Warp3D SI : The fastest card

Double post

@salass00

read the manufacturers PDF info below.
the R7-250 Oland has 384 Stream processors.
The R7-250E Cape Verde Pro has 512 Stream processors

http://www.club-3d.com/isotope/c/cgax-r7252l_web.pdf

@Spectre660

Okay.. i can see it now, and you have to understand it is somewhat confusing. I didn't looked at amiga.org.

Anyway, thank you alot. Now i know:)

@noXLar

Note also that some of these low profile cards can run hot as the fan ends up close to the sata card in the Sam460 .

@Spectre660

Ok..thanks. if i may ask.. what card do you think is perfect?

@noXLar

Cant say that there is a perfect card yet.
In my quest to get a nice experience on Amiga OS 4.1 starting with a Sam440ep-flex and now a Sam460ex I have tried over a dozen Radeon HD models.

My current Sam460ex option is to use a PCIE riser cable to position my video card off the Sam460ex motherboard. I stared with the riser cable using a dual slot Radeon HD6670 and then switched to the low profile single slot Radeon HD7750.
I purchased a pair of the Radeon HD7750's early last year and never expected to be using one so soon for Warp3D as I was expecting Warp3D for the Radeon HD6670 card.

If you want to keep things simple then if you can find a fully height single slot HD7750 or R7-250E as this is your best option for things to run cool as the fan wont be fully blocked by the Sata card.

@salass00
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Just to clarify, Oland GPUs won't work with the RadeonHD.chip driver.

Hans

@Spectre660

Thank you for that thoroughly explanation. I will for sure get one of those fully sized cards. The hunt is on :)

@Hans

I've been trying to find a W3D SI compatible Radeon card for my Sam460 but the only card I've found so far that doesn't take up two slots and doesn't cost a lot of money is a R7 240 (Oland PRO) card so I guess I will have to wait for the Evergreen driver whenever it arrives.

@salass00

The PCI-E 16x Extender cable option .

http://amigaworld.net/modules/news/ar ... oryid=7363&start=40#94753

@Spectre660

Just bought one of those extender cables, just in case

@noXLar

The PCIE extender cable is probably the best solution for the Sam460ex .

http://forum.hyperion-entertainment.b ... .php?f=17&t=2649&start=10

@Spectre660

Nice picture...yep, maybe i can fit my asus 7970 direct topp II also?

Is that one suportet? It has 3gb memory

@noXLar

The 3 Gig HD7970 is in the RadeonHD compatibility list (Sapphire models). The HD7970 is also listed in the Warp3D compatibility list.

@Spectre660

Thank you.. i have soon purchase a full size 7750, so i go with that for now.. but i will maybe try the extender cabel if its getting hot.

Warp3D RadeonHD Southern Islands 1.14 and RadeonHD v2.10

Sam460ex - Radeon HD7750

800x600 - 33.0 FPS
1280x1024 - 31.0 FPS


Cow3D

up to 123fps and up to 146fps after pressing b



Previous results

Retested with the following results .May have been using the 1.9 driver previously

Sam460ex - Radeon HD7750 Warp3D-si 1.8
Quake3

640x480 - 28.6 FPS
800x600 - 28.2 FPS
1024x768 - 27.2 FPS
1280x1024 - 25.7 FPS
1600x1200 - 24.7 FPS

@TiredOfLife

Owner: TiredOfLife
HW: Sam460cr with Radeon HD7770
cow3d: 120FPS or 150FPS after pressing B.

After updating the new drivers

cow3d: 128FPS or 140FPS if using the l2cache fix supplied by Acube.

This is too much information to digest easily. So what's the recommended card for a SAM460ex running AmigAS 4.1 FE, and to be compatible with the Southern Islands drivers?

Great to see updates.
I did 2 mins testing last night. Only tried cow3d but did not see any difference in performance on my X1000. 95-98fps.
Still cannot break the 100fps barrier.

Saw an increase in the gfxbench score though. My X1000 now sits in second place.

Will try the other benchmarks tonight.

@ddni

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Sounds like you still have the old 1.8 driver installed...

Hans