Battlefield 3 Benchmark 555mGT vs 560mGTX

[Stevenxowens792]

Cheers all. I wanted to do a quick and dirty comparison vs the 560mGTX. The reason is in anticipation for the new 650mGT thats being released in the M14xR2.

So here is what I did.. I installed BF3 on my SSD and fired up FRAPS, Throttlestop, and EVGA precision. I chose the first SP map in BF3 where you are ambushed by terrorists with rocket launchers. Lots of smoke, explosions, enemies, destruction, etc... No cheez here. After benching the machine on the stock bios, I decided to once again update to the A01 Volt Mod and bench as well. I will post some screen shots so you know exactly where I benched in game and just ran the same thing over and over and over.

Stock System: M14x, 1366x768, Nvidia 555mGT, 4gb ram, 64GB SSD. Belkin lapdesk, not pluged in, only used to provide space for stock m14x fan.

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2012-04-30 21:07:01 - bf3

Frames: 3419 - Time: 89248ms - Avg: 38.309 - Min: 31 - Max: 44 (CPU/STOCK, GPU/STOCK,MEDIUM, 1366X768)

2012-04-30 21:10:24 - bf3

Frames: 3316 - Time: 71667ms - Avg: 46.270 - Min: 40 - Max: 52 (CPU/STOCK, GPU/750/1000,MEDIUM, 1366X768)

2012-04-30 21:17:59 - bf3

Frames: 2666 - Time: 68859ms - Avg: 38.717 - Min: 32 - Max: 44 (CPU/4 THREADS, GPU/STOCK,MEDIUM,1366X768)

2012-04-30 21:20:16 - bf3

Frames: 3202 - Time: 68438ms - Avg: 46.787 - Min: 38 - Max: 54 (CPU/4 THREADS, GPU/750/1000,MEDIUM, 1366X768)

2012-04-30 21:22:48 - bf3

Frames: 3839 - Time: 79638ms - Avg: 48.206 - Min: 39 - Max: 55 (CPU/4 THREADS, GPU/790/1000,MEDIUM, 1366X768)

2012-04-30 21:25:36 - bf3

Frames: 3992 - Time: 82447ms - Avg: 48.419 - Min: 38 - Max: 56 (CPU/4 THREADS, GPU/790/1050,MEDIUM, 1366X768)

2012-04-30 23:01:44 - bf3

Frames: 3580 - Time: 77049ms - Avg: 46.464 - Min: 38 - Max: 58 (CPU/8 THREAD TURBO DISABLED, GPU/750/1000,MEDIUM, 1366X768) **A01 VOLT MOD BIOS**

2012-04-30 23:05:15 - bf3

Frames: 4147 - Time: 79872ms - Avg: 51.921 - Min: 42 - Max: 70 (CPU/8 THREAD TURBO DISABLED, GPU/850/1080,MEDIUM, 1366X768) **A01 VOLT MOD BIOS**

Pics...

Conclusion - If you want to get the most out of BF3, turn off turbo on the CPU and get the GPU clock as high as you can. Repaste with IC Diamond or other quality TIM maker, make sure you notebook fan is clean, and PLAY!

Edited May 1, 2012 by Stevenxowens792

[svl7]

Gaming at 850MHz core? Impressive, you've got a nice machine there!

[Stevenxowens792]

32 man infantry server Full.

Game settings -

Custom - Texture, Details

Mesh ->> Ultra

Shadows ->> Low

AA ->> Off

AF ->> Off,

1366x768

Benchmarked at 800/900 Peak GPU temp, 71c, CPU temp 85c 8thread turbo disabled.

2012-05-01 22:09:09 - bf3

Frames: 62855 - Time: 1179180ms - Avg: 53.304 - Min: 0 - Max: 127

2012-05-01 22:28:50 - bf3

Frames: 3832 - Time: 69436ms - Avg: 55.188 - Min: 37 - Max: 127

2012-05-01 22:30:01 - bf3

Frames: 6124 - Time: 119419ms - Avg: 51.282 - Min: 36 - Max: 79

2012-05-01 22:32:02 - bf3

Frames: 72226 - Time: 1371202ms - Avg: 52.673 - Min: 0 - Max: 153

Had to back the clocks back because I was pushing 80c last night and earlier this evening and didn't know why...

Duh.. .clean fan completely and voila. 71c avg at 800/900 during this session.