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CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K @ 4.4GHz
CPU Cooler: Antec Kuhler H2O 620 Liquid CPU Cooler
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair XMS 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 CL11
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" SSD
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: PNY XLR8 GeForce GTX 770 2GB (SLI)
Video Card: PNY XLR8 GeForce GTX 770 2GB (SLI)
Case: Antec P280 ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair CX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply
Same nvidia driver as you.
Last edited by SPARTAN VI; February 19, 2015 at 11:54 PM.
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Specs:
3770k
32gig ram gskill something or other
samsung 840 pro
2 evga gtx titan superclocked
windows 7 64b
uploaded cpu-z to pastebin
http://pastebin.com/4PC6MBDR
Settings:
Extreme Preset
FPS:
1st Time
Max 49
Average 26.3
Min 19
2nd Time (still at extreme)
Max 50
Average 40.7
Min 31
WAT??? Maybe to do with how hot my cards are running? Hotter = more performance after all for titans IIRC .. idk.. Or maybe benchmark giving strange results as others have mentioned. Oh , I realized I was running another game in the background which I forgot about. That's probably why.
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Gonna start off with just a single GTX 770 since SLI doesn't appear to be working correctly.
Intel i5 3570K, @4.4 GHz, 16 GB RAM 1600 MHz CL 11-11-11-30 GTX 770 2GB, Windows 7 Home 64bit, Resolution 1920x1080
extreme quality:
min FPS: 13
avg FPS: 19.7
max FPS: 24
maximum quality:
min FPS: 21
avg FPS: 28.2
max FPS: 36
quality:
min FPS: 33
avg FPS: 42.5
max FPS: 54
performance:
min FPS: 44
avg FPS: 58.2
max FPS: 69
maximum performance:
min FPS: 66
avg FPS: 96.4
max FPS: 121
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CPU is slower + it has less cache, and RAM is slower. + many people report that SLI isn't working for them. In my case I tried both - SLI On and Off - and I can say that SLI for me is working perfectly. Almost double performance when On. You should check your Nvidia control panel, maybe it hasn't recognized Attila so profile wasn't applied.
The biggest determinant would be the CPU, but it doesn't explain why there's a 10% perfromance degredation at the "quality" preset when SLI is on. I should be seeing closer to a 65-75% increase as you are. RAM speeds have been shown to have little to no impact in gaming performance.
What I've tried so far:
- Uninstall, reinstall nvidia driver (clean).
- Switch GPU placement on mobo.
- Switch SLI bridge placement on GPUs.
- Enable "performance" perference for GPU's 3D settings in nvidia control panel.
- Mobo BIOS update.
- Ran each GPU individually, both run identically.
- Switch PhysX processing to CPU.
- Tried alternate frame rending 1 and 2 (SLI option).
- Uninstall/reinstalling Attila TW (in progress).
Things I still want to try:
- Remove SLI bridge.
- Try a different SLI bridge.
- Flash GPU BIOS versions to match each other.
- Get rid of GTX 770s...
So far SLI has been working as expected in other applications and yields results consistent with other GTX 680/770 users in synthetic benchmarks (e.g. Unigine Valley/Heaven).
Last edited by SPARTAN VI; February 20, 2015 at 11:32 AM.
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Really strange SLI behavior. Do u have Geforce Experience installed? if yes - check for updates there. Maybe it'll download needed profile. I have it installed and Attila is recognized there.
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Hi guys I've finished the Overclocking comparison, it is below the hyperthreading and multicore figures.
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...1#post14360604
So far the CPU clock literally means nothing when above 3.8 GHz, but interestingly enough on low CPU speed, the game boosts up, so runs faster than expected. This is very likely the case because the benchmark is not CPU intensive at all. I still wish they had made the a CPU bench like in Shogun 2, in addition to the GPU heavy benchmark it is in Attila.
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That's most likely because your GPU is limiting the CPU.
If not limited by other PC components or some kind of framerate limiter in the software, a faster CPU will always give more FPS.
You can also see in the ComputerBase review that their CPU scales very well above your numbers with the same quality preset. But they use much faster GPUs.
