My buddy, who I haven't seen in about a year, has an Athlon64 3200+ with a Sapphire X800XT. He built this computer about 18 months ago and paid $450 for the ATI back then.
I asked him to run 3DMark05 because it seemed like his computer was running games extremely well. He has his Athlon64 3200+ running at 2.21ghz and his video card was running at stock settings of 500/500 (I think the 2nd is mem and is actually running at 1000mhz). With that config he managed to pull off a 5997 3DMark05, which shocked the hell out of me. Is this a normal score for a system like his? I was under the assumption a 7800GT would get 7000-8000, and if that's true, then it's pretty amazing his now sub $200 card can almost keep up with the 7800GT.
I run an Athlon 2800+ with a 6600GT and get 2900 3DMarks. I'm getting ready to upgrade and was going to grab a 7800GT, but seeing how his 18 month old card can almost keep up with one, I may just save up for another month and snag an X1900
I asked him to run 3DMark05 because it seemed like his computer was running games extremely well. He has his Athlon64 3200+ running at 2.21ghz and his video card was running at stock settings of 500/500 (I think the 2nd is mem and is actually running at 1000mhz). With that config he managed to pull off a 5997 3DMark05, which shocked the hell out of me. Is this a normal score for a system like his? I was under the assumption a 7800GT would get 7000-8000, and if that's true, then it's pretty amazing his now sub $200 card can almost keep up with the 7800GT.
I run an Athlon 2800+ with a 6600GT and get 2900 3DMarks. I'm getting ready to upgrade and was going to grab a 7800GT, but seeing how his 18 month old card can almost keep up with one, I may just save up for another month and snag an X1900