General FPS-benchmark question
Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 8:52 pm
Hey guys,
I've always been referring to legit reviews for every new graphics card that comes out when I would consider purchasing. Now I've bought a new 8800GTS 512 (after my old one died ) and this baby seems to be overclocking much better (now running 824/1103 stable on stock), although I can't push the memory higher so it seems to still be Qimonda. Anyway, I'm planning to volt-mod it (because one dead 8800GTS 512 is not enough ) and I wanted to benchmark-compare it to the stock 8800GTS 512.
The problem is I'm not sure how to obtain consistent results, so I figured I'd ask from the guys who're used to doing graphics card reviews. Currently I setup RivaTuner to catch ingame FPS and output them on the screen during the game. But it only outputs the current FPS, which fluctuates a lot. How can I get the min/avg/max fps for the game without sitting there and constantly writing them down with a pencil. I also don't trust RivaTuner's logging since it logs everything including the in-menu FPS which are way off from the game ones (my UT3 runs at 125-175 ingame, and in menus can show anything from 0 to 700 fps).
I've always been referring to legit reviews for every new graphics card that comes out when I would consider purchasing. Now I've bought a new 8800GTS 512 (after my old one died ) and this baby seems to be overclocking much better (now running 824/1103 stable on stock), although I can't push the memory higher so it seems to still be Qimonda. Anyway, I'm planning to volt-mod it (because one dead 8800GTS 512 is not enough ) and I wanted to benchmark-compare it to the stock 8800GTS 512.
The problem is I'm not sure how to obtain consistent results, so I figured I'd ask from the guys who're used to doing graphics card reviews. Currently I setup RivaTuner to catch ingame FPS and output them on the screen during the game. But it only outputs the current FPS, which fluctuates a lot. How can I get the min/avg/max fps for the game without sitting there and constantly writing them down with a pencil. I also don't trust RivaTuner's logging since it logs everything including the in-menu FPS which are way off from the game ones (my UT3 runs at 125-175 ingame, and in menus can show anything from 0 to 700 fps).