Help with my 480

[Dazbutz]

Right so i bought a 480 last week, i was useing a 4870 and i'm disapointed in the diffrence between them as i was expecting a lot more.

You think with such a massive upgrade i would notise the diffrence? well in the games i play on max setting's my FPS are about the same or less as the old 4870 and i can't really see any diffrence.

I'm useing upto date drivers: 258.96_desktop_win7_winvista_64bit_international_whql(2)
and directX version 11

Also evey now and then while playing games my screen turns black for like 1-2 seconds changes to my desktop then back to the game, it only happens now and then some times i can play all day and night and it's fine, but when it happens it seems to do it like 2-3 times and then sorts it's self out, it's not over heating btw i have a Antec 902 and with fan's maxed i have never seen the card go over 85c full load..normaly idle's at between 45c and 50c.

Plus i built my wife a cheeper system and put my old 4870 in it and ran Heaven Benchmark and got these results:

My wifes:
Unigine

Heaven Benchmark v2.1

FPS:48.2
Scores:1215
Min FPS:16.3
Max FPS:96.2
Hardware

Binary:Windows 32bit Visual C++ 1500 Release May 21 2010
Operating system:Windows 7 (build 7600) 32bit
CPU model:AMD Athlon(tm) II X3 425 Processor
CPU flags:2694MHz MMX+ 3DNow!+ SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSE4A HTT
GPU model:ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series 8.753.0.0 1024Mb
Settings

Render:direct3d11
Mode:1280x1024 fullscreen
Shaders:high
Textures:high
Filter:trilinear
Anisotropy:4x
Occlusion:enabled
Refraction:enabled
Volumetric:enabled
Replication:disabled Tessellation:disabled Unigine Corp. © 2005-2010

Mine:
Unigine

Heaven Benchmark v2.1

FPS:35.7
Scores:900
Min FPS:13.5
Max FPS:93.6
Hardware

Binary:Windows 32bit Visual C++ 1500 Release May 21 2010
Operating system:Windows 7 (build 7600) 64bit
CPU model:Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz
CPU flags:1998MHz MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE41 SSE42 HTT
GPU model:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 8.17.12.5896 1536Mb
Settings

Render:direct3d11
Mode:1920x1080 fullscreen
Shaders:high
Textures:high
Filter:trilinear
Anisotropy:4x
Occlusion:enabled
Refraction:enabled
Volumetric:enabled
Replication:disabled Tessellation:normal

I can't usderstand these results, also i run 64bit windows to her 34bit and my RAM is faster than her's mine is 1666MHz to her 1333MHz. How can she score so much more than me and have better Fps? it's the same in windows Experience my Graphics and gaming Graphics score 7.0 but her's score 7.4 can anyone make sence of this?
Btw nothing has been overclocked on these two rigs it's all standard.

 

[ken9122]

The first question I ask, right after asking you to fill in your system specs, Is your PSU up to the addition power requirements?

Ken

 

[Hopalong X]

Dazbutz quote
"it's not over heating btw i have a Antec 902 and with fan's maxed i have never seen the card go over 85c full load..normaly idle's at between 45c and 50c."

My ASUS ENGtX460 doesn't run that hot max OC'ed.
No OC it runs 32C idle and 55-60C running AVP benchmark tool.


I agree with Ken it would help having video card info also. Brand and exact model number.
Screen size and resolution would also help.

Mike

 

[Everlong]

The benchmark for the 4870 is running in DX10 mode with tessellation disabled. The GTX480 is running in DX11 with tessellation enabled, so the 480 is having to do a lot more work. Disable tessellation when you run the GTX480 and you'll see.

 

[Dazbutz]

Here is my specs sorry,

Gigabyte P55M-UD2 intel mobo
Intel Core i5-750 / 2.66 GHz processor
4Gb G-Skill Rip-jaw1666mhz ddr3 memory
Corsair TX series 650W ATX2.2 Power supply
Gainward Geforce GTX 480
Screen resolutions 1920x1080
Samsung 22" monitor
windows 7 ultimate 64meg

 

[Dazbutz]

The benchmark for the 4870 is running in DX10 mode with tessellation disabled. The GTX480 is running in DX11 with tessellation enabled, so the 480 is having to do a lot more work. Disable tessellation when you run the GTX480 and you'll see.

Without tessellation:
Unigine

Heaven Benchmark v2.1

FPS:42.2
Scores:1062
Min FPS:20.0
Max FPS:96.3
Hardware

Binary:Windows 32bit Visual C++ 1500 Release May 21 2010
Operating system:Windows 7 (build 7600) 64bit
CPU model:Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz
CPU flags:1998MHz MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE41 SSE42 HTT
GPU model:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 8.17.12.5896 1536Mb
Settings

Render:direct3d11
Mode:1920x1080 fullscreen
Shaders:high
Textures:high
Filter:trilinear
Anisotropy:4x
Occlusion:enabled
Refraction:enabled
Volumetric:enabled
Replication:disabled Tessellation:disabled Unigine Corp. © 2005-2010

Not that much diffrence really tho it is better it's still well below my wifes and what about the Windows Experience score?

 

[Everlong]

You're also running at a lot higher of a resolution on your PC compared to your wife's. Have you tried running WEI again? It's a pretty bad benchmark.

