Author Topic: AHII Benchmarking (Read 923 times)

Tigger29 · « **Reply #15 on:** January 15, 2008, 04:18:18 PM »

I would never own another ATI card.

Maybe they are better now, but in the past I've had horrible experiences with their drivers and support. Also they never seemed to be quite 100% compatible with a lot of things... lots of graphical glitches, etc...

Of course this was a few years ago, but I still have that "taste in my mouth".

I don't understand how performance can get any better, at least for my gaming needs. 90% of the time at MAX settings (1280X1024, 1024 texts, hi-res, all sliders max) I'm pegged at my refresh rate (75fps). Of the other 10% I'm at least 60+ most of the time. The absolute LOWEST I've seen even online is 40FPS, and that was about 20 planes flying around a base on fire while zoomed in. If it wasn't for the framerate counter, I wouldn't have even noticed.

FSX, the only other high graphical demand game I play, even at MAX SETTINGS on everything, I still average 18-20FPS... From what I understand (from reading their forums and other research) this is about the best you're going to expect, unless you have a quad core processor, and two 8800GT's using SLI.

Now.. onto working on my free-track project...

MrRiplEy[H] · « **Reply #16 on:** January 15, 2008, 05:26:18 PM »

Here is a graphics card comparison (courtesy of tomshardware.com) faster card is higher.

The 7900GS is the best card for $120 price range along with Radeon X1950 but with $175 you would have got a 3850 already which is leaps and bounds faster than both 7900GS or X1950.

Dragon · « **Reply #17 on:** January 16, 2008, 10:14:33 AM »

Asus P5N-E SLI
Intel 6750 2.67
2 Gig Ram
8600 GT 256 mb – 1 for now
300 Gig 7,200 sata2
800 W PS – overkill, but…
22” Samsung 2 ms

1280 x 1024 1024 hi res

Steady 60 fps

LeDragon "DEA"

Tigger29 · « **Reply #18 on:** January 20, 2008, 02:17:24 PM »

Yes, but as far as I'm concerned, that extra $55 would be of better use in my gas tank!

Plus in my case it was more like $75.

Besides.. using that logic.. well I guess I might as well go ahead and spend another $75 for a 700 watt, instead of 600 watt power supply... or what's another $100 on a 6600 processor, instead of the 6300? Hrmm.. what's another $150 on faster ram...

Well my point is... you have to draw the line somewhere. Yes I was willing to spend $100 on a decent video card, but i was NOT willing to spend $175. The $100 card is working out fantastically well for me, so in my mind I "saved" $75.

Sometimes I think logic like that is why so many people are filing bankruptcy due to ridiculous credit-card debt!

Grits · « **Reply #19 on:** January 30, 2008, 06:01:53 PM »

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Originally posted by OOZ662
Intel Pentium 4 Northwood core at standard clock of 3.06GHz
4x512MB Corsair ValueRAM at PC3200 (Standard DDR)
XFX nVidia 6800 (Pipelines unlocked to 6800GT)
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS
200GB SATA 3.0 Gb/s Hard Drive at 7200 RPM
Saitek X52

Run full sliders with everything preloaded and hi-res textures (yes, I manually downloaded them) with an average frame rate not below 45.

My system is almost exactly like this. Would it be worth upgrading to a 7900GS or a 3850 AGP card or should I save it for a PCI-E/E6600 build? Isnt my CPU already close to max with the 6800 video card?

Tigger29 · « **Reply #20 on:** January 30, 2008, 07:51:18 PM »

It depends. If you plan on keeping your computer for several more years go for the AGP, but if you plan on upgrading at any time, then save up for PCI-e.

You're going to have a hard time finding a motherboard that will support your AGP card on your next upgrade, as PCI-e is the standard now for video.

Grits · « **Reply #21 on:** January 30, 2008, 11:13:20 PM »

Thats what I was thinking. I will not use an AGP card when I build the next one so I'll hold off.