Author Topic: Funny feeling... (Read 1670 times)

mipoikel · « **on:** September 23, 2003, 01:33:06 AM »

I have been very patient so far but for some reason I just needed to order a new vid card... I get it tomorrow...

Is it THAT day tomorrow???

(off topic: old card GF3 ti200 64mb, new card SAPPHIRE R9600 PRO 128MB FIREBLADE)

SunKing · « **Reply #1 on:** September 23, 2003, 02:04:57 AM »

Good job!

mipoikel · « **Reply #2 on:** September 23, 2003, 05:45:06 AM »

I mean... Is it THE DAY tomorrow...

Waiting something else more than a new vid card. And that is the reason why new card is coming...

But I dont want to say that word...

bigjava · « **Reply #3 on:** September 23, 2003, 09:16:46 AM »

hehehehehe

Nilsen · « **Reply #4 on:** September 23, 2003, 09:48:01 AM »

Congrats on new card, im thinking about that card myself. When you get it installed pls tell me what fps you get at your res setting. Also list the rest of your components that you test it with.

mjolnir · « **Reply #5 on:** September 23, 2003, 09:30:32 PM »

Nilsen, I'll chime in here and say that I just got a new system put together with an ATI Radeon 9500 Pro and I'm getting 60-80 fps at 1600x1200 res. Very nice. Just gives you something to compare against.

System specs just for good measure:
ASUS A7N8X Deluxe motherboard
Athalon 2600+ processor
512 MB Crucial RAM (2x256)
120 GB hard drive with 8 Mb cache
Radeon 9500 Pro
just using the onboard sound of the mb, and it sounds great
WinXP Pro

Nilsen · « **Reply #6 on:** September 24, 2003, 01:03:47 AM »

Thx mjolnir:)

Im gonna run my ati9600pro on at 1280x1024 cause thats the default on my LCD. Guess my FPS will be very ok at that res.

mipoikel · « **Reply #7 on:** September 24, 2003, 01:50:53 AM »

Ok.. a new card came to my desk at work. I'll tell how its doing in evening.

Other specs:

amd xp1800, asus A7V333, 1gb ram (pc2100), XP Pro.

hazed- · « **Reply #8 on:** September 24, 2003, 06:48:25 AM »

I too would like to know how it works.

I bought a FDX8500 LE Radeon 64MB last year and it has been superb (faster than the 9000 or 9200 with a couple of less DX9 hardware stuff which has been rarely used).
Its lasted way longer than my usual Graphics card lifespan of 6 to 8 months.
Im now looking to buy a card that superceeds it significantly for around £150 to £200 and ive noticed the 9600 is below this price and apparently a very fast card. Id consider it if it makes a big enough leap in speed.

I have a AOpen AK77-8XN(software bios with many overclocking features) mobo with 512mb of 400hz PC2700 RAM, a 40 Gig ATA 133 7200rpm Harddrive connected to a Athlon 2.2Gig CPU running at 400 FSB and sounblaster Live! soundcard and a TFT sony monitor.

my fps in AH range from around 35 to 59 (limited by TFT 60hz refresh) with 2X Anti-aliasing on (and 2X smoothvision anisotropic filtering??or something

).

if i can max out my computer at 60 FPS without it ever dropping that would rock

maybe the 9600 128MB could do this for me?.

Nilsen · « **Reply #9 on:** September 24, 2003, 06:52:11 AM »

Im not sure if i should get the 9600pro now or wait until someone has tested it with AH2 on a comp with similar specs as mine.... Hopefully we wont have to wait alot before someone can do that test

When was AH2 due out again HT?

mipoikel · « **Reply #10 on:** September 24, 2003, 11:03:01 AM »

Ok, first tests are done.

It is hard to say how new card has improved AH FPS. With old card fps was 30-70. With new card it stays 60fps. Thats because I have sony 18" TFT installed at the moment...

But, I have to do some more tests with it.

3Dmark 2001 SE test was interesting. With old card my best result was 6609 points and with new card result was 9240. Default settings.

Picture quality is a little better now, both 2d and 3d.

AVRO1 · « **Reply #11 on:** September 24, 2003, 11:13:12 AM »

I got a Radeon 9000 64MB DDR yesterday.

Hope it will be enough for AH2.

Westy · « **Reply #12 on:** September 24, 2003, 11:17:47 AM »

And don't forget the ketchup!!

Ketchup paste makes a great chip coolant in addition to being the world's best condiment for the purpose of improving ones bodily health and self esteem.

ketchup.....

kethcup.........

kethcup...................... .

Nilsen · « **Reply #13 on:** September 24, 2003, 12:39:56 PM »

AVRO1.. Your chip is more or less what mipoikel traded up from. If the rest of your puter is ok then you should have no problem getting good pfs on AH.
AH2 is another matter tho, don't think anyone really knows that yet, so you just have to wait and see . Hope it will work for you, but it MAY be abit slow if you want to use high res settings.

Monty405 · « **Reply #14 on:** September 24, 2003, 12:45:41 PM »

I have put together an

2500 barton xp
asus a7v8x-x
ati 9500 pro
1024 ddr 333 memory
win xp pro.

getting a stable 75 fps on all maps, funny thing is though, with same rez in win 98 i was getting just over 100.

seems to me, xp somehow limits it t 75 max, cause it stays there constantly