Falconeer Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Hello guys,im having a somewhat strange problem with SB Pro.I recently bought a gtx 750 TI (former card was a gtx 560) and my fps with this card is lower than my old one. On most maps, i feel like my system is barely reaching 30 fps.I did remove and reinstalled the latest Nvidia drivers, played around with config settings in Nvidia profiler and also turned off every eye-candy ingame. None of these made a real difference.I also reinstalled SB Pro version 3.027 and deleted the config file and also these changes had no effect.Also made sure my card is not running on adaptive power management. Im kinda on a dead end now, or maybe im missing something here... Im running the 64 bit exe of SB pro.System specs:- Win 7 64-bit with SP1- Asus p8h61 MoBo- 8 Gb DDR3 1300 mHz- Intell i5 2500 3,3 GHz (quad core)- GTX 750TI (Strixs version) (2 GB)- 2x Hitachi 500 Gb Sata HD- Nexus 600W power supply 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ssnake Posted August 29, 2015 Members Share Posted August 29, 2015 In the age of counterfeit products and chip relabeling ... it may sound like a long shot, and probably it is, but are you SURE that you got a GTX 750Ti?It's probably more likely that there is some configuration issue (not that I have yet an idea what it may be) ... but one shouldn't rule out the possibility of a lesser GPU being relabeled as a more potent item, to be sold at much higher profit margins. It has happened before. Do the NVidia driver tools (right-click the desktop, select the NVidia driver entry from the context menu) actually show a GTX750?What about the Device Manager entry? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falconeer Posted August 29, 2015 Author Share Posted August 29, 2015 Hello Ssnake,Yes, they both show up, as a gtx 750 ti. I did buy it in a computer shop, not from the internet, if thats what you are referring too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ssnake Posted August 29, 2015 Members Share Posted August 29, 2015 Oh, even professional computer traders have fallen victims to relabeling. It's mostly a CPU thing but can also happen with GPUs. Just sayin'.Glad it's not the case with you.So ... TWO GPUs, huh? In SLI mode? Have you tried disabling it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falconeer Posted August 29, 2015 Author Share Posted August 29, 2015 So ... TWO GPUs, huh? In SLI mode? Have you tried disabling it?im sorry, my english is not that great. I meant to say, the gtx 750 ti shows up in the Nvidia panel and device manager 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ssnake Posted August 29, 2015 Members Share Posted August 29, 2015 Ah, OK. Let me think more about the issue.One thing you could do - open the Windows Start menu, type in "dxdiag", and once that the analysis is complete save all information as a text file. Could you then send me that file by email? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falconeer Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 OK, i ran the diag thingy and sent it by mail 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ssnake Posted August 30, 2015 Members Share Posted August 30, 2015 I'm always wary about everything "shared memory". Given that of the 3GByte video memoy only 1 GByte are actually "owned" by the graphics card and that usage beyond that threshold must inevitably lead to some performance loss, I wonder if the old card simply had more physical video memory.Do you still have it/have the exact model and brand of manufacture? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falconeer Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 Yes i do have it. Old card:- Asus gtx560 directcu 1 gb ddr5 ~900 mhz clock speedNew card:-Asus gtx750ti strix version 2 gb ddr5 ~1350 mhz clock speed Strix version means, it's factory OC'edOn paper, it should make a big difference 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunc Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Sorry to say,but the 750 Ti is not superior to the 560 in all aspects, especially the memory bandwidth is significantly lower on the 750 Ti:560: 133.1 GB/s750 Ti: 86.4 GB/sThe main issue here is the bus width, which has been cut in half:560: 256bit750 Ti: 128bit bus.Same is true for the render output processors:560: 32750 Ti: 16All in all, the GPU and memory clockspeed only is a marketing number. The real performance is a combination of many things, and SteelBeasts is heavy on bandwidth.Unfortunately, this is exactly where the 750 Ti lacks significantly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falconeer Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 Thx for your answer Dunc. That explains it quite clearly. So, in other words, my feeling was right about the slower performance? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunc Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 (edited) Yes, most likely. The memory bandwidth numbers don't lie. If you still can return the 750 Ti, the 760 *is* a definite improvement over the 560 in the memory bandwidth area and does not cost overly much. Regardless what you do, you should never choose a GPU with a 128bit memory bus. Always aim for >= 256bit, especially if you're planning on playing in >= full HD resolutions. 