>> Anything like a CPU, Mobo, GFX card, Sound card - a change really requires
>a
>> reinstall of windows to eliminate any inapropriate drivers
>Ridiculous.
a *** platform. That is all.
Jason
>Ridiculous.
Jason
> >> Anything like a CPU, Mobo, GFX card, Sound card - a change really
requires
> >a
> >> reinstall of windows to eliminate any inapropriate drivers
> >Ridiculous.
> The world would be a better place if freeBSD or linux were adopted as
> a *** platform. That is all.
> Jason
> I also had a similar interesting experience going from a GeForce2 GTS 64MB
> to a 128 MB GeForce 4 8xAGP (Asus v9280). In some games, the fps rose
quite
> a bit. In GPL and NR2002, the fps was about the same, but I could run in
32
> bit with no impact and a few other little goodies also seemed to have no
> effect, so basically, you got a bit better looks, but no higher fps.
> NR2003 can bring my system to it's knees just by enabling shadows.
> P4 2.0, 512 MB Rambus, etc.
> Marc
> > I recently tested out a 9700 pro, and compared it to the 4600 I've been
> > using for months. My system is a P4 2.53, with 1gig of PC1066 RDRAM.
> > Anyway I found that the 9700 was about 10fps slower then the GeForce in
> > OpenGL, however it was about 5-8 fps faster then the GF in D3D, which
was
> > about the same FPS I was getting in Open GL on my geforce. I also tried
> > disabling a bunch of things to see if I could get much of a FPS
increase,
> > and I really couldn't up the frame rate at all.
> > What I was running by default was 1600x1200x16 with 2x FSAA on, however
> on
> > the 9700 I was running 32 bit instead of 16 bit color, because I saw no
> > performance difference. What I found was that I could turn on some
> > anisotropic filtering, and get no lose of performance. Matter of fact I
> > could run 4x FSAA, and 8x AF with little or no performance hit, these
> > settings would have brought my Geforce 4 to its knees. The game looked
> 10x
> > better on the 9700 with these settings and ran as well in D3D, as I was
> able
> > to run the Geforce in OpenGL. So while you might not be able to get
much
> > of a frame rate increase with the 9700 you shoukd be able to turn on
alot
> > more candy with out any lose.
> > I did notice a much bigger performance increase in other games I tried,
> like
> > BF1942, and Ghost Recon. For some reason these types of games saw a big
> > increase in frame rate with the 9700 pro, as aposed to NR2003 which saw
> > different results.
> > Jay Taylor
> > > Go through your settings and make sure things like 16x anisotropic
> aren't
> > > set on. Otherwise, there has to be remnants of your 4600 drivers still
> > >*** around. Did you install standard vga drivers before switching
> > cards
> > > or did you just install the ATI drivers right over the 4600 drivers?
If
> > you
> > > did it right and are still having a problem, you'll need to find a way
> to
> > > clean every bit of the 4600 drivers out of your system, including the
> > > registry.
> > > --
> > > Slot
> > > Tweaks & Reviews
> > > www.slottweak.com
> > > > So far very dissapointed in the 9700Pro, running the same settings
in
> > > NR2002
> > > > and NR2003(everything on and maxed out in both) demo the FPS is avg.
> > 8-10
> > > > less than the Ti4600 in opengl or d3d.
> > > > Why? using the latest drivers I could find. 6.14.01.6255
> > > > I thought this card was suppose to faster than the Ti4600.
> > > > Not looking good, on to more testing, but I'm not going to lower my
> > > settings
> > > > when the Ti4600 ran it fine with them.
> > > > 1280x960x32 opengl and D3D. and the Ti4600 seems much faster in D3D
in
> > the
Thanks to all who tried to help,
> > >> Anything like a CPU, Mobo, GFX card, Sound card - a change really
> requires
> > >a
> > >> reinstall of windows to eliminate any inapropriate drivers
> > >Ridiculous.
> > The world would be a better place if freeBSD or linux were adopted as
> > a *** platform. That is all.
