A64 3500 (939) benches...

[MoobyTheGoldenCalf]

Well, I got my new system put together. Eveything is in except for my Radeon X800XT. So until then, I'm stuck with my old 9600pro :frown:

Anyway, I decided to run some quick benches with the crap card in anyway just to see how it does. Neither system is overclocked except for the 9600 which is at 515/330 in both...

OLD SYSTEM:

Athlon XP 1800+
Shuttle AK31
768MB Crucial PC2100
Radeon 9600pro
60GB Maxtor 7200rpm - OS Drive

PCMark2004: 2698
3DMark2001: 10440
3DMark2003: 3769

NEW SYSTEM:

A64 3500+ (939)
Asus A8V
1GB Mushkin 2-2-2 Special PC3200
Radeon 9600pro
74GB WD Raptor - OS Drive

PCMark2004: 4400
3DMark2001: 15199
3DMark2003: 4220

I wonder where the bottleneck is??? :roll:

 

[Markfw]

Duh... You already know. Post again when the video card arrives.

 

[CraigRT]

haha, i agree though 😛

nice system when it's done that's for sure.

 

[nortexoid]

is the raptor loud?

 

[cjsketchy]

OC it while you're waiting for the video card 🙂

 

[MoobyTheGoldenCalf]

Originally posted by: nortexoid
is the raptor loud?

Yeah, I didn't think it would be. My new system has too be twice as quiet as my old one since all of my fans are thermal-controlled now. I can sure hear that raptor chugging away load and clear though.

 

[Tostada]

Originally posted by: MoobyTheGoldenCalf
Yeah, I didn't think it would be. My new system has too be twice as quiet as my old one since all of my fans are thermal-controlled now. I can sure hear that raptor chugging away load and clear though.

Does it have a whine to it, or is it only loud when it's accessing?

 

[Mik3y]

get the zalman hard drive quieter and cooler at newegg. i hear it does wonders.

 

[MoobyTheGoldenCalf]

Originally posted by: Tostada

Originally posted by: MoobyTheGoldenCalf
Yeah, I didn't think it would be. My new system has too be twice as quiet as my old one since all of my fans are thermal-controlled now. I can sure hear that raptor chugging away load and clear though.

Does it have a whine to it, or is it only loud when it's accessing?

I would say it's very loud when accessing. I have 5 case fans, the PS fans and the CPU fan going and I can hear the raptor clear as day over all of them when its accessing. It may have a slight whine too, but I can't hear that over everything else.

I don't think it's the temp of the drive, I've got a fan blowing across it already. And the case temp is very cool (around 75F).

 

[dmw16]

What he's saying is get the driver QUIETER and cooler. It happens to have fans, but for your purposes the quieter part is key.
-doug