Performance problems

Ashtareth · Apr 18, 2003, 05:16 PM

Recently got my radeon 9700 pro. Installed the 3.2 catalyst and then the 9800 soft mod patch.

My system specs:

AMD Athlon XP 2100
512mb kingston pc2700 DDR
sound blaster live!Value!
viewsonic E70 monitor.
soltek kt-333 mobo with 1.8 bios
latest via drivers
4xagp
(anything else i forget?)

Anyways, ran the 3dmark2003 program and was getting horrible scores, 2100-2280 on average. Every game test was around 3-11fps except the beginning plane that was at 50fps.

ran 3dmark using the default driver setting 'balanced' then 'performance' and then 'quality'

they were nearly all the same, except for a slight difference in the driver settings for 'performance' but the test graphics were horrid.

Wondering if those scored are normal for a non-overclocked card, or if those are considerbly low, any ideas or ways to figure whats causing the problem/blottleneck?

Checked on 3dmarks site and saw that most ppl with my same config were getting 4500+ and on 3dmark2001 SE they were getting 13000-16000. I was getting only 8000 average.

***Zardon*** · Apr 18, 2003, 05:20 PM

Did you upgrade from an nvidia card? did you properly clean the drivers etc? how old is your OS install?

have you gone through your bios? agp aperture settings, ram timings etc? what about your PSU, can you give us voltages? what drivers have you installed?

Ashtareth · Apr 18, 2003, 05:42 PM

1. completely fresh OS install. (formatted the computer)
2. agp apperature size is 64mb. had it to set to 128mb, but made no difference.
3. unsure on where i check for voltages and ram timing, if you mean ram speed then its 333mhz.
4. PSU?

Sorry if im not too accurate on what you asked...new to all this

Ashtareth · Apr 19, 2003, 11:52 PM

So any help on trying to fix the card? or what tweaks would be needed?
Btw, bios revision 1.8 was the only driver besides windows and the vid drivers

*OpenGL guy* · Apr 20, 2003, 12:40 PM

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Originally posted by Ashtareth
So any help on trying to fix the card? or what tweaks would be needed?
Btw, bios revision 1.8 was the only driver besides windows and the vid drivers

Make sure that AA or AF aren't enabled. In the control panel, you should set AA and AF to "Application Preference".

Other than that, I am stumped...

Kombatant · Apr 20, 2003, 12:44 PM

Don't want to alarm you or anything, but are you sure you have a 9700Pro? Was the card you got a retail one?

Ashtareth · Apr 21, 2003, 04:56 PM

Ya, its retail version 9700 pro. got it directly from Bestbuy.

The375Boy · Apr 21, 2003, 09:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ashtareth
Checked on 3dmarks site and saw that most ppl with my same config were getting 4500+ and on 3dmark2001 SE they were getting 13000-16000. I was getting only 8000 average.

same here i only get 9000- maybe 10000 in 3d 2001 se

Ashtareth · Apr 22, 2003, 12:44 AM

Figured out my problem. For some reason 3 hardware devices were using IRQ 11...when i finally managed to get my vid only on 11, the performance jumped up a bit. Guessing it may have been bottlenecked there.

Also, does ansio filtering do anything? ran unreal 2 with 16x then with 2x...looked exactly the same...or am i just blind?

The375Boy · Apr 22, 2003, 01:06 AM

yeah all they do is make the image not a rough looking but it takes up ALOT of power so you'll most likely be running lower fps and not scoring as high on the benchmarking

Apr 18, 2003, 05:16 PM	#1
Ashtareth DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 39 Rep Power: 0	Performance problems Recently got my radeon 9700 pro. Installed the 3.2 catalyst and then the 9800 soft mod patch. My system specs: AMD Athlon XP 2100 512mb kingston pc2700 DDR sound blaster live!Value! viewsonic E70 monitor. soltek kt-333 mobo with 1.8 bios latest via drivers 4xagp (anything else i forget?) Anyways, ran the 3dmark2003 program and was getting horrible scores, 2100-2280 on average. Every game test was around 3-11fps except the beginning plane that was at 50fps. ran 3dmark using the default driver setting 'balanced' then 'performance' and then 'quality' they were nearly all the same, except for a slight difference in the driver settings for 'performance' but the test graphics were horrid. Wondering if those scored are normal for a non-overclocked card, or if those are considerbly low, any ideas or ways to figure whats causing the problem/blottleneck? Checked on 3dmarks site and saw that most ppl with my same config were getting 4500+ and on 3dmark2001 SE they were getting 13000-16000. I was getting only 8000 average.

Apr 18, 2003, 05:20 PM	#2
*Zardon* enchanted Join Date: May 2002 Location: Driverheaven Posts: 32,267 Rep Power: 3150	welcome to the forum ! Did you upgrade from an nvidia card? did you properly clean the drivers etc? how old is your OS install? have you gone through your bios? agp aperture settings, ram timings etc? what about your PSU, can you give us voltages? what drivers have you installed?

Apr 20, 2003, 12:44 PM	#6
Kombatant DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Athens, Hellas Posts: 813 Rep Power: 47	Don't want to alarm you or anything, but are you sure you have a 9700Pro? Was the card you got a retail one? __________________ There is no spoon... Kombatant's Lair I no longer work for AMD kthx ^_^

Apr 22, 2003, 01:06 AM	#10
The375Boy LowRyder LifeStyle Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Vineland NJ Posts: 710 Rep Power: 0	yeah all they do is make the image not a rough looking but it takes up ALOT of power so you'll most likely be running lower fps and not scoring as high on the benchmarking __________________ Antec SHOHO AMG plus view AMD64 3200+ FSB-133 asus K8v SE Deluxe PC2700 Maxtor 80gig ATA133 7200 RPM 8mb cache Maxtor 30 gig 5600RPM Creative 6.1 surround speakers ATI RADEON 9800 PRO + stage 1 OcSystems Microsoft Windows Xp Pro sp2 SB live 5.1 sound card Logitech cordless elite Duo 450 watt Psu

Apr 18, 2003, 05:42 PM	#3
Ashtareth DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 39 Rep Power: 0	1. completely fresh OS install. (formatted the computer) 2. agp apperature size is 64mb. had it to set to 128mb, but made no difference. 3. unsure on where i check for voltages and ram timing, if you mean ram speed then its 333mhz. 4. PSU? Sorry if im not too accurate on what you asked...new to all this

Apr 19, 2003, 11:52 PM	#4
Ashtareth DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 39 Rep Power: 0	So any help on trying to fix the card? or what tweaks would be needed? Btw, bios revision 1.8 was the only driver besides windows and the vid drivers

Apr 21, 2003, 04:56 PM	#7
Ashtareth DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 39 Rep Power: 0	Ya, its retail version 9700 pro. got it directly from Bestbuy.

Apr 22, 2003, 12:44 AM	#9
Ashtareth DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 39 Rep Power: 0	Figured out my problem. For some reason 3 hardware devices were using IRQ 11...when i finally managed to get my vid only on 11, the performance jumped up a bit. Guessing it may have been bottlenecked there. Also, does ansio filtering do anything? ran unreal 2 with 16x then with 2x...looked exactly the same...or am i just blind?