Is this all I get from a 9800pro???

[Pedro de BanDiT]

HI guys 'n gals,

I just brought myself a ATI Radeon Sapphire 9800 pro 128mb 256bit vid card.

I had a fair bit of trouble getting it to run with 8X AGP, as seeems usual, but now have that working.

Testing on 3DMark 2001 I'm getting a score of 11332 with 1024 x 768 - 32bit - 60Hz.

Looking around the net that seems low.....

Can anyone help me, I'm using Catalyst drivers v4.4.

My specs are:
MSI mb
CPU - XP2000
Ram - 1024mb DDR
80gb HD
Windows XP pro

Cheers for any ideas that might be forthcoming!

Pedro.

 

[Spartan 1394]

Do you have to latest driver for your motherboard, and have you updated Windows?

 

[Pedro de BanDiT]

Cheers Firewire,

Windows is updated... but as for the mb, I'm not sure. I'll check the MSI website and download the lastest drivers. Hmmm.... I did have to reload the 4 in1 drivers to be able to get the 8x AGP to work on the card... so I guess they won't be the lastest drivers!

Thanks mate,
Pedro.

 

[overclocker1]

i have a question for you: Do you like to overclock? and if u do i would suggest the omega drivers for overclocking that will get the best out of your card too

 

[Pedro de BanDiT]

Cheers Overclocker1,

Haven't overclocked anything... YET!

I did try the Omega drivers and were VERY impressed with the overclocking features! Still, I don't want to overclock the card until such time as I'm sure I'm getting everything from it bog standard.

What I'd really like to know is whether that 3dmark 2001 score of 11332 is acceptable.

Cheers,
Pedro.

 

[overclocker1]

well to tell u the truth i havent tried 3dmark 2001 yet. I am going to search if that score is goo. ok?

 

[overclocker1]

im sorry, i mean if the scores are good

 

[Pedro de BanDiT]

LOL, hopefully it'll be good....... but I'm thinking it'll be goo.....

I've seen guys with 256mb cards getting 20,000 plus!

I figure 11332 for a 128mb 256bit is a little low

Pedro.

 

[overclocker1]

well i checked with somebody and they said that thats an all right score but it can be higher

 

[Sprooty]

i have the same kind of PC and around same score..

Athlon Xp 2400+
1 GB PC 2700 DDR Ram
Radeon 9800xt 128mb
Seagate 7200 rpm