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Game version: 1.3.0.US
Graphic card name and driver used: RADEON X800 Series (Omega 2.6.87) Version [6.14.10.6587]
CPU name: AMD Athlon(tm) Family 6 Model 8
Video settings during benchmark:
Screen resolution: 1024 x 768 * [32]
using shader profile: 2.b
Antialias Mode: NONE
Anisotropic Mode: NONE
Graphic & Shader settings
Texture quality: high
Shader quality: high
High quality bumpmaps: enabled
Environment map: enabled
Postprocessing: enabled
using 16bit vertex format: yes
Framerates
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Scene 00 30.6 average fps 23.0 minimum fps 42.0 maximum fps
Scene 01 17.2 average fps 4.0 minimum fps 34.0 maximum fps
Scene 02 38.5 average fps 23.0 minimum fps 50.0 maximum fps
Scene 03 36.7 average fps 21.0 minimum fps 64.0 maximum fps
Overall average framerate: 30.7 fps
(c)2005 EGOSOFT
For more information http://www.egosoft.com
30.7 at stock settings! Not too bad for an outdated system.
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Raistlin UK wrote:
And there we have it people the benifits of SLI
althought it doesnt say its SLIed in the BM
PS for anyone whos interest This rig get
29,899 in 3Dmark 03
18738 in 3D Mark 05
How much cost this system ...
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X² - 90 fps@1024x768; X³ - 25 fps@1024x786 [5.1.06] Rollingdemo mit Benchmark wurde geladen...
X³ Rolling Demo mit Benchmark
My system cost just over £1400
Its a custom build and it was a Xmas present to myself
I did have a single BFG 7800GTX OC 512meg but it was faulty and couldnt get a replacement for 14 days so went with 2 256meg.
I have bought shop machines and specials from factories(not mentioning any names(rhymes with Bell and also one the came in a box that looked like a cow))
And all those systems cost the same or more than my custom build.
Few teething problems but most where to do with the graphics card being faulty.
Other than that would recommend building your own sytem(as long as you do your homework and review all the specs for the things you want. I.E.The A8N SLI Premium that I bought only accepts certain memory)
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Raistlin UK wrote:
And there we have it people the benifits of SLI
althought it doesnt say its SLIed in the BM
PS for anyone whos interest This rig get
29,899 in 3Dmark 03
18738 in 3D Mark 05
How much cost this system ...
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AMD 64 3200+ ; ATI Radeon 9800 Pro; 1GByte RAM;
X² - 90 fps@1024x768; X³ - 25 fps@1024x786 [5.1.06] Rollingdemo mit Benchmark wurde geladen...
X³ Rolling Demo mit Benchmark
My system cost just over £1400
Its a custom build and it was a Xmas present to myself
I did have a single BFG 7800GTX OC 512meg but it was faulty and couldnt get a replacement for 14 days so went with 2 256meg.
I have bought shop machines and specials from factories(not mentioning any names(rhymes with Bell and also one the came in a box that looked like a cow))
And all those systems cost the same or more than my custom build.
Few teething problems but most where to do with the graphics card being faulty.
Other than that would recommend building your own sytem(as long as you do your homework and review all the specs for the things you want. I.E.The A8N SLI Premium that I bought only accepts certain memory)
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Geggo
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Ati drivers are 5.12
First minimum settings, driver set to max performance.
And then maxed settings, driver set to max quality.
First minimum settings, driver set to max performance.