CPU:Intel i7 3770 @3,40 GHz 3,90 Ghz(turbo enabled) GPU: GTX 970 OC 4GB DDR5 MSI
RAM:8 GB RAM 1600 Mhz CL9 OS: Windows 8.1 pro 64bit,Resolution: 1920x1080p
Driver: 347.52
extreme quality (needs 3-4 GB VRAM) -> Despite having 4 GB of VRAM Attila considers that I only have 3 GB of them
min FPS: 21
avg FPS: 31
max FPS: 39
maximum quality: (the recommended by the game is this one):
min FPS: 33
avg FPS: 40,8
max FPS: 51
quality:
min FPS: 41
avg FPS: 50,7
max FPS: 68
performance:
min FPS: 56
avg FPS: 69,9
max FPS: 83
maximum performance:
min FPS: 89
avg FPS: 116,9
max FPS: 164
CPU-Z logfile:https://mega.co.nz/#!HJVFTahQ!CPR5Cv...KdgzpKqkhNSWQA
Last edited by IamOdysseus; February 21, 2015 at 06:09 AM.
Yeah, have a buddy with a similar issue. Now the min system requirements don't mention Laptops, the "Optimus" switch or whatever they call it nowadays is really something that refuses to work ever so often. Try to install Nvidia's new 347.52 if that's possible on the Laptop. If it doesn't work, tough luck mate. As we know CA, they keep optimizing, and as always, Laptops are going to get it too one day. Not even as the last ones, the last are MAC users, if any at all and ever
Do you really think my GPU is limiting my CPU on lower presets like quality / performance or extreme performance, Barbarian?
When you see the 4770K scores, then you got an OC of +25,7% from 3.8 to 4.4 GHz, while the framerate gains about 10-12%. Just for my computer there no difference regardless the settings and CPU speed.
I have no explaination for that behaviour. GPU limitation on such low settings would be really an exceptional excuse.
Can anyone repeat the Overclocking / underclocking this on his own rig aswell? So far I miss to see your results at all Barbarian, haven't you bought Attila?
Last edited by alQamar; February 21, 2015 at 10:00 AM.
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To me it looks like CA unloaded CPUs as much as possible and now the game really requires very good GPUs and, what surprises me the most, A LOT of Vram! I just finished a siege battle where I had 2 full stacks with unit multiplier set to 1.5(which means infantry unit had 240 men in it) and the enemy had about 20 units(garrison+reinforcements). FPS dropped to 20's in the beginning and I started to tweak graphics settings. I noticed that even switching off DOF alone gave me about 8 fps! Long story short - guess what gave me about 20 more fps? Changing texture quality from ultra to large! I have never seen such reaction to switching textures to lower sizes in any game. Usually game would just stutter from time to time when there's not enough Vram - but it wouldn't affect fps. Now I have to admit that CA wasn't lying about "you'll need next gen GPU to run Max Quality".
Also it seems that unlimited Vram should be unchecked at all times, unless you have super GPU setup(SLI or Crossfire or single next gen) with at least 4 gigs of Vram.
I tried turning Unlimited Vram off in the battle I mentioned above. It switched off screen space reflections, set Shadows to performance, set Terrain Quality to quality and set textures to Large. I got 50 fps average in such a large siege battle. Then I checked the log and it says that I had ~500mb Over Budget.
Sure, that's the most logical explanation. Or what else would prevent the game from running faster if you raise the CPU speed considerably? Only the RAM would be another (but unlikely) possibility. Faster CPU -> faster execution of program code -> higher framerate (if the graphics card can render the graphical part fast enough).
Why shouldn't 63 fps (performance) or 99 fps (high performance) be the limit of a GTX 670 in Attila? I don't think that these numbers are unreasonable.
Ok, I did a quick test with Maximum Quality Preset @ 1080:
1) 4770K@4.2Ghz + 1x7970: 33 fps avg, 100% GPU utilization
2) 4770K@4.2Ghz + 2x7970: 50 fps avg, 2 x 75% GPU utilization (=150% of 1 GPU)
That shows exactly that the 4770K@4.2Ghz was limited by the single 7970 (@1100Mhz) for the Maximum Quality preset.
Also, alQamar, you can just lower your screen resolution to reduce the GPU load. Then check whether the scaling still stops @ 3.8Ghz.
Last edited by A Barbarian; February 21, 2015 at 01:35 PM.
Intel I7 4790K, @4.0GHz, 8 GB RAM 1600 MHz CL 10-10-10-30, MSI GTX 770, Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit, Resolution 1920x1080p
CPU-Z file: CPU-Z.txt
Results:
http://youtu.be/GoS-_Je8fpo?list=UU0...oE67atrFKZZM9g
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Actually, your settings are being downgraded automatically because your card only has 2GB of VRAM. At 0:37 in your video u can see that message popping up in the loading screen.
I think u have to check 'unlimited video ram' to avoid downgrading.
If u go to the %APPDATA%\The Creative Assembly\Attila\logs folder in Windows explorer u can check the gfx.log.txt file to see which settings were downgraded exactly.
Last edited by A Barbarian; February 21, 2015 at 05:06 PM.