I dont see how youve had so many issues...the gpu client is so easy to install and run.
i downloaded, installed it , and it would not run, nothing happened.
anyway, the thread isn't about that.
Here's what i got with my 9600gt, i'll add the core 216 stuff in about half an hour when i finish it.
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Stock
Galaxy 9600gt ssc (running at
1680x1050)
The FPS were taken with
FRAPS, yeah i know it's not too accurate but it's close enough, also i took the fps while in the heat of things, not just standing there doing nothing.
Stock
Evga 55nm GTX 260 Core 216 (no overclocking)
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COD4-
(Didn't record the specs it was on at the time but around medium, i might add them later)
35-55FPS -9600GT
65-73FPS -GTX 260 CORE 216
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CRYSIS WARHEAD-
no AA
Everything set at mainstream except for:
Objects-High
32-40FPS -9600GT
55-60FPS -GTX 260 CORE 216
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GRAW 2 (Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2)
Max Settings
4xAA
Basic Physx for 9600gt, full extreme physx for CORE 216 (9600gt does not support full physx)
47-60FPS -9600GT
65-80FPS -GTX 260 CORE 216
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FALLOUT 3
NO AA
NO AF
DETAIL: medium
Im not going to go into detail about the rest as there is a lot of settings, but they are all about medium.
55-60FPS -9600GT
60-64FPS -GTX 260 CORE 216
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FARCRY 2
NO AA
REAL TREE: HIGH
FIRE: MEDIUM
PHYSICS: VERY HIGH
VEGETATION: VERY HIGH
SHADING: VERY HIGH
GEOMETRY: VERY HIGH
POST: MEDIUM
TEXTURES: HIGH
SHADOW: HIGH
AMBIENT: MEDIUM
35-40FPS -9600GT
54-65FP -GTX 260 CORE 216
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WORLD IN CONFLICT
NO AA
NO AF
PIXEL SHADERS: HIGH
PHYSICS: HIGH
TEXTURE: HIGH
TERRAIN TEXTURE: HIGH
WATER:HIGH
SHADOWS: ON
WORLD DISTANCE DETAIL: HIGH
WINDOWS ON BUILDINGS: ON
EXTRA OBJECT DETAIL: ON
UNIT TRACKS: ON
GROUND SCORCH MARKS: ON
48-53FPS -9600GT
71-90FPS -GTX 260 CORE 216
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AS you can see fallout 3 did not increase much. The rest of them increased quite a lot.