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Game version: 1.3.0.US
Graphic card name and driver used: RADEON X850 Series Version [6.14.10.6587]
CPU name: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+ Family 7 Model H
Video settings during benchmark:
Screen resolution: 1280 x 1024 * [32]
using shader profile: 1.1
Antialias Mode: NONE
Anisotropic Mode: NONE
Graphic & Shader settings
Texture quality: low
Shader quality: low
High quality bumpmaps: disabled
Environment map: disabled
Postprocessing: disabled
using 16bit vertex format: yes
Framerates
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Scene 00 52.0 average fps 39.0 minimum fps 72.0 maximum fps
Scene 01 29.0 average fps 13.0 minimum fps 55.0 maximum fps
Scene 02 61.7 average fps 41.0 minimum fps 82.0 maximum fps
Scene 03 59.5 average fps 37.0 minimum fps 107.0 maximum fps
Overall average framerate: 50.6 fps
(c)2005 EGOSOFT
For more information http://www.egosoft.com
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Game version: 1.3.0.US
Graphic card name and driver used: RADEON X850 Series Version [6.14.10.6587]
CPU name: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+ Family 7 Model H
Video settings during benchmark:
Screen resolution: 1280 x 1024 * [32]
using shader profile: 2.b
Antialias Mode: 6x
Anisotropic Mode: 16x
Graphic & Shader settings
Texture quality: high
Shader quality: high
High quality bumpmaps: enabled
Environment map: enabled
Postprocessing: enabled
using 16bit vertex format: yes
Framerates
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Scene 00 38.2 average fps 30.0 minimum fps 53.0 maximum fps
Scene 01 26.5 average fps 11.0 minimum fps 52.0 maximum fps
Scene 02 41.0 average fps 30.0 minimum fps 62.0 maximum fps
Scene 03 45.1 average fps 16.0 minimum fps 98.0 maximum fps
Overall average framerate: 37.7 fps
(c)2005 EGOSOFT
For more information http://www.egosoft.com
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over 2000 € - that´s enough for 2x oder 3x [edit] nice XMas for you 
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System specs:
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ (s939)
1 GB Mem @ 400 Mhz
2x 300 GB HD SATA I
nVidia Geforce 7800 GT
Dell FP2001 screen.
Cost: 2000 €
First bench using proposed defaults:
(for sake of briefness all irrellevant info has been cut)
then with 2xAA 4xAF
And then what I actually run it at:
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ (s939)
1 GB Mem @ 400 Mhz
2x 300 GB HD SATA I
nVidia Geforce 7800 GT
Dell FP2001 screen.
Cost: 2000 €
First bench using proposed defaults:
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Graphic card name and driver used: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT Version [6.14.10.8195]
CPU name: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+ Family 7 Model H
Video settings during benchmark:
Screen resolution: 1280 x 1024 * [32]
using shader profile: 3.0
Antialias Mode: NONE
Anisotropic Mode: NONE
Graphic & Shader settings
Texture quality: high
Shader quality: high
High quality bumpmaps: enabled
Environment map: enabled
Postprocessing: enabled
using 16bit vertex format: yes
Framerates
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Scene 00 47.4 average fps 40.0 minimum fps 69.0 maximum fps
Scene 01 27.7 average fps 10.0 minimum fps 53.0 maximum fps
Scene 02 50.6 average fps 38.0 minimum fps 74.0 maximum fps
Scene 03 56.6 average fps 34.0 minimum fps 109.0 maximum fps
Overall average framerate: 45.6 fps
then with 2xAA 4xAF
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Graphic card name and driver used: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT Version [6.14.10.8195]
CPU name: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+ Family 7 Model H
Video settings during benchmark:
Screen resolution: 1280 x 1024 * [32]
using shader profile: 3.0
Antialias Mode: 2x
Anisotropic Mode: 4x
Graphic & Shader settings
Texture quality: high
Shader quality: high
High quality bumpmaps: enabled
Environment map: enabled
Postprocessing: enabled
using 16bit vertex format: yes
Framerates
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Scene 00 41.8 average fps 32.0 minimum fps 58.0 maximum fps
Scene 01 27.1 average fps 9.0 minimum fps 54.0 maximum fps
Scene 02 43.3 average fps 34.0 minimum fps 68.0 maximum fps
Scene 03 50.6 average fps 28.0 minimum fps 103.0 maximum fps
Overall average framerate: 40.7 fps
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Graphic card name and driver used: NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT Version [6.14.10.8195]
CPU name: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+ Family 7 Model H
Video settings during benchmark:
Screen resolution: 1600 x 1200 * [32]
using shader profile: 3.0
Antialias Mode: NONE
Anisotropic Mode: 16x
Graphic & Shader settings
Texture quality: high
Shader quality: high
High quality bumpmaps: enabled
Environment map: enabled
Postprocessing: enabled
using 16bit vertex format: yes
Framerates
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Scene 00 36.4 average fps 27.0 minimum fps 52.0 maximum fps
Scene 01 26.4 average fps 9.0 minimum fps 54.0 maximum fps
Scene 02 36.8 average fps 29.0 minimum fps 57.0 maximum fps
Scene 03 45.7 average fps 19.0 minimum fps 91.0 maximum fps
Overall average framerate: 36.3 fps
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Vannus
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Ok this sucks...
I just ordered the game a few days ago over the internet (still waiting for it to arrive) and I just noticed this demo thing.
