3D Mark 2005

gorak · Post by **gorak** » 20 Oct 2004, 12:32

squatting........ i was running the 4.9 mediacentre drivers set to performance... otherwise cpu and vga was NOT clocked. nforce2 ultra400 mobo.......powercolor raddy 9700........

HdB · Post by **HdB** » 20 Oct 2004, 12:37

Anyone know how much a STANDARD 6800GT scrores?

Or maybe a Gainward 6800GT GE?

style121 · Post by **style121** » 20 Oct 2004, 12:47

Garret wrote:Howzit,

is a 4016 any good for a 6800 Ultra card.

Not sure if I should be dissapointed or not.

Cheers

edit : I saw that card in SLI got 7229
edit : sorry - I am also running at stock speeds of 400 / 1100

I don't know dude, Ive been getting between 3600 and 3900 with a X800 Pro, and my system specs are lower than yours.

P4 2.8 HT
875P Neo mobo
2 x 512 DDR 400 Dual channel
X800 Pro Msi
Core 500 Mem 480
Ati Tool Overclock utility

HdB · Post by **HdB** » 20 Oct 2004, 12:57

Which drivers are u using? I'm using 66.82

Garret · Post by **Garret** » 20 Oct 2004, 13:34

I am using the latest off of guru3d
I think they are the forceware 66.82

HdB · Post by **HdB** » 20 Oct 2004, 13:38

Style121: Is that the standard clock speed of a X800 Pro?

I'm not sure, but it seems pretty high

style121 · Post by **style121** » 20 Oct 2004, 13:48

No, standard clocks are 475core and 450mem. The overclock doesn't get much more for what its worth, and Its really just for the benchmark. I never run the card above standard settings unless its just for this purpose.

I'm using the latest 4.10 drivers too, so as far as I know that also helps.

HdB · Post by **HdB** » 20 Oct 2004, 13:53

So how much do you get with normal clock?

About 3500

style121 · Post by **style121** » 20 Oct 2004, 14:02

Between 3500 and 3700, so I suppose 200 points give or take is not too bad.

HdB · Post by **HdB** » 20 Oct 2004, 14:19

Then i think 4000 for GT is not too shabby at all

It is supposed to beat the X800 Pro, not by much, but still.

I wish I had a system like Garret's, WAY better than mine

style121 · Post by **style121** » 20 Oct 2004, 14:43

Trust me, if I could go back on my decision I would get the GT no questions asked. I really am disappointed with my card, don't get me wrong, its fast, but for the same amount of cash you can get faster.....

HdB · Post by **HdB** » 20 Oct 2004, 14:59

Nah, GT is faster in most places, but not by too big a margin. Plus currently the 6800s have some quality problems.

This is always going to happen: you buy a card because it is currently the best, and the next month something comes out that is better for same price)

Or the card you bought is R1000 less

style121 · Post by **style121** » 20 Oct 2004, 15:04

Yeh, but its never really a good time to buy, cause new chips have problems, and the old chips are dated, so what do you do? Bit the bullet and take what you can get at the time for the best value for money.

Whats great about the GT's is that they overclcok to Ultra speeds but you're paying that much less.

Disruptor · Post by **Disruptor** » 20 Oct 2004, 15:10

What do you guys think of this X800

dammod · Post by **dammod** » 20 Oct 2004, 15:18

Disruptor wrote:What do you guys think of this X800

Just get a GT it is cheaper and better.

HdB · Post by **HdB** » 20 Oct 2004, 15:19

* Sigh *

Unfortunately I do not have R6500 to spend on anything

It is very fast though, the only X800 that can beat the 6800s (not sure about Ultra Extreme) at most things.

Me hates you if you can actually afford it

dammod · Post by **dammod** » 20 Oct 2004, 15:25

Oops...sorry but I thought it was a pro *smashes head against desk and puts a note on the wall saying to never do it again*

Disruptor · Post by **Disruptor** » 20 Oct 2004, 15:30

@ HdB: I'll probably buy it if i'm not strapped for cash in about a month's time cuz i still need some stuff for my car.....

@ dammod: I thought you missed something there

HdB · Post by **HdB** » 20 Oct 2004, 15:39

ATM I would stick to nvidia, at least until ATI have shader model 3.0.

It may not make much difference in speed, but when it starts getting supported

Garret · Post by **Garret** » 20 Oct 2004, 15:41

more than likely that is going to meen moving over to PCI-E.

Dammod, when you getting you're card ?

Disruptor · Post by **Disruptor** » 20 Oct 2004, 15:49

HdB wrote:ATM I would stick to nvidia, at least until ATI have shader model 3.0.

It may not make much difference in speed, but when it starts getting supported

I'll keep that in mind

SquattingDog · Post by **SquattingDog** » 20 Oct 2004, 16:32

gorak wrote:squatting........ i was running the 4.9 mediacentre drivers set to performance... otherwise cpu and vga was NOT clocked. nforce2 ultra400 mobo.......powercolor raddy 9700........

You scored that on a 9700 Vanilla. OMG, thats good for a stock speeds. I must admit that I was running the 4.9 CAT (Not the MCentre) on default settings. I didn't change it to performance settings, will let you know what the results are.

BTW

Specs:

2500+ Barton
512MB Transcend
Gigabyte 9700 PRO
Abit NF7-S v2

SquattingDog · Post by **SquattingDog** » 20 Oct 2004, 16:39

Disruptor wrote:
HdB wrote:ATM I would stick to nvidia, at least until ATI have shader model 3.0.

It may not make much difference in speed, but when it starts getting supported
I'll keep that in mind

SM2 is not even a standard yet and you guys are worring about SM3, it going to be quite a while before SM3 is a standard in games. Please don't base you buy purely on ShaderModel, rather look for overall performance. Myself was a hardcore ATI fan but I must admit that the 6800 series NVidia card are great performers.

I'm just curious to see what going to happen in the PCIe market, will ATI gain some much needed groung back or will NVidia extent their leed further.

The only sad point about PCIe is that NVidia annouched that their new NFORCE4 chipset will not have Soundstorm, this is a big no-no from their side.

Can read some more about it on TheInquirer.

HdB · Post by **HdB** » 20 Oct 2004, 16:49

No, I am buying because the 6800s perform slightly better, at the same price, AND has more features.

I only upgrade gfx card every 2 years (hence still the Ti4600), inbetween I have to try and keep rest of system up to date.

So in theory, the 6800s will be usable for longer

DJT · Post by **DJT** » 20 Oct 2004, 16:51

I would hate to see what scores my PC would get.