Replaced 6800GT with 7950GT... results..

Moo wrote:

Oh yeah, I'm using generic PC3200 ram too (just for info), that guide
makes a point of getting the ram right as well as the CPU.


You are not going to notice a real world increase in FPS no matter how
much of the expected OC you can achieve.

It might be measurable, but not noticeable unless under very specific
circumstances with very specific games.

Sorry, but go ahead and do it for the experience, it only hurts when you
break something you have to pay for. Can you afford a mistake?

"Moo" wrote in message
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So I replaced my 6800GT with a 7950GT today as games were struggling
somewhat. I priced a new system at around £700 but since that's a bit
beyond my price range I opted for a graphics card update and I will
upgrade the entire pc at a later date.

Unfortunately I didn't run 3dmark06 (free version 1.1.0) with my 6800GT in
so I can't compare to the results I got now (daft of me I know), but I've
just ran 3dmark06 and I got a result of 4239.

I wasn't expecting a WOW amount of increase with the new card but this
figure seems a little low to me (based on what I know of 3dmark06), as I'm
only using the free version of 3dmark I can't directly compare to other
systems with a similar configuration to me but on the graph it shows my pc
at the lower end of the scale, the lowest score being 4195.

I'm running the latest beta drivers, I drivercleaned before installing the
new card.

I know that my ram & CPU are probably letting me down (1.5 gig,
non-matched) but given the price it wouldn't be worth me replacing it, I
would spend a few quid on another 512meg to fill the last slot though.

My processor is a pentium 4 3.2ghz and I'm running windows XP.

Is there anything else I should be looking at or is this the best I'm
going to get? Should I look at clocking the card a bit, if so what is the
best software to do that as I've heard ntune is poo.

Many thanks!!

Moo

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You don't say (someone else does) that your card is an AGP. If it is AGP,
for about £90 you could get a 2GHz Conroe E2180 and this board:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...-011-AK&tool=3

These are among the last options if you're with AGP and you want a Core 2
Duo. It uses DDR or DDR2, has AGP and PCI-E slots, so you just stick your
old memory and 7950gt in and get a huge boost in performance on the CPU
front. I did a similar thing, did a fresh install of my windows XP home OEM,
and as soon as XP asked, I activated it over the internet. None of the usual
'you have made changes to your system and need to call microsoft". It worked
perfectly. Stopped me from having to waste money on a new OS. It might not
be the best overclocking board in the universe but it will more likely than
not allow you to run at a 40% overclock and give you a massive speed
increase where you need it. It's a rock solid board too, very stable.

Dr.White.

Dr.White wrote:
"Moo" wrote in message
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So I replaced my 6800GT with a 7950GT today as games were struggling
somewhat. I priced a new system at around £700 but since that's a bit
beyond my price range I opted for a graphics card update and I will
upgrade the entire pc at a later date.

Unfortunately I didn't run 3dmark06 (free version 1.1.0) with my 6800GT in
so I can't compare to the results I got now (daft of me I know), but I've
just ran 3dmark06 and I got a result of 4239.

I wasn't expecting a WOW amount of increase with the new card but this
figure seems a little low to me (based on what I know of 3dmark06), as I'm
only using the free version of 3dmark I can't directly compare to other
systems with a similar configuration to me but on the graph it shows my pc
at the lower end of the scale, the lowest score being 4195.

I'm running the latest beta drivers, I drivercleaned before installing the
new card.

I know that my ram & CPU are probably letting me down (1.5 gig,
non-matched) but given the price it wouldn't be worth me replacing it, I
would spend a few quid on another 512meg to fill the last slot though.

My processor is a pentium 4 3.2ghz and I'm running windows XP.

Is there anything else I should be looking at or is this the best I'm
going to get? Should I look at clocking the card a bit, if so what is the
best software to do that as I've heard ntune is poo.

Many thanks!!

Moo

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My blog - http://degeneratemoo.livejournal.com

You don't say (someone else does) that your card is an AGP. If it is AGP,
for about £90 you could get a 2GHz Conroe E2180 and this board:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...-011-AK&tool=3

These are among the last options if you're with AGP and you want a Core 2
Duo. It uses DDR or DDR2, has AGP and PCI-E slots, so you just stick your
old memory and 7950gt in and get a huge boost in performance on the CPU
front. I did a similar thing, did a fresh install of my windows XP home OEM,
and as soon as XP asked, I activated it over the internet. None of the usual
'you have made changes to your system and need to call microsoft". It worked
perfectly. Stopped me from having to waste money on a new OS. It might not
be the best overclocking board in the universe but it will more likely than
not allow you to run at a 40% overclock and give you a massive speed
increase where you need it. It's a rock solid board too, very stable.

Dr.White.



That's an interesting idea.... I'll have a think about it. Thanks.

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