7600GT and F.E.A.R.

[sprtnbsblplya]

Just finished completely building my system (except for 2 gigs of ram, that will come this summer).
Specs:
Shuttle ST20G5
Opteron 144 @ 2.12 ghz
1 gig (2x512) ram
250 gig 16 mb cache 7200 RPM HD
eVGA 7600GT CO 256MB

Ran the F.E.A.R. built-in cinematic demo, resolution 1280x980 (or whatever that resolution is, cant remember exactly) and every single setting at maximum, and got these results:
FPS:
Minimum: 22 FPS
Average: 45 FPS
Maximum: 108 FPS

FPS Distribution:
3% below 25 FPS
53% between 25 and 40 FPS
44% above 40 FPS

The 7600GT never went above 57 C, and thats in a very cramped Shuttle XPC case as well.

Just for those of you considering tiny cases and/or 7600GT cards.

 

[alexsabree]

wow... very nice

and without 2gb ram.. wow

 

[magouster]

It would seem then, that FEAR puts a lot of strain on the CPU, cause if I do the same (with a better GFX card), I only get 19-33-59, distr 9%-71%-20%. What the ****!

 

[sprtnbsblplya]

You're also using AGP interface, PCIe x16 has a much greater bandwidth.
But I'm sure it's also very CPU intensive for all those physics that are going on.

 

[ulater6000]

It will be nice when physics cards become more widely implemented and used to take the strain off of all cpus.

 

[magouster]

Keep in mind that not even the X1900XTX or the 7900GTX uses the full 16x bandwidth. Look at nearly all SLI Mobos with the slots running 8x PCI-e bandwidth. Even though I have a AGP card, it should and propably will beat your card in all benchmarks if we had the same CPU. Read some reviews. I have a 7800GT GPU in an AGP card, with the full 20 pixel pipes, instead of the 16 on the normal 7800GS cards. Man, I wish I had money for a new CPU, or at least a better OCing Mobo!

 

[alexsabree]

... i think that u need a pretty good cpu to play almost any new game