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Triple Boxing in eve system issues
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kenxi
The Green Dollar
#1 - 2011-09-20 20:42:26 UTC
So I'm currently running

3 installs of eve
a AMD Phenom quad core at 3.ghz
8Gb ddr3 ram
Hd 5670 for one monitor at 1650x1080
HD 6670 for one large monitor at 1920 x 1080
running windows 7

Before I dual boxed at around 35-40 fps now trying to triple box I only run at 20-25fps


Now my main issue is my machine isnt being taxed at the 3 versions of eve use around 4gb of ram and both video cards are only using about 50%

The cpu is around 60% so I have no idea what the bottle neck is anyone have a clue?



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non judgement
Without Fear
Flying Burning Ships Alliance
#2 - 2011-09-20 21:03:00 UTC  |  Edited by: non judgement
is the fps while docked in cq or in space? ;P

I have an i7 cpu and it seems to be okay for the same type of thing you're doing.
It sits about 30fps on each client.
Denidil
Cascades Mountain Operatives
#3 - 2011-09-20 21:03:56 UTC  |  Edited by: Denidil
[edit]nevermind, misread

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kenxi
The Green Dollar
#4 - 2011-09-20 21:06:20 UTC
The fps is in space I haven't tried station yet I think it is similar

The % of morons is always greater than what you would expect it to be unless you always assume 100% of people are morons
Spanking Monkeys
ZC Omega
#5 - 2011-09-20 21:07:56 UTC
is the client overlapping screens? that can hit fps badly on ati cards. make sure in the esc menu its set to the right monitor and no over lapping monitors
Psyrelle
Perimeter Provisions
#6 - 2011-09-20 22:01:51 UTC
kenxi wrote:
So I'm currently running

3 installs of eve
a AMD Phenom quad core at 3.ghz
8Gb ddr3 ram
Hd 5670 for one monitor at 1650x1080
HD 6670 for one large monitor at 1920 x 1080
running windows 7

Before I dual boxed at around 35-40 fps now trying to triple box I only run at 20-25fps


Now my main issue is my machine isnt being taxed at the 3 versions of eve use around 4gb of ram and both video cards are only using about 50%

The cpu is around 60% so I have no idea what the bottle neck is anyone have a clue?





strange i basicly have the same setup as you and with 3 client on near max settign i run with 45-60 fps in space on each client and 15-25 in cq on each client
Psyrelle
Perimeter Provisions
#7 - 2011-09-20 22:03:43 UTC
Psyrelle wrote:
kenxi wrote:
So I'm currently running

3 installs of eve
a AMD Phenom quad core at 3.ghz
8Gb ddr3 ram
Hd 5670 for one monitor at 1650x1080
HD 6670 for one large monitor at 1920 x 1080
running windows 7

Before I dual boxed at around 35-40 fps now trying to triple box I only run at 20-25fps


Now my main issue is my machine isnt being taxed at the 3 versions of eve use around 4gb of ram and both video cards are only using about 50%

The cpu is around 60% so I have no idea what the bottle neck is anyone have a clue?





strange i basicly have the same setup as you and with 3 client on near max settign i run with 45-60 fps in space on each client and 15-25 in cq on each client.

maybe you should update driver and not have anti aliasing on

also the difference betwen your setup and mine is that i have a single card thats a bit better than yours 2
Kitty McKitty
In Praise Of Shadows
#8 - 2011-09-20 23:07:01 UTC
You are comparing dual boxing to triple boxing?

I would also expect a framerate hit in that instance. Try lowering your settings while triple boxing.

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Havand
Tomcat Ltd
#9 - 2011-09-20 23:19:29 UTC
very weird... I run nvidia GTX 260 (which runs a 24 and a 22, both sammy's) and intel i7 920 stock clock and usually never get over 25% utilization with 3 clients. And my average FPS is over 90, average memory can get up to 1gig each client depending on what you are doing, but normally see 500mb per on initial start up.


FPS should be significantly reduced in CQ (if you have it enabled) cause of the rendering that is taking place especially with 3 clients running...
T'Laar Bok
#10 - 2011-09-21 00:26:29 UTC
6 clients docked without CQ enabled I get about 5-10fps less than in space.

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Thune Vorpal
The Night Crew
#11 - 2011-09-21 06:36:10 UTC  |  Edited by: Thune Vorpal
I have two machines next to each other both dual boxing. They both are running 30" screens. The machine with the Nvidia cards always runs about 30% faster. It really feels like eve prefers Nvidia over ati.
Xercodo
Cruor Angelicus
#12 - 2011-09-21 06:43:46 UTC
Change the interval

Interval One caps you at 30 FPS or something like that

The Drake is a Lie
Grey Stormshadow
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#13 - 2011-09-21 08:27:30 UTC
kenxi wrote:
So I'm currently running

3 installs of eve
a AMD Phenom quad core at 3.ghz
8Gb ddr3 ram
Hd 5670 for one monitor at 1650x1080
HD 6670 for one large monitor at 1920 x 1080
running windows 7

Before I dual boxed at around 35-40 fps now trying to triple box I only run at 20-25fps


Now my main issue is my machine isnt being taxed at the 3 versions of eve use around 4gb of ram and both video cards are only using about 50%

The cpu is around 60% so I have no idea what the bottle neck is anyone have a clue?


If you run 2 clients on same monitor (same gfx card), both get 50% of the "available framerate". You got about 40fps before and about 20 after. Sounds normal to me.

Lowering gfx settings of the clients which share gfx card should help...

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Khimi Harar
#14 - 2011-09-21 08:36:35 UTC
Thune Vorpal wrote:
I have two machines next to each other both dual boxing. They both are running 30" screens. The machine with the Nvidia cards always runs about 30% faster. It really feels like eve prefers Nvidia over ati.


Sadly CCP's "special relation" with Nvidia means they feel they do not have to have comparable performance for ATI cards.

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