X3 Terran Conflict benchmark on 4870 X2 and Core i7 920 @ 3,6GHz

[tom432011]

Do you ever get lag, like it pausing for a second or 2 every few mins?

[arvutihull]

@tom432011 - Yes, I got some slight lag before every part of the benchmark.

[SApcGUY]

@Oatmeal1300 there must be something wrong with your drivers, i have that exact system but with a gts450 and runs at average 40fps at ultra

[theeclownbro]

yes now i know an ati 5670 hd will run this game or if any one knows if this card will run please tell me

[arvutihull]

@theeclownbro - Should work.

[theeclownbro]

@arvutihull cheers



[CyboTyaS]

Ohh well... its so bad that X3 doesnt assist more than 1 Core ._.

[Shodex4]

Despite it's age, Terran Conflict (X3 in general) is absolutely amazing looking.

A brilliant game.

[ccjx]

@Oatmeal1300

0. What resolution are u running it on?

1. Check your drivers. Make sure you get those from ATI and not from Microsoft Windows Update.

2. Check your power supply. Is your board underpowered?

3. Check your temps. Is your board/graphics, etc. heating till too high a temp?

I'm running on an Intel C2Q Q9550, 4gb ddr2 and ATI HD4850 512MB and the game is very smooth for me. 5850 shouldn't be a problem.

[lesleyhenriquez]

@ccjx Lika anyone these days has anything but a hugely overpowered psu.

[paddytehpyro]

Superb choice of music. JMJ's music is just the perfect soundtrack to any space based game. Especially oxygen.

[gards2]

The amount of games that run better with AA off is annoying me. why even have it? quite high end systems strugle with it on..i dont get it ????

[arvutihull]

There's something wrong with your computer. Do you have the latest drivers for your graphics card?

[aliasdeCo]

Seems to be OK for a game version that old (Isn't the rolling demo ver 1.xx ?)

You can go only so far with multiple cores since the game engine (as far as i know) is single threaded. So no matter the CPU core count, the core part of the game only uses one of 'em.

I'm managing with

a lousy 64-b Athlon X2@2200MHz,

GTX260TOP,

4Gb@800Mhz (Two matched DualCh Pairs)

on an M3N-HT Deluxe

1920x1200x32 all but textures maxed. Textures on Med for 300+ ship sectors. Gives me all the fps i need to dogfight.

[nusferatum]

@aliasdeCo Agree. I have a dual core laptop w 9800 gt 1 gb running at max on all areas and the game works lag free. The graphics are great, but the only thing this baby demands is critical thinking ie. trading.

[SuperOfficerDibble]

Sorry for the double post, but I wanted to add, if you really want to see the difference in quality, I'd recommend running a saved game, several months advanced, on both an i7 and, say, a Core2 or the like, and seeing the reduction in stuttering bought about by the multiple cores :)

[SuperOfficerDibble]

X3 is one of those few games, like Dwarf Fortress, where the playing experience really is quite closely related to the speed of your processing, especially once you have revealed a large number of sectors.

Gorgeous looking game though, and one of the few games you can really invest a lot of time into without losing interest :)

It's usually trying to control thousands of ships at once that effects the FPS on X3, the graphics rendering shouldn't change too much from initial speed in most cases,

[marclarell]

wow, thsi track fits perfectly with X3! i love it

[DVAFP]

i guess it also depends on what resolution you're playing...

[anythinggoesforthis]

I get 150+ FPS w/ E8400 @ 3.8Ghz w/ 4GB of Kingston ram @ just over 800mhz with default timings. Also, with a ATI Radeon 4890 and an Asus P5Q-E clocked at @ 430 FSB.....

Maybe your i7 rig is a little overkill...because I'm playing it @ highest settings AND 1360x768, I'm sure a higher resolution won't drop the FPS much.

[arvutihull]

1360x768 = 1044480 pixels

1680x1050 = 1764000 pixels

There actually is a pretty big difference in the resolution ;-)

But 4890 may do better in this benchmark also... i'm not sure that the benchmark supports crossfire, probably not...

