- Joined
- Jan 24, 2002
- Location
- McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas
Sorry to make a post that might come off like it belongs in the gripes and moans section, but I really take this as a serious concern.
To begin here are the specs of the machine in question, as of right now:
Abit KD7 motherboard (KT400, AGP 8X)
AMD Athlon XP 2400+ @ 2.11ghz
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro (built by ati), Catalyst 3.0 drivers, DirectX 9
256MB Samsung PC3200 DDR (Cas 3)
Sound Blaster Audigy Gamer
Realtek NIC
20gb 7200rpm hd
40x12x48x LiteOn CDRW
32x CDROM
350w Allied PSU
Windows XP Professional
At this configuration I am getting barely 11k when I overclock my video card.
For some reason though, when I first bought the Radeon 9700Pro I was using an ASUS A7V333 with 256 PC2700 and an AMD XP 1700+, and without overclocking anything was able to get damn near 13k.
I just want to know why with all of this much better equipment, not to mention the fact that I'm actually using the card's AGP 8X capability, I'm barely able to squeak out a score thats thousands of 3dmarks shy of what I was getting with the crappier equipment.
I've tried installing the new 4in1 drivers, I made sure vsync was off, made sure there was not a trace of anything remotely unnecessary running in the background, I made sure my monitor refresh was at 85hz (the most for this res I get) which really shouldn't affect it too much. And I of course made sure AA and AF were off. Any clues guys?
I'm a classic overclocker, been doing it for a couple of years now so I'm pretty bewildered.
To begin here are the specs of the machine in question, as of right now:
Abit KD7 motherboard (KT400, AGP 8X)
AMD Athlon XP 2400+ @ 2.11ghz
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro (built by ati), Catalyst 3.0 drivers, DirectX 9
256MB Samsung PC3200 DDR (Cas 3)
Sound Blaster Audigy Gamer
Realtek NIC
20gb 7200rpm hd
40x12x48x LiteOn CDRW
32x CDROM
350w Allied PSU
Windows XP Professional
At this configuration I am getting barely 11k when I overclock my video card.
For some reason though, when I first bought the Radeon 9700Pro I was using an ASUS A7V333 with 256 PC2700 and an AMD XP 1700+, and without overclocking anything was able to get damn near 13k.
I just want to know why with all of this much better equipment, not to mention the fact that I'm actually using the card's AGP 8X capability, I'm barely able to squeak out a score thats thousands of 3dmarks shy of what I was getting with the crappier equipment.
I've tried installing the new 4in1 drivers, I made sure vsync was off, made sure there was not a trace of anything remotely unnecessary running in the background, I made sure my monitor refresh was at 85hz (the most for this res I get) which really shouldn't affect it too much. And I of course made sure AA and AF were off. Any clues guys?
I'm a classic overclocker, been doing it for a couple of years now so I'm pretty bewildered.