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Performance & New PC
« on: December 18, 2009, 07:04:30 pm »

I'm in school right now, and I didn't get my new PC until around a day ago, so I'm still installing some other stuff. My new specs are:

 • AMD Phenom II X4 925 @ 3.13GHz
 • 4GB Corsair L4 DDR2 800MHz RAM
 • SLI 2×9800GTX+ 512MB
 • Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit SP2
 • Power: 750W
 • Mobo: Asus M3N72-D nForce 750


How good will I run this mod? How much FPS will I get in a full server with weather effects while everyone is firing their guns like blind hitmen while I have max settings with 16xCSAA?
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Re: Performance & New PC
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2009, 09:10:30 pm »

That's a bit faster then my PC, and I can run at a smooth 60 FPS with max settings while recording with Fraps. Source is a 5-year-old engine, and any machine made within the last 7 years is able to run it well.

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Re: Performance & New PC
« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2009, 09:27:06 pm »

I use to have a 8800GT, and it could run pretty much maxed. And a single 9800GTX is better then a 8800, so I think your set.
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Re: Performance & New PC
« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2009, 11:47:41 pm »

Yea i have a 9800GTX+ 1GB Superclock (Pretty much the same as your SLi setup) and pretty much the same spec across the board.

I get hundreds of FPS in all source games. You dont need to worry :P
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Re: Performance & New PC
« Reply #4 on: December 19, 2009, 12:01:51 am »

Does SLI work well with Source?
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Re: Performance & New PC
« Reply #5 on: December 19, 2009, 12:06:19 am »

depends on your resolution. SLI in general isn't that great at low resolutions. But if your running a high resolution, then SLi will have benefits.

And a high resolution is usually 1680x1050 or higher.
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Re: Performance & New PC
« Reply #6 on: December 19, 2009, 11:00:37 am »

Also i think Source was much more related to CPU speed then GFX card, at least when it comes to shadders and stuff like this.
Only a new GFX card won't make a huge difference in your overall performance.
E.g. i got a Geforce 260GTX now and had a Radon HD2600XT before.
I cannot make out a real big difference in Source performance, only some shadders are looking somewhat different now, because i also changed from ATI to nVidea.

But since you got a kewl new quad core CPU, i think you'll be set to run everything maxed out.
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Re: Performance & New PC
« Reply #7 on: December 21, 2009, 02:47:23 am »

But since you got a kewl new quad core CPU, i think you'll be set to run everything maxed out.
By the looks of it, Source doesn't seem to use ALL cores.  The only two Valve games I know of that uses all cores are Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2.
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Re: Performance & New PC
« Reply #8 on: December 21, 2009, 07:08:13 am »

Yeah but since the standard hl2 apps only use one core, that means you can assign a single core to hl2 and redirect every other app to the other 3 and setting hl2.exe to high performance will also make the computer bias to it.

I only have an 8600GT and 2 gig memory and i can run CS:S maxed out. getting 40-60 frames constant
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Re: Performance & New PC
« Reply #9 on: December 21, 2009, 09:29:26 am »

that means you can assign a single core to hl2 and redirect every other app to the other 3 and setting hl2.exe to high performance will also make the computer bias to it.
Are you talking about the 'Set Priority' feature in the Task Manager?
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Re: Performance & New PC
« Reply #10 on: December 21, 2009, 04:52:58 pm »

By default, the orange Box engine uses 3 cores or something like that. You can force it to run four or more by going into the game launch properties and adding -threads 4 in the box.
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