X1950 PRO 512 AGP

Racerboyf1 · Post by **Racerboyf1** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:42 pm

OK so I have been running this card x1950 pro 512 agp for a while now and decided to run some benchmarks. WTF is going on? Scores have dropped by around 17%. I was using a x800xl. I'm going to plug it back in and see what happens, but damn that just doesn't sound right.

snowking03 · Post by **snowking03** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:01 pm

Make sure your drivers are proper =)

Your settings might also have something to do with it.

Racerboyf1 · Post by **Racerboyf1** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 11:25 pm

Drivers are catalyst 7.1 and I've tried a bunch of different settings so far. I think I might try a fresh install of windows. I've been running the same install for over 2 years now. I used to install fresh once a year.

Racerboyf1 · Post by **Racerboyf1** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 3:04 pm

I rolled the drivers back and ran bechmarks again. 3dmark03 went from 12203 to 15023. 3dmark05 went from 5797 to 7934. 3dmark06 went from 2028 to 4409. I am happy so far with all the benchmarks, but what has me confused is 3dmark2001se, the scores went from 23171 to 22716. WTF is up with that??????

I have not done a fresh install of windows yet, but plan to very soon.

dgood · Post by **dgood** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 3:11 pm

you post those benches on hwbot.org?

cyberneticimplant · Post by **cyberneticimplant** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 3:13 pm

3dmark2001se, the scores went from 23171 to 22716. WTF is up with that??????

Maybe the older software favours older cards? X800XL has 16 pixel pipelines while X1950Pro has 12. The score may not be so surprising.

Racerboyf1 · Post by **Racerboyf1** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 3:53 pm

cyberneticimplant wrote:
3dmark2001se, the scores went from 23171 to 22716. WTF is up with that??????
Maybe the older software favours older cards? X800XL has 16 pixel pipelines while X1950Pro has 12. The score may not be so surprising.

OK thanks.

Racerboyf1 · Post by **Racerboyf1** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 3:54 pm

dgood wrote:you post those benches on hwbot.org?

I had never heard of it before, but I just did posted my scores.

dgood · Post by **dgood** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 3:59 pm

http://forums.legitreviews.com/viewtopic.php?t=7486
we have a thread about it lol.

dgood · Post by **dgood** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:20 pm

[#3 single Radeon X1950 Pro 512mb in 3Dmark 2003] : #3 Radeon X1950 Pro 512mb in 3Dmark 2003 with 15023 marks
well done man way to pull out some points on your card.
however your card is agp not pcie so you may be able to get more points for that if we can specify that or not. I'll post that on benching thread.

Racerboyf1 · Post by **Racerboyf1** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:55 pm

dgood wrote:[#3 single Radeon X1950 Pro 512mb in 3Dmark 2003] : #3 Radeon X1950 Pro 512mb in 3Dmark 2003 with 15023 marks
well done man way to pull out some points on your card.
however your card is agp not pcie so you may be able to get more points for that if we can specify that or not. I'll post that on benching thread.

I did not notice a place to include that. Is there anything else I can do to add points? I read in the thread you pointed to something about screenshots? I can do that if it will add points.

setscrew · Post by **setscrew** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 7:28 am

Once your install is verified stable and the performance is acceptable to you, the cessation of benchmark programs my bring you peace of mind. I ceased worrying about synthetic measures a year ago and focused on real world gameplay. My life is so much better once I stopped worrying about every little point.

With regards to the CCC, I typically eschew that piece of bloatware in favor of the stand alone driver combined with tray tools (fan and temperature).