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Butthead75   08-12-2007 at 07:27:01 PM

I have a 1950x 512 Agp Sapphire, 3.4ghz Pent 4, 1gig ram, raptor 10,000 rpm hard drive, 480Watt, open 8x motherboard, latest 7.7 drivers, and have recently used 3Dmark06 to get my score and it was supprisingly low compared to other scores, I got a 2736 score, and that was when I had put the card on Optimal Performance. Anyone know what I could do to use the full performance of this awesome card. Please Help!!

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Kamrooz   08-12-2007 at 08:03:16 PM
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you are being bottle necked imo on the processor..But I'm not sure about AGP anymore...I'd belive that is a limiting factor as well...My x700 pro got 1148 in 3dmark 2006 with a 3.2 prescott...My x700 pro is a PCIE card though. But yea...I'd bet that it's your processor and agp interface..

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Butthead75   08-12-2007 at 08:05:39 PM
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dang, I was hoping the processor wasn't going to be a factor, but makes sense, thx

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vonwombat   08-12-2007 at 08:09:26 PM
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What's your SM2.0/3.0/CPU score?

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Butthead75   08-12-2007 at 08:13:56 PM
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i was running the trial version, the only thing I remember as my CPU score was that it was on the average compared to others, my video card score was at the bottom, but I tried to log back onto 3d mark to look for it, but the results are already gone, srry I couldnt tell you.

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Butthead75   08-12-2007 at 08:44:20 PM
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k i ran 3d mark again, and these where the scores you asked for.
Sm 2.0 1656
Sm 3.0 1604
Cpu 402

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blade85   08-12-2007 at 11:39:44 PM
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your cpu score is waaaaay low

 

I have the pro version of that AGP card but with a core 2 duo 6600

 

and i get: total score 5142

 

sm2.0: 1936
sm3.0: 2172
cpu: 2074


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Butthead75   08-13-2007 at 01:00:04 AM
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so my processor sux? its cool tell me the truth, is there any way around it??

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honestjohn_   08-13-2007 at 01:17:12 AM
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Kamrooz wrote :

you are being bottle necked imo on the processor..But I'm not sure about AGP anymore...I'd belive that is a limiting factor as well...My x700 pro got 1148 in 3dmark 2006 with a 3.2 prescott...My x700 pro is a PCIE card though. But yea...I'd bet that it's your processor and agp interface..



Has nothing to do with the AGP interface. Only the newest generaton of cards like the HD 2900 XT are finally making use of the extra bandwidth PCI-E allows. See link below. Both PCI-E and AGP X1950 Pro's are compared and they are basically dead even on similar setups ........

h t t p://www.driverheaven.net/reviews/Sapphire%20X1950Pro%20AGP/messiah.php

Couldn 't get link to work - remove spaces from h t t p


Message edited by honestjohn_ on 08-13-2007 at 01:24:05 AM
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Samsung 500GB Spinpoint HD (x2) / Sony 810A DVD
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honestjohn_   08-13-2007 at 01:31:48 AM
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Butthead75 wrote :

I have a 1950x 512 Agp Sapphire, 3.4ghz Pent 4, 1gig ram, raptor 10,000 rpm hard drive, 480Watt, open 8x motherboard, latest 7.7 drivers, and have recently used 3Dmark06 to get my score and it was supprisingly low compared to other scores, I got a 2736 score, and that was when I had put the card on Optimal Performance. Anyone know what I could do to use the full performance of this awesome card. Please Help!!



I had 3 different X1950 Pro's and my 3DMark06 score varied from 4200-4500 depending on how much I overclocked the card. My CPU was a 3700+ Athlon 64 It sound like something is wrong with your setup. What is the make and model of your PSU? I've heard more than one X1950 Pro owner say that they replaced the power supply and their performance took off. Normally if your PSU does not have enough juice to power your rig random reboots or artifacts may happen, sometimes underpowering the card, produces underpowered benchmarks without any other indication that there is a problem. You may also want to re-install your motherboards chipset drivers.

------------------------------ Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R / Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.4 Ghz.
Enermax Liberty 620W / Corsair XMS2 4GB (4x1GB)
EVGA 8800GTS 512MB / Creative Labs X-Fi Xtreme
Samsung 500GB Spinpoint HD (x2) / Sony 810A DVD
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spuddyt   08-13-2007 at 03:28:58 AM
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Butthead75 wrote :

so my processor sux? its cool tell me the truth, is there any way around it??


believe me ppl will tell you :P

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vonwombat   08-13-2007 at 08:21:04 AM
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Well the CPU isn't exactly top notch, but that scores are still too low, both the CPU score and the shader score. It might be your PSU as people suggest.

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Butthead75   08-14-2007 at 01:20:58 AM
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wow, thx guys good info, I heard too about power supply issues might be the cause, thx for all the good info, if you come up with any addtional ideas, please message me any time THX!!!!

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Butthead75   08-14-2007 at 01:29:46 AM
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ok its official, imma buy a new power supply, perferb 600 watts to guarantee the problem fix, if it is the problem, anyone know a good brand and type to buy that gets the bang for the buck, let me know thx guys and gals!!!

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spuddyt   08-14-2007 at 01:31:25 AM
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make sure its a decent brand, the cheap ones don't produce as much as they say

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blade85   08-14-2007 at 01:44:30 PM
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there are quite a few good makes, so just give us a list of what you may consider getting and we will point out which would work best in that list.

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Butthead75   08-16-2007 at 02:11:53 AM
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looking at the nvidia 600 ultra watt power supply, and 2gig PC3200 ram (cruical), let me know what you guys think, thx

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blade85   08-16-2007 at 06:31:03 PM
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nvidia 600 ultra watt psu?

ummm...do you have a link to it?

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Cleeve   08-16-2007 at 06:34:21 PM
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A P4 is going to hold you back alot in 3dMark 06. 3dMark06 is more of a system test than a video card test.

If you want to see how the video card is performing, try 3dMark 05. That'll be a much more useful number.

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Hatman   08-16-2007 at 08:21:05 PM
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Still, am E4400 core2 can be had for like £80 now and overclocked past 3ghz on like a basic after market cooler.

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NaDa   08-16-2007 at 09:36:25 PM
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Why would you care so much about 3dmark socres? In the end it's only important that the games you play do play fine.

If you are thinking of upgrading an 3GHz overclocked Conroe is about 2x faster than and 3GHz pentium and thats per core.

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Butthead75   08-19-2007 at 05:58:35 PM
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Well it says it supports both types of motherboards and I have power connection converter cables that ATI provided for me, but its the Xfinity 600 watt, it looks tight. lol, But my bro had a discount at dell and he picked up 2 gig pack PC3200 for basically free, so we are putting this mess together in a week or two. but we both think its the power, NOT ENOUGH JUICE. But we will see, I might have to throw it away. JP. I"ll keep you guys posted on the success, thx for all the advice and your RIGHT NaDa, it only matters if the game plays good, and with the 1950X 512 my games run like dream boats. LOL. Talk to you soon!!!! GOTTA get ready for Jericho and Unreal 3 WOOT!!!

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