Just upgraded from an Nvidia 7950 x2 to a Saphire HD 4870. !st thinng I did after installing drivers was run 3DMark06, and my performance has leapt from 7900 marks on the NV, to a massive 8600 on the Radeon . SM2 is the same score as the 7950 (3300) SM3 went up to 4600 from 3400 CPU obviously is the same (1980) I ran the easy install from the CD, which looked like it installed all the bits, including .Net 2 so I think it ran ok. I've just downloaded Catalyst 8.7, and wondering how to install? Any ideas please? specs mobo Nvidia sli590 cpu AMD AM2 5000 x2 RAm=2gb PSU 650w Windows XP pro sp3
Hi first of all forget about 3d mark 06 ga for vantuge, your cpu is the problem imo try to overclock it, uninstall the driver you have on restart your pc and install the 8.7 driver many people like to run driver sweep or something like that but i never do and never had a problem. But realy you should oc your cpu.......again imo. Why do you use the word net? are you afrikaans? o and welcome to G3D!
What I allways when getting a new card and stuff is format drive after backing up the stuff that you need and then reinstall windows just to make sure everything works flawless. your cpu should be able to pull the card better then that so try reinstalling windows.
Most people use driver cleaner to make sure there is no conflict with old card drivers you can give that a try if you dont want to reinstall windows.
Thanks guys RIP - I read earlier to make sure the initial driver installation installed winows .NET framework correcly. WHich it seemed to do. I thought Vantage was only for Vista & DX10 users? OK - i'll try the new driver. Just wondered if it needed anything extra rather than a straight un-install/re-install. I've been thinking about re-installng windows for a while, so may try it soon and see what happens. Thanks again
well - i cleaned and re-installed the drivers (8.7) and now i'm getting 9500 on 3dmark06 SM2- 3700 SM3- 5500 CPU- 1980 so its a bit better Still, as its only half the price I paid for the 7950x2 2 years ago I'm quite pleased. Thanks all
Well - I've been trying various games, UT3 - cranked upto max settings, still more FPs and looks AMAZING! UT2004 - flippin awful, with some textures missing. may need reinstalling. GTR2 - again cranked to max, more FPs, cars looks 200% better FSX - no real improvement here visualwise (not surprising), but it has fixed the problem I had where the game would crash if I tried to access the ALT menu from the cockpit still experimenting, but results are VERY pleasing
Good to see another satisfied 4870 user, I can't wait to join the HD48 series club......ATi NEEDS to launch the 4870 X2 asap, I NEED it bad!:wanker: Meanwhile, I'm just chugging along with my present cards....:bang:
i've been telling this more than once , 3dmark06 is a crappy bench it can only serve as a comparison between identical systems it doesn't tell you how you're gaming is going to be im glad you've found that out and welkome you to the happy hd4800 series guru3d corner cheers
It's totally related to cpu speed, i got 10k from a 3870, a64x2 5200+ (2mb cache version) Be sure that your setup is faster in 99% of new games with higher iq settings
I'm from SA. If u looking for the new 48** give me a pm and i'll hook u up. Die kart is lekka fokken goed. :banana:
Message to op, your computer is entirely CPU bottlenecked right now. For example, I have two 3870HD's in crossfire, my UT3 FPS went from 25FPS with a Athlon 5600+ to 90+FPS with a Phenom 9850 in DX10, and the 9850 still has bandwidth to spare