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- Apr 21, 2004
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- Ottawa, Canada
Hey gang. I'm a bit confused by some results I've just discovered so I am gona ask around here.
First, the system I am using is in my sig as Magnus. The current specs are:
Asus M2N-E
Sempron 3200+ @ 2330 mhz, HT @ 777 mhz
1GB Kingston ValueRAM PC4300 @ 667 mhz (God i love value ram)
Western Digital 80GB hard drive
So heres the thing: I recently switched my HTPC from my x1600 pro to the onbaord GF6150 cause the image quality was way better. The x1600 pro was just sitting there so I decided to see if it was on par with the 7300GT.
In reviews i read, it indicated that the x1600 pro was a bit better. Not a whole lot, but a bit. So i decided to run 3DMark 05. Here are the results:
7300GT 256mb DDR2
ForceWare 158.18
3dmark 05 score 1495
MSI X1600 Pro 256mb DDR2
Catalyst 7.5
3dmark 05 score 4061
What i find odd is that the x1600 pro more than doubled its score. Is this 3DMark not a good measure for these cards? Is the Nvidia Vista driver issue still around? I am using fairly recent drivers for the 7300 and the x1600 has the latest drivers, but can it make that much of a difference?
I was wondering if someone could help out.
EDIT: Btw the OS Is Vista Business N (64-bit)
First, the system I am using is in my sig as Magnus. The current specs are:
Asus M2N-E
Sempron 3200+ @ 2330 mhz, HT @ 777 mhz
1GB Kingston ValueRAM PC4300 @ 667 mhz (God i love value ram)
Western Digital 80GB hard drive
So heres the thing: I recently switched my HTPC from my x1600 pro to the onbaord GF6150 cause the image quality was way better. The x1600 pro was just sitting there so I decided to see if it was on par with the 7300GT.
In reviews i read, it indicated that the x1600 pro was a bit better. Not a whole lot, but a bit. So i decided to run 3DMark 05. Here are the results:
7300GT 256mb DDR2
ForceWare 158.18
3dmark 05 score 1495
MSI X1600 Pro 256mb DDR2
Catalyst 7.5
3dmark 05 score 4061
What i find odd is that the x1600 pro more than doubled its score. Is this 3DMark not a good measure for these cards? Is the Nvidia Vista driver issue still around? I am using fairly recent drivers for the 7300 and the x1600 has the latest drivers, but can it make that much of a difference?
I was wondering if someone could help out.
EDIT: Btw the OS Is Vista Business N (64-bit)