7900 gs 256 mb gfx card

ginge51 · Dec 12, 2006, 08:58 PM

hi all

1st post here

i seen this review of the exact card i have on your site
http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews/...onic/index.php

problem is the setup you use on the review i have a near setup to that but get no way near the performance marks you gave the card in the review any1 got any ideas to what could be bottlenecking my computer please or any info whatsoever to make my rig get the kinda results you got with the card in your review?

you used this setup system
amd athlon 64 x2 4600----i have the 4400 dual core cpu
gigabyte ga-k8nf-9----i have the asrock dual sata 2 motherboard
2 gig of mem----i have 1.5 gig of mem
palit 7900gs 256 mb gfx card----palit i have the 7900gs 256 mb card

any help would be greatly apriciated as i have a simlar setup but get no way near the resolutions you use or scores from the review

thx

ginge51 · Dec 12, 2006, 09:42 PM

any1????

aNy_oNE · Dec 12, 2006, 10:35 PM

Was the Palit they reviewed a Sonic version of the card, and yours a normal one? Palit make better versions of some cards called "Sonic" (eg. Palit 7600GS Sonic), these give faster performance than normal cards.

ginge51 · Dec 12, 2006, 11:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aNy_oNE

Was the Palit they reviewed a Sonic version of the card, and yours a normal one? Palit make better versions of some cards called "Sonic" (eg. Palit 7600GS Sonic), these give faster performance than normal cards.

ueah i was wondering that asell m8???

mione is that exact card though possibly the sonic version is just abit more overclocked them my standard gfx card either way im still getting piss poor performance

fobis · Dec 13, 2006, 05:44 PM

Do you have all of your mobo drivers and graphics drivers completely updated?
And yes.. that card in the review was a Sonic card...

ginge51 · Dec 13, 2006, 07:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fobis

Do you have all of your mobo drivers and graphics drivers completely updated?
And yes.. that card in the review was a Sonic card...

good question

i have the asrock dual sata 2 motherboard

this 1

http://www.asrock.com/support/downlo...=939Dual-SATA2

problem being on that download drivers page which 1 is the motherboard driver???
is it intergrated into the sound driver because that file is like 20 meg+ but theres no mention on the website about drivers for this board???
i hope some1 can help me out here

thx

fobis · Dec 13, 2006, 08:42 PM

Well, what people mean by motherboard drivers is usually all of the drivers needed to properly run each component. So... in your case, the sound, LAN, SATAII, RAID, audio, and AGP all matter.
Just get the appropriate one of each and make sure you're all updated.
Just make sure you cleanly remove your old drivers using DriverCleaner (obtainable from www.drivercleaner.net).

ginge51 · Dec 14, 2006, 08:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fobis

Well, what people mean by motherboard drivers is usually all of the drivers needed to properly run each component. So... in your case, the sound, LAN, SATAII, RAID, audio, and AGP all matter.
Just get the appropriate one of each and make sure you're all updated.
Just make sure you cleanly remove your old drivers using DriverCleaner (obtainable from www.drivercleaner.net).

thx for helping m8
but seeing how i use a pci-e gfx card will i need to download the agp drivers????
sounds dumb i know sorry but better safe then sorry

fobis · Dec 14, 2006, 05:54 PM

I would assume no, but you'd have to ask ASRock about that one.
But, I'm pretty sure it's a no.

Im_TRAGIC_Foo · Feb 1, 2007, 11:17 AM

i got a PNY 7900GS while it plays nice with everything i run its a bit slow. i just switched to PCI-X and was hoping for better performance, but to tell ya the truth i should of just waited and got a 8800, atleast i would of been ready for D3d 10. i think part of the problem is the mobo, im running the gigabyte P965 S3 and i beleive i should of waited on that too and sprung for the 975.
check this out:

my old system i just replaced
3dmark05
Score: 5710 Date:
2005-11-12
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 3208 MHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
410 MHz / 1080 MHz
OS: Microsoft Windows XPRes: 1024x768@32 bit

my new system:
3dmark05
Score: 4357

Date:
2007-01-20
CPU: Intel Core 2 2208 MHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
482 MHz / 675 MHz
OS: Microsoft Windows XPRes: 1024x768@32 bit

fobis · Feb 1, 2007, 06:07 PM

There is NO WAY that your new system would run slower than your old system.
A 7900GS will dominate a 6800GT, and a Core 2 Duo will run WAY faster than a P4.
Something is definitely wrong with the score there....

Im_TRAGIC_Foo · Feb 2, 2007, 11:39 AM

i just re ran some benchmarks, while the new system IS faster than my old one its not by much.
3dmark03
Score: 21710 Date:
2005-02-02
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 3208 MHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
410 MHz / 1080 MHz
OS: Microsoft Windows XPRes: 1024x768@32 bit

my new system:
3dmark03
Score: 24357
Date:
2007-02-02
CPU: Intel Core 2 2208 MHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
482 MHz / 675 MHz
OS: Microsoft Windows XPRes: 1024x768@32 bit

fobis · Feb 2, 2007, 01:28 PM

I think 3DMark06 will give you the biggest comparison between the two cards. IIRC, the 7900GS is better than the 6800GT in SM2.0 stuff, but seeing how the 7 series handled SM3.0 than the 6 series, the 7900GS should kill the 6800GT there. But I was incorrect it my last post when I said a 7900GS will dominate a 6800GT. It'll be better, but not as drastically as I think you were looking for.