Author Topic: Your next upgrade? (Read 106977 times)

Wolverine of Ambush! · « **Reply #75 on:** December 16, 2002, 01:02:26 PM »

hopefully....

knock on wood.. lol

n1c · « **Reply #76 on:** December 17, 2002, 12:02:04 AM »

DON'T KNOCK on Wood It's BAD LUCK!!!!:;(::;(:

opiesilver · « **Reply #77 on:** December 17, 2002, 01:48:17 AM »

Huh?

Is that an Iowa thing?

Wolverine of Ambush! · « **Reply #78 on:** December 17, 2002, 09:19:57 AM »

n1c · « **Reply #79 on:** December 18, 2002, 12:38:32 AM »

No, In a movie I saw every time someone sead that somthing bad happend...

n1c · « **Reply #80 on:** December 18, 2002, 12:41:20 AM »

and on a new note, and getting back to the subject, I now own a P3 running at 1.48 GHz with 512 Megs of RAM!!!!!!

rased over 1200 3d Marks !!!!

IM LOVIN IT!!!!!

ZWarrior · « **Reply #81 on:** December 18, 2002, 01:26:59 PM »

Still haven't run a 3DMark on the new system. As a matter of fact, I haven't run one in over a year!

n1c · « **Reply #82 on:** December 18, 2002, 06:07:19 PM »

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Originally posted by Dragon Masterrased over 1200 3d Marks !!!!

I whent up from 6632 3D to around 7800...

Morpheus · « **Reply #83 on:** December 19, 2002, 09:20:43 AM »

New VGA charts at Toms

Well, I'm glad this came out. I got the best card for the price range I was looking at. TI4200 beats the 8500 everywhere! And in UT2003 it's a BIG margin 38 fps. Yeah for $50 I could have gotten a better card but I didn't have the $50. Hey, the TI4200 even beat the 9700pro on Jedi Knight II. Woo Hoo!

I got a CPU upgrade last night not big, went from 1.33 to 1.4. I'll do some benchmarks tonight and post tomorrow. It'll be interesting to see the impact. Unless someone requests it, I won't go back and benchmark my Radeon 7200 64mb DDR VIVO card.

The other thing that is cool my benchmarks aren't far off of Tom's so I know my system is performing as expected.

[Edited on 12-19-2002 by Morpheus]

Wolverine of Ambush! · « **Reply #84 on:** December 19, 2002, 09:32:58 AM »

I have a Hercules Geforce2 Pro 64mb DDR card. I used the 3d tweaker they have and was able to overclock it.

Stock settings:
200 core
400 memory

Overclocked settings
240 core
420 memory

So my card is now rocking for an older card...

I did the 3dmarks2001. At first I got around 4500. Now overclocked I have 4860.

But I need to get a new card.....lol

Boomslang · « **Reply #85 on:** December 19, 2002, 04:20:50 PM »

I'm up and runnin just posted a 3DMark of 9825 with my 8500 no tweaks no o/c's

n1c · « **Reply #86 on:** December 19, 2002, 05:23:39 PM »

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Originally posted by Morpheus
Unless someone requests it, I won't go back and benchmark my Radeon 7200 64mb DDR VIVO card.

Do you whant to sell that card?

If so what price???

Boomslang · « **Reply #87 on:** December 19, 2002, 07:23:44 PM »

Just posted a 10450 at 3dmark 2.53@ 2.8

Just posted a 10485 2.53 @ 2.53 ati 8500 @ 283 / 292

[Edited on 12-20-2002 by Boomslang]

Morpheus · « **Reply #88 on:** December 19, 2002, 09:25:25 PM »

Here are the new stats:

3dMark
8601 1.33 ghz Athlon
9092 1.4 ghz XP

UT
107 1.33 ghz athlon
115 ghz XP

UT2003 Flyby
118 1.33 ghz athlon
126 1.4 ghz XP

UT2003 Botmatch
43 1.33 ghz athlon
46 1.4 ghz XP

not a huge upgrade but a little bit helps.

Wolverine of Ambush! · « **Reply #89 on:** December 20, 2002, 04:00:46 PM »

All I need is a new vid card and I will be up there with you guys! woo hoo!

Who knows what Christmas this year may bring?

