaeger]

The antwerpen scene is extremely CPU limted (as are almost all other scenes).

Note that there will be major performance gains until 1.31 goes online.

[GOPHUR]

Still Jaeger, an E6600 is a decent performer and should not be producing CPU limiting to this extent. There is something else afoot here.

Have you tried resetting your Vid Card Driver settings to default or best performance? It could be a anti-aliasing issue.

[veubiah]

I have an E6600 and 4GB DDR800 mem. Here are my bench results with CPU overclock @ 3.0 GHZ. The first FPS value is with my XFX 9800GT (not GTX). The second FPS value is the same rig with a new MSI HD5850 and drivers off the install CD (which are catalyst control center 9.10 apparently) and default driver settings.

Benchremagen FPS_____ 54 44

Benchvehicles FPS_____ 30 22

Benchantwerp FPS_____ 36 25

Shadows High FPS_____ 53 62

Shadows Medium FPS_____ 51 62

Shadows Low FPS_____ 53 63

Shadows Off FPS_____ 59 67

Rain: Cloudy FPS_____ 57 64

Rain: Rainy FPS_____ 52 54

Clutter Maximum FPS_____ 46 68

Clutter Minimum FPS_____ 55 70

I changed my CPU overclock to 3.2GHZ with the HD5850 installed and either got zero or an increase of 1 FPS in the tests. The GPU is far from stressed, and the CPU is far from max, which leads me to believe that in my configuration I am perhaps limited in throughput by the PCIE version 1.1 of the DFI P967-S motherboard.

[soloje]

Still Jaeger, an E6600 is a decent performer and should not be producing CPU limiting to this extent. There is something else afoot here.

Have you tried resetting your Vid Card Driver settings to default or best performance? It could be a anti-aliasing issue.

Seems there is something wrong with ATI card , same notes about that in this thread with a better CPU