Specter 0 Posted April 8, 2003 Share Posted April 8, 2003 Ok Rook. I need some help then. Here is my system. I know, I know. It's off the shelf, but I'm strapped for cash for about another 90 days, so here goes. HP Pavillion 750n Pentium4 1.6 Ghz 512 MB PC2700 DDR ATI Radeon 9000 Pro128 DDR, 400 Mhz DAC, 275 Mhz GProc Clock Speed 260 GB worth of Hard Drives, running on their own Power Supply System Power supply runs only Mobo and Video Card Agp is 4x On the Smartgart tab of ATI Control panel, agp4x selected, fast writes on Direct3d tab - set for custom settings, smoothvision set for performance and 2x sampling, anistropic filtering set for app preference, because if you dont, R6 Ravenshield will return a GPF and reboot your machine,Texture pref set for performance,mipmap also set for performance, wait for vert sync and trueform are off. I have updated my Bios, am using Catalyst 3.2 drivers(although had the same results with 3.0 and 3.1, no change), DirectX9.0a, and a fresh, clean FFR of XP Pro. Game settings for GR and Raven Shield, all are Medium, with no shadows, and low grenade smoke detail, at 800X600, 16 bit color, and Frame Rates average between 16-24 FPS. If I set everything to high, med or low, there is no performance change. Runs the same at all detail levels. 3DMark 2001SE gives me 7200, and when I play Freelancer or Unreal Tournament, I average 60-70 FPS Needless to say, I got no help from Ubi, not even a reply Snakebite1967 has been tryin to help me find info. Just ask him how frustrated I am. My old GF4 MX400 64mb ddr ran faster than this card. But my other games run fine. Freelancer is a very rich game graphics wise as is Earth and Beyond, and they run great so far as I can tell. Can you help, or can anyone? I'm about ready to mail it back to ATI with melted Lindberger cheese on it. Please help. This thing has gone past ###### me off, and is now starting to make me whimper. Im an ex-Marine for God's sake ! ! Marines dont whimper ! ! But this darn card is busting my Cajones ! ! Anyway, what makes me think it's the ATI Card or the ATI drivers is, I never had a lick of trouble with the Nvidia. I got 40-50 FPS on average with it. Please help before I actually start cryin, then go nuts or totally whacko. Thanks ! ! I have been building and configuring PC's and networks for 13 years, and this is the first time I've been so stumped, that I dont know where to go next. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RooK 0 Posted April 8, 2003 Share Posted April 8, 2003 If you want to make sure it's not the drivers, try catalyst 2.2s. Those were the fastest ones I tested and are definately worth a try. Next, try fastwrite off. Sometimes it makes a difference, but Ati cards were initially designed for fastwrite. Smoothvision, in case you didn't know, is also the same as AA sampling. It causes games to take big frame hits, so turning that off will make a difference. Ati's default (middle range) settings are the best all around that still deliver good image quality and speed. Last two options are the HP machine and Dx9. I have a HP, and I know they're crap, so whether it's that or not would require plugging in the card to a new system. Dx9 I havent installed and won't until I have to. MS did a nice one screwing up on it and it could actually causing slow downs etc., but again, can't be sure without testing that. 3dmark of 7200 doesn't sound that far off. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Specter 0 Posted April 9, 2003 Author Share Posted April 9, 2003 Most of the probs I am having are with GR and R6 Raven Shield. No trouble anywhere else, so far. Knock Knock. Hey Rook, Thanks for the info, I really appreciate your help, bud. I'll give those things a shot and let ya know. And just keep tellin myself, 90 days, 90 days, 90 days !!! lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RooK 0 Posted April 9, 2003 Share Posted April 9, 2003 Mine is more like 120 days. Then I get my grant for college, and what isn't spent on books goes for goodies Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stinger 0 Posted April 9, 2003 Share Posted April 9, 2003 Hmmm...maybe the MX series just rocks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RooK 0 Posted April 9, 2003 Share Posted April 9, 2003 Yep, sure does, about as much as the FX who was king of the hill for 2 weeks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stinger 0 Posted April 9, 2003 Share Posted April 9, 2003 MX series was never king of the hill but I can crank out over 4,000 marks from 2001. Now for a hundred dollar retail card thats not bad. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RooK 0 Posted April 9, 2003 Share Posted April 9, 2003 8500 LE retails for $85 now and pumps out 8500 3dmarks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stinger 0 Posted April 9, 2003 Share Posted April 9, 2003 (edited) Okay correction *insert vulgar term here*, I mean: MX PCI series was never king of the hill but I can crank out over 4,000 marks from 2001. Now for a hundred dollar retail card thats not bad. No PCI card can beat the MX series. Edited April 9, 2003 by Stinger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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