Ok, I could not resist anymore. I upgraded my trusty old Geforce 2 GTS for a
Radeon 9800 Pro aand I was wondering if everything went ok, because I am not
really impressed withe the result.
Sometimes in UT2003 I get small framerate problems even at a resolution of
1024*768 and I was wondering if that is normal.... In F1C I don't get very
good results either, not much better than my Geforce however I can use 4*AA.
I think my scores in 3dmark03 (5232) and 3d mark01SE (12874) are normal
(BTW AMDXP 2200+ , 512 ram, Audigy, Radeon 9800 Pro 128 Mb)
This how I installed the card
I uninstalled the detonator drivers (Nvidia)
I turned off the pc, removed the Geforce and installed the ATI
Restarted
Downloaded the lastest catalyst 3.6 drivers
Installed them...
reboot
that's it.
I was wondering If I missed something... Or maybe I was just expecting too
much for a change in framerates....
Anyone ? I know there are people here who did the same upgrade...
TIA,
Jimster
On Wed, 06 Aug 2003 21:29:34 GMT, "Jimster"
<[email hidden]> wrote:
>I was wondering If I missed something... Or maybe I was just expecting too
>much for a change in framerates....
>Anyone ? I know there are people here who did the same upgrade...
>Your CPU (I hope you have fast DDR memory to back it up) will now be
the bottleneck for a lot of games. The main advantage of the 9800 is
to allow you to play at higher resolutions with FSAA&AF while
maintaining a playble framerate.
Andrew.
> Ok, I could not resist anymore. I upgraded my trusty old Geforce 2 GTS fora
> Radeon 9800 Pro aand I was wondering if everything went ok, because I amnot
> really impressed withe the result.
> Sometimes in UT2003 I get small framerate problems even at a resolutionof
> 1024*768 and I was wondering if that is normal.... In F1C I don't getvery
> good results either, not much better than my Geforce however I can use4*AA.
> I think my scores in 3dmark03 (5232) and 3d mark01SE (12874) are normal
> (BTW AMDXP 2200+ , 512 ram, Audigy, Radeon 9800 Pro 128 Mb)
You shouldn't have any framerate problems with that rig. Have you installed
the AGP miniport driver for your motherboard?
aep@nospam wrote:
To add to that, I just did an upgrade from a GT 4200Ti to a Radeon 9800
Pro, and wasn't all that impressed straight off the bat with the
improvments (though I am running an Athlon 1800+, so I knew there would
be some bottleneck there). It seemed like I got only a few fps more
on F1C using my normal resolution, 1024x768x32 @ 85hz. I did find out,
though, that I can now run F1C at 1600x1200x32 @ 85hz + 4xFSAA and 8x
anisotropic at a decent framerate (between 35-40fps). That made all
the difference, and I no longer have the buyer's remorse.
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> On Wed, 06 Aug 2003 21:29:34 GMT, "Jimster" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >>I was wondering If I missed something... Or maybe I was just expecting too >>much for a change in framerates.... >>Anyone ? I know there are people here who did the same upgrade... >> > > Your CPU (I hope you have fast DDR memory to back it up) will now be > the bottleneck for a lot of games. The main advantage of the 9800 is > to allow you to play at higher resolutions with FSAA&AF while > maintaining a playble framerate. > > Andrew.If you mean you are getting stuttering, this is a elusive but fairly common
complaint with the latest radeon models, tho its not an issue for me. I'm
not sure it has a single sure-fire solution, but raising agp voltage, and
tweaking pci latency settings
http://www.geocities.com/phileosophos/tech/pcilatency.html
are popular. Try the www.rage3d.com forums also.
rms
>
> You shouldn't have any framerate problems with that rig. Have youinstalled
> the AGP miniport driver for your motherboard?
>
>
Euhm no, I tought that Windowx XP included a VIA 4-in1 set.
Everything worked fine before...Never installed that driver before...
Maybe something I need to look into
Thx
