FC and FX60

[4c Hajduk Veljko]

Anybody lucky enough to try FC on AMD FX 60?

[3Sqn_Fudd]

Not a FX-60 per se but I have my AMD Opteron 165 @ 2.7, faster than a FX-60 and its pretty nice...

 

Dual cores aren't anything special in terms of "straight line speed" but the chip is very responsive.

 

System Specs

 

DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D (623-3)

AMD Opteron 165 (0547) s939 (w/Thermalright si-120 and 120mm Panaflo fan)

2x1gig Mushkin extreme perf. PC-4000

BFG Nvidia 7800GT @ 500x1200

Soundblaster Audigy 2 Value

ENERMAX Liberty ELT500AWT 500W Power Supply

[NEODARK]

170 @ 2.8 here,

 

the game is not multi-thread friendly, so dont expect any benefits from dualcore.

[Pilotasso]

Hmm whats the difference between Opteron and the baseline 64's and Fx's?

In general details.

[Slammin]

Depends on if you are talking dual core or single core Opterons. The dual core have 2M L2 cache (1 meg per core). Some of the dual core X2 Athlons have 2M L2 cache as well (4400X2 and 4800X2). As for baseline Athlon 64's, some have 512M L2 cache and some have 1M L2 cache.

[BIOLOG]

Not only that, but Opterons have up to 3 hypertransport links (more bandwidth), while FX's and base 64's have one. Opterons also have certain capabilities, which make them more suited for server applications. FX's are basically beefed up 64's (well depends on a core), if we concider San Diego core. They do have more bandwidth, and are somewhat more optimised, and can run on lower frequency, providing same preformance. Sorry can't remember all the details. Also I'm not certain tht FX has obly one hypertransport link, it might have 2...

[3Sqn_Fudd]

Not sure about 3 links vs. 1 link but here's the big difference.... the FX series, no matter it dual core or single all have unlocked multipliers. This allows one to very simply overclock them. I'm not sure what some guys get with FX's, but on vapor its maybe around 3.6.

[NEODARK]

Actually some have gotten to 4Ghz + on the FX with custom cascades, the FX line also has a couple of tweaks in it's integrated mem controller, and yes the unlocked multi. ;)

 

About the HTT links and "1XX" opteron,

 

Unless its an opteron in the "2XX" or "8XX" series, it's exactly the same as an A64 with 1mb cache or an X2 if it's a "165" and up). Some say its better than a normal A64 because it's "server grade" but its basically the same thing, think of an opteron "1XX" as a version that simply adds Non-ECC support on the 939 socket with 1MB L2 standard (per core if dual).

 

The opterons in the "2" series and "8" series are designed to work in 2-way or 8-way correspondingly, so they have more hypertransport linksThese buses serve as a system bus and inter-processor bus. However, you should understand that you do not need three hypertransport buses if there is a uniprocessor Opteron system (165 and up). Since the configurations with only one Opteron processor do not need any inter-processor connection, only one HyperTransport is involved.

[4c Hajduk Veljko]

The reason I asked about FX 60 is my hope that FX 60 would help me with “Visibility range” setting. Visibility range kills my FPS. It drops it almost in half when set at “high”. (see my graphic settings bellow) I am mostly flying Su-25T and would like to be able to see as far ahead as possible.

 

The real question is it the processor or the graphic card that would help more with visibility range?

[dodger42]

Hey Hajduk, I have the FX60 on my system here. On single player I run all settings maxed out (except blur) at 2560x1600 and it runs perfectly.

 

Jump on a server though, and its hit and miss as with any config. Depends on the mission being hosted, the server hosting it and about a million other variables out of a players control.

 

One thing you need to be aware of is the affinity issue. You have a run a launcher or app to set process affinity to core2. That's a bit of a pain, but once you get it sorted, its all good.

 

If you want any specific info, PM me.

 

Regards,

Dodger

 

 

http://www.lomac-stats.com (want stats? message me).

[NEODARK]

If you have a CPU that is either dual core or has hyperthreading you NEED this utility. (there are other methods, but I like this one, GUI and all)

 

http://www.tomshardware.com/2004/05/28/getting_more_bang_out_of_your_dual_processing_buck/

 

Download that app, run it, go to the application profiles tab and add lockon.exe in there, you can set affinity for your one of your cores.

 

On my Opteron 170, I set CPU 0 to run the game using this method.

 

As long as that affinity app is running when you run LockOn it will run on the core you designate. (instead of jumping from core to core causing stutters) It definitelly runs a lot better this way.

 

This wont work unless you have a dual-core or HyperThreading CPU. :icon_supe