> > Jason
I dunno, I tried out Linux Mandrake 9.0 the other day. It seemed to be just
as bloated and unreliable as Windows XP - probably more so. It also seems
that the only software available for Linux is geekware.
Marc
> > > > Anything like a CPU, Mobo, GFX card, Sound card - a change really
> > requires
> > > a
> > > > reinstall of windows to eliminate any inapropriate drivers
> > > Ridiculous.
> > $5 says that if he hasnt reinstalled his OS by now - he'll have a
> perormance
> > improvement when he does
> Infact - I point you to the post "Ti4600 to a 9700Pro my story" thread
just
> a few up from this...
> "So I figure I gained about 10-15% performance by reformatting and
> re-installing Windows on a fresh install, so there probably was some left
> over driver instances causing the slowdowns."
> He has quantitive values to demonstrate this
> Doug
Marc
> If you are considering maybe defrag, or other "housecleaning issues" then
> save your breathe. Defrag is automatically run on my system every other
> week, and not the wimpy Windows version either. Diskkeeper is about the
> best I have found, and the most reliable.
> So either explain your statement, or choose better wording please.
> Glen Pittman
> > Only when a system is poorly maintained. But operated correctly, you
> won't find a 10-15% performance gain.
> > > > > > Anything like a CPU, Mobo, GFX card, Sound card - a change
really
> > > > requires
> > > > > a
> > > > > > reinstall of windows to eliminate any inapropriate drivers
> > > > > Ridiculous.
> > > > $5 says that if he hasnt reinstalled his OS by now - he'll have a
> > > perormance
> > > > improvement when he does
> > > Infact - I point you to the post "Ti4600 to a 9700Pro my story" thread
> just
> > > a few up from this...
> > > "So I figure I gained about 10-15% performance by reformatting and
> > > re-installing Windows on a fresh install, so there probably was some
> left
> > > over driver instances causing the slowdowns."
> > > He has quantitive values to demonstrate this
> > > Doug
Thanks for the advice, but I believe I will stick with my plan.
Volume WINXP_2 (F:)
Volume size = 21.00 GB
Cluster size = 4 KB
Used space = 6.33 GB
Free space = 14.66 GB
Percent free space = 69 %
Volume fragmentation
Total fragmentation = 14 %
File fragmentation = 28 %
Free space fragmentation = 0 %
File fragmentation
Total files = 29,450
Average file size = 254 KB
Total fragmented files = 2,144
Total excess fragments = 10,325
Average fragments per file = 1.35
Pagefile fragmentation
Pagefile size = 768 MB
Total fragments = 1
Folder fragmentation
Total folders = 1,919
Fragmented folders = 153
Excess folder fragments = 1,098
Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
Total MFT size = 31 MB
MFT record count = 31,405
Percent MFT in use = 99 %
Total MFT fragments = 51
> Marc
> > Care to tell me what you think was poorly maintained on my system Tim?
> When
> > you follow the directions that are available for removing all drivers
for
> > the Ti4600, and then install the ATI 9700Pro according to the available
> > instructions, I don't see where that is being poorly maintained....
> > If you are considering maybe defrag, or other "housecleaning issues"
then
> > save your breathe. Defrag is automatically run on my system every other
> > week, and not the wimpy Windows version either. Diskkeeper is about the
> > best I have found, and the most reliable.
> > So either explain your statement, or choose better wording please.
> > Glen Pittman
> > > Only when a system is poorly maintained. But operated correctly, you
> > won't find a 10-15% performance gain.
> > > > > > > Anything like a CPU, Mobo, GFX card, Sound card - a change
> really
> > > > > requires
> > > > > > a
> > > > > > > reinstall of windows to eliminate any inapropriate drivers
> > > > > > Ridiculous.
> > > > > $5 says that if he hasnt reinstalled his OS by now - he'll have a
> > > > perormance
> > > > > improvement when he does
> > > > Infact - I point you to the post "Ti4600 to a 9700Pro my story"
thread
> > just
> > > > a few up from this...
