Author Topic: 3dmark 05 is out (Read 2369 times)

Waffle · « **Reply #45 on:** October 31, 2004, 02:12:41 PM »

i'm getting ready to get a new video card - looking at the x800pro, but also eyeballing the x800xt - any major differences? besides the 4 pixel pipelines? and price? Figure its about time to upgrade to a card that will keep me going for the next 2-3 years or more

lol extreme - i've been eyeballing the 64 bit-edition also

Just not sure what the compatibilty will be witn some program I use - mainly proo-tools.

XtrmeJ · « **Reply #46 on:** October 31, 2004, 02:19:34 PM »

X800 rocks Waffle. No matter which one ya get, you will be satisfied.

And now we wait for Skuzzy to solve our Windows 64 Bit Edition Problem.

OOZ662 · « **Reply #47 on:** October 31, 2004, 03:06:07 PM »

I don't have a good enough video card to even run it...

(Waa waa waaaaaaaaaan)

Skuzzy · « **Reply #48 on:** October 31, 2004, 03:38:18 PM »

I would not mess with the 64bit edition of Windows right now. It is a bit of a bandaid, and MS has all but said the 64bit version will not roll out until Longhorn ships next year.
There really is not much of a performance gain to be had.

Xtreme, I am not sure what to tell you about your system. You have a faster CPU than mine, same amount of ram, and same video card, and look at the score differences.
I think the only significant difference will be the way the OS is setup, but that would not account for that large of a difference between our systems.

Waffle, the X800XT has the 4 extra pipes, and slightly faster ram than the Pro. Right now, you are going to be CPU handicapped in most situations even with the Pro card. Your call.

XtrmeJ · « **Reply #49 on:** October 31, 2004, 04:01:16 PM »

So maybe a system restore is the way to go, get a fresh start?

I havnt done anything to the way windows is setup, basically all stock the way it came.

Waffle · « **Reply #50 on:** October 31, 2004, 05:48:30 PM »

Quote

Originally posted by Skuzzy

Waffle, the X800XT has the 4 extra pipes, and slightly faster ram than the Pro. Right now, you are going to be CPU handicapped in most situations even with the Pro card. Your call.

AMD 64 3200+
Gigabyte K8NS pro
1.5 gb ram

scoring around 1130-1145 with ATI radeon 9500pro/9700

Limited by processor? If I bought an AGP x800 now, would it be wise and wait then for the PCI express to become more available? That seems to be the way things are heading..

Also, what's the difference if between an ATI xt800xt and say a gigabyte x800xt? just the manufacturers label?

Shamus · « **Reply #51 on:** October 31, 2004, 06:07:16 PM »

2532

AMD Thbred 2100 @ 2.1
Asus nforce2 mb
ATI 9500 using the latest Omega hacked driver 330/290
768Mb of 3200

shamus

o0Stream140o · « **Reply #52 on:** November 01, 2004, 12:00:31 AM »

Application Preference, No AA

With 4x AA 2260

Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 2046MB RAM
Page File: 191MB used, 3752MB available
256 RADEON 9800 XT AGP (0x4E4A)
Made By Dell Corporation

MrLars · « **Reply #53 on:** November 18, 2004, 12:51:33 PM »

Loaded the new drivers, 66.93 I belive and cleaned up some processes.

OC'd to 410 core, 1.1g mem

Score 5087 w/o aa

a 700 point improvement over my previous OC'd score.

P4 3.2g Northwoody
1g pc3200 ram
GeForce 6800GT

Skuzzy · « **Reply #54 on:** November 18, 2004, 01:16:54 PM »

Quote

Originally posted by Waffle BAS
AMD 64 3200+
Gigabyte K8NS pro
1.5 gb ram

scoring around 1130-1145 with ATI radeon 9500pro/9700

Limited by processor? If I bought an AGP x800 now, would it be wise and wait then for the PCI express to become more available? That seems to be the way things are heading..

Also, what's the difference if between an ATI xt800xt and say a gigabyte x800xt? just the manufacturers label?

Up to you on what to get. Some of the third party ATI manufacturers alter the cooling, might use different RAM, but they all use the same ATI reference desigh card. Some switch from the red to another color for the PC board.
As far as PCI Express goes, there is not real good reason to switch from AGP right now. It will be, at least, a year before the PCI Express bus has any measurable impact due to the lag in system software changes needed to take advantage of its new features.

LLv34 Jarsci · « **Reply #55 on:** November 25, 2004, 08:21:59 AM »

Offtopic: Run the 3Dmark05 demo and watch it through. What do you like about the music during end titles? Artist: Poets of the fall : Lift

Me likey

Roscoroo · « **Reply #56 on:** November 27, 2004, 11:37:00 PM »

I finally did mine ...

3728 not the greatest and far from the fastest .

Amd 2500+ M Barton @ 2.4ghz
512 ddr
crucial radeon 9600 pro
win 98se fully tweeked out and sp 1.5 with my few extra processes shut down (kb, av, nv mixer,printer)

Kinda wierd how the 64bit systems aint seeing the higher scores must be software related cause those pc's defentally run harder/faster.

LLv34 Jarsci · « **Reply #57 on:** November 28, 2004, 10:54:22 AM »

Roo, weird, that you got over 3000, I got 2300 with 9800pro and 3500+ amd, 1 gig memory!!!

Roscoroo · « **Reply #58 on:** November 28, 2004, 12:23:26 PM »

i think the benchmark program software is geared more for 32bit os's and applications

i dont think its giving a true reading at all in the 64 cpu

I also had to do quite a bit of fine tuning and tweeking to get that score . my 1st pass was 3400 area ,i also had to adjust a couple of irq's that were sharing .

Kev367th · « **Reply #59 on:** December 02, 2004, 10:02:33 PM »

Got benchies on an Athlon 64 3800 (s939) running 3d mark using SLI
Top to bottom-
2x6600GTs SLI mode
2x6800 Ultras SLI mode
Single 6800 Ultra
ATI x800 pro

Serious speed there!!!!!
Would expect even more with an FX-55.

The highest score up to now is a pair of 6800s in SLI with an Athlon64 clocked at 2.6GHz - 10533!!!!

Looks like a nice start would be a single PCI-E 6800 then add another later when you want a big boost.

If only I had the cash to spend, how much for a couple of kidneys nowadays?