HD 5770

[Sinky]

Just upgraded from an old 8800GT to an XFX HD 5770 1GB ( Single Slot Version ). I'm new to ATI cards and would like to know what settings would give better performance, I've heard things like disabling Catalyst A.I can help in some games and in others setting it to max can help.

 

I'm running the 11.3 drivers, would be nice to know what settings other 5770 owners are using in the sim and in the control panel. I've done a thorough search of the forums and yet I still end up confused with the control centre settings. I've now started killing CCC.exe and MOM.exe before playing any games, don't know if this is the right thing to do for every game.

[Haukka81]

Just upgraded from an old 8800GT to an XFX HD 5770 1GB ( Single Slot Version ). I'm new to ATI cards and would like to know what settings would give better performance, I've heard things like disabling Catalyst A.I can help in some games and in others setting it to max can help.

 

I'm running the 11.3 drivers, would be nice to know what settings other 5770 owners are using in the sim and in the control panel. I've done a thorough search of the forums and yet I still end up confused with the control centre settings. I've now started killing CCC.exe and MOM.exe before playing any games, don't know if this is the right thing to do for every game.

 

Hi. I have 5770 and i don't kill ccc.exe or mom.exe. All settings high, water medium, hdr on, in game AAx2, tsaa off, cockpit res 256. 8 AF forced on from catalyst control panel. Ai set to quality. No broblems, runs great.

 

 

 

-haukka81

[Mustang]

For best performance with your 5770, ensure that you have your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering settings in your CCC set to application preference (use the anti aliasing provided in the settings in the sim)

 

Oh, and check that your anti aliasing method is set to multi-sampling (you could try out adaptive anti aliasing or super sampling aa, but it'll come with quite a big performance hit, especially over large amounts of trees)

[Sinky]

Thanks for the replys.

 

Hi. I have 5770 and i don't kill ccc.exe or mom.exe. All settings high, water medium, hdr on, in game AAx2, tsaa off, cockpit res 256. 8 AF forced on from catalyst control panel. Ai set to quality. No broblems, runs great.

 

Tried those and I'm lucky to get above 20 FPS on a freshly patched install. Baring in mind I am doing my testing whilst taking off from Batumi and flying around the big city.

 

For best performance with your 5770, ensure that you have your anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering settings in your CCC set to application preference (use the anti aliasing provided in the settings in the sim)

 

Oh, and check that your anti aliasing method is set to multi-sampling (you could try out adaptive anti aliasing or super sampling aa, but it'll come with quite a big performance hit, especially over large amounts of trees)

 

Yeah that's how I've left it, came like that as default and didn't want to start messing things up. Only thing I've changed is forcing Vsync and Tiple Buffering, which seems to not work for some reason.

 

Main problem I'm facing is the fact that when looking around with trackir it seems as though the frames are not blurring together ( hard to explain ). It just doesn't seem smooth and the fps I was getting at that moment was 25. Those frames I can perfectly live with but it doesn't feel like 25 fps it feels more like 10-15.

[Le0kong]

For the vsync you need to edit the graphics.cfg file(line 22) to '1', the vsync option on DCS don't work.

 

 

On take-off from Batumi i get 32 FPS(default weather, no AI), in flight with the TGP-off and above ~5000f i get between 35-60 FPS. Flying low over city's get a minimum of 20 FPS however. With the TGP on the framerate caps at 45 too.

Note that i use the 32bit DCS, and the GPU is overclocked a little, but it should not make much difference. CCC version is the 11.4 preview.

 

Attached are the settings i use.

[Sinky]

For the vsync you need to edit the graphics.cfg file(line 22) to '1', the vsync option on DCS don't work.

 

 

On take-off from Batumi i get 32 FPS(default weather, no AI), in flight with the TGP-off and above ~5000f i get between 35-60 FPS. Flying low over city's get a minimum of 20 FPS however. With the TGP on the framerate caps at 45 too.

Note that i use the 32bit DCS, and the GPU is overclocked a little, but it should not make much difference. CCC version is the 11.4 preview.

 

Attached are the settings i use.

 

Thanks I will give those settings a try and report back soon. I forgot to state the weather was set on 'Fall' with 'Autumn Rainy Day' preset and I had one wingman. Tests were done flying low over the city.

