3dmark scores

by **Mr. Slayer** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 11:54 pm

Ok. I am probably going to TRY to get a Radeon 9800 Pro or a Geforce FX 5900. I am more likely though, to get a Radeon 9700 Pro. <------Is that a good one? How does it compare with the higher Cards? Oh and if I get the 9700 Pro it would be for less than $150.

by **shockwave203** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 12:09 am

Originally posted by slayer_1
Ok. I am probably going to TRY to get a Radeon 9800 Pro or a Geforce FX 5900. I am more likely though, to get a Radeon 9700 Pro. <------Is that a good one? How does it compare with the higher Cards? Oh and if I get the 9700 Pro it would be for less than $150.

9700pro compares closely with a 9800pro. it's a fast card

by **LordShard** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 12:52 am

Originally posted by shockwave203
9700pro compares closely with a 9800pro. it's a fast card

I recently got a 9700Pro, awesome card, even though the drivers on the CD wouldn't install.

So I just downloaded new drivers and they work fine, although had some trouble installing the new ones to because they kept asking for my CDS drivers serial number or something.

And I get real good framerates on just about everything at 1024x768 and 1280x1024. (My moniter won't go any higher! doh!)

by **Ralph Wiggum** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 2:36 pm

I just ran 3dMark on the new computer I put together and got 4886. Of course I haven't installed my sound card yet so it could be a lot lower I guess, on the other hand I am not sure that I had all of my settings turned down. That's with a 9700 Pro, P4 3.4, and a Gig of Ram.

by **Sir Loin** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 2:38 pm

how is the comp running wiggum??

by **Tommy Boy** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 2:39 pm

Originally posted by Ralph Wiggum
I just ran 3dMark on the new computer I put together and got 4886. Of course I haven't installed my sound card yet so it could be a lot lower I guess, on the other hand I am not sure that I had all of my settings turned down. That's with a 9700 Pro, P4 3.4, and a Gig of Ram.

Do you mind me asking what a P4 3.4 was worth? I would love to upgrade my CPU...of course, I will likely have to upgrade my mobo too

by **Ralph Wiggum** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 2:48 pm

The new comp is running fine. If everything goes according to plan I will get on tonight with it after I get the soundcard put in (I would have installed it last night but I had been drinking and didn't want to mess anything up inside). The only problem with it is that my CD-ROM drive doesn't show up. I have it wired on the same cable as my DVD burner, and I think I will have to tinker with the master/slave settings. I am not worried about that one since I believe that will be a minor issue once I try to fix it. If anyone wants to give me advice, they are both made by plextor.

The P4 3.4 set me back $425 on newegg.com. They have some 3.4 extreme chip that goes for $800 or $900. I decided I didn't need to go that crazy. I just figured it was time to upgrade my Dell P4 1.8.

by **Murgatroyd** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 2:55 pm

I got 5597 on my latest test on my new computer.

Specs are:

Abit NF7-S (Onboard Sound)
AMD Athlon XP 3200+ 2.2ghz "Barton"
1 Gig Corsair XMS PC3200
ATI Radeon 9800pro with 128mb RAM

Does anybody know the scale of the scores? I.e. 5 is a small difference, 100 is sizeable, 500 is huge?

by **Harry Canyon** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 6:09 pm

My score just dropped a bit with the new Cats 4.4.

Seems I'm only hitting mid to high 5700s with the vid card on the 'balanced' settings, I did have it right on 5800 before.

My specs: (nothing OC'ed)

P4 3.0 800 ht
AIW 9800 pro 128mb
1 g 3200 ddr 400 DC
Creative Sound Audigy 2
Intel MB 875P chipset

by **RCglider** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 7:43 pm

Got 5675 with 4.3 getting 5560 with 4.3.
Not enough to complain about, but the game is the best indicator.

xp2800
Abit NF7-S
9700 pro oc'd 350/340
1 gb pc3500

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