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680MX Benchmarks please
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It seems to run everything at max settings w/ 30 FPS which is pretty good. Crysis, The Witcher 2, etc., not sure what the deal with X-Plane is, but it does well in other high end games.
Oh, say 7-10pm EST on a weekday is always a good place to start, you'll know because there be a good 150 people currently on the screen at any given moment lol.
I get my iMac (with i7, 680MX) on or before Wednesday, I can run benchmarks on BF3 and tons of other games I have then lol if there are none.
Most desktops have difficulty running X-Plane 10 with high settings. The 680MX is struggling with it, but I tweaked my settings so I'm averaging between 25-35 fps.
We agree on that.
That is a good point, but it needed the option to be in proper alignment with the use of a high screen resolution.
Only got to Premiere Pro testing before I left for a concert with my family.
Here's a teaser with much more coming either tomorrow or Monday. Using a 30 second movie (8 clips, Apple ProRes 422 (HQ), 1,920 x 1,080), I rendered various effects. Here are two of them:
Gaussian Blur
iMac 3.4 680MX = 13.0 sec
iMac 2.9 650M = 17.5 sec
Mac Pro 3.3 Radeon HD 5870 = 10.3 sec
Mac Pro 3.3 GeForce GTX 680 Classified = 9.7 sec
Fast Color Correction
iMac 3.4 680MX = 13.6 sec
iMac 2.9 650M = 15.2 sec
Mac Pro 3.3 Radeon HD 5870 = 14.6 sec
Mac Pro 3.3 GeForce GTX 680 Classified = 11.7 sec
Here's a teaser with much more coming either tomorrow or Monday. Using a 30 second movie (8 clips, Apple ProRes 422 (HQ), 1,920 x 1,080), I rendered various effects. Here are two of them:
Gaussian Blur
iMac 3.4 680MX = 13.0 sec
iMac 2.9 650M = 17.5 sec
Mac Pro 3.3 Radeon HD 5870 = 10.3 sec
Mac Pro 3.3 GeForce GTX 680 Classified = 9.7 sec
Fast Color Correction
iMac 3.4 680MX = 13.6 sec
iMac 2.9 650M = 15.2 sec
Mac Pro 3.3 Radeon HD 5870 = 14.6 sec
Mac Pro 3.3 GeForce GTX 680 Classified = 11.7 sec
Wow, great work on those results Barefeats. Cool to see your benches match mine and that I didn't somehow hallucinate the results and let everyone down 
A few more gaming results from this afternoon~ Outstanding results from S.T.A.L.K.E.R (LOVE that game and while it is slightly older, is very demanding visually), Skyrim (completely solid), RAGE, and Alice 2 (beautiful on max quality.)
Skyrim: (2560x1440, maximum quality, 8x AA, 16x AF)
Using fraps I traversed most of the continent and a few dungeons and recorded the average framerates. 90% of the time it was maxed at 60fps, and occasionally dropped to mid 50's when turning or in places of lots of smoke, mist or light. Never dropped below 50 the entire time!
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.:Call of the Pripyat: (DX 11, 2560x1440, maximum quality "Ultra" preset, Ultra HDAO SSAO, Tessellation On) Official benchmark provided by Gameworld.
0x MSAA
Day - 71.4 Avg fps
Night - 69.3 Avg fps
Rain - 72.8 Avg fps
SunShafts - 55.9 Avg fps
2x MSAA
Day - 54.3 Avg fps
Night - 54.3 Avg fps
Rain - 57.2 Avg fps
SunShafts - 39.7 Avg fps
4x MSAA
Day - 46.9 Avg fps
Night - 46.5 Avg fps
Rain - 49.6 Avg fps
SunShafts - 34.1 Avg fps
RAGE (2560x1440, 4x AA, Texture Cache Large, Texture Detail On, AF On)
Another one staying at 58-60 Avg fps that never seemed to drop below 57. Had difficulty enabling the console, so I used fraps for this one. A bit of texture pop-in, but quite a nice game visually. 8K textures work just great and requires about 1.5GB of VRAM, but 16K textures currently require more than 3GB which is more than the 680MX has available.
Alice:Madness Returns (2560x1440, All settings enabled, 4x AA, 16x AF, PhysX on High)
I was a huge fan of the original Alice and have always loved the beautiful art-noire style of the sequel. The game is originally locked at 30fps, so after a quick ini edit I uncapped the fps. With the 680mx the game essentially stays at 60 with the slight dip 4-6 frames when turning and the motion blur kicks in. Those that don't like motion and disable it will find the frame rate stays at 60 permanently. In areas with a lot of liquid effects or smoke, the frame rate can drop to 45-55, but still maintains a perfect playability.
