Physx Question

[P_Dub_S]

Originally Posted by theaudir8fan

hi guys
i have a XFX 5870 with a core i7 860 clocked at 3.64ghz on my system, and when i run Vantage everything else is fine except for CPU test 2: physics. i only got 40 or so points on this test, which means my CPU score is at 20000 or so. this is really low considering when i had my old Q9550 clocked at 3.83GHz with a GTX 260 i managed to get 44000 or so on the CPU section. As far as i can see this is all due to Physx.

When you had your GTX260 you were running the benchmark in a non valid score configuration. Meaning your Nvidia GPU was doing the Physx calculations instead of your CPU, had you run vantage on your GTX 260 with GPU physx disabled your score would of been Valid but way lower than your new i7 score

[theaudir8fan]

Originally Posted by P_Dub_S

When you had your GTX260 you were running the benchmark in a non valid score configuration. Meaning your Nvidia GPU was doing the Physx calculations instead of your CPU, had you run vantage on your GTX 260 with GPU physx disabled your score would of been Valid but way lower than your new i7 score

i know what you mean by that, but it does give the 5870 a clear disadvantage. This shows up in gaming as well. the 5870 lagged when i had a crash in Need for Speed shift. the fact is i feel bad about buying a top of the line video card that doesn't perform as well as i had hoped for.

[theaudir8fan]

Originally Posted by P_Dub_S

When you had your GTX260 you were running the benchmark in a non valid score configuration. Meaning your Nvidia GPU was doing the Physx calculations instead of your CPU, had you run vantage on your GTX 260 with GPU physx disabled your score would of been Valid but way lower than your new i7 score

i know what you mean the only thing is that it is disappointing to know that my new system isn't performing well. the fact that 5870 doesn't support Physx really shows when i was playing Need for Speed Shift when it lagged during a crash.