Well guys, in my recent bout of benchmarking with the steaming pile of crap that is the ATI 8.7 driver set, I THINK I found something interesting in Call of Duty 4.
I was running through a timedemo like I usually do to benchmark the game with FRAPS running in the background. Somehow, I didn't remember to turn off the Dual Video Card option in the Video Options from my frustrating journey to get some good Crossfire benchmarks. Lo and behold, I started getting AMAZING performance with a
single HD4850 installed.
Scratching my head I went back and realized that I still had the dual card option enabled. I dsabled it and my frames per second took a downturn to what I was used to getting. We are talking a 10-15% increased in FPS when switching to dual card option...even with a single card installed.
Here is a screenshot of the Log file in FRAPS, 2560 x 1600 4X AA all settings High. Please note that the top is with Dual Cards turned ON and the bottom is with it turned off:
Now I am not sure if it is these wacky drivers or something else but I would like you guys to give it a try and see what you get.
So I know it isn't my timedemo, here is the how to record and play a timedemo as indicated on the COD forums:
Quote:
1. Record the demo through the console with /record [name] and /stoprecord to finish it.
2. The demos will be stored in …/Call of Duty 4/main/demos
3. If you try to play back CoD4 demos directly, the game will crash. Instead, copy the demo folder into …/Call of Duty 4/Mods/ModWarfare and start Call of Duty 4.
4. Once loaded, select Mods and load ModWarefare and the game will re-start with the mod loaded.
5. Then bring down the console (CTRL+Shift+ ~) and type timedemo [ demo name] and press enter to benchmark it.
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