you can say that again, my old prescott 630 could do maybe 114fps in stress test with a low config, and on the same cfg the qx had 295 (299 in the max) average. now the game maxed out it still does 150 av.
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CPU: Core 2 E2180 @ 3.2 Ghz |
M/B: MSI P965 |
RAM: 2x1 GB OCZ Platinum |
GPU: X800 GTO |
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You all know what system i have, look left if you don't. Lately i've been swapping from stock settings upto an overclock of 3.52GHz, i've been doing this for weeks now. I'm curretly running just one X1900 XTX, not CF.
Anyway, when playing CS:S on a full 32 man server there is a very big difference in frame rates between the two. My settings are:
Basically its the difference between a slightly jittery experience vs an absolutely perfectly smooth one, i just wanted to share that you still need one heck of a fast CPU to get the most out of online games like CS:S when under certain circumstances.1280x960 @ 85hz (crt) 4xAA, 16xAF, all graphics settings are on maximum.
This is only really relevent for those with a similar speed card to the X1900 XTX (X1800, 7900 GT), i can't comment on other cards. I guess those with LCD's also may not notice what i mention here as your all pretty much capped at 60fps anyway.
Last edited by Jameson; 22-02-2007 at 09:10.
CPU: Core i7 920 |
M/B: ASUS P6T Deluxe |
RAM: 2x1024 Samsung 1066 |
GPU: eVGA 8800GTX |
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you can say that again, my old prescott 630 could do maybe 114fps in stress test with a low config, and on the same cfg the qx had 295 (299 in the max) average. now the game maxed out it still does 150 av.
CPU: Athlon 64 x2 5000+ am2 @ 2.6Ghz |
M/B: Asus M2N-E |
RAM: Corsair 2x 1gb DDR2 |
GPU: Club3D 8800GTS |
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hmm. it might be the physics calculations that need the cpu. and when there's 32 players online... there are many physics calculations going. i might be wrong.. just my 2 cents
CPU: E6600 at 3.6ghz |
M/B: Maximus Formula SE |
RAM: mushkin redline xp2-8000 @ 960mhz 4-4-4-8 1T |
GPU: HIS 4870 Xfire 830/1000 |
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its the bullets. same for all shooters or so i find, oblivion requires video card. wheras a shooter is counterstrike requires more cpu still a lot of vid card but less