Bad Radeon Scores. 3Dmark2k1, 3Dmark2k3, UT2k3 results inside. HELP!

[codeyf]

My rig:

P4 2.56 @ 2.66
512mb PC2700 @ PC3200
Soyo Dragon Platinum P4X-400
Sapphire Radeon 9700 Pro

On the reformat/reinstall, I went in the following order:

Installed DX9
Reboot
Installed Catalyst 3.1
Installed Control Panel 3.1
Reboot

3Dmark2001SE Score: 11,662
3Dmark2003 Score: 4,419
Unreal 2003 Scores:
botmatch-anubis 15.791606 / 59.722065 / 133.271042 fps -- Score = 59.726200 rand[11570]
botmatch-antalus 19.061911 / 39.869362 / 73.748856 fps -- Score = 39.886726 rand[28639]
botmatch-asbestos 23.813063 / 57.476273 / 111.939056 fps -- Score = 57.507774 rand[16548]
botmatch-citadel 15.371603 / 44.403934 / 93.965508 fps -- Score = 44.472813 rand[29105]
flyby-antalus 30.139542 / 136.711212 / 520.794922 fps -- Score = 136.788071 rand[21984]
flyby-asbestos 26.851151 / 172.638260 / 456.274261 fps -- Score = 172.790436 rand[5909]
flyby-citadel 27.449478 / 105.200607 / 294.757263 fps -- Score = 105.453629 rand[6878]



I'm about ready to fvckin get rid of this damn thing. How is it two video card manufacturers can have such EXTREME opposites when it comes to drivers??? The Graphics Expression was the last ATI card I owned prior to this 9700 Pro.....I should've kept it that way :disgust::|

 

[Metalloid]

That is about what I got with my system, and your CPU is way faster than mine. I think I would've installed DX9 before the catalyst's, but not sure if it makes a huge difference. Run 3Dmark03 for better comparison anyways.

 

[codeyf]

Originally posted by: Metalloid15
That is about what I got with my system, and your CPU is way faster than mine. I think I would've installed DX9 before the catalyst's, but not sure if it makes a huge difference. Run 3Dmark03 for better comparison anyways.

Will do that. Says that I should be getting 15k+ scores with this card....what sort of settings should I have in the control panel? Also, what can I OC it to? I downloaded the Riva Tuner....

 

[jiffylube1024]

Did you reformat Windows before installing the 9700 pro? If not, then either reinstall, or do a thorough registry search for nVidia drivers. ATI cards are very picky about having other drivers in there and this is a common symptom of traces of old drivers being in there.

 

[Metalloid]

Detonator Destroyer might also help, but I would HIGHLY recommend a clean format and fresh Windows install.

 

[codeyf]

Originally posted by: Metalloid15
Detonator Destroyer might also help, but I would HIGHLY recommend a clean format and fresh Windows install.

Did that, found nothing. I'd really REALLY, like to avoid having to do that just for a vid card swap.

 

[codeyf]

Just completely cleared, and reinstalled the 3.1 drivers....same score give or take 20 or so points...

 

[Viper96720]

Originally posted by: codeyf

Originally posted by: Metalloid15
That is about what I got with my system, and your CPU is way faster than mine. I think I would've installed DX9 before the catalyst's, but not sure if it makes a huge difference. Run 3Dmark03 for better comparison anyways.

Will do that. Says that I should be getting 15k+ scores with this card....what sort of settings should I have in the control panel? Also, what can I OC it to? I downloaded the Riva Tuner....

What said you should be getting 15K scores? Your score will vary depending on the graphic settings, overclocking the video card memory speed and cpu speed. Move the slider from balanced to high performance and your score should go up.

 

[Deeko]

Have your (gasp) games improved at all?

 

[codeyf]

Originally posted by: Deeko
Have your (gasp) games improved at all?

not that I can tell....And considering I got higher scores on a Ti4200 @ 4400 speeds, I'd like to think that the 9700 would get at least about the same score as that. But when you do a comparison of what I'm getting compared to systems with other vid cards. Madonion gave me a bar graph of average scores based on vid card chipset. Ti4400, 4600, and 9700 series were above my scores. With average 9700 series scores being 46% higher than what I had. Ti4600's were 28% higher. Was a pretty neat little bar graph.

 

[Deeko]

bar graphs are cute aren't they...shame its a bargraph based on a piece of sh!t. Run a game benchmark to be sure you're scores are too low.

 

[codeyf]

Updated!

 

[codeyf]

Bump?

 

[MangoX]

wow.. 4419 marks

I get around 4000 and I'm only on a 9500 pro..
But you shouldn't even use 3dmark since it's only a synthetic benchmark. Using a real-world benchmark based on a unreal/quake3 engine to see if your fps are really that low.

 

[Uclagamer_99]

har har my Ti4200 beats ur 9700 pro in 3dmark2k1

 

[codeyf]

Originally posted by: HenHowC
har har my Ti4200 beats ur 9700 pro in 3dmark2k1

Yeah, so did the Ti4200 I sold when I bought this. I already hate this fvckin thing. I knew I should've stuck with nVidia.......

 

[Uclagamer_99]

ill trade my ti4200 for your 9700 pro lol

 

[codeyf]

Added my UT2003 Scores.

Any suggestions?

 

[blindtothagame]

i'll go buy you a new ti4200 for your 9700pro
whenever you are ready.........

 

[codeyf]

So does anyone have anything of use to say other than they'll take my Radeon??

 

[Tocca]

Maybe you haven't got enough power supply for the 9700? Just a thought...

Thomas.

 

[codeyf]

Originally posted by: Tocca
Maybe you haven't got enough power supply for the 9700? Just a thought...

Thomas.

350W Enermax in my rig....

 

[Pacfanweb]

I'm scoring a bit over 13,200 in 3dmark 2001 with my 9700 pro, and an XP T-bred 2200+. That's the standard benchmark, and I set my quality settings to "performance", but not the fastest setting.

Just wondering: Do you have all your latest motherboard drivers, bios, etc?

 

[308nato]

What does Powerstrip (or whatever you use for a vid utility) show your core and memory clocks as ?

It is quite possible you have one of "those" PowerColor 9700's.

 

[Viper96720]

Hope it was a clean install my 9500pro scored 11532
Using a P4 2.13 (1.6A at 133) in a BG7
PC2700 memory