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680MX Benchmarks please
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Guys, I just installed Windows 7 64bit along with Battlefield 3, Hawken, SWTOR, Far Cry 3, Dishonored, and all the prerequisite Valve games. My new iMac with 680mx also is an i5 with 16gig RAM. Just finished playing BF3 and Hawken and I was able to play both at full resolution on ULTRA with no chug AT ALL!! I am simply amazed, this is the first mac where I've been able to do that! I couldn't get any exact FPS except for SWTOR, which I got an average of 80 FPS on the Imperial Fleet, which is the busiest place in the game. If there's ways of getting the FPS for the other games, let me know and I'll get the info!
EDIT: About to dive into Far Cry 3.
EDIT: About to dive into Far Cry 3.
This is amazing news. You just got me 100 times more excited for when I get my iMac.
A few more gaming reports from the Win7 side using Fraps before I flop over to OS X.
Alan Wake
(2560x1440, maximum settings, maximum distances, 16x AF, 2x AA)
Min fps: 22, Avg fps: 36, Max fps: 57
This is the first game that I have felt has really tested the 680MX. Alan Wake uses tons of lighting, smoke, darkness and other framebuffer-type blurring effects to create a totally thrilling experience and as such weighs heavily on a GPU. With 2x anti-aliasing, I saw 35 fps on average, and in areas of very high lighting or particle effects the frame rate dropped to mid 20's. Other times however, the frame rate jumped to mid 50's in areas without a lot of draw distance or effects. Completely playable, and wonderfully atmospheric.
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DiRT 2
(DX11, 2560x1440, maximum settings "Ultra" preset, 4x MSAA)
Min fps: 58, Avg fps:69, Max fps: 74
DiRT 2 is one of those great 'tons of fun to play' games that you just can't put down. However I endured through crappy performance on my 2011 iMac because I just had to play it. Crappy performance no more! DiRT 2 gave me a consistent 70 fps in essentially 95% of each race, only dropping to 58-62 during massive dirt kickup or splashes of mud and water for a couple seconds. Even then, these blips in the fps rate were virtually undetectable and the game was a visual feast and an absolute joy to play.
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Borderlands
(2560x1440, maximum settings, 16x AF, control panel forced 2x FXAA)
Ambient occlusion off, Flare Outs off, Dynamic Shadows off - Min fps: 43, Avg fps:57, Max fps: 64
Ambient occlusion on, Flare Outs on, Dynamic Shadows off - Min fps: 32, Avg fps:45, Max fps: 57
Ambient occlusion on, Flare Outs on, Dynamic Shadows on - Min fps: 23, Avg fps:34, Max fps: 44
Borderlands is one of those unusual games where changing a single graphical setting can swing performance WILDY in the opposite direction. Even on the 680mx, toggling Ambient occlusion, Flare Outs, and Dynamic Shadows just destroys performance, with the first two dropping the fps by around 6 each, and Dynamic Shadows dropping performance by a whopping 12 fps. Performance also depends intensely on the draw distance, with farther distances killing fps. Either because of a poor engine, or just simply a limitation of the rendering paths, I expected more from Borderlands performance. There are no built-in AA settings, so I found the fastest and most pleasant way was to force 2x FXAA to clean up those jaggies and incur a minor 2-3 fps performance hit. Can't wait to get the second Borderlands and try it out on the new 2012's! >_<
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Fallout: New Vegas
(2560x1440, maximum settings "Ultra preset", 15x AF, 4x AA, HDR On)
Min fps: 40, Avg fps:60, Max fps: 64
Excellent performance all around and essentially never drops below 60 fps. Expect Fallout 3 to perform relatively the same.
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Dead Island
(2560x1440, maximum settings "Best Quality preset", control panel forced 4x FXAA and 16x AF)
Min fps: 55, Avg fps:78, Max fps: 107
Dead Island just screams with the 680mx. The game looks beautiful and who wouldn't want a zombie RPG. I could not get this to go below 60 it seemed. You can edit the ini for AA and AF, but I chose to just force it in the control panel.
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The Darkness II
(2560x1440, maximum settings, control panel forced 4x FXAA and 16x AF)
Min fps: 83, Avg fps:103, Max fps: 129
Another new title with fantastic performance. With some FXAA the cell shading is just gorgeous and compliments the arts style very nicely. I am amazed at how well this plays.