I just did it and... well... my FPS is really unacceptable for playing - I must really have to love this game a lot to have to put up with playing it this low.
I have a Geforce FX 5600, and I heard some of you in this thread already said that it's crap, but I don't have any other choice. I can't go get a new graphics card because they're not exactly something you can just get like that cheaply for a single game. I don't have any problems with other games.
Here's my results:
I've already put Rivatuner to 1.1 on the pixel and vertex shaders. I already closed all my programs. My hard drive is defragged. There isn't any viruses or spyware or any other crap like that. My drivers are fine.
Is there any way I'm going to play this game at a better FPS than that?
Thanks for the assistance. I won't be happy if I'm going to get stuck playing the game like this. I wouldn't have ordered it if this demo was brought to my attention (thanks Egosoft
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I just ordered the game a few days ago over the internet (still waiting for it to arrive) and I just noticed this demo thing.
I just did it and... well... my FPS is really unacceptable for playing - I must really have to love this game a lot to have to put up with playing it this low.
I have a Geforce FX 5600, and I heard some of you in this thread already said that it's crap, but I don't have any other choice. I can't go get a new graphics card because they're not exactly something you can just get like that cheaply for a single game. I don't have any problems with other games.
Here's my results:
This is pretty crap... surely there's some way of boosting this up for when the game arrives?--------------------------
X3 - Reunion
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Game version: 1.3.0.US
Graphic card name and driver used: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Version [6.14.10.8198]
CPU name: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3000+ Family 6 Model C
Video settings during benchmark:
Screen resolution: 1280 x 1024 * [32]
using shader profile: 1.1
Antialias Mode: NONE
Anisotropic Mode: NONE
Graphic & Shader settings
Texture quality: low
Shader quality: low
High quality bumpmaps: disabled
Environment map: disabled
Postprocessing: disabled
using 16bit vertex format: yes
Framerates
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Scene 00 7.8 average fps 1.0 minimum fps 10.0 maximum fps
Scene 01 8.1 average fps 1.0 minimum fps 22.0 maximum fps
Scene 02 8.1 average fps 4.0 minimum fps 10.0 maximum fps
Scene 03 13.7 average fps 5.0 minimum fps 46.0 maximum fps
Overall average framerate: 9.4 fps
I've already put Rivatuner to 1.1 on the pixel and vertex shaders. I already closed all my programs. My hard drive is defragged. There isn't any viruses or spyware or any other crap like that. My drivers are fine.
Is there any way I'm going to play this game at a better FPS than that?
Thanks for the assistance. I won't be happy if I'm going to get stuck playing the game like this. I wouldn't have ordered it if this demo was brought to my attention (thanks Egosoft
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X3 - Reunion
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Executeable compiled Mon Dec 5 18:38:03 2005
Graphic card name and driver used: RADEON 9800 PRO Version [6.14.10.6587]
CPU name: AMD Sempron(tm) 2800+ Family 6 Model 8
Video settings during benchmark:
Screen resolution: 1024 x 768 * [32]
using shader profile: 2.0
Graphic & Shader settings
Texture quality: high
Shader quality: high
High quality bumpmaps: enabled
Environment map: enabled
Postprocessing: enabled
using 16bit vertex format: no
Framerates
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Scene 00 18.6 average fps 5.0 minimum fps 29.0 maximum fps
Scene 01 11.6 average fps 1.0 minimum fps 23.0 maximum fps
Scene 02 16.3 average fps 5.0 minimum fps 29.0 maximum fps
Scene 03 19.2 average fps 3.0 minimum fps 40.0 maximum fps
Overall average framerate: 16.4 fps
(c)2005 EGOSOFT
For more information http://www.egosoft.com
Not to bad for the PC, and this isn't the settings I play it on in-game.
I'm overall happy with these results. (I dunno if this is version 1.2... although me thinks it has to be v1.3!?)
