Ivy Bridge 3770K Gaming results vs Core i7-920 at 4.2GHz

jaydip · Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 3:35 am

Best of luck buddy,i hope u will do well

BoFox · Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 4:41 am

Wow, Ocre, that's a cool job! Sounds like you're enjoying it man!!

grstanford · **Joined:** Sat Apr 24, 2010 11:19 am **Posts:** 5008

apoppin wrote:

Thanks

Fixed

x64 benchmark is older than IB. i d/led the latest this AM
- i commented on it in the evaluation

Upgrading from 4>8GB of RAM is not necessary for ANY games. It is beneficial for other things
- and that is the basis of an upcoming evaluation

Here is a screenshot from Skyrim running without any ugridstoload or uExterior Cell Buffer or iPreloadSizeLimit tricks in the ini files (the LOD has been turned up, and the grass draw distance extended, and the fog pushed WAY, WAY into the distance though).

the ini files used are shown below:

The integrated gpu in sandy bridge comes in quite handy for monitoring the system whilst gaming.

I've found that the game isn't stable with increased ugridstoload or uExterior Cell Buffer or iPreloadSizeLimit values -- 8gb isn't enough for such scenarios. Good thing I'll soon have 32gb in my system!

skyrim.ini

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[General]
sLanguage=ENGLISH

[Display]
fShadowLODMaxStartFade=1000.0
fSpecularLODMaxStartFade=2000.0
fLightLODMaxStartFade=3500.0
iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=2048
bAllowScreenshot=1

[Audio]
fMusicDuckingSeconds=6.0
fMusicUnDuckingSeconds=8.0
fMenuModeFadeOutTime=3.0
fMenuModeFadeInTime=1.0

[Grass]
bAllowCreateGrass=1
bAllowLoadGrass=0

[GeneralWarnings]
SGeneralMasterMismatchWarning=One or more plugins could not find the correct versions of the master files they depend on. Errors may occur during load or game play. Check the "Warnings.txt" file for more information.

[Archive]
sResourceArchiveList=Skyrim - Misc.bsa, Skyrim - Shaders.bsa, Skyrim - Textures.bsa, Skyrim - Interface.bsa, Skyrim - Animations.bsa, Skyrim - Meshes.bsa, Skyrim - Sounds.bsa
sResourceArchiveList2=Skyrim - Voices.bsa, Skyrim - VoicesExtra.bsa

[Combat]
fMagnetismStrafeHeadingMult=0.0
fMagnetismLookingMult=0.0

[Papyrus]
fPostLoadUpdateTimeMS=500.0
bEnableLogging=0
bEnableTrace=0
bLoadDebugInformation=0
[Water]
bReflectLODObjects=1
bReflectLODLand=1
bReflectSky=1
bReflectLODTrees=1

[MapMenu]
sMapCloudNIF=0
bWorldMapNoSkyDepthBlur=1
fWorldMapNearDepthBlurScale=0
fWorldMapDepthBlurScale=0
fWorldMapMaximumDepthBlur=0

