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Running a video card benchmark on your Mac.
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Just found this thread and I had to register to post my results too!
Score 53747. Not bad I think!
And to think that I was looking for benchmarks because I thought that my mac's desktop effects were ever so slightly slow! I think that all is well now.
System: 3.06 Core Duo, with Nvidia 9800GT.
Score 53747. Not bad I think!
And to think that I was looking for benchmarks because I thought that my mac's desktop effects were ever so slightly slow! I think that all is well now.
System: 3.06 Core Duo, with Nvidia 9800GT.
I had much more success with my ati radeon hd 2600 XT
Here are my results from my 2600 XT
1920 x 1200 x 32
And I dropped the ram to 2gb to make sure it had no part to play in the matter.
8x3.0 Mac Pro 3x ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 1x Black Magic Designs Intensity Pro
Here are my results from my 2600 XT
1920 x 1200 x 32
And I dropped the ram to 2gb to make sure it had no part to play in the matter.
8x3.0 Mac Pro 3x ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 1x Black Magic Designs Intensity Pro
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4870 benefit on MP?
How do you find the 4870 is on the MP? I am selling a couple of my 2600's to get one and luckily I get a fairly great discount from ATI.
You asked for benchmarks, do you have one for the card?
Jay
How do you find the 4870 is on the MP? I am selling a couple of my 2600's to get one and luckily I get a fairly great discount from ATI.
You asked for benchmarks, do you have one for the card?
Jay
With Two ATI HD 2600 XT Cards Versus One
Well, this was a surprise. The benchmark should show no change but the difference between two and three ATI cards is significant. Any Ideas?
Jay
Well, this was a surprise. The benchmark should show no change but the difference between two and three ATI cards is significant. Any Ideas?
Jay
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2008 8-Core 2.8 Mac Pro, 16GB RAM, brand new EVGA GTX 285 for Mac, running 10.5.7 with all updates, and latest Nvidia drivers. Benches with OpenMark at 2048x1152 with a score of 34877.
Something's wrong here - probably the drivers.
I went down to 1024x768 and got about 33000ish, so it's not the display resolution. I have plenty of RAM and a fairly recent machine, so it's not those either.
Really reconsidering this GTX 285 purchase now. I don't care what Bare Feats says. In real world usage on Mac OS X, it's pretty much the same to me between my 8800GTS (flashed) and the GTX 285. I booted into Win7Beta, ran Crysis, and was able to push everything to the max, getting about 16-25 fps depending on where I was. Never could do that on the 8800GTS. Heh.
Something's wrong here - probably the drivers.
I went down to 1024x768 and got about 33000ish, so it's not the display resolution. I have plenty of RAM and a fairly recent machine, so it's not those either.
Really reconsidering this GTX 285 purchase now. I don't care what Bare Feats says. In real world usage on Mac OS X, it's pretty much the same to me between my 8800GTS (flashed) and the GTX 285. I booted into Win7Beta, ran Crysis, and was able to push everything to the max, getting about 16-25 fps depending on where I was. Never could do that on the 8800GTS. Heh.
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It does make sense. Yes game engines will run differently and this is not a test of how games will run. This simply tests your graphics cards ability to push plain colored polygons. No benchmark will tell you how individual games will run unless they are built in benchmarks in the game ala Doom 3's demo mode.
New ATI 5870
Here is my proof that Openmark is not functioning. I installed a 5870 to my system and have been chopping 75% off my open gl render times in my work yet using the engine, I have a lower score at a lower resolution! Even with an upgrade in RAM (to 8gb) the system performs lower than with the HD2600 XT.
Something to note, 2x 2600 performed better than 3x (maybe due to the 4x PCIe?) and 1x 2600 performed about the same (the software is not optimized for utilizing multiple pathways for video cards?)
Here is my proof that Openmark is not functioning. I installed a 5870 to my system and have been chopping 75% off my open gl render times in my work yet using the engine, I have a lower score at a lower resolution! Even with an upgrade in RAM (to 8gb) the system performs lower than with the HD2600 XT.
Something to note, 2x 2600 performed better than 3x (maybe due to the 4x PCIe?) and 1x 2600 performed about the same (the software is not optimized for utilizing multiple pathways for video cards?)
Should I be worried?
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac9,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz
Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce 9400
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
iMac:
Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
I found this thread googling for help because my iMac can't seem to handle any 3D game at a decent FPS. Good old CS2 runs really slow at 1920x1200 and Assassins Creed 2 just grinds my whole computer to a halt, even while trying to run the game at 800x600. Has my GPU broken down? How should I go about debugging this? I'd be very happy for any suggestions!
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac9,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz
Chipset Model: NVIDIA GeForce 9400
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
iMac:
Resolution: 1920 x 1200
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
I found this thread googling for help because my iMac can't seem to handle any 3D game at a decent FPS. Good old CS2 runs really slow at 1920x1200 and Assassins Creed 2 just grinds my whole computer to a halt, even while trying to run the game at 800x600. Has my GPU broken down? How should I go about debugging this? I'd be very happy for any suggestions!
whats the problem? your using a very low end integrated GPU sharing system memory and trying to run it at 1920x1200.. a super high res... I'd expect like 5 frames per second, if your lucky. The 9400m is probably half as fast as most current entry level GPUs...
YOu need to run a LOT lower resolution and lower graphics settings on such a low end graphics processor.
Thanks a lot for your answer. I wasn't aware that the 9400 was such a crappy piece of graphics hardware. Bummer.
One of the main reasons why it isn't officially supported.
See the system requirements here ( right side under 'Recommended' section ) :
http://www.macgamestore.com/product/1612/Assassins-Creed-2-Deluxe-Edition/
Laptops are not supported. Period.
iMac Mid 2011 iCore 7 with Radeon 6970M with 2GB
57802 = Win
I hate you
Benchmark jealousy.
