Hi, i have successfully modded my Ati 9800 Pro to a FireGL X2. I am using Maya 6 and now i am thinking about to buy a nvidia card to get a higher performance in Maya 6. Is it worthwhile to buy e.g. an Geforce 5900XT and softmod it or should i keep my ati card. I am also playing games so it should not be worse towards my old card. I have two os installed to switch between drivers.
I say, stick with your ATI and use the money to upgrade your CPU or memory. Those will be much important factors for Maya performance. Also, keep in mind that you will have worse IQ (Image Quality) and framerates with your DirectX 9 games if you get the 5900XT.
Thanks for your reply. I have forget to add that my system is based on an Athlon 1700+ FSB133@2900+FSB210 (2200 Mhz) and 1GB RAM DDR 400.
Hi Seestern, I moded my radeon 9800Pro@FireGL X2 128 and tested it with SPECviewperf 8.01. Results with Catalyst drivers: ---------- SUM_RESULTS\3DSMAX\SUMMARY.TXT 3dsmax-03 Weighted Geometric Mean = 8.096 ---------- SUM_RESULTS\CATIA\SUMMARY.TXT catia-01 Weighted Geometric Mean = 6.106 ---------- SUM_RESULTS\ENSIGHT\SUMMARY.TXT ensight-01 Weighted Geometric Mean = 9.438 ---------- SUM_RESULTS\LIGHT\SUMMARY.TXT light-07 Weighted Geometric Mean = 7.435 ---------- SUM_RESULTS\MAYA\SUMMARY.TXT maya-01 Weighted Geometric Mean = 10.14 ---------- SUM_RESULTS\PROE\SUMMARY.TXT proe-03 Weighted Geometric Mean = 7.461 ---------- SUM_RESULTS\SW\SUMMARY.TXT sw-01 Weighted Geometric Mean = 5.928 ---------- SUM_RESULTS\UGS\SUMMARY.TXT ugs-04 Weighted Geometric Mean = 6.854 And with FreeFireGL drivers: ---------- SUM_RESULTS\3DSMAX\SUMMARY.TXT 3dsmax-03 Weighted Geometric Mean = 8.096 ---------- SUM_RESULTS\CATIA\SUMMARY.TXT catia-01 Weighted Geometric Mean = 6.106 ---------- SUM_RESULTS\ENSIGHT\SUMMARY.TXT ensight-01 Weighted Geometric Mean = 9.438 ---------- SUM_RESULTS\LIGHT\SUMMARY.TXT light-07 Weighted Geometric Mean = 7.435 ---------- SUM_RESULTS\MAYA\SUMMARY.TXT maya-01 Weighted Geometric Mean = 10.14 ---------- SUM_RESULTS\PROE\SUMMARY.TXT proe-03 Weighted Geometric Mean = 7.461 ---------- SUM_RESULTS\SW\SUMMARY.TXT sw-01 Weighted Geometric Mean = 5.928 ---------- SUM_RESULTS\UGS\SUMMARY.TXT ugs-04 Weighted Geometric Mean = 6.854 the two benchs are pretty bad for a Radeon 9800Pro but it's even bad with fireGL drivers... :-/ What about you or someone else??? thx.
Hi (again) Seestern, I f**ked up in prvious message with the FireGL bench :-/ I moded my radeon 9800Pro@FireGL X2 128 and tested it with SPECviewperf 8.01. Results with Catalyst drivers: ---------- SUM_RESULTS\3DSMAX\SUMMARY.TXT 3dsmax-03 Weighted Geometric Mean = 8.096 ---------- SUM_RESULTS\CATIA\SUMMARY.TXT catia-01 Weighted Geometric Mean = 6.106 ---------- SUM_RESULTS\ENSIGHT\SUMMARY.TXT ensight-01 Weighted Geometric Mean = 9.438 ---------- SUM_RESULTS\LIGHT\SUMMARY.TXT light-07 Weighted Geometric Mean = 7.435 ---------- SUM_RESULTS\MAYA\SUMMARY.TXT maya-01 Weighted Geometric Mean = 10.14 ---------- SUM_RESULTS\PROE\SUMMARY.TXT proe-03 Weighted Geometric Mean = 7.461 ---------- SUM_RESULTS\SW\SUMMARY.TXT sw-01 Weighted Geometric Mean = 5.928 ---------- SUM_RESULTS\UGS\SUMMARY.TXT ugs-04 Weighted Geometric Mean = 6.854 And with FreeFireGL drivers: ---------- SUM_RESULTS\3DSMAX\SUMMARY.TXT 3dsmax-03 Weighted Geometric Mean = 2.692 ---------- SUM_RESULTS\CATIA\SUMMARY.TXT catia-01 Weighted Geometric Mean = 6.777 ---------- SUM_RESULTS\ENSIGHT\SUMMARY.TXT ensight-01 Weighted Geometric Mean = 0.8557 ---------- SUM_RESULTS\LIGHT\SUMMARY.TXT light-07 Weighted Geometric Mean = 8.976 ---------- SUM_RESULTS\MAYA\SUMMARY.TXT maya-01 Weighted Geometric Mean = 2.429 ---------- SUM_RESULTS\PROE\SUMMARY.TXT proe-03 Weighted Geometric Mean = 8.984 ---------- SUM_RESULTS\SW\SUMMARY.TXT sw-01 Weighted Geometric Mean = 5.171 ---------- SUM_RESULTS\UGS\SUMMARY.TXT ugs-04 Weighted Geometric Mean = 2.718 the two benchs are pretty bad for a Radeon 9800Pro but it's even bad with fireGL drivers... :-/ What about you or someone else??? thx.
i have only tested the maya benchmark: with catalyst 4.12 : maya-01 Weighted Geometric Mean = 13.40 with firegl 7.85: maya-01 Weighted Geometric Mean = 21.47 i have uploaded the driver for my collegues at university. I can send you the Link if you want.