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The more detailed stuff about my PC:
AMD Sempron(tm) 2800+
MSI Nforce2 Motherboard (don't know much more than that)
512Mb RAM (want more)
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (overclocked slightly with ATItool)
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X3 - Reunion
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Game version: 1.3.0.US
Graphic card name and driver used: RADEON X850 Series Version [6.14.10.6583]
CPU name: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz Family 7 Model 2
Video settings during benchmark:
Screen resolution: 1024 x 768 * [32]
using shader profile: 2.b
Antialias Mode: NONE
Anisotropic Mode: 2x
Graphic & Shader settings
Texture quality: high
Shader quality: high
High quality bumpmaps: enabled
Environment map: enabled
Postprocessing: disabled
using 16bit vertex format: yes
Framerates
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Scene 00 35.6 average fps 29.0 minimum fps 53.0 maximum fps
Scene 01 20.1 average fps 8.0 minimum fps 40.0 maximum fps
Scene 02 44.7 average fps 27.0 minimum fps 59.0 maximum fps
Scene 03 42.1 average fps 24.0 minimum fps 77.0 maximum fps
Overall average framerate: 35.6 fps
X3 - Reunion
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Game version: 1.3.0.US
Graphic card name and driver used: RADEON X850 Series Version [6.14.10.6583]
CPU name: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz Family 7 Model 2
Video settings during benchmark:
Screen resolution: 1024 x 768 * [32]
using shader profile: 2.b
Antialias Mode: NONE
Anisotropic Mode: 2x
Graphic & Shader settings
Texture quality: high
Shader quality: high
High quality bumpmaps: enabled
Environment map: enabled
Postprocessing: disabled
using 16bit vertex format: yes
Framerates
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Scene 00 35.6 average fps 29.0 minimum fps 53.0 maximum fps
Scene 01 20.1 average fps 8.0 minimum fps 40.0 maximum fps
Scene 02 44.7 average fps 27.0 minimum fps 59.0 maximum fps
Scene 03 42.1 average fps 24.0 minimum fps 77.0 maximum fps
Overall average framerate: 35.6 fps
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Misinformed
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Your getting a great framerate for that outdated x700 but i bet you your X3 cant compete (in overall lovieliness) with a machine running next to it using pixel shader 3.0. (if your card supported it).giskard wrote:Graphic card name and driver used: HIGHTECH RADEON X700 Version [6.14.10.6587]
CPU name: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 4000+ Family 7 Model 7
Video settings during benchmark:
Screen resolution: 1024 x 768 * [32]
using shader profile: 2.b
Antialias Mode: 2x
Anisotropic Mode: 2x
Graphic & Shader settings
Texture quality: high
Shader quality: high
High quality bumpmaps: enabled
Environment map: enabled
Postprocessing: disabled
using 16bit vertex format: yes
Framerates
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Scene 00 31.0 average fps 22.0 minimum fps 45.0 maximum fps
Scene 01 30.0 average fps 7.0 minimum fps 61.0 maximum fps
Scene 02 34.3 average fps 25.0 minimum fps 56.0 maximum fps
Scene 03 42.4 average fps 16.0 minimum fps 110.0 maximum fps
Overall average framerate: 34.4 fps[/code]
Giskard
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acrh2
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There's really no reason to complain here. Everyone agrees that while X3 may not be the best optimized game out there, it still offers the best eye candy out of nearly every game on the market today.Vannus wrote:I have a Geforce FX 5600, and I heard some of you in this thread already said that it's crap, but I don't have any other choice. I can't go get a new graphics card because they're not exactly something you can just get like that cheaply for a single game. I don't have any problems with other games.
Overall average framerate: 9.4 fps
And if you want to play a next gen game, DO expect terrible performance on 4 year old hardware.
You said that all other game run fine for you.
I can't believe that's true. What do you get in FEAR benchmark? 10fps also?
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Tea Boy
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1) Try dropping the resolution. IIRC I play at 1024 x 768. Although this may actually prove worse if your monitor's native resolution is 1280x1024.Vannus wrote:Ok this sucks...
I just ordered the game a few days ago over the internet (still waiting for it to arrive) and I just noticed this demo thing.
I just did it and... well... my FPS is really unacceptable for playing - I must really have to love this game a lot to have to put up with playing it this low.
I have a Geforce FX 5600, and I heard some of you in this thread already said that it's crap, but I don't have any other choice. I can't go get a new graphics card because they're not exactly something you can just get like that cheaply for a single game. I don't have any problems with other games.