A few more gaming results from this afternoon~ Outstanding results from S.T.A.L.K.E.R (LOVE that game and while it is slightly older, is very demanding visually), Skyrim (completely solid), RAGE, and Alice 2 (beautiful on max quality.)
Skyrim: (2560x1440, maximum quality, 8x AA, 16x AF)
Using fraps I traversed most of the continent and a few dungeons and recorded the average framerates. 90% of the time it was maxed at 60fps, and occasionally dropped to mid 50's when turning or in places of lots of smoke, mist or light. Never dropped below 50 the entire time!
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.:Call of the Pripyat: (DX 11, 2560x1440, maximum quality "Ultra" preset, Ultra HDAO SSAO, Tessellation On) Official benchmark provided by Gameworld.
0x MSAA
Day - 71.4 Avg fps
Night - 69.3 Avg fps
Rain - 72.8 Avg fps
SunShafts - 55.9 Avg fps
2x MSAA
Day - 54.3 Avg fps
Night - 54.3 Avg fps
Rain - 57.2 Avg fps
SunShafts - 39.7 Avg fps
4x MSAA
Day - 46.9 Avg fps
Night - 46.5 Avg fps
Rain - 49.6 Avg fps
SunShafts - 34.1 Avg fps
RAGE (2560x1440, 4x AA, Texture Cache Large, Texture Detail On, AF On)
Another one staying at 58-60 Avg fps that never seemed to drop below 57. Had difficulty enabling the console, so I used fraps for this one. A bit of texture pop-in, but quite a nice game visually. 8K textures work just great and requires about 1.5GB of VRAM, but 16K textures currently require more than 3GB which is more than the 680MX has available.
Alice:Madness Returns (2560x1440, All settings enabled, 4x AA, 16x AF, PhysX on High)
I was a huge fan of the original Alice and have always loved the beautiful art-noire style of the sequel. The game is originally locked at 30fps, so after a quick ini edit I uncapped the fps. With the 680mx the game essentially stays at 60 with the slight dip 4-6 frames when turning and the motion blur kicks in. Those that don't like motion and disable it will find the frame rate stays at 60 permanently. In areas with a lot of liquid effects or smoke, the frame rate can drop to 45-55, but still maintains a perfect playability.
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Thank you folks for tests!
Please...
What about heat and noise on iMac 21.5 an 27?
Could be interesting to see also the differences from 680MX vs. 675MX.
Please...
What about heat and noise on iMac 21.5 an 27?
Could be interesting to see also the differences from 680MX vs. 675MX.
Yes, I would like to know this as well, I did ask before and only got a vague reply. After playing WoW for a few minutes on a rMBP, you can clearly hear the fans spin up, and it is pretty audible. How does the 27" iMac with the 680mx compare ?
Wow, great work on those results Barefeats. Cool to see your benches match mine and that I didn't somehow hallucinate the results and let everyone down
A few more gaming results from this afternoon~ Outstanding results from S.T.A.L.K.E.R (LOVE that game and while it is slightly older, is very demanding visually), Skyrim (completely solid), RAGE, and Alice 2 (beautiful on max quality.)
Skyrim: (2560x1440, maximum quality, 8x AA, 16x AF)
Using fraps I traversed most of the continent and a few dungeons and recorded the average framerates. 90% of the time it was maxed at 60fps, and occasionally dropped to mid 50's when turning or in places of lots of smoke, mist or light. Never dropped below 50 the entire time!
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.:Call of the Pripyat: (DX 11, 2560x1440, maximum quality "Ultra" preset, Ultra HDAO SSAO, Tessellation On) Official benchmark provided by Gameworld.
0x MSAA
Day - 71.4 Avg fps
Night - 69.3 Avg fps
Rain - 72.8 Avg fps
SunShafts - 55.9 Avg fps
2x MSAA
Day - 54.3 Avg fps
Night - 54.3 Avg fps
Rain - 57.2 Avg fps
SunShafts - 39.7 Avg fps
4x MSAA
Day - 46.9 Avg fps
Night - 46.5 Avg fps
Rain - 49.6 Avg fps
SunShafts - 34.1 Avg fps
RAGE (2560x1440, 4x AA, Texture Cache Large, Texture Detail On, AF On)
Another one staying at 58-60 Avg fps that never seemed to drop below 57. Had difficulty enabling the console, so I used fraps for this one. A bit of texture pop-in, but quite a nice game visually. 8K textures work just great and requires about 1.5GB of VRAM, but 16K textures currently require more than 3GB which is more than the 680MX has available.
