NV40 scaling

[lost]

Did anyone else look at the Nv40 scaling at Hexus's review. While it is not as in depth as I would like to see, the results are interesting to say the least:

3dmark03:
400/1100    12100
450/1100    12590
400/1200    12202
460/1250    13091

found here

This would suggest that at the very least, that at default quality settings, the NV40 is not starved for memory bandwidth. Could anyone with a sample try OCing the memory and core separately in an AA situation or with a benchmark or game that the expected results are known (as 3dmar03 may be somewhat system limited...we dont know yet with these scores). Thanks!

 

[Joe DeFuria]

This would suggest that at the very least, that at default quality settings, the NV40 is not starved for memory bandwidth.

Actually, it would suggest that in scenes with significant pixel shading, it's not starved for memory bandwidth...which is more or less expected.

 

[Fast_3dcard]

overclocking the core matters more than the ram on every card except those with 64 bit ram and geforce2's and earlier

 

[Fred]

It depends on what you benchmark it in =)

Ideally you'd want to see the overclocking (or underclocking) put through a full suite of tests.

But yes, it seems to me on current games at least, that its a good 50/50 split (which is fine).

 

[Vadi]

Look here:
http://www.3dcenter.de/artikel/nv40_benchmarks/index11.php (at the bottom)

They say that the card benefits from overclocking the core.


Vadi


edit: The tests were run with Unreal Tournament 2003 with 4AA/16AF