 

[Dazbutz]

You're also running at a lot higher of a resolution on your PC compared to your wife's. Have you tried running WEI again? It's a pretty bad benchmark.

Well she only has my old 19" screen to, what is WEI i'm not the best with computers.

 

[Everlong]

You're also running at a lot higher of a resolution on your PC compared to your wife's. Have you tried running WEI again? It's a pretty bad benchmark.

Well she only has my old 19" screen to, what is WEI i'm not the best with computers.

Windows Experience Index (score). You should be getting around a 7.6 with a 480.

 

[chev65]

I agree with Everylong, you can't compare a 1280x1024 score with a 1920x1080 score. It's not going to be close at those resolutions. Try changing monitors and see what your machine does at 1280x1024. And if you really want higher frame rates you need to overclock your i5 750 to around 4GHz.

 

[snipermouse]

I agree with chev65, you may need more GHz on the processsor, could be a bottle neck?? something is amiss though as I get a 7.8 score with my GTX480 and i7-860 with it running @ 3.3GHz. Could be a power supply issue, they need alot, the temps are normal, I get 48c @ idle and around 75c-85c under load. BTW a EVGA highflow bracket has made about a 5c improvement.

 

[Everlong]

His CPU won't be a bottleneck, chev just means to get the most out of it and the best performance it's best to overclock it.

 

[snipermouse]

also go here Bench - GPU - AnandTech :: Your Source for Hardware Analysis and News

this is a benchmark and comparison site for CPU, GPU etc

this link has the 480 v 4870, should give you an idear on what to expect.

 

[stevepoolstock]

You're also running at a lot higher of a resolution on your PC compared to your wife's. Have you tried running WEI again? It's a pretty bad benchmark.

Well she only has my old 19" screen to, what is WEI i'm not the best with computers.

Windows Experience Index (score). You should be getting around a 7.6 with a 480.

I get 7.7 with my GTX 470.

And, yes, those scores seem pretty normal for those settings. I agree on it being an unfair comparison, though.

 

[Everlong]

Well she only has my old 19" screen to, what is WEI i'm not the best with computers.

Windows Experience Index (score). You should be getting around a 7.6 with a 480.

I get 7.7 with my GTX 470.

And, yes, those scores seem pretty normal for those settings. I agree on it being an unfair comparison, though.

Well anywhere between 7.6 and 7.8 for them.

 

[Dazbutz]

I re-ran the windows assessment and it give me 7.1, as for over clocking the processsor i wouldn't know where to start, is that hard to do for someone thats not that good with computers?

 

[Blackwolf41]

Hello Dazbutz I have the same thing with my screen while im Playing Bad Company 2 and after talking to some Freinds they Have also had the same problem. Its almost like theres a Program Running in the Background but I know theres not, so Im thinking Graphic Drivers

 

[bobkn]

Unigine

Heaven Benchmark v2.1

FPS:95.7
Scores:2412
Min FPS:61.2
Max FPS:164.9

Hardware

Binary:Windows 32bit Visual C++ 1500 Release May 21 2010
Operating system:Windows 7 (build 7600) 64bit
CPU model:Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz
CPU flags:3800MHz MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE41 SSE42 HTT
GPU model:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 8.17.12.5947 1536Mb

Settings

Render:direct3d11
Mode:1280x1024 fullscreen
Shaders:high
Textures:high
Filter:trilinear
Anisotropy:4x
Occlusion:enabled
Refraction:enabled
Volumetric:enabled
Replication:disabledTessellation:disabled
Unigine Corp. © 2005-2010

 

[Hopalong X]

With tesselation.
Video card maxed at 57*C

Unigine

Heaven Benchmark v2.1

FPS:41.8
Scores:1053
Min FPS:26.3
Max FPS:103.0

Hardware

Binary:Windows 32bit Visual C++ 1500 Release May 21 2010
Operating system:Windows 7 (build 7600) 64bit
CPU model:Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 870 @ 2.93GHz
CPU flags:3086MHz MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE41 SSE42 HTT
GPU model:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 8.17.12.5896 1024Mb

Settings

Render:direct3d11
Mode:1440x900 fullscreen
Shaders:high
Textures:high
Filter:trilinear
Anisotropy:4x
Occlusion:enabled
Refraction:enabled
Volumetric:enabled
Replication:disabled
Tessellation:normal

 

[Dazbutz]

19" screen with resolutions 1280x1024 Windows Experience Index still only scores my 480 7.1 tho the benchmark was a little better.

Unigine

Heaven Benchmark v2.1

FPS:53.6
Scores:1349
Min FPS:17.2
Max FPS:133.9
Hardware

Binary:Windows 32bit Visual C++ 1500 Release May 21 2010
Operating system:Windows 7 (build 7600) 64bit
CPU model:Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz
CPU flags:1998MHz MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE41 SSE42 HTT
GPU model:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 8.17.12.5896 1536Mb
Settings

Render:direct3d11
Mode:1280x1024 fullscreen
Shaders:high
Textures:high
Filter:trilinear
Anisotropy:4x
Occlusion:enabled
Refraction:enabled
Volumetric:enabled
Replication:disabled Tessellation:disabled Unigine Corp. © 2005-2010

Think i will try getting my I5 overclocked, i just can't understand why Windows Experience Index scores my 480 only 7.1 with these resolutions.
Btw will i need a better cooler than the standard intel i5 one that came with the proseser if i find some one to overclock it?