[anythinggoesforthis]

You're right, it's not an even fight but you're system probably cost around £1000? Mine cost £550, custom built ofc...and I get double your FPS, not trying to be a dick. I fell in love with my processor and want to make sure people use it, the E8400 pwns more than people think!

[arvutihull]

E8400 is a great CPU, overclocks very well also.

[anythinggoesforthis]

You're not kidding, I'm still to get a 4ghz+ stable BUT I still haven't messed with the Vcore at all yet so happy days

[theeclownbro]

@anythinggoesforthis tell how it is and where to get please i wanna custom build my comb rig and the only problem im having right now is the CPU coz they cost alot

[ccjx]

@arvutihull Yes I agree. The reso affects. The 4870X2 has 2gb of graphics ram while the 4890 has only 1gb. When you push the reso up the framerate will drop.

[PsycCentauri]

@arvutihull I have to say though, this game is CPU intensive.

[DjRjSolarStar]

It does, tremendously.

[greekgod41]

very beautiful demo but as you can see even in this vid, there are some major stutterings in certain segments no matter how powerful your hardware is....82 fps at 1680x1080 GTX285 on my core 2 duo 3.33 gigahertz

[arvutihull]

Basically all the stuttering is caused by my camcorder. Nice score!

[greekgod41]

I don't think so, as the stuttering is even on my system, no matter what res i play, i think its the demo itself...i thought it might have been my drivers but believe me i've tried nearly every combination!....it marrs an otherwise beautiful demo, perhaps it occurs as the scene transitions between a low polygon count and suddenly it goes to a very high polygon count, thats my explanation anyway :), thanks for the compliment but your fps are higher! lol

[okeyo]

this is very beautiful and free! benchmark...

[63M1N1]

ah, jean michel jarre... :)

[marland66]

I got 97 fps on my system. All settings maxed out. Love this benchmark. 1920x1200

[apj5454]

i get 96 fps average with this on my system with a top fps of 344!!

All settings maxed and 1920 x 1200 :)

[arvutihull]

Sweet!

[apj5454]

na not yet as not had pc long but i will get round to it! will be sweet and cheers for comment :)

i think you beat my fps on that benchmark as i am still running the 8.12 drivers?

[arvutihull]

Probably yes, I was running Catalyst 9.2 in this video. Your resolution was higher too, probably you got less FPS because you ran it on 1920x1200, i ran it on 1680x1050.

[Silentshard1]

It's is lagging a bit

[arvutihull]

it's my camera...

[em11613]

What is the difference between 920 and 940 ???

[arvutihull]

920 is cheaper, 940 is more expensive. 920 has 2,67GHz stock clock speed, 940 has 2,93GHz. 920 can overclock bad (depends on how good chip you'll get), 940 will overclock good.

[em11613]

Tnx man...love ya :]

[tommywomble]

I would hardly call the i7 920 a bad overclocker.

MANY people reach 4.0ghz with it.

[arvutihull]

I didn't call the 920 a bad overclocker (I'm running mine at 4,1GHz at the moment). If you buy a 920 It can be a very good overclocker, but if you get a bad chip then it will need a lot voltage to reach 4GHz.

[arvutihull]

Tänud!

[keldererik]

Can you put a link in the videodescription? Looks very nice :)

[arvutihull]

Do you mean the link where to download the benchmark tool?Thanks!

[keldererik]

Yes to download :D Thanks in advance ^^

[midnightzokka]

i got it =D

[orangedrink]

nice! i have this game, never played it. It was soooo confusing right from the start. haha

[arvutihull]

i don't know, i only downloaded the benchmark.

[Henzzzzz15]

Hea...!

[arvutihull]

tänud!

[arvutihull]

tänud!

[markomuu]

veab sul sul sitax hea arvuti

mul mingi uriseb,paneb  kokku niisama jne :D

[arvutihull]

hehe, mul uriseb väga tõenäoliselt veel valjemini =)

tänud!

[Kaarel25]

Nice vid :D 5/5

Suht pikk benchmark... 7+min

[arvutihull]

Tänud!