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Bloody
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Posted - Mar 11 2006 : 09:18:57
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Hey any of you looking to upgrade right now, there are a couple newish cards out that are great.
AGP, 7800GS. If you have a good system (say something like a 754 based AMD 64 bit system) that has AGP, that is a good little card.
PCI-E, 6800GS. If you have a PCI-E based system, this little card is GREAT. Just built a system for my bro with one of these (can add second in SLI later) and the card rocks. Check out the specs, and for the price, WOW.
His system scores just under 4000 in 3DMark06, and I built it for just under $1,000!
Asus A8N SLI
AMD 64bit 3700+
4X512 Mb of Patriot Extreme DDR400
Evga 6800GS 256Mb card
Sony DVD-RW
Antec True Power 2 550W PS
I had an old case, WD 80Gig drive, and floopy for him.
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Specimen-OMO
OMO stalker
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Posted - Mar 11 2006 : 11:13:31
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Nice Blody! The 7800 cards are still ay up there. It's good to know the 6800's are still respectable.
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Bloody
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Posted - Mar 11 2006 : 23:15:46
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Yea, that new 6800GS has some great specs for sure.
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Specimen-OMO
OMO stalker
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Posted - Mar 12 2006 : 05:38:57
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Catheter. The new drivers helped my 9600 card so they should help your smokin card too.
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CackNBallz
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Posted - Mar 13 2006 : 06:35:59
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Hmmm... I guess it's time to download Catalyst 6.3! I got a framerate boost with the new patch to levels around pre-1.2 so I'm happy with that, but I am still having a choppy framerate especially on Daqing Oilfields and the other large Chinese maps.
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Catheter-OMO
Man 'O War
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Posted - Mar 13 2006 : 07:51:23
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After getting a decent connection for the first time in months, the game played so well (even tho I didn't), I'm almost afraid to change anything :D
But I'll probably upgrade to 6.3 today.
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Dementia-OMO
Freak of Internet Gaming
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Posted - Mar 13 2006 : 08:40:14
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nooooooooooooooo don't do it Cath... we won't see you for another month.
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Catheter-OMO
Man 'O War
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Posted - Mar 13 2006 : 10:12:11
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He he he. Ok someone verify the driver version and date for me. I just installed the 6.3 drivers and it says Version 8.231.0.0 date: 2/21/2006
I ran 3DMark06 before and after installing the new driver and all scores were identical. I think that's odd cus I've never ran it twice, before, and not got some veriation, without any hardware changes.
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Older- OMO
I got my bike at the ScooterStore
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Posted - Mar 13 2006 : 10:30:22
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I think the date was the creation of the final candidate for release. The date wouldn't reflect the GA data as that would imply a code change after testing, which despite being minor, could be cause for testing again (sounds like an endless circle).
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Catheter-OMO
Man 'O War
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Posted - Mar 13 2006 : 10:33:06
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I thought that would be release date. Can someone verify the version? I'm not sure I actually got the update installed.
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Bedpan-OMO
Too much coffee, Not a good thing.
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Posted - Mar 13 2006 : 10:37:38
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I installed 6.3 Saturday and all is fine with my system! I used their uninstaller first, then did the install of 6.3.
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Older- OMO
I got my bike at the ScooterStore
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Posted - Mar 13 2006 : 11:14:36
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8.231 is the correct version.
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Specimen-OMO
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Posted - Mar 13 2006 : 11:51:27
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I think the 6.3 upgrade is much better that the 6.1-6.2 that seemed to be a backward step. maybe a marketing ploy?? A couple of new cards came out right after the 6.2.......
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Older- OMO
I got my bike at the ScooterStore
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 Posted - Apr 13 2006 : 17:51:37
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Originally posted by Older- OMO
OK I am back for more with the release of the 6.3 ATI Drivers. I wasn't expecting much, but again am pleasantly surprised.
3Dmark06 score 4657 (+170)
SP2 score: 2174 (+90)
SP3 score: 2459 (+123)
CPU score: 993 (+8)
OK here's the latest after the 6.4 Drivers were installed. I'll take the results. Not sure why one went down.
3Dmark06 score 4914 (+257)
SP2 score: 2150 (-24)
SP3 score: 2564 (+105)
CPU score: 1013 (+20)
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medicated
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Posted - Apr 14 2006 : 03:30:19
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Well, I came in late on this one guys but heres my setup..Biostar T-Force 939 mobo, 7800GTX vid, 2 gigs PC4000 DDR and of course watercooling and skillfull overclocking of my little 2.2 ghz 3500+ Venice core @ 2.726 ghz.
3D Mark 2006
3DMarks 4506
SM2.0 2078
SM3.0 2044
CPU 1053
Sweet for 1000.00
Wish I could just build everyone one just like it. But several parts were just lyin around and I used what I had. This comp was just an experiment with a few economy parts mixed with a couple of high end parts to see just how cheap performance could be had for. Ive proved to myself you cant buy that speed in a production machine for less than 1800.00
I think Ill try it again after I install my 148 Opteron chip in the place of the 3500+ Venice. the extra 512k on die should push my score up a little more and with its reputation for hitting 3 ghz. I just may get the big score....of course I have to tear into 2 perfectly fine running computers to do this but then I may get bored some afernoon or weekend....5000 marks would be too sweet.
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Older- OMO
I got my bike at the ScooterStore
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Posted - Apr 14 2006 : 08:36:57
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Yea, I am CPU constrained at 3.4 ghz with no ability to overclock it. I am looking into some additional cooling, but I have maxed out everything else except for the MOBO and CPU. I have all my graphics dialed up high with a moderate overclock. I am going to move everything to performance and see if I can break 5000.
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Older- OMO
I got my bike at the ScooterStore
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Posted - May 20 2006 : 14:09:46
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Added a couple of case fans (overheated a few times last night) and cranked up the card (still under the recommended overdrive setting). System is running much cooler.
3Dmark06 score 4958 (+44)
SP2 score: 2192 (+42)
SP3 score: 2578 (+14)
CPU score: 1015 (+2)
Hopefully the fans will keep things running.
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Older- OMO
I got my bike at the ScooterStore
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Posted - May 25 2006 : 19:57:42
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Back with the 6.5 driver update. This was the least gain for a driver so far, but it made the Control Center application run faster.
3Dmark06 score 4988 (+30)
SP2 score: 2211 (+19)
SP3 score: 2600 (+22)
CPU score: 1014 (-1)
A gain is a gain...
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Catheter-OMO
Man 'O War
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Posted - Jul 25 2006 : 15:53:37
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Ok here are my latest 3DMark06:
3DMark 5296
SM2 2111
SM3 2344
CPU 1657
This is with ATI OD on and my processor not OCed
Older I get SM2 and SM3. What is SP2 and SP3? And how did you get 3 to jump up so high. At one point it went up about 90-100 pts.
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Older- OMO
I got my bike at the ScooterStore
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Posted - Jul 25 2006 : 16:16:25
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typos. must have copiesd it incorrectly at one point and kept going with it. Great CPU score, that's where you are kicking my butt with your dual core dealeo. I OC'd my card (X1900XT) up to the X1900XTX specs, core speed (650MHz) and memory clock (1550MHz). The highest score might have had the core speed a touch higher. The card seems more sensitive to cranking up the memory clock speed. I noticed that my setting were wiped, so I am testing at 650 MHZ on the core and 1550MHz on the memory.
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