Soul Calibur - how fast with Your hardware

[Strange]

Well, he has a Tualatin.. for sure he could hit at least 1.7GHz. And indecisive.. yes, Chankast runs like ass on my PC whilst at 1.2GHz, but thank the lord the Tualatin is a very good OCer, at 1.8GHz Chankast runs amazingly well.. you should really consider OCing that 1.2. Also, simply due to the fact that the P6 Core executes SSE instructions very fast, it should be running better than that, infact, better than a 1.2 Duron. I haven't really tested SC at 1.2GHz.. maybe I will.

I've got a 700MHz Cumine Celeron in my PC right now, testing it out for a friend.. will run Chankast on it and see how it runs.

Hmm. he didn`t say what he has Tualatin... Maybe P4?
And yeah Tualatin is good CPU... Bot too old for nowadays. For example you can`t propely play in DoA2 on your PIII...
BTW even if PIII is really quick with SSE, Duron have a powerfull Athlons FPUs

 

[Strange]

You've got an Nv3x video right Strange. In that case, 8xAA doesn't work properly with the newer 61.xx forcewares and Nv3x hardware. The reason why it looks like 4x only is because it's only doing 2xSS. The 4x Multisampling part is broken for Nv3x hardware with the 61.xx drivers. Essentially, your only getting 2xSS and not the 4xMS part in 8xAA(actually 8xS).

The 61.xx drivers and 8xAA works fine on Nv40's though. THe drivers were designed to use the Nv40's new RGMS AA. So on 6800 cards, 8xAA(8xS) actually does 2xSS*4xMS. Nv3x hardware doesn't have a RGMS mode. It only does OGMS AA.

Thx for explaining... But i satisfied with 1024x768 with FSAAx4 - and its much faster than the same on 56.72...

 

[cooliscool]

Hmm. he didn`t say what he has Tualatin... Maybe P4?
And yeah Tualatin is good CPU... Bot too old for nowadays. For example you can`t propely play in DoA2 on your PIII...
BTW even if PIII is really quick with SSE, Duron have a powerfull Athlons FPUs

UH.. I play Doa2 fine on my Tualatin.. faster than posty does on an Athlon XP 1800+.. Jesus christ.

"too old for nowadays" psssh. My ass.

 

[Strange]

And you mean 14fps in DoA2 is fine? - man, don`t joke around 30-35fps - this is fine. And i think what posty have problems with PC configuration or something else...

 

[cooliscool]

14fps my ass.. I get 20-26 ingame, and in the menus about 56.

No, Posty and I have talked about this on MSN alot.. his PC is configured just fine (he has a 9600 pro too). I'll take on ANY stock clocked XP 1800+ in a Chanka FPS battle.

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[Strange]

Hmm - so funny, i seen your screens of DoA2 - only 20fps on training arena, but i`m sure what u have about 17 on story mode on complex fight arenas... Maybe a screen with 26fps will prove it
And i have interesting idea - i will slow down my CPU to 1700+ and check fps in Chanka - will see what faster - your PIII or my Athlon....
p.s. 20-25fps in DoA2 is damn slo-mo :yucky:

 

[Clements]

The 1800+ is a much better overclocker though, and can reach speeds of over 2.0GHz+ on air, so I'd take it over any PIII any day. Strange's 2.4GHz 1700+ is as fast if not faster than my 3200+ and they cost, what, $42 on Pricewatch?

 

[cooliscool]

Sure.. I'll take some shots. Take your CPU down to 1700+ and we'll compare. Take a CPU-Z shot too.

I've got a 3.06GHz Northwood P4 sitting in my drawer right now, so it's not as if this is the only CPU I have forcing me to defend it, I'm just stating what I've experienced.

edit: Clements, maybe a good stepping T-Bred, but not the more common Palomino cores. Also Strange, howcome I haven't seen the shots of Chankast running on a 1.2 Duron? I find it VERY hard to believe that if not underclocked the SH-4 that it runs better than on my 1.8 P3.

 

[Strange]

cooliscool
I will make those screens on Duron1200 - be sure... Also i`m tryed Chanka on P4 2.8Ghz - horrible results... 40fps in SoulCalibur and total slo-mo 20-25fps in DoA2... Friend O/C it to 3.4Ghz - better, but anyway not great fps in Chanka... BTW Polomino ones production was stopped more than year ago and almost all T-breds o/c to 2-2.2Ghz
*going to slow down CPU...

 

[posty_2k3]

I just oc'd my cpu to 1610mhz (from 1540mhz) and it runs Soul Calibur 5fps faster

No, Posty and I have talked about this on MSN alot.. his PC is configured just fine (he has a 9600 pro too). I'll take on ANY stock clocked XP 1800+ in a Chanka FPS battle.

