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3/9/10 at 6:46am
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You can see my specs in my sig, let me know what you think

Just got BFBC2, I run the game on advanced w/ the following settings.

SLI Enabled
Res 1920X1080
Level of Detail -High
Texture Quality-High
Shadows - Low
Effects Quality- Medium
AA- 2X MSAA
Anisotroscopic Filter - 4X
VSYNC- On
HBAO- On (<--IDK what this does, but it looks better with it on)

So here is my question, I cannot run the game like this unless I am really pushing my cards. Stock they are the following:

NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 260 OC2 Maxcore
Core Clock630MHz (vs. 576MHz standard)
Shader Clock1350MHz (vs. 1242MHz standard)
Shader Model4.0
Texture Fill Rate45.4 Billion/sec.
Processor Cores216 (vs. 192 standard)
Video Memory896MB
Memory TypeGDDR3
Memory Data Rate2126MHz (vs. 1998MHz standard)
Memory Interface448-bit
Memory Bandwidth119.1GB/sec.

My current OC on them is
Core Clock: 820MHz
Shaderclock: 1757MHz
Memory Clock:2126MHz

I run the fan at 75 on precision and my temps are staying at 49-51C under game load.

Am I going to blow my GPU's up with this kinda OC or can I go further?
Edited by mdmsupra - 3/9/10 at 6:56am
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post #2 of 57
3/9/10 at 6:48am
Overclocked GTX260 SLI + Core 2 QAD @ 3.4GHz should be able to max the game out....
http://www.techspot.com/article/255-...2-performance/




A single GTX260 at stock can do 43FPS at 1920x1200 at high so you should be getting 60-75FPS easily.


Edited by DuckieHo - 3/9/10 at 6:52am
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3/9/10 at 6:50am
Temps wise ur still safe. I always put the fans on 100% when really pushing clocks but hey thats just me .
Edit: Try removing vsync and put all other settings to highest.. Only put vsync if u see jagging on ur screen
Edited by MoBeeJ - 3/9/10 at 6:54am
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3/9/10 at 6:53am
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Originally Posted by DuckieHo View Post
Overclocked GTX260 SLI + Core 2 QAD @ 3.4GHz should be able to max the game out....
http://www.techspot.com/article/255-...2-performance/


A single GTX260 at stock can do 43FPS at 1920x1200 at high:

Tried that, the screen tears and the game runs like ****. What else can I do? I want to run maxed out however have not been able to. I really dont want to push my cards to over 900MHZ. If I even try to go above 4X AA the game is not playable IMO and looks horrible.
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3/9/10 at 6:53am
OC till your temps are over 70C in full load
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3/9/10 at 6:54am
you should be fine as long as you check your temps regularly my 260s can max evertyng in BC2 with still smooth gameplay
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3/9/10 at 6:56am
Thats a VERY decent OC, considering its an Oc'd card!! and some sweet temps too,

For some extra stability testing us the Furmark Multi gpu stress test, it gives you real time temps.

Post your results.

good luck
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3/9/10 at 6:57am
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you should be fine as long as you check your temps regularly my 260s can max evertyng in BC2 with still smooth gameplay
Your processor also stomps on my and then scrapes it off on the curb. if im not mistaken, this game runs phyx through the CPU. So you have 8 cores, I have 4.
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3/9/10 at 7:03am
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Thats a VERY decent OC, considering its an Oc'd card!! and some sweet temps too,

For some extra stability testing us the Furmark Multi gpu stress test, it gives you real time temps.

Post your results.

good luck
Why cant I run the game Maxed out, like everything on High, AA 16X Anti Filter 16 and all the good stuff then? What do you think I need to do?
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3/9/10 at 7:04am
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Your processor also stomps on my and then scrapes it off on the curb. if im not mistaken, this game runs phyx through the CPU. So you have 8 cores, I have 4.
8 Cores? in what reality? 4 cores, 8 threads, sorry to correct you!

the i7-980e has 6 cores!!
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