Many people in this forum may know I've recently bought a graphics card (Radeon 9000). Here I'm sharing benchmarks with you.
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Specs (Older):-
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CPU:- AMD Duron 1 GHz
Mobo:- MSI K7N420 Pro (nForce 420-D chipset)
RAM:- 224 MB(2 x 128 MB (-32 MB) PC2100 DDR, @ PC2100 2.0-2-2-6, Dual Channel mode, Async with FSB (200/266), IGP Enabled, 32 MB shared VRAM for IGP
Graphics card:- Integrated GeForce2 MX
HDD:- Maxtor D740X 40 GB
Current Specs:-
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CPU:- AMD Duron 1 GHz
Mobo:- MSI K7N420 Pro (nForce 420-D chipset)
RAM:- 256 MB PC2100 CL2.0 DDR @ PC1600 2.0-2-2-6, Dual Channel mode, Sync with FSB (200/200)
Graphics card:- Gigabyte Radeon 9000 64 MB
HDD:- Maxtor D740X 40 GB
OS:-
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Windows 2000 Professional (Service Pack 3)
Drivers:-
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Chipset:- Nvidia reference nForce drivers 2.03 (WHQL)
Integrated GeForce2 MX:- Nvidia reference 41.13 (WHQL)
Gigabyte Radeon 9000:- ATI reference 7.84 (Catalyst 3.2, WHQL)
Benchmarks:-
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3DMark 2000 (1.1)
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Older specs (Integrated GeForce2 MX):- 4409
Current specs (Radeon 9000 Pro):- 6272
Result:- <b> + 42.25% </b>
3DMark 2001SE (build 330)
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Older specs (Integrated GeForce2 MX):- 2274
Current specs (Radeon 9000 Pro):- 5441
Result:- <b> + 139.27% </b>
3DMark 2003
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Older specs (Integrated GeForce2 MX):- 120
Current specs (Radeon 9000 Pro):- 977
Result:- <b> + 714.17% </b>
This is end of gaming benchmarks. Since IGP was limiting my system performance by sharing memory bandwidth, and forcing to run the memory async with FSB (for better 3D Peformance), I've got a good boost performance in other areas except gaming.
Other becnhmark:-
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Older specs (IGP in use, Async (200/266) memory operation):- 49.00x (/1x CD-ROM speed)
Current Specs (IGP not in Use, Sync (200/200) memory operation):- 67.652x (/1x CD-ROM speed)
Current Specs (IGP not in Use, Async (200/266) memory operation):- 61.726x (/1x CD-ROM speed)
Result:- <b> + 38.06% </b> (previous vs. current 200/200), <b> + 25.97% </b> (previous vs. current 200/266)
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With this kind of performance boost, I should be very happy. But I feel that good, reason is described in this thread <A HREF="http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=343380#343380" target="_new">http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=343380#343380</A>
Submit your opinion <A HREF="http://forumz.tomshardware.com/community/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=28537#28537" target="_new"> Should Tom Fire Omid? </A>
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Specs (Older):-
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CPU:- AMD Duron 1 GHz
Mobo:- MSI K7N420 Pro (nForce 420-D chipset)
RAM:- 224 MB(2 x 128 MB (-32 MB) PC2100 DDR, @ PC2100 2.0-2-2-6, Dual Channel mode, Async with FSB (200/266), IGP Enabled, 32 MB shared VRAM for IGP
Graphics card:- Integrated GeForce2 MX
HDD:- Maxtor D740X 40 GB
Current Specs:-
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CPU:- AMD Duron 1 GHz
Mobo:- MSI K7N420 Pro (nForce 420-D chipset)
RAM:- 256 MB PC2100 CL2.0 DDR @ PC1600 2.0-2-2-6, Dual Channel mode, Sync with FSB (200/200)
Graphics card:- Gigabyte Radeon 9000 64 MB
HDD:- Maxtor D740X 40 GB
OS:-
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Windows 2000 Professional (Service Pack 3)
Drivers:-
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Chipset:- Nvidia reference nForce drivers 2.03 (WHQL)
Integrated GeForce2 MX:- Nvidia reference 41.13 (WHQL)
Gigabyte Radeon 9000:- ATI reference 7.84 (Catalyst 3.2, WHQL)
Benchmarks:-
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3DMark 2000 (1.1)
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Older specs (Integrated GeForce2 MX):- 4409
Current specs (Radeon 9000 Pro):- 6272
Result:- <b> + 42.25% </b>
3DMark 2001SE (build 330)
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Older specs (Integrated GeForce2 MX):- 2274
Current specs (Radeon 9000 Pro):- 5441
Result:- <b> + 139.27% </b>
3DMark 2003
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Older specs (Integrated GeForce2 MX):- 120
Current specs (Radeon 9000 Pro):- 977
Result:- <b> + 714.17% </b>
This is end of gaming benchmarks. Since IGP was limiting my system performance by sharing memory bandwidth, and forcing to run the memory async with FSB (for better 3D Peformance), I've got a good boost performance in other areas except gaming.
Other becnhmark:-
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GoGo NoCoda Encoder
====================
[Converting 67 MB 44100 Hz, 16 bit PCM WAV file to 128 kbps MP3 File]
Older specs (IGP in use, Async (200/266) memory operation):- 49.00x (/1x CD-ROM speed)
Current Specs (IGP not in Use, Sync (200/200) memory operation):- 67.652x (/1x CD-ROM speed)
Current Specs (IGP not in Use, Async (200/266) memory operation):- 61.726x (/1x CD-ROM speed)
Result:- <b> + 38.06% </b> (previous vs. current 200/200), <b> + 25.97% </b> (previous vs. current 200/266)
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With this kind of performance boost, I should be very happy. But I feel that good, reason is described in this thread <A HREF="http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=343380#343380" target="_new">http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=343380#343380</A>
Submit your opinion <A HREF="http://forumz.tomshardware.com/community/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=28537#28537" target="_new"> Should Tom Fire Omid? </A>