AMD 3200 XP @ stock
1gb pc 3200 ddr
Abit NF7-s V2 mobo
Radeon 9700 pro.
not sure what ati drivers, havent updated for about 4 months...
Time for new vid card..
Ahem
Dear Santa,
I have been a good boy....
ok, just installed latest cat drivers from ATI..
2183 all stock,
2203 with max performance option rather than quality.
not bad I suppose for the ol 9700...
ok so i updated my drivers and overclocked my X800 pro to 550/1150 with no artifact either. and my previous score of 3700 was totally ablitarated!!! i got a 4912!! is that a jump or what!!
i need to push my baby to 5000 though. that is better scores than some 6800GTs here! i have a screenie at home and ill post it when i get back.
Must be. or maybe my last bench was just bad. na doubt it. lol.
but updating the drivers give me that pretty massive boost in the 3dmark05 benchmark (will check 3dmark03 tonight). but i wont actually see any performance increase in games to be honest.....or will i. i wonder if i will get any increase with aquamark.
i mean if i only get an increase in performance with 3dmar05 then ATI have really just released a driver which 'cheats' so i will have to ensure that i get a performance increase across the board or my score is pretty much invalid. would you all agree.
I guess you didn't know that the 8.07s have a bugfix for the 256mb cards. for some reason, the radeons weren't utilizing the 256mb to their full potential. the 8.07s unlock that, which explains the boost in scores.
I just downloaded and installed the official drivers. They seem about the same speed, a tad slower running ATiTools 3D screen 420 instead of 440 avg. Though I don't have the right control panel installed. The old one works, but not with some desktop features that deal with the monitor and DCC as far as I can tell. So that could be the difference. Have actual work I need to get done now that i need the internet for, so the CP can wait.
I don't see how ATi missed the boat at first with the 256 meg cards, but then again, nothing really was using it until very recently.
Athlon XP 1800+(1533MHz) @ 1583MHz fsb166 x9.5
ASUS A7N8X-X
1Gb DDR400 working at 333 sync
RADEON 9700 PRO
With Catalyst 4.10 beta
With 4.9 gave 2051 3DMarks05.
running in defaults.