Here's my results:This is pretty crap... surely there's some way of boosting this up for when the game arrives?--------------------------
X3 - Reunion
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Game version: 1.3.0.US
Graphic card name and driver used: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Version [6.14.10.8198]
CPU name: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3000+ Family 6 Model C
Video settings during benchmark:
Screen resolution: 1280 x 1024 * [32]
using shader profile: 1.1
Antialias Mode: NONE
Anisotropic Mode: NONE
Graphic & Shader settings
Texture quality: low
Shader quality: low
High quality bumpmaps: disabled
Environment map: disabled
Postprocessing: disabled
using 16bit vertex format: yes
Framerates
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Scene 00 7.8 average fps 1.0 minimum fps 10.0 maximum fps
Scene 01 8.1 average fps 1.0 minimum fps 22.0 maximum fps
Scene 02 8.1 average fps 4.0 minimum fps 10.0 maximum fps
Scene 03 13.7 average fps 5.0 minimum fps 46.0 maximum fps
Overall average framerate: 9.4 fps
I've already put Rivatuner to 1.1 on the pixel and vertex shaders. I already closed all my programs. My hard drive is defragged. There isn't any viruses or spyware or any other crap like that. My drivers are fine.
Is there any way I'm going to play this game at a better FPS than that?
Thanks for the assistance. I won't be happy if I'm going to get stuck playing the game like this. I wouldn't have ordered it if this demo was brought to my attention (thanks Egosoft
2) It looks very much like the Graphics Card is the bottleneck on your rig (though you don't say how much RAM you have) so you COULD try overclocking it. I used to have a 5700LE which overclocked enormously. Be warned, though, as this could fry your graphics card or worse. If you want to overclock, you need to download the coolbits utility/registry update for nvidia cards. Ask for advice from other 5600 owners and oc by small steps.
3) Look on ebay / t'interweb. A 6200/6600 can be had for surprisingly little these days (though obviously they are now fairly out of date).
TBH, I suspect the only way you are going to get a playable game is by option 3 with a 6600 or 6600GT, and even then your RAM might make it unplayable.
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LLothar
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Graphic card name and driver used: RADEON 9800 PRO Version [6.14.10.6587]
CPU name: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3000+ Family 7 Model 4
Video settings during benchmark:
Screen resolution: 1024 x 768 * [32]
using shader profile: 2.0
Antialias Mode: NONE
Anisotropic Mode: NONE
Graphic & Shader settings
Texture quality: high
Shader quality: high
High quality bumpmaps: enabled
Environment map: enabled
Postprocessing: enabled
using 16bit vertex format: no
Framerates
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Scene 00 21.7 average fps 8.0 minimum fps 32.0 maximum fps
Scene 01 17.3 average fps 4.0 minimum fps 35.0 maximum fps
Scene 02 21.9 average fps 16.0 minimum fps 38.0 maximum fps
Scene 03 28.7 average fps 12.0 minimum fps 76.0 maximum fps
Overall average framerate: 22.4 fpsI don't have the game yet - It's released here in Poland around Ferbruary (grrr...) and I won't buy it on like amazon.co.uk because the official release here wil cost less than 18 bucks. Compared to 35$ + shipping gives quite a difference. To all of you who have the game - Does the performance in-game is similar to the demo? How much FPS will I get in game on average situations and on "low FPS situations" like lots of ships flying around and fighting, whatever.
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techno-mole
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ive downloaded the rolling demo for x3, and after running it im left scratching me head 
the reason for this, well after running the demo as a benchmark it gave me an average framerate of - 8.4, i ran the demo with the same settings as i normally run the game, shaders at 1.3, no aa etc etc and i got 8.4, now i get a good frame rate when running the game, gets a little choppy in orebelt (i have a roid issue) but when i run the game and have fraps running i get an average frame rate of 23.81 ?
strange but true, doesnt matter really as i get a playable game, i just wondered why there was such a difference between the demo benchmark and what i normally get ? i made sure i had the settings on what i would have them for playing the game ?
still like i said doesnt really matter, but i did like the demo, and i do love the graphics in x3, i liked them in x2, but x3 looks so much better.
the reason for this, well after running the demo as a benchmark it gave me an average framerate of - 8.4, i ran the demo with the same settings as i normally run the game, shaders at 1.3, no aa etc etc and i got 8.4, now i get a good frame rate when running the game, gets a little choppy in orebelt (i have a roid issue) but when i run the game and have fraps running i get an average frame rate of 23.81 ?strange but true, doesnt matter really as i get a playable game, i just wondered why there was such a difference between the demo benchmark and what i normally get ? i made sure i had the settings on what i would have them for playing the game ?
still like i said doesnt really matter, but i did like the demo, and i do love the graphics in x3, i liked them in x2, but x3 looks so much better.
