X3000 Info

[Tegeril]

Just finished putting my media box together and it's got a Gigabyte GA-965GM-S2 mATX board in it. I've stuck 2x1GB Buffalo DDR2-667 sticks of ram in, and it's got a stock e6300. Since this IGP has been dramatically improving in performance with driver revisions that finally enable all of its features, I figured this thread could be of use to some people.

I just finished getting Vista Home Premium on it and installing the new 15.0.2.1132 drivers released March 14 (according to Gigabyte). Haven't done any benchmarks beyond the WEI performance index in Vista, but it scored a 3.9 for Aero and a 3.7 for gaming performance, which beats my 9700 mobility in my laptop (3.6/3.5). I must say I'm pleasantly surprised and impressed.

If anyone has any benchmarks they would like run on this hardware, I'll be happy to do it over the next couple days while I'm playing around with the system. Gonna hit it with 3DMark03/05 soon.

 

[Tegeril]

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Windows Experience Index - Driver: 15.0.2.1132

[*]Aero: 3.9
[*]Gaming: 3.7

3DMark2003 (free version) - Default settings: 1024x768 - Driver: 15.0.2.1132

[*]1514 3DMarks
[*]GT1 - Wings of Fury - 59.2fps
[*]GT2 - Battle of Proxycon - 10.0fps
[*]GT3 - Troll's Lair - 9.1fps
[*]GT4 - Mother Nature - 7.4fps
[*]Fill Rate (Single-Texturing) - 677.4 MTexels/s
[*]Fill Rate (Multi-Texturing) - 990.6 MTexels/s
[*]Vertex Shader - 3.7fps
[*]Pixel Shader 2.0 - 12.2fps
[*]Ragtroll - 6.5fps

3DMark2005 (free version) - Default settings: 1024x768

[*]Not available yet because Futuremark is really cool and makes you go online to get the score... no net connection to this box yet.

 

[eurotrance4life]

I believe 15.2.0.1214 are the latest X3000 drivers:

http://downloadmirror.intel.com/df-support/12881/ENG/winvista_relnotes_gfx.htm
http://downloadmirror.intel.com/df-support/12883/ENG/winvista64_relnotes_gfx.htm

 

[lavaheadache]

Originally posted by: Tegeril
< -- Reserved for benchmark info -- >

3DMark2003 (free version) - Default settings: 1024x768

[*]1514 3DMarks
[*]GT1 - Wings of Fury - 59.2fps
[*]GT2 - Battle of Proxycon - 10.0fps
[*]GT3 - Troll's Lair - 9.1fps
[*]GT4 - Mother Nature - 7.4fps
[*]Fill Rate (Single-Texturing) - 677.4 MTexels/s
[*]Fill Rate (Multi-Texturing) - 990.6 MTexels/s
[*]Vertex Shader - 3.7fps
[*]Pixel Shader 2.0 - 12.2fps
[*]Ragtroll - 6.5fps

3DMark2005 (free version) - Default settings: 1024x768

[*]Not available yet because Futuremark is really cool and makes you go online to get the score... no net connection to this box yet.

You dont have to go online to get the score!?! Only if you want to see how others stack up to you

 

[Tegeril]

Actually, yes you do. The program's latest update will not relinquish the score without a valid internet connection.

Nice to know Eurotrance, I might nab those - I was just going by what was the newest on Gigabyte's site.