128bit can be ok, but only at fairly low resolutions where the bandwidth needed to fill the screen is not an issue to begin width. Edited August 30, 2015 by dunc typo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falconeer Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 Can it also explain why other games\sims did have an improvement? For example, my most played sim, falcon bms runs quite smooth with this card, while with the 560, i needed to turn most shaders off, for smooth flight 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashdivay Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Can it also explain why other games\sims did have an improvement? For example, my most played sim, falcon bms runs quite smooth with this card, while with the 560, i needed to turn most shaders off, for smooth flightFalcon , didnt it come out in 98 ?Maybe it requires less memory bandwidth. I agree with dunc on the bandwidth , I would never get a card which is less than 256bit bandwidth. I am using a 6-7 year old Nvidia Gefore 9800GT with 1GB ram but it has 256 bit bandwidth. Runs everything i can throw at it, Including Steelbeasts and GTA V. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunc Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 (edited) Can it also explain why other games\sims did have an improvement? For example, my most played sim, falcon bms runs quite smooth with this card, while with the 560, i needed to turn most shaders off, for smooth flight Sure it can explain that. While the 750 Ti lacks in memory bandwidth in comparison to the 560, it nevertheless has other areas where it is superior. Especially the number of shader units has been increased quite a bit: 560: 336 units 750 Ti: 640 units Also, the texture fill rate is much higher: 560: 50.4 GTexel/s 750 Ti: 82.64 GTexel/s So... the actual FPS that you get with a specific game depends on where the GFX engine needs the most power. With SB, it's memory bandwidth (560 wins). With other games, it might be shaders or fill rate (750 Ti wins). Edited August 30, 2015 by dunc typo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falconeer Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 Thx for explaining. I learned something new :bigsmile: is there a way to squeeze some more performance out of this setup? For example 16 bit textures or so? all other settings inside SB didnt make much of an improvement..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jartsev Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Thx for explaining. I learned something new :bigsmile: is there a way to squeeze some more performance out of this setup? For example 16 bit textures or so? all other settings inside SB didnt make much of an improvement..... Try to do following steps... 1) From Main Menu go to "Options" and then select "Graphics"; then in pop-up menu disable or reduce all settings- HDR blooming, anti aliasing, shadow mapping and volumetric clouds. 2) Select "Terrain detail distance" and reduce settings thre by moving sliders to the left; start with ground cover slider first, and the try to adjust other 2(note, those are controlling your own visual range, not AI`s) 3) Select "Display" and reduce size of Z-Buffer from 24 to 16 bits; you can also try to disable VSync(this actually can cause more harm than help). Also you can try to reduce resolution or select windowed mode(and reduce window size). ...And don't expect really big and sound improvements in frame rates. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ssnake Posted August 30, 2015 Members Share Posted August 30, 2015 I would not recommend a Z buffer reduction. It only creates really bad flickering of objects at medium to far distances and doesn't offer a performance boost. That said, the user's manual has a section about ways to bood your frame rate (at the expense of image quality in the widest sense). It's all about trade-off; hardware limits are hardware limits. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Regardless what you do, you should never choose a GPU with a 128bit memory bus. Always aim for >= 256bit, especially if you're planning on playing in >= full HD resolutions. 128bit can be ok, but only at fairly low resolutions where the bandwidth needed to fill the screen is not an issue to begin width.A full bus is ideal but usually not available for those who are looking at budget vid cards. Vid cards are definitely one of those things that you get what you pay for.Another possibility for low throughput is using a single link DVI cable. Depending on the monitor resolution and refresh rate, a dual link can improve things. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotareneg Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Pressing ALT-F12 in SB will give you the frame rate counter.Here's a link to a benchmark scenario: http://www.steelbeasts.com/Downloads/p13_sectionid/267/p13_fileid/1630Set the terrain detail settings (shortcut is ALT-D) to default, and set all graphics settings (ALT-G) to the minimum.In that scenario there are three different tanks, "built-up area", "moderate", and "thick woods". In each tank, jump to the gunners primary sight in day sight mode and take note of the frame rate when at low and then high magnification while keeping the view centered on the marker that is directly in front of the tanks.For a low end comparison: my laptop with a Core i5 3230M CPU at 2.6 GHz using the Intel HD graphics 4000 integrated GPU gets:Built-up area: 32/31 (wide/narrow)Moderate: 45/49Thick woods: 44/42This was in full screen mode at a resolution of 1366x768 with vsync off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotareneg Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Also, GPU-Z is a good utility for checking your video card. It's just a stand-alone executable, no need to install or decompress or anything. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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