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LLothar
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Vannus - It's quite strange for me that you have such low framerates. I don't have much better PC but mine 22.3 with everything High (No AA nor AF though) shows that your rig really should be getting better framerates. At least 20FPS average on low! Update drivers, Disable antivirus software (disconnect from the internet first). How much RAM do you have? From what I can see 1Gig is a must.
EDIT: Just run the benchmark at same settings as you did (except for the resolution, my monitor is 1024 native) and got 40FPS. I just don't elieve that you get 4 times less!!! Well, unless you have 512MB ram only, that would solve the mistery.
EDIT: Just run the benchmark at same settings as you did (except for the resolution, my monitor is 1024 native) and got 40FPS. I just don't elieve that you get 4 times less!!! Well, unless you have 512MB ram only, that would solve the mistery.
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Misinformed
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Benchmarks are designed to put strain on the best of systems. The X3 benchmark has a lot of things on screen most of the time. Especially in scene 2, you will probably never have that many capital ships on screen within such proximity while playing your normal game. Even though the benchmark doesnt have the added burdon of managing the processes of 150+ sectors in the background at the same time. Its quite stressful, it may even be the equivilent of giving birth.Pickle-snr wrote:ive downloaded the rolling demo for x3, and after running it im left scratching me head
strange but true, doesnt matter really as i get a playable game, i just wondered why there was such a difference between the demo benchmark and what i normally get ? i made sure i had the settings on what i would have them for playing the game ?
still like i said doesnt really matter, but i did like the demo, and i do love the graphics in x3, i liked them in x2, but x3 looks so much better.
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steeljacket488
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- Joined: Sat, 17. Sep 05, 02:57
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X3 - Reunion
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Game version: 1.3.0.US
Graphic card name and driver used: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra -XTreme-G by TRU Version [6.14.10.8198]
CPU name: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3400+ Family 7 Model G
Video settings during benchmark:
Screen resolution: 1024 x 768 * [32]
using shader profile: 3.0
Antialias Mode: 2x
Anisotropic Mode: 2x
Graphic & Shader settings
Texture quality: high
Shader quality: high
High quality bumpmaps: enabled
Environment map: enabled
Postprocessing: enabled
using 16bit vertex format: yes
Framerates
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Scene 00 47.9 average fps 40.0 minimum fps 69.0 maximum fps
Scene 01 28.7 average fps 13.0 minimum fps 52.0 maximum fps
Scene 02 50.9 average fps 37.0 minimum fps 73.0 maximum fps
Scene 03 56.0 average fps 37.0 minimum fps 99.0 maximum fps
Overall average framerate: 45.9 fps
(c)2005 EGOSOFT
For more information http://www.egosoft.com
X3 - Reunion
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Game version: 1.3.0.US
Graphic card name and driver used: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra -XTreme-G by TRU Version [6.14.10.8198]
CPU name: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3400+ Family 7 Model G
Video settings during benchmark:
Screen resolution: 1024 x 768 * [32]
using shader profile: 3.0
Antialias Mode: 2x
Anisotropic Mode: 2x
Graphic & Shader settings
Texture quality: high
Shader quality: high
High quality bumpmaps: enabled
Environment map: enabled
Postprocessing: enabled
using 16bit vertex format: yes
Framerates
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Scene 00 47.9 average fps 40.0 minimum fps 69.0 maximum fps
Scene 01 28.7 average fps 13.0 minimum fps 52.0 maximum fps
Scene 02 50.9 average fps 37.0 minimum fps 73.0 maximum fps
Scene 03 56.0 average fps 37.0 minimum fps 99.0 maximum fps
Overall average framerate: 45.9 fps
(c)2005 EGOSOFT
For more information http://www.egosoft.com
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Vannus
- Posts: 34
- Joined: Tue, 3. Jan 06, 11:37
Thanks for the recommendations Tea Boy and LLothar.
I'm not entirely sure of the reason either, I would have expected at least a bit more than that as well.
I've got 1GB of RAM, so there shouldn't be any problems there either? I just checked Task Manager and the demo didn't seem to go over 300mb, and with what little else is running, that doesn't go near the limit.
Tea Boy, I'd like to be able to overclock my stuff, but with my luck I'm practically guaranteed to blow it up. I'd rather play like it is than risk it, but thanks for the suggestion.
There's only two other things that may possibly be doing it. I've noticed a lot of people say that onboard sound will make it a lot worse, but I've also heard people with onboard sound who have no problems. I've got nForce 2, but surely that wouldn't make it this bad, would it? Maybe there's a way of disabling my sound and see the difference?
