Big gains here, now able to run triple screen with HDR and FXAA and all settings maxed at 60 fps at Mills
Did you have to start an new .plr file ... I really can't see a difference and the side screens go Black when choosing HDR... is there something I'm missing?
Seems to work for me, in Single Player mode (not sure in ModDev, one card is at 30%). The Two cards are used near 100% and FPS are here in Single Player mode with 15 IA !!
I did a clean install with the new 296.10 - it brings me from arround 30-60, with 20 ai opponents to a constant 70-90 with 6060x1050. the new driver really improve the frame rate for me (all on max, hdr, level 4 aa)
Cheers, I created a new plr and did a clean install of the driver and all is tickety boo... display settings all maxed out, FXAA and HDR on, AA on level 5 and am getting 42-71fps on mills with max AI, all visible. This is fractionally better than the fps I was getting before and both GPUs are over 85% most of the time and 95%+ sporadically, so seems to be better scaling.... plus I'm able to max out ALL the settings loving FOV set to 25 I don't know if it was the plr or the clean install of the drivers, but one of 'em helped I'm still not convinced that HDR is working properly, but the graphics side of things is far from optimised yet, so I remain optimistic for future changes. In fact, if I turn HDR off, my FPS shoots through the roof OT: Can't wait for TrackIR, then I will give this baby a real work out
Looks like there are some rFactor fans @ Nvidia. A fix for beta software is not the standard procedure.
http://isiforums.net/f/showthread.php/1737-Nvidia-SLI-compatible?p=44832&viewfull=1#post44832 ...and i'm very happy about that
Done some more testing and must say its so nice to have Triple screens running with a decent frame rate at last, falling in love with RF2 now Only problem I have now is stutters when using road/environment reflections, any one else have this? I have all other settings maxed except shadows which I have set to medium and AA at level 4 which gives me between 60 and 95 fps with a 16 car grid. With reflections enabled its showing similiar FPS's but a stuttering frame rate...
I tried the new drivers and got a major increase.. before I was running 1920x1200 most settings on high and hdr OFF (turning it on cut the frame rate in 1/2) ...I got about 45-60 (v-sync is on). Now I have everything maxed other than FSAA (still at 0) but HDR is on and on a sunny day its 59 fps solid full rain it drops to the mid 40s at the lowest Much better overall fps wise, but I did notice a little light/texture flicker sitting in the pits. quick specs.... I7 2 gtx 260s sli
New Driver Quick Test SLI Results Minimal improvements for my setup (6000X1920). HDR still shows only the center screen. With HDR on a framerate hit of approximately 10 fps. All settings maxed except for shadows set at low. 25 AI Level 8 AA 16x AF Monaco 30-50 fps, average 43-45, some stuttering in side panels Spa 40-50 fps, average 45, some stuttering in side panels Mills 30-50 fps, average 40-41, some stuttering in side panels, less than before though Portugal 30-45 fps, average 38-40, some stuttering in side panels Malaysia 35-45 fps, average 40-41, some stuttering in side panels. In general, I seem to have gained about 10 fps with the new driver. Textures, particularly windows in Spa and Monaco still flicker. Some of the adverts also. Tires are missing from the Eve F1 AI cars in the pits at Spa and at speed in front view. Side views show tires rotating.
having bad reactions to it... some graphics are blacked out in UI and all graphics on tracks except pop up rpm gauge are blacked out.
I got terrible performance until I lowered AA to level 4/5 ... level 8 was unplayable..... in general though, with HDR On my FPS is about 30% worse than with it off.... so I'm happy to leave it off. I also get the flickering textures same as you.
Try deleting your player.plr file and let the game create a new one.... worked wonders for me (or it could also have been the clean install of the driver, but my gut tells me it was the .plr file that helped the most!)
I'm seeing big improvments now with SLI across 3 monitors 5040 x 1050. For the first time it is worth it for me to run in SLI. But there is one quirk.. see below. Build 60, at Spa where I used to see 40-60 FPS after getting past Eau Rouge with 15 AI I see mostly 60-80 FPS. At two places where it used to drop to 35 FPS it only drops to 55 FPS. Seems like when I load it up with 29 AI (all visible) the SLI gain is only a few extra FPS on the grid but goes up quickly after Eau Rouge. And I see that both my GPUs are being fully utilized when the field is loaded up. But here's the quirk... when I race with no AI, even though the FPS stays in the 80-90 range the graphics get very choppy (stutters). Looks like I'm getting 10-15 FPS at times. It is to the point of being non-usable. All the while my GPUs are running at about 75%. So it runs smoother under load. That seems weird to me. Settings all maxed except: Player: High Opponent : High Movies : Off Rain Drops : No Multi screen : ON FXAA, Sync, HRD, in game AA: OFF Nvidia AA : 4x in game filter: bilinear Nvidia : 4x anisotropic
