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Core 2 Duo E6300 @3.73Ghz
4GB G.Skill Ram
MSi r6950 Twin Frozr II (MSi OC'ed edition @ 810 core 1250 memory)

***MSi OCed is only 10Mhz more than the stock version, which is 800Mhz core and 1250 memory (HD 6950 Stock settings)

Driver used: AMD 11.1 driver

***I noticed that my fps score was 8-9 fps slower from all 1x-3x (142-144 fps) on my initial bench and then i bench it like 2-3 more times and i got the max fps from the above settings. I think my GPU or CPU need a warm-up before it gives me maximum fps (150-151 fps).... Just something I'd like to let you guys know what's going on in my bench tests.

Results: Since they are all in the 150s I will only post one screenshot =]

1x 151
2x 151
3x 150


Based on these results I can say that I'm CPU limited! =/ I'm sure I would gain more fps if i had more L2 or L3 cache or if I'm on a quadcore CPU....And my motherboard doesn't have 2.0 PCI-E support so I have a lot of handicap here.

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Here are my 4x ssaa and 9x ssaa fps scores:

1x 4xssaa 149 fps
1x 9xssaa 141 fps

2x 4xssaa 125 fps
2x 9xssaa 60 fps

3x 4xssaa 63 fps
3x 9xssaa 27 fps

Oh yeah, I'm kicking the gtx 580 butt even with my all of these handicaps I'm having ^^ haha. This is still the 11.1 driver and 810 clock speed (MSi stock settings).

(02-02-2011, 10:45 AM)Clusta Wrote: [ -> ]I thought I read somewhere on the forums that someone figured out how to get SLI working for dolphin. Is there no possible way of getting Crossfire compatible?

well... cfx advertises as being compatible with any and all 3d applications. sli, on the other hand, is only compatible with games that officially support it. i dont know why crossfirex doesnt work with dolphin but it sure is disappointing.

(02-03-2011, 02:18 PM)tuanming Wrote: [ -> ]I'm not sure which driver version i should use for my overclocking bench, anyone have any idea of what the best driver version beside 11.1?

i am using 10.12. after having to reinstall old ati drivers like 10 times i learned the hard way not to download new revisions until they've been out for at least 2 weeks.

***Finally figured out how to overclocked pass 840Mhz, I had to mess with .cfg file to unlocked the unofficial overclock capability!

Same configurations as above but only this time the GPU is OCed @955 core 1375 memory. This is a stable overclock for me. I got it up to 987 core on pcsx2 lol and it didn't crash on me...strange. Also, I think pcsx2 favored Nvidia cards than AMD =/

1x 4xssaa 151
1x 9xssaa 150

2x 4xssaa 142
2x 9xssaa 70

3x 4xssaa 72 fps
3x 9xssaa 31 fps

Good result from the 6k series, and it seems it'll only get better. To bad it costs to much to keep up.

If only I have a Core i7 CPU, then the fps would sky rocket ^^ lol.

You don't want mine, lol! It's probably damaged due to my liquid cooling failing yesterday. I really hope it is burnt so it will also get replaced. The thing required an unusual amount of high voltage (1.46) to clock that high.

I'm getting another HDD and 580 put in while I'm at it. Maybe I can cheat and get some SLI benchmarks, or at least prove whether or not you can get sli to work in Dolphin.

Dolphin x64, windowed 1024x768

CPU: Intel Core i7 2600K @ 4.80Ghz
GPU: ATI 4870 1GB (stock)

1x EFB: 336fps
2x EFB: 170fps
3x EFB: 83fps

Awesome. I've been trying to figure out what can be done with all this data. It might be difficult to come up with a comprehensive list of default graphic settings based on a list of graphics cards. Cpu seems to play a huge factor on the 1,2,3 scales as an 8600GT can perform well coupled with an i7.

So far I believe the graph is the best way to go about it. I was just wondering if we can implement this into the revisions in a way that will generate default settings based on the user's hardware. This would be helpful for newcomers.

@Clusta

Since gpu load varies a lot from one game to another...no.

Erm, so does this thread allow other games benching too? This game isn't quite GPU or CPU intensive enough, and I think we have more than enough data on it already. The Wii need to port Zone of the Enders: 2nd Runner from the ps2 so then it will rape most people computer specs here, haha. I still can't get a freaking 60+ fps stable in that game for whatever the reason is, and I think it's my CPU fault!!!! Low cache? =/