4850 Benchmarks - Something Wrong Here?

[AzN]

Originally posted by: Stabgotham

Your pci-e bus @ x16 is normal considering you are running PCI-E 1.0 board.

Your benchmark seems a little low but that could just be your system or something you did to the system.

I would wipe the drivers and reinstall again.

ARe you using 4 sticks of ram or 2? What about your power supply?

What are you talking about? I have a PCI-E 2.0 board. I've mentioned that already as well. I'm using 2x2GB of RAM. What power supply? I'm using a Corsair HX520W. It's has three 12v rails @ 18amps each.

I guess I missed that about you running a pci-e 2.0 board. My mistake. Perhaps there is something wrong with your mobo not able to run pci-e 2.0. Perhaps a bios update? Even though fps wouldn't drop like that just because you are running pci-e x16 speeds. Now if you were running lower I would be worried.

Like I mentioned before you might want to uninstall drivers and reinstall drivers. Do you have SP1 installed on vista?

 

[Stabgotham]

What's even more strange...I'm completely stable in XP 32-bit, but in Vista 64-bit, that's where all the instability is.

I have removed and reinstalled all the drivers. No change.

 

[Rhoxed]

My OC goes down 150Mhz from XP to Vista x64, it happens alot..

On the other hand, i have no idea why people do not think there is a problem.
~7k for a x2 @ 3.2 and a 4850 is rediculous
My 3800 x2 @ 2.7 and a 8600GTS scores 6.8k
Dropping a 9550 Phenom into the 8600GTS rig proc at same 2.7 only nets 400pts - still puts this 8600 over his 4850

Also, my 9850 @ 2.8 on the same board as op (msi k9a2 platinum) and a single 3870 scores ~12.5k with two i get ~16.5k

The 4850 should be between 11k and 14k on his system. (in 3dmark06 atleast)

Stabgotham, all i can really tell you at this point is good luck with future drivers, as i dont have a 4800 series card i really dont know what to tell you, especially with there being so little support for them.

 

[tuteja1986]

Originally posted by: Stabgotham
What's even more strange...I'm completely stable in XP 32-bit, but in Vista 64-bit, that's where all the instability is.

I have removed and reinstalled all the drivers. No change.

best advice :

Format the system => clean install => update vista => install latest ATI driver => install any fix => install crysis => do benchmark again

dude here has a temp fix by simple edit of profile in CCC.
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=265745

 

[tvdang7]

your 3dmark06 should be at least 11k -12k but the crysis seems about fine i guess.

my 4850 running 725/1050 visiontek
cysis
12x10 all high no aa gets 32fps in the benchmark test

 

[mrred]

As crappy as 3Dmark is, at least it allows a person to see if something is wrong since you can compare your score to a similar system. Jeez...

Anyways, my stock 4850 running on 8x PCIe 1.0 , AMD X2 @ 2.8ghz with 1GB ram gets 9876 in 3dMark06 so there is definitely something going wrong on your end

 

[Andrmgic]

For reference, my stock-clocked Visiontek 4850 w/ the 8.6 hotfix drivers is giving me around 11135 in 3dmark

my system is as follows -

E8200 Wolfdale 2.66ghz c2d (stock)
2048mb ddr2 800 ram
VisionTek HD4850 512mb
Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005

Not sure why yours are that low.

 

[Makaveli]

Originally posted by: mrred
As crappy as 3Dmark is, at least it allows a person to see if something is wrong since you can compare your score to a similar system. Jeez...

Anyways, my stock 4850 running on 8x PCIe 1.0 , AMD X2 @ 2.8ghz with 1GB ram gets 9876 in 3dMark06 so there is definitely something going wrong on your end

Something is wrong with the OP score.

On a Opteron 170 @ 2.75Ghz I score just under 10k with a 3870

And mrred your score looks kinda low also. I was expecting it to be a couple thousand points higher with a 4850 stock and similiar system specs as mine.

 

[SirJangly]

On a phenom 9500 2.2 with this card I got 9000. I got 8500 on my 8800gs. This card isn't performing as it should, I believe.

 

[InCrYsIs]

I got a 16995 with 2 4850's XFIRE

Settings 1280X1024
2AA
Anisotropic Filtering

It dropped down to 15000
with 8AA and 1600X1200

 

[Insomniator]

This post ended up in a similar topic because i am an idiot but here it is anyway

Another reference, my system:

Vista 32
X2 5000+ @ 2.9
2 gigs
Visiontek 4850
500 Watt Ultra X-connect (using 2x 4pin > PCI-E)
Abit KN9 SLI

Just scored 9845 in 3dmark, which apparently is also somewhat low although my ram and psu are cheap.

SM 2.0: 4377
SM 3.0: 5083
CPU: 2018

I'm also having trouble managing playable frames with Crysis, 1440x900 at medium is pretty much the first smooth setting.

COD 4 however is silk @1900x1200 maxed so go figure.

 

[bryanW1995]

Originally posted by: jaredpace

Originally posted by: Stabgotham
Lian Li PC61
MSI K9A2 Platinum 790FX
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Black Edition @ 3.2GHz
Xigmatek S1283 Rifle CPU Cooler
4GB OCZ SLI-Edition DDR2 800
Visiontek HD4850
WD Caviar 250GB
X-Fi XtremeMusic
Samsung 17" 740n

3DMark06 in Vista = 7416



Any ideas??

go play some games other than crysis, and try not to worry about your 06 scores.
IMO this rig won't perform as well as a fresh copy of XP pro, and with your games installed like so...

defrag - install - defrag

Also you want minimal HD clutter & regular defrags anyway (which Vista does, yet vista sucks, imo).

Also don't expect your 3.2ghz athlon x2 to perform like a conroe/penryn of speeds between 3.0 to 4.0ghz.

shot in the dark here - but perhaps the 790FX isn't a great performer @ 3D? Make sure, as others have said, that your bioses are up to date on all hardware. I see you already have the beta cat's & the hotfix.

IMO, Vista & AMD aren't going to perform as well as a 4GHZ penryn & XP PRO. If that 3d06 Score of 7xxx is wayyyyyy off the norm, then maybe it could be something else. Good luck!

he's getting cpu bottlenecked. an A64 @ 3.2 is ~ 2.4 on a penryn dual core. that is not going to compare favorably with even a 3.2 ghz quad, much less 4.0 quad in an incredibly demanding game like crysis.

 

[bryanW1995]

Originally posted by: Stabgotham

Originally posted by: rgallant
you know after reading the post again about the system not being stable after the 4850 could mean a mother board bios problem ,needs updating , resetting or a power issues, real noob question but are all the extra power plugs to the mother board plugged in? not sure on that board but some have a extra 12v ,or your power supply rails are off balanced ?if multi rail supply.
and no point looking at bench marks unless the system is stable

-if power is not the issues after adding a more powerful card what about the voltage settings in the bios ,could explain the same OC not working

It is a multi rail PSU. Three 12v rails @18amps each. I'm have the most up to date BIOS from MSI, version 1.4, but it was released some months back before the 4000 series was released.

My voltage settings are relatively low for the CPU, 1.44v. RAM is at 2.1v for which it is rated. No other voltage changes currently in the BIOS.

your psu is more than adequate for your rig, but you are incorrect on the total system amperage and the 12v rails. That psu has 40a total on the SINGLE 12v rail. corsair was a little bit cagey when they released that psu and claimed multiple 12v rails. regardless, it's still a great psu and shouldn't cause you any problems.

edit: since we're playing the "compare 3dmark 06 scores game" I get 12,470 with my 3870 at stock and my x3350 @ 3.6.