 

Edit: With your settings but 512 display resolution and clear weather I was getting 25-30 and it was very smooth around Batumi even when looking at the city through the TGP. Thanks for the help. Hopefully it run's ok in the campaign with all that activity on the airfield and the weather.

Edited April 1, 2011 by Sinky

[Le0kong]

The resolution should not be making much difference. I never tried lowering the resolution on DCS (at 1920x1080 is already not much to read the labels), but on every other game i tried it didn't make any significant difference on this card.

 

You mentioned it is a single slot version, maybe the fan is not so good, see if temperature is not too high (i get a 70°C maximum here).

 

 

Another thing is if you changed the card without a Windows reinstall maybe the drivers are causing problems, or the cached files by DCS (ex: shaders compiled). But leave that for last or if a ED tester confirms the need.

Edited April 1, 2011 by Le0kong

[Sinky]

The resolution should not be making too much difference. I never tried lowering the resolution on DCS (at 1920x1080 is already not much to read the label), but on every other game i tried i didn't make any significant difference on this card.

 

You mentioned it is a single slot version, maybe the fan is not so good, see if temperature is not too high (i get a 70°C maximum here).

 

 

Another thing is if you changed the card without a Windows reinstall maybe the drivers are causing problems, or the cached files by DCS (ex: shaders compiled). But leave that for last or if a ED tester confirms the need.

 

Just edited my post above with the results, I took out the resolution section. Reason I said what I said is that it was causing me problems in another game but I've tried it in my tests just there and it was perfectly fine. I did a full reformat just after installing the card, did a few tests then reformatted. I haven't checked the temps whilst in-game but I have done the odd alt+tab and checked and I haven't seen anything over 60C but maybe it had time to cool before I got into CCC.

[Sinky]

Just managed to get some temp testing done, couldn't check it on DCS at the moment. I played BC2 maxed on dx11 on a nearly full server for around 20-30 mins. Watching the temps in windowed mode I never saw it get above 64C, activity never went above 50 and the fan speed never went above 50. I'm no expert but I'd say the fan is doing ok seeing as the room I'm in is also quite warm.

[ShadowVonChadwick]

Nothing wrong with your card Sinky.

 

Your performance sounds good for your rig.

Mustang is spot on!

Ingame 2/4x AA cost me nothing, 8x very little & looked good.

CCC 4/8x caused a slide show with marginal visual quality.

 

DONT use low shadows

Try Full Screen ON & OFF.

Vsync worth invesgateion maybe.

 

Set all to High, 256/512 give it a quick test @ take off.(I fly 1200 over Batume)

Try Med for Draw Distance etc ect....low only for water if needed.

 

My rig does not like HDR.

 

Have fun ..........Shad

Edited April 4, 2011 by ShadowVonChadwick

[Sinky]

Nothing wrong with your card Sinky.

 

Your performance sounds good for your rig.

Mustang is spot on!

Ingame 2/4x AA cost me nothing, 8x very little & looked good.

CCC 4/8x caused a slide show with marginal visual quality.

 

DONT use low shadows

Try Full Screen ON & OFF.

Vsync worth invesgateion maybe.

 

Set all to High, 256/512 give it a quick test @ take off.(I fly 1200 over Batume)

Try Med for Draw Distance etc ect....low only for water if needed.

 

My rig does not like HDR.

 

Have fun ..........Shad

 

I will try your suggestions once my new power supply arrives. My current Corsair TX650W just died last night ( barley 5 month old ) so I'm using my old Hiper 550W. Just want to make sure I'm not down on power and therefore performance. I should also test it with HDR off, I never saw an FPS hit with my old 8800GT but it could have an effect on this one.

 

I finally got to test the temps in dcs 2 days ago and even under 80% load it never went over 64C and that was all at 50% fan speed.

 

It's been running at nice frames so far but it still doesn't feel smooth at 30 frames when looking around. It's not the jumpy jerky view problem from having low vram that I experienced on my old 512MB card.

[jerda]

Low shadows seemed to fix my stutters.

