--Benchmark Guide--

[HopefulTaruTaru]

Well, I wasn't expecting *that* kind of reply... :confused:

Not sure how I can *prove* to you what my system specs are, Tsikuro. Those were the numbers I got. If you look on an earlier page of this poll, you'll find the scores I got after overclocking:

Athlon XP 1600+ O/C to 1470 MHz (1700+)

Average score (3949)

Athlon XP 1600+ NON O/C
Radeon 9000 Pro 64MB (mem 275/core 300)
(defaults are 250/274)

Average score (4064)

Athlon XP 1600+ @ 1470
Radeon 9000 Pro @ 294/284 (core/mem)

Average score (4101)


Hope I didn't put you off your lunch! :p


Take that! :spin:

HopefulTaruTaru

[HopefulTaruTaru]

Velusip, I must admit that you may be right about DX9...I ran those tests before upgrading to 9.0a.

Just ran the benchmark again...

In the background:

MSN Messenger
DSL connection
NAV 2003
MSI PC Alert 4

Score ~3500

Unless PC Alert 4 is the factor, these numbers are ~200 less than I was getting before.

My point still stands RE: babaji's setup, though.

Take that! :spin:

HopefulTaruTaru

[Velusip]

Originally posted by HopefulTaruTaru
Come on, Velusip...that's a bit unfair, and inaccurate too, IMO. I mean, take a look at this:


HopefulTaruTaru

I am not sure what your argument was considering you fully supported my statement with that last post...

As I was stating problems with the WinXP RAM accessing issues and you compared your system also running WinXP?
I am confused.

[HopefulTaruTaru]

Velusip,

What I was trying to say is that:
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Atleast two reasons:

Win XP uses some strange encrypted memory allocating technique that slows any computer down.

DirectX 9.0 is much slower than 8.1

Just upgrade ( and I do mean upgrade ) to Windows 2k.
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This doesn't account for the magnitude by which his score is too low for his hardware setup...(barely over 3000 vs somewhere in the neighborhood of 5000+ from what I've seen elsewhere).

So I gave the example of my system (with XP as well), having much lower specs getting a higher score than he did.

Though I now admit you may be right about DX9 being slower, once again, it is not a matter of ~2000 points on the benchmark, but ~200 for me. Even after the upgrade to DX9a, my scores were still ~500 points higher than his.

Something is amiss in his system! The question is what.

Take that! :spin:

HopefulTaruTaru

[Velusip]

okay.

In any case, I am sure it would only take five minutes to clean and optimize the system, ignoring reboot tymes.

[Mua'dib]

Woohoo, reached my goal of over 5000

Score: 5130

CPU: AMD Athlon XP 1700+@1.83Ghz (T-Bred A)
Mobo: ECS K7S5A (fsb 166mhz, vcore, agp, chipset, ddr voltage mods)
Ram: Infineon 512mb PC2700 DDR
GPU: Hercules 8500LE@290/250 (still tweaking)

Overclocking rules!

[jef]

Athlon XP 1700+ @ 2.45ghz (performs at around 3500+)
2x256mb corsair xms 3500 @ 5-2-2-2 timings, 225 fsb (450)
Radeon 9700 pro sliiiiightly overclocked
120gb WD 8mb cache hdd

I score 6890 in the benchmark



edit: i'll break 7000 once I've finished my downloads

edit: i broke 7000 without rebooting, 2 posts down

[Velusip]

That is wickedly awesome...

I am still stuck at installing the software of course... I just get language errors.

[jef]

well I broke 7000

new high of 7142, did this without rebooting to overclock more

proof:

guess I'll have to beat 7500 once my downloads are finished

[blazer]

jef stop your braging

[hrt1083]

Guys, if my video controller is AGP 4X, can i use a video card like radeon 9700 pro?

[blazer]

yes you can

[Velusip]

Originally posted by hrt1083
Guys, if my video controller is AGP 4X, can i use a video card like radeon 9700 pro?

I would highly recommend you purchase a motherboard with agp8x support though. If you are having trouble finding one that will support all the other hardware you currently have you can often ask service in a computer store, they are paid to help you... and if you want to order online I might be albe to help you ( just PM me )

Mind you, replacing a motherboard is a real pain.

[jef]

yeah, and tbh 8x agp doesn't really affect speed that much, in fact it's hardly noticable

agp 4x isn't really used so 8x is a bit useless atm

[Velusip]

Originally posted by jef
yeah, and tbh 8x agp doesn't really affect speed that much, in fact it's hardly noticable

agp 4x isn't really used so 8x is a bit useless atm

Yeah actually, considering that agp8x is about all the transfer speed humans will need for quite a while, you are right. 4x should do just fine. If you think about it, the agb is only xfering textures and simple commands ( quickly, no doubt ) so it is all up to the gpu's core to do the rest. And if you have an ATI9700Pro working there, the show is pleasant.

I pray that this game will have multi viewport support so that a Matrox Parhelia with tripple monitors will work properly.