ATI users: RUN FEAR at 30% higher performance!!!

[KoHaN69]

maybe this has been posted before.
that means im spamming.
oh well, this spam might save a few ppl sum great time in FEAR

ati engineers f-ed up.



if you rename your fear.exe to anything else, (fear1.exe)
you will get 30% guranteed fps boost.



FEAR.exe




FEAR1.exe





Tested on venice64 2.4gz, crappy 200mhz ram
x800gto@16pipes @550/550

Running an custom 1280x1024 resolution, soft shadows ON, 4xAA, 16xAS (ALL MAX 1280x1024)


Without Soft Shadows:

[Turok]

My simple specs:

- A64 FX-57
- Sapphire x850xt (Dual-DVI) at stock
- Catalyst 5.11
- AA and AF is in "Application Settings" for better FEAR perforamnce with AA and AF
- Win XP pro SP2 (tweaked)



My FEAR settings are:

- FEAR is patched with version 1.02
- 1152x864
- Everything on PC perforamnce is at Maximum
- Everything on Video Card perforamnce is at Maximum (except Light and Shadow Details, which are at Medium because dont offer any noticable difference in image quality)
- Soft Shadow off, because it's a huge performance hogger, and it looks better without it, IMO
- 4xAA and 16xAF



This is what I get:

Beforethe tweak





Afther the tweak





KoHaN69, why is my x850xt (stock), which is close to your x800gto@16pipes @550/550, has a lower score (by comapreing the one without soft shadowing) even at a lower resolution?

[KoHaN69]

My simple specs:

KoHaN69, why is my x850xt (stock), which is close to your x800gto@16pipes @550/550, has a lower score (by comapreing the one without soft shadowing) even at a lower resolution?

Cuz im sexier

[Damien]

Hahaha, that's really funny. I don't have fear so I can't test this out

[Aphex_Tom_9]

so....WHY???

[Turok]

Cuz im sexier

For real, what makes your x800gto so special? We are running basically the same vid card speeds, Im running with a FX-57, and my benchmarks were on a lower resolution. I should be getting higher FPS, but Im getting lower even at a lower resolution.

It could be a driver issue where ATi's drivers favor more the newer GTOs over the x850xt. To check if this it strue, lets compare 3DMark05 scores

This is what I get:



depending on your score, we could assume if it's eather a problem with my system, or a problem with the ATi drivers.

[dnottis]

Driver bug. Actually its a way for ATI to increase performance even more LOL jk.. it is a bug that decreases performance, ATI will update and correct in an upcoming driver they said.

[Damien]

you score 6300 with an FX-57 and x850xt? Yeah something's definitely wrong, I scored higher then that with a winchester @ 2.6 and my x800gto..

[Heretic]

What a strange driver bug...it just sees fear.exe and the performance runs away?

[KoHaN69]

for that, i set all to MAX, even lights and all

i use omega 5.10a
and
im on win2k

so....WHY???

ati engineers f-ed up.

[-NOISE-]

I'm not have FEAR yet, but when it will be, i'll try to look at this bug! Nice thing!

[Turok]

Those who dont have FEAR, but have a x800 or x850 series that's NOT a x800gto or gto2, could you run a 3DMark05 test?

I want to know if this is ATi making better drivers for the GTOs, or if it's a problem with my PC

[drcrawn]

Turok:

6615 with x850xpe @ stock
200x13= 2.6ghz

Cats 5.10

[Turok]

Turok:

6615 with x850xpe @ stock
200x13= 2.6ghz

Cats 5.10

hmmm...
The extra 300 Marks is probably because of your -PE clocks, so I guess ATi drivers benefit GTOs more than the older x800's and x850's.

Or it could also be that Omega drivers run a lot better than Catalyst right now.
KoHaN69 said he's using the Omega 5.10a driver, so I guess Ill try a Omega driver and see how my performance changes.

