BauleyCivic
10-30-06, 08:46 PM
I replaced my GeForce4 Ti4200 128 MB with an ATI Radeon X800 XL AGP (used). So far for all the games I play (old games, from 2003) with the same settings the framerates are much lower with the X800 XL. The games are F1 Challenge 99-02 and NASCAR Racing 2002 season. For example, the Ti4200 ran N2002 at 35fps with all the cars on the screen, the X800XL only runs it at 25 or so with the same settings.
I have tried installing the drivers that came with the CD, the Catalyst 6.9 drivers, and the latest omega drivers. None seem to do the trick. I made sure I uninstalled all of the old nvidia drivers and ran drivercleaner before I installed the new card. My power supply is only 160W (the X800XL requires power from the PS), and so I replaced it with a 300W...and it still ran slow. I returned the 300W PS and put the 160W back in since I saw that it didn't do anything.
My system specs are:
P4 2.0 GHZ on 845G Chipset
1024MB RAM
40GB HD
In search of answers, I downloaded 3DMark03 and ran it. We'll start with the Ti4200's score.
GeForce4 Ti4200 128MB - 1517
http://mixedmotorsports.com/ati/ti4200.jpg
Now, the Radeon's scores.
Drivers that came w/ CD - 8718
http://mixedmotorsports.com/ati/x800xl2.jpg
Catalyst 6.9 Drivers - 8971
http://mixedmotorsports.com/ati/x800xl.jpg
Now...i'm baffled that the Radeon X800XL did so good in 3Dmark03 but was so bad at running my games! One thing I recognized was that in 3Dmark03, it said my AGP slot was only 2x.
http://mixedmotorsports.com/ati/agp2x.jpg
However, according to SmartGart and FreshDiagnose...my slot is 4x.
http://mixedmotorsports.com/ati/agp4x.jpg
I'm thinking that since 3Dmark03 runs without AA and AF...the card runs fine. However, in ATI's CCC you can't turn off AA or AF, and so therefore the card runs crappy on the old games. I'm using my 160W PSU now (since I saw that the 300W didn't do anything)...so maybe when AA and AF are on, it needs the extra power? Oh well. At least I know the card works so I can put it up on eBay with confidence.
I have tried installing the drivers that came with the CD, the Catalyst 6.9 drivers, and the latest omega drivers. None seem to do the trick. I made sure I uninstalled all of the old nvidia drivers and ran drivercleaner before I installed the new card. My power supply is only 160W (the X800XL requires power from the PS), and so I replaced it with a 300W...and it still ran slow. I returned the 300W PS and put the 160W back in since I saw that it didn't do anything.
My system specs are:
P4 2.0 GHZ on 845G Chipset
1024MB RAM
40GB HD
In search of answers, I downloaded 3DMark03 and ran it. We'll start with the Ti4200's score.
GeForce4 Ti4200 128MB - 1517
http://mixedmotorsports.com/ati/ti4200.jpg
Now, the Radeon's scores.
Drivers that came w/ CD - 8718
http://mixedmotorsports.com/ati/x800xl2.jpg
Catalyst 6.9 Drivers - 8971
http://mixedmotorsports.com/ati/x800xl.jpg
Now...i'm baffled that the Radeon X800XL did so good in 3Dmark03 but was so bad at running my games! One thing I recognized was that in 3Dmark03, it said my AGP slot was only 2x.
http://mixedmotorsports.com/ati/agp2x.jpg
However, according to SmartGart and FreshDiagnose...my slot is 4x.
http://mixedmotorsports.com/ati/agp4x.jpg
I'm thinking that since 3Dmark03 runs without AA and AF...the card runs fine. However, in ATI's CCC you can't turn off AA or AF, and so therefore the card runs crappy on the old games. I'm using my 160W PSU now (since I saw that the 300W didn't do anything)...so maybe when AA and AF are on, it needs the extra power? Oh well. At least I know the card works so I can put it up on eBay with confidence.