Alan Wake
(2560x1440, maximum settings, maximum distances, 16x AF, 2x AA)
Min fps: 22, Avg fps: 36, Max fps: 57
This is the first game that I have felt has really tested the 680MX. Alan Wake uses tons of lighting, smoke, darkness and other framebuffer-type blurring effects to create a totally thrilling experience and as such weighs heavily on a GPU. With 2x anti-aliasing, I saw 35 fps on average, and in areas of very high lighting or particle effects the frame rate dropped to mid 20's. Other times however, the frame rate jumped to mid 50's in areas without a lot of draw distance or effects. Completely playable, and wonderfully atmospheric.
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DiRT 2
(DX11, 2560x1440, maximum settings "Ultra" preset, 4x MSAA)
Min fps: 58, Avg fps:69, Max fps: 74
DiRT 2 is one of those great 'tons of fun to play' games that you just can't put down. However I endured through crappy performance on my 2011 iMac because I just had to play it. Crappy performance no more! DiRT 2 gave me a consistent 70 fps in essentially 95% of each race, only dropping to 58-62 during massive dirt kickup or splashes of mud and water for a couple seconds. Even then, these blips in the fps rate were virtually undetectable and the game was a visual feast and an absolute joy to play.
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Borderlands
(2560x1440, maximum settings, 16x AF, control panel forced 2x FXAA)
Ambient occlusion off, Flare Outs off, Dynamic Shadows off - Min fps: 43, Avg fps:57, Max fps: 64
Ambient occlusion on, Flare Outs on, Dynamic Shadows off - Min fps: 32, Avg fps:45, Max fps: 57
Ambient occlusion on, Flare Outs on, Dynamic Shadows on - Min fps: 23, Avg fps:34, Max fps: 44
Borderlands is one of those unusual games where changing a single graphical setting can swing performance WILDY in the opposite direction. Even on the 680mx, toggling Ambient occlusion, Flare Outs, and Dynamic Shadows just destroys performance, with the first two dropping the fps by around 6 each, and Dynamic Shadows dropping performance by a whopping 12 fps. Performance also depends intensely on the draw distance, with farther distances killing fps. Either because of a poor engine, or just simply a limitation of the rendering paths, I expected more from Borderlands performance. There are no built-in AA settings, so I found the fastest and most pleasant way was to force 2x FXAA to clean up those jaggies and incur a minor 2-3 fps performance hit. Can't wait to get the second Borderlands and try it out on the new 2012's! >_<
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Fallout: New Vegas
(2560x1440, maximum settings "Ultra preset", 15x AF, 4x AA, HDR On)
Min fps: 40, Avg fps:60, Max fps: 64
Excellent performance all around and essentially never drops below 60 fps. Expect Fallout 3 to perform relatively the same.
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Dead Island
(2560x1440, maximum settings "Best Quality preset", control panel forced 4x FXAA and 16x AF)
Min fps: 55, Avg fps:78, Max fps: 107
Dead Island just screams with the 680mx. The game looks beautiful and who wouldn't want a zombie RPG
. I could not get this to go below 60 it seemed. You can edit the ini for AA and AF, but I chose to just force it in the control panel.-----
The Darkness II
(2560x1440, maximum settings, control panel forced 4x FXAA and 16x AF)
Min fps: 83, Avg fps:103, Max fps: 129
Another new title with fantastic performance. With some FXAA the cell shading is just gorgeous and compliments the arts style very nicely. I am amazed at how well this plays.
I've already Tested it, look a little earlier In the thread, it handles it pretty well
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Crysis 2 at 1440p everything at max, no high res textures and no dx11, averages around 30-35fps
I've already Tested it, look a little earlier In the thread, it handles it pretty well
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Crysis 2 at 1440p everything at max, no high res textures and no dx11, averages around 30-35fps
Ahh I missed that thanks! That's some pretty nice performance.
beats a 2007 MBP fairly
Not really a joke, but I benchmarked Luxmark on my 2007 MBP via CPU and GPU with scores of 7 and 14 respectively. Was a gritty slideshow.
Not really a joke, but I benchmarked Luxmark on my 2007 MBP via CPU and GPU with scores of 7 and 14 respectively. Was a gritty slideshow.
How does everyone think the 680mx would stack up to my ATI 5870 currently in my 09 MacPro? They both seem to be onpar in Geekbench at around 17,500 with the new iMac fully maxed out (ram too).
I wonder how the FCPX render performance would be improved...maybe a small %?
I wonder how the FCPX render performance would be improved...maybe a small %?
New Nvidia driver available 310.70 WHQL available at http://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/54629
I installed them and it works.