skyrimprefs.ini

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[General]
fBrightLightColorB=1.0000
fBrightLightColorG=1.0000
fBrightLightColorR=1.0000
iStoryManagerLoggingEvent=-1
bEnableStoryManagerLogging=0
[Imagespace]
bDoDepthOfField=1
iRadialBlurLevel=2
[Display]
iBlurDeferredShadowMask=1
fInteriorShadowDistance=1500.0000
fShadowDistance=2500.0000
iShadowMapResolutionSecondary=256
iShadowMapResolutionPrimary=512
iShadowSplitCount=2
iMaxAnisotropy=8
fLeafAnimDampenDistEnd=4600.0000
fLeafAnimDampenDistStart=3600.0000
fTreesMidLODSwitchDist=32000.0000
fGamma=1.0000
fDecalLOD2=1500.0000
fDecalLOD1=1000.0000
fSpecularLODStartFade=20000.0000
fShadowLODStartFade=200.0000
fLightLODStartFade=3500.0000
iTexMipMapMinimum=0
iTexMipMapSkip=0
iWaterMultiSamples=2
iMultiSample=4
iShadowMode=3
bTreesReceiveShadows=1
bDrawLandShadows=1
bFull Screen=1
iSize H=1600
iSize W=2560
fMeshLODFadePercentDefault=0.0002
fMeshLODFadeBoundDefault=256.0000
fMeshLODLevel2FadeTreeDistance=4096.0000
fMeshLODLevel1FadeTreeDistance=5688.0000
fMeshLODLevel2FadeDist=1600000000.0000
fMeshLODLevel1FadeDist=1600000000.0000
iScreenShotIndex=128
bShadowMaskZPrepass=1
bMainZPrepass=0
iMaxSkinDecalsPerFrame=25
iMaxDecalsPerFrame=200
bFloatPointRenderTarget=0
sD3DDevice="NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460"
bFXAAEnabled=0
iShadowMapResolution=1024
fShadowBiasScale=0.3000
iShadowMaskQuarter=4
iAdapter=0
iPresentInterval=1
iShadowFilter=3
bTransparencyMultisampling=1
bDrawShadows=1
[Grass]
b30GrassVS=1
fGrassStartFadeDistance=180000.0000
fGrassMaxStartFadeDistance=200000.0000
fGrassMinStartFadeDistance=500.0000
[MAIN]
bGamepadEnable=1
bCrosshairEnabled=1
fHUDOpacity=1.0000
bSaveOnPause=1
bSaveOnTravel=1
bSaveOnWait=1
bSaveOnRest=1
fSkyCellRefFadeDistance=150000.0000
[GamePlay]
bShowFloatingQuestMarkers=1
bShowQuestMarkers=1
iDifficulty=2
[Interface]
bDialogueSubtitles=1
bGeneralSubtitles=1
fMouseCursorSpeed=1.0000
bShowCompass=1
[Controls]
fGamepadHeadingSensitivity=1.0000
fMouseHeadingSensitivity=0.0260
bAlwaysRunByDefault=1
bInvertYValues=0
bGamePadRumble=1
bMouseAcceleration=1
[Particles]
iMaxDesired=750
[SaveGame]
fAutosaveEveryXMins=15.0000
[AudioMenu]
fAudioMasterVolume=1.0000
fVal7=1.0000
uID7=0
fVal6=1.0000
uID6=0
fVal5=1.0000
uID5=0
fVal4=1.0000
uID4=0
fVal3=1.0000
uID3=94881
fVal2=0.4000
uID2=466532
fVal1=1.0000
uID1=554685
fVal0=0.8000
uID0=1007612
[Clouds]
fCloudLevel2Distance=524288.0000
fCloudLevel1Distance=65536.0000
fCloudLevel0Distance=32768.0000
fCloudNearFadeDistance=9000.0000
[TerrainManager]
fTreeLoadDistance=150000.0000
fBlockMaximumDistance=500000.0000
fBlockLevel1Distance=140000.0000
fBlockLevel0Distance=70000.0000
fSplitDistanceMult=1.5000
bShowLODInEditor=0
[NavMesh]
fObstacleAlpha=0.5000
fCoverSideHighAlpha=0.8000
fCoverSideLowAlpha=0.6500
fEdgeFullAlpha=1.0000
fEdgeHighAlpha=0.7500
fEdgeLowAlpha=0.5000
fTriangleFullAlpha=0.7000
fTriangleHighAlpha=0.3500
fTriangleLowAlpha=0.2000
fLedgeBoxHalfHeight=25.0000
fEdgeDistFromVert=10.0000
fEdgeThickness=10.0000
fPointSize=2.5000
[Trees]
bRenderSkinnedTrees=1
uiMaxSkinnedTreesToRender=160
[Decals]
uMaxDecals=1000
bDecals=1
bSkinnedDecals=1
uMaxSkinDecals=100
uMaxSkinDecalsPerActor=60
[LOD]
fLODFadeOutMultObjects=500.0000
fLODFadeOutMultItems=500.0000
fLODFadeOutMultActors=500.0000
fLODFadeOutMultSkyCell=1.0000
[Launcher]
bEnableFileSelection=1
bShowAllResolutions=1
uLastAspectRatio=4
[BlurShaderHDR]
bDoHighDynamicRange=1
[BlurShader]
bUseBlurShader=0
[Water]
iWaterReflectHeight=512
iWaterReflectWidth=512
bUseWaterDisplacements=1
bUseWaterRefractions=1
bUseWaterReflections=1
bUseWaterDepth=1

The forcing back of the fog is done as a small mod that manipulates the weather settings to push the fog back.

Attached my weather mod in case anyone wants it (really improves the look of the game IMO).

Attachment:

Greg Weather Fiddle.zip [20.3 KiB]
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apoppin · Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 8:17 am

So What is the difference in the framerates?
:scratch:

grstanford · **Joined:** Sat Apr 24, 2010 11:19 am **Posts:** 5008

barely any. runs extremely well, despite 9 followers chasing me around. I'm near dragons bridge in that scenario above, at the stormcloak camp, with my followers, a big bunch of soldiers and plenty of wildlife (thanks to skyrim monster mod and a spawn rate increase mod, so the cpu is getting quite a workout).

jaydip · Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 8:23 am

Thx for sharing Greg. :good:

Do my u mind clicking the processing tab and showing the exact amount of ram Skyrim is eating up ?

apoppin · Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 8:27 am

Your CPU is running nice and cool for 4.4GHz

And as i said before, the amount of system RAM doesn't affect the framerates. Windows can adjust for the amount of System RAM there is and will show usage of 128GB if you have it; but still no difference to the fps although loading times are much shorter and there is a difference in the perception of "smoothness" - especially in panning scenes that may involve some loading.

At any rate, i'll be testing this .. as soon as i can clear some of my backlog. New Mystery Card evaluation due this week. i got it on Thursday and i will start benching for it this morning. i took two days to "recover"
:blush:

grstanford · **Joined:** Sat Apr 24, 2010 11:19 am **Posts:** 5008

jaydip wrote:

Thx for sharing Greg. :good:

Do my u mind clicking the processing tab and showing the exact amount of ram Skyrim is eating up ?

Will do in a sec. Some of that memory usage is windows disk caching, of course, but skyrim, steam, coretemp and task manager are the only things actively running.

grstanford · **Joined:** Sat Apr 24, 2010 11:19 am **Posts:** 5008

apoppin wrote:

Your CPU is running nice and cool for 4.4GHz

Yes, the Cooler Master Hyper 212+ does its job very well indeed. I could probably clock this CPU up to 4.8 ghz with little trouble if I had a mind to (I don't).

grstanford · **Joined:** Sat Apr 24, 2010 11:19 am **Posts:** 5008

This is a quick snapshot of memory. Skyrim won't let you alt-tab in and out of it (locks up if you do), so this is the game restarted and reloaded maybe 30 seconds in from the load. 3.6gb to 4.7 gb memory load is typical for wandering Skyrim (with my settings), until you get to a settlement, then the memory load skyrockets.

Ivy Bridge 3770K Gaming results vs Core i7-920 at 4.2GHz

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