Alice:Madness Returns (2560x1440, All settings enabled, 4x AA, 16x AF, PhysX on High)
I was a huge fan of the original Alice and have always loved the beautiful art-noire style of the sequel. The game is originally locked at 30fps, so after a quick ini edit I uncapped the fps. With the 680mx the game essentially stays at 60 with the slight dip 4-6 frames when turning and the motion blur kicks in. Those that don't like motion and disable it will find the frame rate stays at 60 permanently. In areas with a lot of liquid effects or smoke, the frame rate can drop to 45-55, but still maintains a perfect playability.
Ahh, thank you very much.
Two critical games for me to know, seems stable enough to the point where I'm beginning to consider getting it once again to remove the stress from my 2007 bottom line iMac.How has the heat held up through the games btw? Still keeping cool? Any screen issues?
I get my first mac tomorrow, this will be one if the first things I do
Absolutely awesome.
Any other big name titles you could add to the board while your at it? Absolutely awesome.
Bf3, skyrim, fallout and maybe arma 2, but I doubt I'll be able to get all of them done tomorrow
Bf3, skyrim, fallout and maybe arma 2, but I doubt I'll be able to get all of them done tomorrow
Sounds like with those we'll have a pretty thorough analysis with that topping it off.
Then comes the hard part, deciding to get or not to get. x_x
Wow, great work on those results Barefeats. Cool to see your benches match mine and that I didn't somehow hallucinate the results and let everyone down
A few more gaming results from this afternoon~ Outstanding results from S.T.A.L.K.E.R (LOVE that game and while it is slightly older, is very demanding visually), Skyrim (completely solid), RAGE, and Alice 2 (beautiful on max quality.)
Skyrim: (2560x1440, maximum quality, 8x AA, 16x AF)
Using fraps I traversed most of the continent and a few dungeons and recorded the average framerates. 90% of the time it was maxed at 60fps, and occasionally dropped to mid 50's when turning or in places of lots of smoke, mist or light. Never dropped below 50 the entire time!
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.:Call of the Pripyat: (DX 11, 2560x1440, maximum quality "Ultra" preset, Ultra HDAO SSAO, Tessellation On) Official benchmark provided by Gameworld.
0x MSAA
Day - 71.4 Avg fps
Night - 69.3 Avg fps
Rain - 72.8 Avg fps
SunShafts - 55.9 Avg fps
2x MSAA
Day - 54.3 Avg fps
Night - 54.3 Avg fps
Rain - 57.2 Avg fps
SunShafts - 39.7 Avg fps
4x MSAA
Day - 46.9 Avg fps
Night - 46.5 Avg fps
Rain - 49.6 Avg fps
SunShafts - 34.1 Avg fps
RAGE (2560x1440, 4x AA, Texture Cache Large, Texture Detail On, AF On)
Another one staying at 58-60 Avg fps that never seemed to drop below 57. Had difficulty enabling the console, so I used fraps for this one. A bit of texture pop-in, but quite a nice game visually. 8K textures work just great and requires about 1.5GB of VRAM, but 16K textures currently require more than 3GB which is more than the 680MX has available.
Alice:Madness Returns (2560x1440, All settings enabled, 4x AA, 16x AF, PhysX on High)
I was a huge fan of the original Alice and have always loved the beautiful art-noire style of the sequel. The game is originally locked at 30fps, so after a quick ini edit I uncapped the fps. With the 680mx the game essentially stays at 60 with the slight dip 4-6 frames when turning and the motion blur kicks in. Those that don't like motion and disable it will find the frame rate stays at 60 permanently. In areas with a lot of liquid effects or smoke, the frame rate can drop to 45-55, but still maintains a perfect playability.
are you using bootcamp for these?
I can benchmark the following in a few days:
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197995306935/games?tab=all (I think you have to be logged in to see)
BF3
Sims 3
Dirt 3
Diablo 3
Far Cry 3
(ending in 3 haha)
SC2
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197995306935/games?tab=all (I think you have to be logged in to see)
BF3
Sims 3
Dirt 3
Diablo 3
Far Cry 3
(ending in 3 haha)
SC2
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Wow this thing is awesome. I want one so badly!
I also would like to know how loud and hot the 680MX gets.
I also would like to know how loud and hot the 680MX gets.