system performance

kylewo0 · Post by **kylewo0** » Wed May 07, 2003 7:40 pm

I have a GF4 4600 in my dual 546Mhz cpu and was wounding what the average performance you other guys get with ur video cards. My benchmark scores seem low and graphics in games are not reasonable

hyperspace · Post by **hyperspace** » Thu May 08, 2003 6:58 am

My comment.

Wolfram · Post by **Wolfram** » Thu May 08, 2003 8:30 am

kylewo0 wrote:I have a GF4 4600 in my dual 546Mhz cpu and was wounding what the average performance you other guys get with ur video cards. My benchmark scores seem low and graphics in games are not reasonable

kylewo0, 546 Mhz is WAY too slow to max out a Ti4600. Anandtech found that the Ti4600 isn´t even maxed out in 800x600 high detail with an XP @1733. It will be if you enable AA and AF and use a higher resolution. But with a 546 Mhz CPU, you won´t get high fps in newer and rather cpu bound games like UT2003, RTCW or DF:BHD even at low details. You can just go for the eye candy without losing fps. But on a low level. I assume it´s still ok for multiplayer, but definitely too slow for single player games.

loophole · Post by **loophole** » Tue Aug 26, 2003 8:18 pm

I'm running Dual celeron 300A @ 495 (110MHz x 4.5) with all the RAM timings and settings tripped out (640MB RAM) using WPCredit and an original 32MB GeForce 256 SDR card and I find I can play RTCW very well at most low resolutions (everything up to and including 1024 x 768 - monitor only handles up to 1280 x 1024 anyway) and is extremely playable.
Not only RTCW, but also GTA3 and Vice City run very well, not to mention Hot Pursuit 2 (although I can't play that at more than 800 x 600 without getting too low FPS). So yeah, I think the BP6 still has a fair bit of life in it even for the gamers.

Just my two pesos.

RRLedford · Post by **RRLedford** » Wed Aug 27, 2003 10:29 am

Kylewo, you might consider going with a DX9 video card like the ABIT Siluro FX-5200/128MB or the FX-5600/256MB. I understand that with the DX9 drivers the CPU has lessof a limiting effect on the GPU performance.
I'm very pleased with my ABIT SiluroFX-5200 in my BP6-P-III/1100E @110Mhz!!!
This card only cost me ~$80 at NewEgg.com

Post by **Derek** » Wed Aug 27, 2003 11:26 am

"Will Rock" does, and Doom3 will. Not sure about the others ATM.

iSDn · Post by **iSDn** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 6:18 pm

I will give Doom3 a try...i still was able to play Farcry on my BP6 with medium detail settings.

purrkur · Post by **purrkur** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 1:37 am

My .02c....

There have been questions concerning how good the 5200/5600 are as DX9 cards. I remember reading reviews of DX9 games that automatically switched one of these cards at least down to DX8.1. Pretty interesting in my opinion.

Also, Doom3 will also be available for Linux (and OS X) which means that it will also support OpenGL. That also means that if you are running Linux, nVidia is the way to go since it kicks ATi's ass when it comes to OpenGL.

Wolfram · Post by **Wolfram** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 3:32 am

purrkur wrote: Also, Doom3 will also be available for Linux (and OS X) which means that it will also support OpenGL. That also means that if you are running Linux, nVidia is the way to go since it kicks ATi's ass when it comes to OpenGL.

Looks like you're right: http://www2.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NjQy

InactiveX · Post by **InactiveX** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 3:47 am

Great link Wolfram. This part really piqued my interest:

Talking to John briefly about his overclocking comments made some things clear to us that many enthusiasts will need to be aware of. When he speaks of "new usage patterns" he is literally talking about transistors on some of new GPUs that are going to be used for the first time when you play DOOM 3 on your video card. So be aware that pushing your GPU MHz may get you different results in DOOM 3 than with other games.

iSDn · Post by **iSDn** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 7:38 am

purrkur wrote: Also, Doom3 will also be available for Linux (and OS X) which means that it will also support OpenGL.

I hope someone will convert the binaries to FreeBSD!

Billl · Post by **Billl** » Sun Jul 25, 2004 11:25 pm

RRLedford wrote:Kylewo, you might consider going with a DX9 video card like the ABIT Siluro FX-5200/128MB or the FX-5600/256MB. I understand that with the DX9 drivers the CPU has lessof a limiting effect on the GPU performance.
I'm very pleased with my ABIT SiluroFX-5200 in my BP6-P-III/1100E @110Mhz!!!
This card only cost me ~$80 at NewEgg.com

Wow this is a first! Only post I've seen him make that wasn't promoting a Promise card

Billl

RRLedford · Post by **RRLedford** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 1:54 am

Billl, my posts have little to do with promoting.
If you understood their intent, you would realize that helping people avoid the many kicks in the balls that the HPT366 has delivered to me personally, is why I post here.

iSDn · Post by **iSDn** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 4:16 am

Damn, Doom III doesn't have SMP support....here's what activision told me:

If you are asking if Doom 3 has Multi-Processor support, then the answer is no. You will gain no beniefits running two processors over one in this game.

It's a shame...

iSDn · Post by **iSDn** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 4:21 am

Sorry...please can someone delete this posting ?

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