3dmark 01 & 03 on 5600XT

shunya · **3dmark 01 & 03 on 5600XT -** 03-19-2004, 03:39 | posts: 834 | Location: India

hey!

3dmark '01 se : 8276 marks

3dmark '03 : 1456 marks

athlon 2400+/512 MB Hynix DDR (133/266)
xfx geforce fx 5600 xt 256 megs (306/400), Det 56.64
asus a7v8 MoBo

just thought i'd check it out with you guys, I noticed my 3dmark '03 scores are almost as high as some of you guys who have Std or sometimes even ultra versions of the 5600/5700!!??, esp on 3dmark '03!.....Isn't the XT supposed to be plain vanilla???.....

And another thing, I noticed my 3dmark'01 scores are off whack compared to most i've read (10,000 +).....Any thoughts?

I'm pretty satisfied with the card for what it does, and am planning to upgrade to NV40/45 when it does release.....Any thoughts on that???

03-19-2004, 04:15 | posts: n/a

Your 3DMark03 score is too low, FX5200's score the same.

L0cusT · **a -** 03-19-2004, 07:20 | posts: 198 | Location: Montreal

Yeah, i got a better score with my 5200 , you need to overclock it if you didnt do it

get riva tuner http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=163

and upgrade you drivers

plz after tell me your score, im about to change my 5200 for a 5600 really soon

Jhetski · 03-19-2004, 09:10 | posts: 2,610 | Location: Manila

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plz after tell me your score, im about to change my 5200 for a 5600 really soon

IMO not worth the change. 5600xt <--slow, 5600 <-- plain, 5600U flipchip <-- great but price sucks. you can get a 9600xt at that price.

stay with ur fx5200, then if you got nuff cash buy a better card higher than anyfx5600 line.

Jhetski · 03-19-2004, 09:11 | posts: 2,610 | Location: Manila

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great but price sucks. you can get a 9600xt at that price.

i mean almost same price but 9600xt is about 10-25US $ difference.

L0cusT · **h -** 03-19-2004, 09:20 | posts: 198 | Location: Montreal

hmmm ok ...

i though the 5600u was pretty good for the price, but i know its a better idea to wait like 2 month so the new cards will be avalaible and older ones will be cheaper ..i paid my fx 5200 135$ ( canadian dollars ) its like...75$ US

for like +50-100$ illl be able to buy a 9800 or a 5950 in 2 month ( not sure, but probably)

or maybe ill get my cash back and reinstall my old card ( voodoo 5 5500 ) for 2 months

sorry for my bad english its not my first language

shunya · **UPDATE!!! -** 03-20-2004, 00:15 | posts: 834 | Location: India

Hey!,

I got a huge increase in 3dmark03 scores (+600) by just fiddling with BIOS settings & upping the clocks to (315/433) from (306/400).....check it out

Primary Device NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600XT (Det 56.64

Anti-Aliasing None
Post-Processing No
Texture Filtering Optimal
Max Anisotropy 4
Vertex Shaders Optimal
Force PS 1.1 in GT2 & GT3 No
Repeat Tests 3 times
Fixed Framerate Off

Width 1024
Height 768

3DMark Score 2161 3DMarks

Width 800
Height 600

3DMark Score 2846 3DMarks

Family AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+
Internal Clock 1990 MHz
External Clock 133 MHz
Description NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600XT
Total Local Video Memory 256 MB
Driver Version 5.6.6.4
VGA Memory Clock 432 MHz
VGA Core Clock 315 MHz
Total Physical Memory 512 MB
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP