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    Dell Studio 1535 and Warcraft III TFT

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by 123456789, Apr 16, 2009.

  1. 123456789

    123456789 Newbie

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    WC3 is running with average of 45 fps with the ATI HD 3540 GPU.
    My other laptop has the same CPU, less ram but have GF 8600M GT and the game runs with 100 FPS. I was wondering why is that big difference between the two GPUs:
    ATI HD 3450 - GPU:500 MHz
    MEM:500 MHz
    GF 8600M GT- GPU:475 MHz
    MEM:500 MHz
    Both DDR2.
     
    123456789, Apr 16, 2009
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  2. Mastershroom

    Mastershroom wat

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    Clock speeds are not the only thing that matter with GPU's. The Studio 15's Radeon 3450 is an entry-level graphics card. The nVidia 8600M GT is in a whole other category above the 3450, despite a slightly lower core clock.
     
    Mastershroom, Apr 16, 2009
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  3. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Because clock speed and memory speed aren't the only two factors affecting GPU performance? It's like asking why a 2.0GHz C2D kills a 2.0GHz Pentium 4; the C2D is simply more efficient and can perform more calculations per clock cycle.
     
    Commander Wolf, Apr 16, 2009
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  4. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    More specifically, it's because of the bus width. The 8600 has a 128-bit bus, vs 64 for the 3450, meaning it can literally shuffle around twice as much data.
     
    Lithus, Apr 16, 2009
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