[Turok]

ok, this is what happened afther updateing to the Omega 5.10a

3DMark05 got lower:

Catalyst 5.11:





Omega (Cat 5.10a):





FEAR benchmark:
Not too much of a improvement in FEAR. FEAR isnt really acurate all the time, so the extra FPS on Omega could of been luck or something.





Now, what's so special about the GTOs?
Do they make them with better memory? because the core is the same
Are the drivers better optimized for GTOs?
KoHaN69, could you test your GTO with 3DMark05 to compare?

BTW KoHaN69, Cat 5.11 seems to give me better scores than the Omega 5.10a drivers. The same could probably be true with your GTO. Try updating to Catalyst 5.11 for better performance

[KoHaN69]

Turok - I'll try 5.11, its annoying to install new drivers every 2 weeks.

I only install the Omega's equilevant

i have results:

Omega5.10a Connect3d x800gto vivo @ 16 pipelines OCed to 579/579 67263dmarks

System:

Amd64 3000+ Venice 2.2ghz
htt 245 mhz
1.5gb ram (2x512 + 2x256) 333mhz
dfi lanparty ultraD nf4
Windows 2000 sp4
Psu: Ultraconnect 500w xconnect
Hd: Seagate 7200

[Turok]

Turok - I'll try 5.11, its annoying to install new drivers every 2 weeks.

I only install the Omega's equilevant

i have results:

Omega5.10a Connect3d x800gto vivo @ 16 pipelines OCed to 579/579 67263dmarks

System:

Amd64 3000+ Venice 2.2ghz
htt 245 mhz
1.5gb ram (2x512 + 2x256) 333mhz
dfi lanparty ultraD nf4
Windows 2000 sp4
Psu: Ultraconnect 500w xconnect
Hd: Seagate 7200

Hmmm... It could probably be your 1.5 Gb of ram
FEAR lags on me a bit as it loads new enviroments and it does it when benchmarking too when entering the room that blows up, or rapidly accessing the room with water. Probably if I clock my x850xt to those clocks, I could get above 6726 marks. GPU doesnt give a huce difference in marks, so mine could probably be a bit faster with my FX-57

[OCmyself]

hmmm just wondering does is work for my stone age 9800pro 128 ?

[Heretic]

Try it and let us know...I think it should, unless this bug is specific to the x800 series and up, which I sincerely doubt.

[pancake]

thats got to be the weirdest bug ever

before



after



Turok: your scores seem stupidly low especially with a fx57 , i get around 7k with a 2.7 winnie

[Martinx]

damn, you got as good as my score and i have a 6800GT. Nice.

[Turok]

thats got to be the weirdest bug ever
Turok: your scores seem stupidly low especially with a fx57 , i get around 7k with a 2.7 winnie

note that my x850xt is @ stock (520/540) while your x800gto is @ 615/630. That's why you get easily over 7K
My FX-57 is also in stock, so Im at 2.8 Ghz
My FX-57 does 29s in 1M in S_PI @ stock, so I dont think my CPU is the problem
I think my main problem with FEAR is my memory. 3D Mark looks normal to me.

[g-a-m-e]

Is this a joke? How can changing the name add 30% of performance ?

Well i tried it but it didnt do squad really ...

changed the FEAR thingy under program files/sierra and so on to FEAR1, scores are still the same even a bit lower ...

X800XT PE , sow, how can changing the name ad 30%, it looks like a bunch of bull to be honest

[Turok]

Is this a joke? How can changing the name add 30% of performance ?

Well i tried it but it didnt do squad really ...

changed the FEAR thingy under program files/sierra and so on to FEAR1, scores are still the same even a bit lower ...

X800XT PE , sow, how can changing the name ad 30%, it looks like a bunch of bull to be honest

hmmm...
What version is your Catalyst?

[g-a-m-e]

latest .. 5.11 , ...you think the "bug" is fixed in the latest Catalyst ?