Radeon 9700 Pro...Now i say WOW!

[BAMAVOO]

Installed the 9700 after uninstalling the Radeon 8500 ran 3dmark 2001se..5500 or so 3d marks..I said WTF???????

Reinstalled and turned everything up..Ran 3d mark got about 9900..Good but still wtf???

Just put all settings at default and ran 11000 3d marks now I say WOW HFS!!!!!!!

Nice card!

 

[Deeko]

FU 3dmark.

run something that matters.

 

[bunker]

I got around 12300 right after installing it...what's the rest of your system?

 

[WyteWatt]

BAMAVOO run unreal 2003 and GTA3 with 6x FSAA and 16x AF at 1600x1200 resolution. Plus with all details and everything on maximum. Please tell us what fps you get.

Thanks

 

[CraigRT]

haha Deeko... AT 3dmark nazi....

 

[VBboy]

F*ck 3dMark. N marks, wow. Set the res to 320x200, you'll get millions of marks. Picture quality (texture res, FSAA, Aniso, etc) at 50 fps is more important to me than crap pic at 300 fps Vsync off...

 

[Deeko]

Originally posted by: bunker
I got around 12300 right after installing it...what's the rest of your system?

I get 43,000.













at 640x480 w/ no textures or colors.

 

[Deeko]

Originally posted by: Yield
haha Deeko... AT 3dmark nazi....

I never sleep

 

[AmdInside]

I have one. Went from Geforce4 TI 4600 to Radeon 9700. Its fast but some areas bother me. There are certain games where I notice objects not drawn correctly. I guess its their way to improve performance. But all in all, its acted stable.

 

[HappyPuppy]

I have 140,000 miles on my Dodge Caravan. I find that to be much more significant than any 3D Mark 2000 score.

 

[Moonbeam]

I was dropped on my head by a black triangle.

The GforceFX is supposed to be at least 40% faster and out next month. I'm going to wait.

 

[Deeko]

Originally posted by: AmdInside
I have one. Went from Geforce4 TI 4600 to Radeon 9700. Its fast but some areas bother me. There are certain games where I notice objects not drawn correctly. I guess its their way to improve performance. But all in all, its acted stable.

I think their way to improve performance over the Ti4600 is to have a higher clock speed, twice the width in the memory bus, 4 more pixel pipelines, more efficient removal of unseen objects, more effecient FSAA.......yea, those things probably help too

have 140,000 miles on my Dodge Caravan. I find that to be much more significant than any 3D Mark 2000 score.

More signifigant in the speed of your computer? lol....well, with how useless 3DMark is, that's not far off the mark (btw....3dmark 2000 is old news)

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Get a GeForce FX and watch your score go even higher.

 

[Deeko]

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
I was dropped on my head by a black triangle.

The GforceFX is supposed to be at least 40% faster and out next month. I'm going to wait.

I highly, highly doubt that it will be 40% faster, especially in things that matter(FSAA/ansio turned on). The lack of sufficient memory bandiwidth will be the FX's crutch. And plus, R350 isn't far off.

 

[Deeko]

Originally posted by: CptObvious
I agree that 3dmark is the most USELESS measuring tool in the PC gaming world.

Realworld benchmarks are all that matters, who cares what score you get on it...we arent even sure of how they compile the score in the first place. Without knowing such a key element, 3dmarks realworld usefullness is zippo...

Also who's to know if extensions are added to make it more efficient using NVIDIA vs ATI, or vice versa.

Heres a real test : Run a game at various resolutions, and record the FPS....thats all that matters in regards to numbers and gaming

booyah.

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: Deeko

Originally posted by: Yield
haha Deeko... AT 3dmark nazi....

I never sleep

well you're like me then..

but yeah... i agree 3dmark shouldn't matter as much as some people think.
use quake3, run at default settings. (cpu test) then put ALL options on and run at 1600x1200 and see what happens.

 

[Deeko]

Originally posted by: CptObvious
Even Quake 3 is getting aged in regards to testing a GPU...Run UT2003 or NOLFII or Battlefield 1942 (eats vid cards / processors alive)

yea....UT2K3 is becoming the new standard bench, taking the place of Q3.

 

[classy]

Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Get a GeForce FX and watch your score go even higher.

Yea he's right. You can buy one at.........................................................NO WHERE!

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
I was dropped on my head by a black triangle.

The GforceFX is supposed to be at least 40% faster and out next month. I'm going to wait.

We shall see! I hope for you're sake, you're right. Then R350 and RV350 show their pretty faces!

 

[pillage2001]

Originally posted by: BAMAVOO
Installed the 9700 after uninstalling the Radeon 8500 ran 3dmark 2001se..5500 or so 3d marks..I said WTF???????

Reinstalled and turned everything up..Ran 3d mark got about 9900..Good but still wtf???

Just put all settings at default and ran 11000 3d marks now I say WOW HFS!!!!!!!

Nice card!

HFS???

 

[TheShiz]

holy f'in sh!t

 

[Dudd]

Originally posted by: Moonbeam
I was dropped on my head by a black triangle.

The GforceFX is supposed to be at least 40% faster and out next month. I'm going to wait.

Yeah, I'm going to wait too. It's going to have a killer package of games with it as well, Duke Nukem Forever and Team Fortress 2. Can hardly wait.

 

[BAMAVOO]

I was dropped on my head by a black triangle.

Yeah but I got my 9700 Pro FREE!!!!!!!!!

 

[BAMAVOO]

My sys specs


Tbird 1800+ XP at 2100+ with retail sink and fan
512 meg of Crucial pc 2700
Iwill XP333-r
Raid 0 on 2 IBM Deathstars that have been running for over 3 years
Antec 1030b 4 fans and Enermax 431watt PSU


What else ya need???


I love the freeness factor too