upgraded to x1800xt

[Burtoner]

i did have the following system:-

 

CPU: AMD Athlon x2 Dual Core 3800+

MOBO: DFI Lanparty NF3

RAM: TwinMos 1gig(256x4) Dual Channel DDR PC3200

GFX: Ati Radeon 9800Pro

MONITOR: Iiyama 19"

HDD: IBM 20gig + IBM 200gig

O/S: WinXP

PSU: Jeantech 400watt PSU

 

and now have upgraded to:-

 

Hiper 580w PSU

Powercolor x1800 xt

DFI Lanparty NF4 Ultra-D

 

everything else is the same.

 

some benchmarks i took for you to compare:-

 

my original score was:-

 

3dmark05 = 2659

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=1190511

 

i now get = 7947

 

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=1658361

 

after i updated the gfx drivers i went from 7947 to 8568!!

massive increase i say.

 

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=1658878

 

does that sound about right ?, was hoping to edge close to 9k at least ?

 

P.S. i didnt format either, windows still loaded, as it was just a different dfi board, so i just upgraded the drivers for sound, gfx etc, all working ok. Perhaps a full reinstall might work better.

[KimTjik]

P.S. i didnt format either, windows still loaded, as it was just a different dfi board, so i just upgraded the drivers for sound, gfx etc, all working ok. Perhaps a full reinstall might work better.

Even if we don't talk about benchmarks, I would suggest that a new clean installation would be of benefit. The time spent on it now may save you from a lot of unforseen trouble later.

[Guest SuppA-SnipA]

very true, and fully agree with KimTjik, reinstall windows, its a pretty big hardware addon/ change.

[Burtoner]

ok thanks, i try that., just the time it takes to reinstall

 

here post from another forums i got it from.

 

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17518690

[DublinGunner]

You should be hitting even higher than that.

 

http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/52685/

 

Check out that thread.

 

He's got his XT OC'd to 700+ on the core and 1700+(!!!!!) on the memory!

 

All with stock cooler, 10k+ on 3dmark'05.

 

Enjoy that card m8, they are killer, best card money can buy at the mo.

[Burtoner]

i tired overclocking the graphics card a bit and the cpu but hardly any change in performance. Can memory make a lot of difference in performance?, i got 4x 256 ddr 3200 ram made by Twinmos.

 

P.S will try that guide that you posted above, thanks.