> > > > "So I figure I gained about 10-15% performance by reformatting and
> > > > re-installing Windows on a fresh install, so there probably was some
> > left
> > > > over driver instances causing the slowdowns."
> > > > He has quantitive values to demonstrate this
> > > > Doug
If you want a Linux that is easy to use but also rock very svelte and
rock solid I recommend SuSE. I was a pretty *** Slackware and
Debian user for awhile, because they're both free of bloat and great
if you know you're way around the OS, but since switching my
workstations to SuSE I can say I'd never really give another Linux
distro a chance. Unlike Red Hat/Mandrake/Corel/etc the "ease of use"
features don't significantly bloat the system and are essentially just
a front end/editing system for standard configuration files instead of
involving proprietary daemons such as linuxconf (in SuSE you can still
edit things by hand without breaking anything and then go back and use
the config tools again and it's completely seamless). Even better,
the SuSE graphical utilities are not only well written but incredibly
easy to use, possiblty more intuitive and user friendly than anything
in the newer Windows distributions. As an added bonus, the newest
versions include Racer as an optional package.
Also Racer. =)
I've heard conflicting reports of people getting GPL to run using Wine
and OpenGL, but haven't really pursued it since I'm kinda stuck using
Windows at home until the Xbox 2 destroys PC *** for good. =p
Really, tho, there is no reason to run Linux (or Solaris or BSDI or
freeBSD) unless you're using it for some sort of scientific work. I
stick to Sparc-Solaris and x86-freeBSD for server applications and
SuSE Linux as a development and troubleshooting environment. At home
it's Windows on both the *** PC and the Dreamcast/Xbox.
My cuirrent workstation at my office is running Windows 2000, and
using it to do any real work is about as clumsy as trying to get a
DirectX app running under any unix-based Windows emulator. Basically
I spend my entire day in SecureCRT bouncing around screen sessions on
various *nix boxes. Different tools for different jobs and all that.
Jason
Just erase the windows folders. Leave everything else alone. (make
sure you have a working boot disk first.!!)
dave henrie
Fair enough - but why on EARTH do you have a 120 gig hard drive?
I really dont understand people who have huge hard drives. Can you really
afford to have 120 gig of stuff killed in one hard drive crash?
Much better is to have say 2 60 gig hard drives
You then have a back up caperbility, and redundency caperbility and an
increased security level
Doug
-Tim
> Marc
> > Care to tell me what you think was poorly maintained on my system Tim?
> When
> > you follow the directions that are available for removing all drivers
for
> > the Ti4600, and then install the ATI 9700Pro according to the available
> > instructions, I don't see where that is being poorly maintained....
> > If you are considering maybe defrag, or other "housecleaning issues"
then
> > save your breathe. Defrag is automatically run on my system every other
> > week, and not the wimpy Windows version either. Diskkeeper is about the
> > best I have found, and the most reliable.
> > So either explain your statement, or choose better wording please.
> > Glen Pittman
> > > Only when a system is poorly maintained. But operated correctly, you
> > won't find a 10-15% performance gain.
> > > > > > > Anything like a CPU, Mobo, GFX card, Sound card - a change
> really
> > > > > requires
> > > > > > a
> > > > > > > reinstall of windows to eliminate any inapropriate drivers
> > > > > > Ridiculous.
> > > > > $5 says that if he hasnt reinstalled his OS by now - he'll have a
> > > > perormance
> > > > > improvement when he does
> > > > Infact - I point you to the post "Ti4600 to a 9700Pro my story"
thread
> > just
> > > > a few up from this...
> > > > "So I figure I gained about 10-15% performance by reformatting and
> > > > re-installing Windows on a fresh install, so there probably was some
> > left
> > > > over driver instances causing the slowdowns."
> > > > He has quantitive values to demonstrate this
> > > > Doug
Vintook
> : Only when a system is poorly maintained. But operated correctly, you
> won't find a 10-15% performance gain.
> When the OS is by Microsoft - it's poorly maintained from the day you
> install it
> Doug