HL2 & CS:S - Nvidia FX Cards (30% FPS Increase)

[Spike383]

Amd64 3000+ Winchester

Gainward Ultra 2400 GS (GLH)

-->[same Chipset as a Ultra,1.6ns] 420/1300mhz

Msi K8N Neo2 Platinum

1GB 400DDR PC 3200 Kingston ValueRam

Doom3 on Ultra details at 1600x1200 with 4xaa and 8xaf no prob above

70 frames on benchmark.

Hl2 the frames drop from 260+ (small rooms) to 50+ (hovercraft lvl)

on 1600x1200 max details and 4xaa 8xaf

Farcry with above 60 frames on 1600x1200 max details and 4xaa 8xaf

3Dmark03 Score - 12982

3Dmark05 Score - 5394

Aquamark Score - 70.000+

i wonder why the Nvidia 6800GT's/Ultra's do so bad frames on HL2 :wacko:

[SaLiVa]

Ok, I took a screen at 1024x768 everything in the options menu high except filtering is trilinear.  Water reflection says I should run at reflect world but its on all instead.  This is the lowest I could get the fps to get, even 9800 XT and 6800 and x800 have strange fps drops when you get close to models of high detail, I also looked at it while looking back at the world so its also seen in the reflection.  I did the cl_showfps 2 but minimum fps is 0 right when the maps load so its a useless number, it plays 30-146 but sometimes gets that stutter that other people on the steam forums have complained about on any card that runs in dx9, it lasts for about 3 o 5 seconds then goes away and comes back only when you enter a new area and then you get the stutter again for 3-5 seconds.  30 fps is when I am shooting a bunch and there are like 6 antilions jumping at me and there is water.  146 fps is when ther is no water and I am not really close to a model (model takes more than 80% of screen) or i zoom in on a model.  As you can see, great reflection, normal mapping on models, the water/land transition effect, cool beans, better than typing mat_dxlevel 90 in console and getting corruption and even lower fps.

http://www.nastynorthnyc.com/nrwebspace/d2_coast_010001.jpg

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RoFL!!! LMAO!!!

Thats just butt ugly man. Whats right in front of you? The buggy or a a monster from outer space?