The other thing I can think of is the codecs issue. Because it's the demo, I obviously can't try this one out (at least I don't think I can?). I have hell of a lot of codec installations to get everything I want running, so it's VERY likely it's using the wrong ones. I'm just not sure if the codecs themselves cause lower performance, or just the crashes. Maybe both?
Thanks! Hope to hear of your opinion. I really hope it's not my onboard sound that is making it this bad - I quite doubt it.
I'm not entirely sure of the reason either, I would have expected at least a bit more than that as well.
I've got 1GB of RAM, so there shouldn't be any problems there either? I just checked Task Manager and the demo didn't seem to go over 300mb, and with what little else is running, that doesn't go near the limit.
Tea Boy, I'd like to be able to overclock my stuff, but with my luck I'm practically guaranteed to blow it up. I'd rather play like it is than risk it, but thanks for the suggestion.
There's only two other things that may possibly be doing it. I've noticed a lot of people say that onboard sound will make it a lot worse, but I've also heard people with onboard sound who have no problems. I've got nForce 2, but surely that wouldn't make it this bad, would it? Maybe there's a way of disabling my sound and see the difference?
The other thing I can think of is the codecs issue. Because it's the demo, I obviously can't try this one out (at least I don't think I can?). I have hell of a lot of codec installations to get everything I want running, so it's VERY likely it's using the wrong ones. I'm just not sure if the codecs themselves cause lower performance, or just the crashes. Maybe both?
Thanks! Hope to hear of your opinion. I really hope it's not my onboard sound that is making it this bad - I quite doubt it.
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HeinzHarald
- Posts: 339
- Joined: Thu, 1. Dec 05, 01:19
Graphic card name and driver used: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT Version [6.14.10.7777]
CPU name: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.26GHz Family 7 Model 2
Video settings during benchmark:
Screen resolution: 1280 x 1024 * [32]
using shader profile: 3.0
Antialias Mode: NONE
Anisotropic Mode: NONE
Graphic & Shader settings
Texture quality: high
Shader quality: high
High quality bumpmaps: enabled
Environment map: enabled
Postprocessing: enabled
using 16bit vertex format: yes
Framerates
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Scene 00 23.4 average fps 16.0 minimum fps 35.0 maximum fps
Scene 01 13.8 average fps 4.0 minimum fps 27.0 maximum fps
Scene 02 21.2 average fps 15.0 minimum fps 32.0 maximum fps
Scene 03 28.3 average fps 18.0 minimum fps 54.0 maximum fps
Overall average framerate: 21.7 fps
Video settings during benchmark:
Screen resolution: 1280 x 1024 * [32]
using shader profile: 3.0
Antialias Mode: 4x
Anisotropic Mode: 16x
Graphic & Shader settings
Texture quality: high
Shader quality: high
High quality bumpmaps: enabled
Environment map: enabled
Postprocessing: enabled
using 16bit vertex format: yes
Framerates
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Scene 00 14.4 average fps 11.0 minimum fps 23.0 maximum fps
Scene 01 12.8 average fps 5.0 minimum fps 25.0 maximum fps
Scene 02 14.9 average fps 10.0 minimum fps 22.0 maximum fps
Scene 03 20.7 average fps 12.0 minimum fps 45.0 maximum fps
Overall average framerate: 15.7 fps
SpecVideo settings during benchmark:
Screen resolution: 1024 x 768 * [32]
using shader profile: 1.1
Antialias Mode: NONE
Anisotropic Mode: NONE
Graphic & Shader settings
Texture quality: low
Shader quality: low
High quality bumpmaps: disabled
Environment map: disabled
Postprocessing: disabled
using 16bit vertex format: yes
Framerates
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Scene 00 29.8 average fps 25.0 minimum fps 40.0 maximum fps
Scene 01 16.1 average fps 7.0 minimum fps 30.0 maximum fps
Scene 02 32.8 average fps 22.0 minimum fps 44.0 maximum fps
Scene 03 33.0 average fps 20.0 minimum fps 56.0 maximum fps
Overall average framerate: 27.9 fps
P4 2.26GHz FSB533
1GB RAM 333MHz
6600GT 128MB
i845G chipped motherboard
Edit: SB Live! (original, not value)
It seems clear to me after reading this thread that my CPU is my bottleneck.
Last edited by HeinzHarald on Fri, 6. Jan 06, 20:21, edited 1 time in total.