Why do you always have to bring me up

EDIT: Wish me luck. Im gonna OC my CPU just an itty bit more Damn you cooliscool, you got me hooked on overclocking, lol.

 

[cooliscool]

Heh yes. Keep going Posty! Feels good doesn't it. Reminds me of when I hit 1.6GHz with this P3. WOW. Although don't be pissed if your Palomino doesn't get any much higher than that.

Strange: Here's some shots.. I didn't hit 26 in game.. it depends on the stage.. on the elevator stage even in a fight it hits 26 and sometimes higher.

Anyway. I seriously doubt a 1.2 Duron can get better FPS than I do. :\

 

[Strange]

Ta-da! And here is results - not bad for 1700+ not bad... Same as 1800 Tualatin speed.
1024x768 with FSAAx4... Hmm forgot to try o/c SH4 to 130 in DoA2, damn...
DoA2 - 20Fps
SoulCalibur - 40fps
Will try DoA2 with SH4 130 later...
So cooliscool - now is your turn arty: /edit oops - you did it faster =)

 

[cooliscool]

Haha. You got on my for running in the training stage, and now you're doing it? LOL. For the sake of accurate comparison, try running it in the same stage I did.

 

[Strange]

Heh - as i sad you cant reach 25 stable fps in battle - only 18-19(with 150 SH4 0_o) - I think its really unplayable - just tryed it on 1700+ - horrible...
/edit
Nope - its stable 19-20fps, same as stable 40 in SoulCalibur - whats the point for me lie to you? - i have 30-35fps in DoA2 and 66-70 in SC with my 3400+ lain:

 

[cooliscool]

It runs pretty good actually. Quite playable compared to playing it on my Dreamcast. Err... play it with the 1700+ on the stages I played it on.. :\

Now all I want is to see a Duron 1.2 outperforming me. Hah.

edit: I never said you were lying.. but on the other end of things, what makes you think I am? Have you ever ACTUALLY seen a Tualatin at 1.8GHz running Chankast, IN ACTION? I think my story is a bit more believable than a Duron 1.2 outperforming my CPU. Also I never once said my CPU outperforms yours.. possibly at 1700+, but again the higher FSB and DDR ram benefit Chankast (not much as we can see ).. All I'm saying is that you make all Intel CPUs out to be shit for Chankast which is clearly not true.

 

[posty_2k3]

Heh - as i sad you cant reach 25 stable fps in battle - only 18-19(with 150 SH4 0_o) - I think its really unplayable - just tryed it on 1700+ - horrible...
/edit
Nope - its stable 19-20fps, same as stable 40 in SoulCalibur - whats the point for me lie to you? - i have 30-35fps in DoA2 and 66-70 in SC with my 3400+ lain:

Actually, as you can see, you have the game running x/30, cooliscool has it x/60. So you cant match that up

 

[Strange]

*edited last post

Hmm - for D1200 screens i must go to the friend... Maybe on this week go to him...
And can try on others arenas with SH4 130... But don`t want to do it now(i just o/c it to 3400+) - later.
2 posty
And so what? - there is the difference? and some screens have x/30 too... And its working on 130 SH4.

All I'm saying is that you make all Intel CPUs out to be shit for Chankast which is clearly not true.

But its true what P4 even above 3Ghz have not good fps in many games if compare them to Athlons... And also PIII is not enough for full speed Chanka work in complex games like DoA2 - thats all what i think...

 

[cooliscool]

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Nevermind. :yawn:

 

[-indecisive-]

overclocking celeron 1.2 ghz...

yo, cooliscool. you mentioned something about i should overclock my celeron. i thought about doing that once since i encode a lot of video and stuff, anyway, how would i go about doing that? i read up on it a while back, but i didn't have much patience and lost interest quick. how much higher do you think i can push up my 1.2 ghz celeron to? will my mainboard or the processor be the limit?
oh yeah, my mainboard model is Asus model TUSL-LV if it matters.
later

 

[cooliscool]

I've no doubt you could hit at least 1.6GHz (simply change your FSB to 133.. most of the time no voltage upping required). Try in your bios changing the FSB to 133, if it doesn't boot, give it a bit more voltage until it does.. from there, try in increments of 3mhz or so, run chankast or something else intensive until you've reached your limit. I think if your Tualatin is a TB1 stepping you could probably hit 1.75-1.8GHz fairly easily (with some more voltage of course.. 1.75ghz = 1.75v, 1.8ghz = 1.8v. Strange coincedence, eh?

If your mobo's bios doesn't have VCore options for Tualatin, look for an update for it on Asus's site. Also, if you don't have good cooling, just run it at the highest stable you can without upping the vcore.

edit: can you post a cpu-z shot so I can see what stepping core you have?