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Interesting benchmarks
I'm trying to figure out what really makes a good upgrade
for gaming. So far, using 3DMark2001, I see the following somewhat strange results: 1) AMD AthlonXP 2000+ with ATI Radeon 9000 Pro 128, 1gig ram: 6747 2) Same as above, but with ATI Radeon 9600XT 128: 9023 3) P4/2.4/800fsb, ATI Radeon 9200 Pro, 512 ddr: 7119 4) P4/1.8/400fsb, ATI Radeon 9000 ( same ), 1 gig ddr 7259 5) P4/2.8/400fsb, nVidia Quadro4 900XGL, 1 gig ddr 12,415 Note: before you run out and buy nVidia, the 900XGL only has a 300mhz dac clock, and 128 meg ddr !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Card is several years old. I'm very suspicious of that test. What is most interesting is the 2 P4s not making much difference, AND, the ATI 9000 on a 1.8/400 system, beat a ATI 9200 on a 2.4/800 system ???????? Weird. My AMD Athlon clocks at about 1.7 gbit, but the ATI 9600XT makes a big difference. So far, I conclude: the biggest difference is Video card. Next is ram size. CPU speed is marginal. I think I have to jump a lot to get any improvement. RAM speed is also marginal. My AMD is using SDRAM 133 and CPU has 266 fsb. I also conducted the following Far Cry tests by number of above: 1) Ran FC beautifully but all in low setting except water medium. 2) Ran FC super good .. water medium, environ high .. fish/ birds 3) Ran FC about same as 1) 4) Ran FC well, fish/birds, but crappy seaweed. 5) I have not been able to test FC on that machine ( I'll try ) Conclude: not much so far. I could spend a lot of money and have nothing to show for it. Far Cry is a better benchmark than 3DMark2001. johns |
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