[celticcoho]

I will try your suggestions once my new power supply arrives. My current Corsair TX650W just died last night ( barley 5 month old ) so I'm using my old Hiper 550W. Just want to make sure I'm not down on power and therefore performance. I should also test it with HDR off, I never saw an FPS hit with my old 8800GT but it could have an effect on this one.

 

I finally got to test the temps in dcs 2 days ago and even under 80% load it never went over 64C and that was all at 50% fan speed.

 

It's been running at nice frames so far but it still doesn't feel smooth at 30 frames when looking around. It's not the jumpy jerky view problem from having low vram that I experienced on my old 512MB card.

 

Go with a 1000wt Power supply at least!!!!Energy efficient when only 50% is used!!!! Plus back up should you upgrade more...I have 2 Corsair 1000w, all good here.:thumbup:

[Sinky]

Go with a 1000wt Power supply at least!!!!Energy efficient when only 50% is used!!!! Plus back up should you upgrade more...I have 2 Corsair 1000w, all good here.:thumbup:

 

I don't have the cash at the moment to replace the one that blew so I'm using the warranty and getting a replacement. The 650W wasn't anywhere near being maxed out considering my old 550W that I'm using now holds the pc fine when gaming and that's even with my 4 cores unlocked. So the 650W if I'm correct still had at the very least 100W to spare, I know it's obviously better to get the biggest power supply I can but like I said when I do have the cash I'm going for a much needed after market CPU cooler.

[celticcoho]

I don't have the cash at the moment to replace the one that blew so I'm using the warranty and getting a replacement. The 650W wasn't anywhere near being maxed out considering my old 550W that I'm using now holds the pc fine when gaming and that's even with my 4 cores unlocked. So the 650W if I'm correct still had at the very least 100W to spare, I know it's obviously better to get the biggest power supply I can but like I said when I do have the cash I'm going for a much needed after market CPU cooler.

I understand Sinky..100w to spare is not much?? it will run Hotter and no way to improve it? You will max your New PSU as well....I was just giving Info!!! Good Luck.. Cheers:thumbup: Plus look at single rail vs duel rail PSU..Cheers Next to your CPU, The power supply is most important for your PC!!

Edited April 7, 2011 by celticcoho

[Kuky]

Don't max out your PSU ever... always have some buffer

[Sinky]

I understand Sinky..100w to spare is not much?? it will run Hotter and no way to improve it? You will max your New PSU as well....I was just giving Info!!! Good Luck.. Cheers:thumbup: Plus look at single rail vs duel rail PSU..Cheers Next to your CPU, The power supply is most important for your PC!!

 

Sorry if I came across the wrong way, never meant anything like that. If my 550W can cope with my current components then my 650 will have more that 100W to spare, it's not much but it's the best I can do for the moment. My 550W has lasted me over 3-4 years my Corsair TX650 lasted 10 month at best, I'm very unlucky I suppose.

 

Don't max out your PSU ever... always have some buffer

 

Yeah I understand what your saying, the further you are from max power draw the longer the life span. Unfortunately there's not much I can do about that at the moment. As far as I'm aware my components aren't even topping out my 550W stand in. Also, am I right in saying the higher capacity power supply's are better made?

Edited April 7, 2011 by Sinky

[Kuky]

you can have PSU that are rated for more wats but they are not all of the same quality or efficiency, some will even rate as peak power which is not good, usually el-cheapo. If you see a PSU that doesn't have a switch on the back to turn it on/off it's low quality one guaranteed... also if it's cheap it's not that good... that's a good indicator as well.

[celticcoho]

Sorry if I came across the wrong way, never meant anything like that. If my 550W can cope with my current components then my 650 will have more that 100W to spare, it's not much but it's the best I can do for the moment. My 550W has lasted me over 3-4 years my Corsair TX650 lasted 10 month at best, I'm very unlucky I suppose.

 

 

 

Yeah I understand what your saying, the further you are from max power draw the longer the life span. Unfortunately there's not much I can do about that at the moment. As far as I'm aware my components aren't even topping out my 550W stand in. Also, am I right in saying the higher capacity power supply's are better made?

 

The newer PSu's are better made..If anything will hold back your PC, it is the PSU, New PSU can also protect your PC, or make it perform better Too!!