I decided to upgrade my video card so I could play some games with a better framerate and overall better graphics. I got a Sapphire Radeon 9600 PRO to replace my GeForce2 GTS. Unfortunately I get the pretty much the sameFPS in games like Madden2006, GTA:SA, DS2 using FRAPs to test, although they do look better. The FPS in madden 2006 is slow about 20-30fps running unless I throw a long ball it will get 40-50fps. But mostly 20-30. In San Andreas its unplayable, 10-20fps, usually around 15, I had hope a new card which allow me to play these games. I can still play madden 2006 but fps sucks. fps doesnt seem to be as important in Madden though. I did a timedemo on quake3 and only get 10 more fps with 9600 PRO compared to my O/C GF2 GTS. 80 vs 90fps. I guess my system is bottlenecking the performance but I read some posts from here and it seemed that the 9600 PRO would have been good for my sytem. Here are the important specs...
1GHz AMD TBird on Asus A7V
384 SDRAM 133mhz
Now that your all done laughing, it gets even worse. ATiTool and System Info from Ati Tray Tool from the Omega Drivers report my default memory speed at 230mhz! It should be 300! My core is at 400 like normal. My card is 128-bit with 4 pipelines and looks exactly the same as pictures of the sapphire radeon 9600 pro which I looked up on the net. I have tried the latest official drivers from ATI now I'm on the Omega. I think its worthless because I believe my system is the bottleneck but I didnt expect pretty much no performance gain! Whats the deal? Should I send this thing back? I know I'm one broke ass mofo and need to build a new comp but I really was expecting more than 10fps increase in q3 lol. Any suggestions to remove the bottleneck? Can anyone explain why my memory core is default at 230mhz?
Thank You,
Dan
P.S. - Sorry for long post
1GHz AMD TBird on Asus A7V
384 SDRAM 133mhz
Now that your all done laughing, it gets even worse. ATiTool and System Info from Ati Tray Tool from the Omega Drivers report my default memory speed at 230mhz! It should be 300! My core is at 400 like normal. My card is 128-bit with 4 pipelines and looks exactly the same as pictures of the sapphire radeon 9600 pro which I looked up on the net. I have tried the latest official drivers from ATI now I'm on the Omega. I think its worthless because I believe my system is the bottleneck but I didnt expect pretty much no performance gain! Whats the deal? Should I send this thing back? I know I'm one broke ass mofo and need to build a new comp but I really was expecting more than 10fps increase in q3 lol. Any suggestions to remove the bottleneck? Can anyone explain why my memory core is default at 230mhz?
Thank You,
Dan
P.S. - Sorry for long post