quote:Originally posted by Chadwick: In fact Im almost sure my PC scored 5180 or 5190 in the GFX line in AQM3D.
Please post a screen shot of your AQM3 score after the tests.... Somehow "I am almost sure" sounds like a made up number. Oh, and don't forget the Halo txt file. Posts: 5484 | From: St. Paul, Mn | Registered: Apr 2002
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OK klaus, fire away. I was wrong, ran AQM3 last night and found that the number I was thinking of was the CPU number it was like 5189. The GFX number overclocked was around 4700. 1024x768x32
Good card, but not on benchmark par with yours, I guess. I do not have AGP 8x on my board and that may limit my scores some.
I didnt have time to figure out running the halo timedemo
I also couldnt get the thing to repeat the overall score i had before I think the best it did was like 31,998 overall. Might be the new driver. Posts: 2331 | From: Rosemount | Registered: Mar 2001
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I found 8x did make a difference on my computer - and you can set your agp size to 128 with most cards....
Halo time demo can be performed (I think) by copying your desktop shortcut and adding "-timedemo" to the target in the shortcut. It will run the timedemo and produce a .txt file with all the computer settings and fps info - very cool actually.
quote:Originally posted by Jomama: How much RAM did you get Ender?
I have 1 gig (2x512MB chips) of PC3200 (DDR400) Corsair low latency SDRAM. Its pretty fast.
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-------------------- It doesn't get any more serious than a Rhinocerus about to charge your ass. Posts: 1053 | From: Apple Valley, MN | Registered: Sep 2001
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UPDATE: OK, now my PC is up-and-running again and I've put the 5900XT OC in it adn moved the 5700U to Jack's PC (Athlon 900). !!I am using the new nVidea drivers, version 56.72!! Here are the new AM3 benchmarks: Athlon XP 2000, 5900XT OC @ default: 32476 Old score 5700U OC'd: 29086
I wish I still had my old GeForce 3 that the 5200 replaced because the 5200 seems to be a piece of shit performance-wise, I'd be curious how it would perform in AM3. Klaus, you still running any older cards?
I will re-run the test tonight - it now has a XP2200 in this system. I also have a 5200 sitting on my desk at home, I can throw in and test in the same system. My thoughts are that the 5200 was a replacement for the GF4 MX400 or the biggest POS ever to carry the GF4 name.
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LOL Klaus, that last one's not much of a lower score than I got.
And Creamators AMD 900 did better than mine lol..
Based on what Creamator just posted, it would seem that I could get some significantly improved preformance (score wise?) by just upgrading my Vid card.
*I've been waffling on weather to upgrade the MB and Chip to fully utilize my RAM, would rather wait till fall.
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Seems like there are some better deals, and more of them, on the high end ATI cards than the Nividia cards (I know your a nividia guy but..)
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ATI can suck my balls. They have so many fucking driver issues with games its rediculous. But, for all the games i play (NWN, BF1942, CS, etc) i NEVER hear about problems with videocard compatability. True, their cheaper.... and they should be because compared to GeForce cards their garbage.
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That's probably a good deal. It's OEM only but who needs all the shitty software etc anyway. I think the 5900XT/SE are $170-180 currently with the 5900 $230. So yeah that's not a bad deal at all - as long as it comes with some warranty.
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Well despite the general disdain for ATI stuff, there are people that use these cards w/out probs.
Just seems like for a similar price, the chipset speeds are significantly faster for these two 9600's, while the Nvidia cards have a higher memory speed. And both of these ATI cards are 256mb DDR??
Prob with all these #'s, is just that. They're just #'s to me, I don't know which one's to look at most for improved preformance??? Is the 256 DDR that important?? ect.
Just pine'ing away like I aways do when I buy stuff, just rarely do I know so little abou what I want to buy.
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Joe - look at the benchmarks for games like Halo. The 9600 cards are cheaper but are only 128bit and 4 pipes (like the fx5700 family) - It's like comparing a Pent II 400 to a Pent III 450 - alot faster then just 50Mhz because of the generation jump.
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Well I just ordered the ASUS A7N8X-X MB from Newegg, so I hope to have that up-and-running in a few weeks. My current MB doesn't recognize the 333FSB for my new CPU, nor does it support PC2700, so currently I am UNDERCLOCKING 2 major components! Then we'll se where my benchmarks go...
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Jack's PC now has my Athlon 2000, I'll run his again and add it also (still the 5700U).
Klaus, could you put the 3DMark program you use on your FTP site? It's too big for my dial up to download...
quote:Originally posted by Cremator: OK, now my PC is up-and-running again and I've put the 5900XT OC in it and moved the 5700U to Jack's PC (Athlon 900). !!I am using the new nVidea drivers, version 56.72!! Here are the new AM3 benchmarks: Athlon XP 2000, 5900XT OC @ default: 32476 Old score 5700U OC'd: 29086
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Good score. I will put it on the ftp tonight when I get home, I can't seem to connect remotely today from work.
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Quick benchmarks before and after new driver install.
Athlon2800/1gig memory/FX5900 128 (400/850) Driver 6.1.7.7 Aqua Mark3 = 36490 CSS Stress Test = 86.44fps
Driver 6.6.9.3 Aqua Mark3 = 35980 CSS Stress Test = 90.86fps
So good and bad I guess depending on your application. I will post some over clock benchmarks tomorrow.....
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CSS video stress test 1024x768 (default gpu/all high settings) 93.07fps 1024x768 (475/975) 109.26fps
In CSS I average about 10-20fps (40-110) more then I did with the 2800. I haven't seen 20fps even in intense battles yet. Posts: 5484 | From: St. Paul, Mn | Registered: Apr 2002
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When I first built my Athlon 2500 system I bought 512mb of 2700 (166) - the 200 Mhz stuff wasn't out yet. I later added another 512mb of 200 Mhz stuff to make one gig. Soooo the Athlon 64 requires the 200Mhz stuff and I only have 512 of that
Eventually, I will get around to ordering another 512mb.
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I did not switch to the 66.93 drivers, and saw one post today of someone who had probs with them and HL2, but I don't know what card he had. He rolled back to 66.77, I have 66.72
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Well I updated to the MOST recent Nvidia Drivers, and finally did XP SP2....
Cut my 3d AquaMark score back down to 35,000
Still randomly locks up games (no complete crashes tho), seems to be more Steam/HL2 than DC over the weekend, although I was never on a real busy DC server with lots of combat going on...
Have a lot of input from people suggesting that my this type of issue is symptomatic of a RAM problem...
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You have really good RAM so I doubt that is the problem. You might consider running on only one stick (you have 2x256 right?). Or move the RAM around in the slots. If there is no difference you can rule RAM out. Do you have the latest BIOS?
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They're both exactly the same RAM... Corsair XMS series..... Running 256 would not be very fun...
I've no idea if its the newest version of Bios, I've never changed it, and I was glad I didn't have to change it. ASUS said I needed version 1011 or higher... I had 1014.
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