Boomslang · « **Reply #90 on:** December 22, 2002, 07:15:06 PM »

Friday, December 20, 2002
CATALYST 3.0 - 10:49 am EST - G.I.Bro
Bring on cinematic realism! Today Microsoft released DirectX 9 to the world. DirectX 9 is an API (Application Programming Interface) built into Windows, that provides direct access to your graphics hardware.

Simply put, DirectX is a Windows technology that enables higher performance in graphics and sound when you're playing games or watching video on your PC.* DirectX 9 will enable movie-like graphics with its advanced nature.

Once again ATI and its industry-leading software suite CATALYST, pave the way for more realistic visual experiences.
All ATI graphic card owners with a RADEON class VPU will benefit from DX9.
Instructions:
1) Download DirectX9 from Microsoft DX9
2) Download CATALYST driver from ATI CATALYST 3.0
3) Check out the demos and screensavers at the same page as number 2 (for RADEON 9500/9700 series cards).
4) Stare at screen in amazement!

As if that is not enough, there is more!

As with most CATALYST(tm) releases, the performance has increased in many various situations. Here are some examples observed in CATALYST(tm) version 3.0.

A performance improvement of up to 35% at high resolutions is noticed in the game Jedi Knight. This performance improvement is noticed across all ATI RADEON(tm) products.
The RADEON(tm) 9000 PRO experiences a performance improvement of 2% to 4% in the game Return to Castle Wolfenstein
The RADEON(tm) 8500 experiences a performance improvement of 6% in the game Return to Castle Wolfenstein
The RADEON(tm) 7500 experiences a performance improvement of 5% in the game Return to Castle Wolfenstein
The RADEON 9000 PRO experiences a performance improvement of 6% to 12% in the game Dungeon Siege
The RADEON(tm) 8500 experiences a performance improvement of up to 10% in the game Dungeon Siege
The RADEON(tm) 7500 experiences a performance improvement of 8 to 15% in the game Dungeon Siege
The RADEON(tm) 7000 experiences a performance improvement of 12 to 14% in the game Dungeon Siege
The RADEON(tm) 7000 experiences a performance of 5% to 8% in the game Unreal Tournament 2003

Enjoy them all, and seasons greetings from all your friends at ATI & R3D!!
Terry Makedon
Sr. Product Manager - CATALYST

There you have it boys and girls, the cat is finally out of the bag. Be sure to jump over to our FORUMS to thank ATi and MS for a job well done!

opiesilver · « **Reply #91 on:** December 23, 2002, 07:36:28 PM »

This is going to be my next upgrade.

http://www.coolerexpress.com/clearacatxca.html

ZWarrior · « **Reply #92 on:** December 24, 2002, 09:03:28 AM »

Better get rounded cables, and a lit of wire meshing!

All the mess is gonna show otherwise.

ZWarrior · « **Reply #93 on:** December 24, 2002, 09:08:45 AM »

Here is nVidia's statement about there products and Dx9.

http://nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=IO_20021218_8063

Spade · « **Reply #94 on:** December 26, 2002, 05:31:51 PM »

Wolfy found a nice card for the money. It compares to the 4600 for about $200.00 and has extra bells and whistles. Yes it is a DX 8.1 card but is asus and supports AGP 8x. Nice find Wolfy.

Here for Asus:
http://usa.asus.com/vga/agpv9280/overview.htm

Here for Benchmarks at Sharky's:
http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardware/videocards/article.php/3211_1554221__1

opiesilver · « **Reply #95 on:** December 26, 2002, 06:30:51 PM »

I've got the 4400 version of that card.

Wolverine of Ambush! · « **Reply #96 on:** December 27, 2002, 01:09:36 PM »

Opiesilver,

Do you have the Asus V8440 ? If so, how do you like it?

opiesilver · « **Reply #97 on:** December 28, 2002, 01:09:35 AM »

I do and I love it. I had had no issues with it when using the NVIDA ref driver.

Boomslang · « **Reply #98 on:** December 28, 2002, 06:12:13 AM »

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ZWarrior · « **Reply #99 on:** December 30, 2002, 08:01:18 AM »

First, it was spam. I hate spam regardless of the content.

Second, it's a Compaq so there is bound to be issues at upgrade time. Unless you do like Opie and use it only for work stuff and have another machine for gaming.

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