Performance Boost Increases performance for GeForce 400/500/600 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 306.97 WHQL drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:
GeForce GTX 680:
◦Up to 38% in Far Cry 3
◦Up to 26% in Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
◦Up to 16% in Battlefield 3
◦Up to 18% in Assassin's Creed III
◦Up to 9% in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
◦Up to 6% in Medal of Honor: Warfighter
◦Up to 6% in StarCraft II
◦Up to 6% in Dragon Age II
◦Up to 6% in Batman: Arkham City
◦Up to 5% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
New Nvidia driver available 310.70 WHQL available at http://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/54629
I installed them and it works.
Performance Boost Increases performance for GeForce 400/500/600 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 306.97 WHQL drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:
GeForce GTX 680:
◦Up to 38% in Far Cry 3
◦Up to 26% in Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
◦Up to 16% in Battlefield 3
◦Up to 18% in Assassin's Creed III
◦Up to 9% in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
◦Up to 6% in Medal of Honor: Warfighter
◦Up to 6% in StarCraft II
◦Up to 6% in Dragon Age II
◦Up to 6% in Batman: Arkham City
◦Up to 5% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat
Sounds like we'll need new benchmarks.
Did this elevate the 680MX drivers out of beta status too? Or are we still waiting on that one?Sounds like we'll need new benchmarks.
The 680MX isn't mentioned under supported cards, so I would assume it's still in beta.
Last bootcamp numbers.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
(DX11, 2560x1440, maximum quality, 16x AF)
FXAA Low - Min fps: 45, Avg fps: 59, Max fps: 68
FXAA High - Min fps: 41, Avg fps: 52, Max fps: 65
Excellent performance from this title. Like others in its class, particle effects drop the framerate temporarily, but most of the time it hovers close to 60.
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
(2560x1440, maximum quality, control panel forced 16x AF, 4x AA)
Min fps: 65, Avg fps: 84, Max fps: 101
Although not necessarily the newest CoD offering, MW2 has absolutely killer performance. Even with particle effects all over, the frame rate doesn't ever drop below 60.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
(DX11, 2560x1440, maximum quality, 16x AF)
FXAA Low - Min fps: 45, Avg fps: 59, Max fps: 68
FXAA High - Min fps: 41, Avg fps: 52, Max fps: 65
Excellent performance from this title. Like others in its class, particle effects drop the framerate temporarily, but most of the time it hovers close to 60.
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
(2560x1440, maximum quality, control panel forced 16x AF, 4x AA)
Min fps: 65, Avg fps: 84, Max fps: 101
Although not necessarily the newest CoD offering, MW2 has absolutely killer performance. Even with particle effects all over, the frame rate doesn't ever drop below 60.
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These benchmarks are outstanding!
Could someone please test Battlefield 3 at 2560x1440 at ultra? Thanks!
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So in fact there isn't a final Nvidia 680 MX driver released?
Could someone please test Battlefield 3 at 2560x1440 at ultra? Thanks!
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So in fact there isn't a final Nvidia 680 MX driver released?
Excellent seeing these benchmarks from Fenn and barefeats.
I wonder how well BF3 would run too.
I wonder how well BF3 would run too.
New Nvidia driver available 310.70 WHQL available at http://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/54629
I installed them and it works.
It's been a while since I've messed with video drivers. Do I need to uninstall the previous ones first?
Excellent thread, guys! I'm really impressed with these benchmarks.
Do any of you guys think that it is possible to fit this card into the next batch of MBPs/rMBP (15" for both)?
I might be in the market for one sometime next year. While the 650M seems to be quite strong, I think the 680MX would be an absolute beast running inside an rMBP and would be much more capable of driving the 2800x1800 display than the current 650M is doing right now.
Do any of you guys think that it is possible to fit this card into the next batch of MBPs/rMBP (15" for both)?
I might be in the market for one sometime next year. While the 650M seems to be quite strong, I think the 680MX would be an absolute beast running inside an rMBP and would be much more capable of driving the 2800x1800 display than the current 650M is doing right now.
This has been most encouraging! I have a question, after installing Windows 7 64bit, what graphics drivers did you install for the 680MX? Did you use Apple's own through the Bootcamp setup, or did you uninstall Apple's own and get drivers somewhere else?
Could you please tell exact fps numbers (exposed by cmd+r) for d3, in town as well as with lots of action going on? Did you also launch it under the OS X?
I believe that's ubisofts attempt at creating their own centralized game network.
Can someone please gaming benchies and heaven benchies at 1080p on windows? its for comparison sake with the 680m
aside that I think I have told you all that the 680m overclocked can reach 8k in 3dmark11, so what about some overclocking if its not asking too much
aside that I think I have told you all that the 680m overclocked can reach 8k in 3dmark11, so what about some overclocking if its not asking too much