graphics card I'm confused

[John Salmon]

Hi, i'm new here so i please go easy on me if i have posted this in the wrong place or something

 

First off, I'd just like to say I don't have very much money so please don't laugh at my hardware. 

So, my system is a core 2 quad Q6600 with 4.5 GB of ddr2 RAM, a SATA 3 SSD and a gtx 750ti asus OC edition, I am running 3 dell ultrasharp 20" monitors to play games on (I got them in a bulk deal on ebay for £60).

My friend has a core i5 with a gtx 1060, 8gb of ddr3 and plays on a 1080p tv

I can play SWBF (and others, but I mainly play that) on ultra at the native resolution of the monitors running in surround at ~40fps and my friend can play it at high settings at ~50fps   but if he goes to ultra then he drops to <30

 

My question is, does anyone know why either his is so low or why mine is so high (i'm sure it shouldn't be doing that well as its so old), i'm not that new to PC gaming, its just always fun learning more, thanks

John

 

[FloRolf]

he should be much much faster. 1080p and a GTX1060? Easy 100fps.

I ran my GTX970 which is similar in performance on an 3440x1440 display at solid 60fps.

 

 

EDIT: For GTX1060 look at GTX980 scores.

http://www.techspot.com/review/1182-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1070/page3.html

[John Salmon]

3 minutes ago, FloRolf said:

he should be much much faster. 1080p and a GTX1060? Easy 100fps.

I ran my GTX970 which is similar in performance on an 3440x1440 display at solid 60fps.

but any idea why mine is so high?  I mean on games such as battlefield at this i'm also at about 50fps

 

[FloRolf]

Just now, John Salmon said:

but any idea why mine is so high, I mean on games such as battlefield at this i'm also at about 50fps

 

well battlefield and battlefront are actually fairly well optimized.

And a GTX750ti isnt too bad.

 

What is the actual resolution of your monitors though?

[John Salmon]

Just now, FloRolf said:

well battlefield and battlefront are actually fairly well optimized.

And a GTX750ti isnt too bad.

 

What is the actual resolution of your monitors 1680 x 1050 then obviously x3

 

[FloRolf]

2 minutes ago, John Salmon said:

4 minutes ago, FloRolf said:

well battlefield and battlefront are actually fairly well optimized.

And a GTX750ti isnt too bad.

 

What is the actual resolution of your monitors 1680 x 1050 then obviously x3

 

so at 5040*1050 your GTX750ti gets 40fps in ultra?

And the 1060 get's 50fps in 1080p ultra?

 

i'm fairly sure this is due to resolution scaling. He probably has it at 200% which is basically rendering 1440p.

while you are at 100% (or lower?) and probably no AA.

[John Salmon]

yeah... now that I see it written down, it does look pretty redicuous 

[Mira Yurizaki]

I'm finding it hard to believe that your GTX 750 Ti can get 40 FPS on Ultra with 3x 1680x1050 monitors, considering that it can get just over 30 FPS at 1080p on ultra quality.

[John Salmon]

welp, I don't know what to say, perhaps I have the 750 ti that has been sprayed with magic pink fairy dust

 

Just now, M.Yurizaki said:

I'm finding it hard to believe that your GTX 750 Ti can get 40 FPS on Ultra with 3x 1680x1050 monitors, considering that it can get just over 30 FPS at 1080p on ultra 

[FloRolf]

1 minute ago, John Salmon said:

welp, I don't know what to say, perhaps I have the 750 ti that has been sprayed with magic pink fairy dust

 

No, please tell me the resolution scaling you both have selected. And if you can all the other settings too lol.

[Mira Yurizaki]

Just now, John Salmon said:

welp, I don't know what to say, perhaps I have the 750 ti that has been sprayed with magic pink fairy dust

I hardly doubt that. Either you have a setting that's lowered and you don't know it or you're surround settings aren't what you think they are. 40 FPS on ultra sounds believable at 1680x1050 for sure, but not at 5040x1050.

[John Salmon]

ok, Im gonna admit, I dont know what you mean by resolution scaling (sorry) but I have vsync and anti aliasing off

[FloRolf]

Just now, John Salmon said:

ok, Im gonna admit, I dont know what you mean by resolution scaling (sorry) but I have vsync and anti aliasing off

The last thing in the first row that says "resolution scaling"

[John Salmon]

ok, im going to take a picture, one sec

 

[John Salmon]

ahh, ok, the resolution is 3840*1024

[John Salmon]

resolution scale 80% and ultra preset

[John Salmon]

very sorry for the misinformation

[FloRolf]

Just now, John Salmon said:

resolution scale 80% and ultra preset

Please use the edit and quote functions.

 

But there you go. You have 3840x1024 and then 80% of that so only 3,1mega pixels. Which is still higher than what i expect off of a 750ti tbh

Even Anti Aliasing turned on?

 

tell your friend to run resolution scaling at 100% too.

[John Salmon]

1 minute ago, FloRolf said:

Please use the edit and quote functions.

 

But there you go. You have 3840x1024 and then 80% of that so only 3,1mega pixels. Which is still higher than what i expect off of a 750ti tbh

Even Anti Aliasing turned on?

 

tell your friend to run resolution scaling at 100% too.

ok, could you explain briefly what resolution scaling is? thanks

 

[FloRolf]

Just now, John Salmon said:

ok, could you explain briefly what resolution scaling is? thanks

 

well it renders the set resolution at the given percentage.

Say you have 1080p Display with 100% resolution scaling, it will render 1080p

But when you select 200% it will render TWICE the pixels giving you half the performance actually.

If you select lower than 100% it will give you better performance but will decrease visuals. It'll all look kinda blurry.

 

For my taste 100% is always the best way to go even if you have the computing power.

[John Salmon]

ah, thanks for the help, I just texted my friend and he says it was at 150%, so that explains that (sidenote, just turned it up to 200%, 4fps

2 minutes ago, FloRolf said:

well it renders the set resolution at the given percentage.

Say you have 1080p Display with 100% resolution scaling, it will render 1080p

But when you select 200% it will render TWICE the pixels giving you half the performance actually.

If you select lower than 100% it will give you better performance but will decrease visuals. It'll all look kinda blurry.

 

For my taste 100% is always the best way to go even if you have the computing power.