Lower 3DMark06 score. Is it due to drivers?

HookeyStreet · Dec 7, 2007

Right guys. Ive got my HD3870 CrossFire setup up and running and Ive noticed something:

"my HD2900XT CrossFire setup scored better in 3DMark06!"

Now Im thinking this is due to bad drivers atm, but these are my scores so far:

HD2900XT X-Fire setup = 16462 (CPU @ 3.33GHz)

HD3870 X-Fire setup = 16204 (CPU @ 3.4GHz)

BTW, the CPU's being at slightly different speeds make very little difference (if any tbh)

So do we all agree that the current HD3870 drivers are a bit poor and these cards are only going to get better :confused:

PS: my games seem to run a bit smoother now (Crysis runs sweet, apart from X-Fire still not working on it lol)

-=CrAnSwIcK=- · Dec 7, 2007

water cooling CPU and GPU's and BIOS mods will take you to 20k, on a PCI-e 2.0 motherboard....

von kain · Dec 7, 2007

it might be the drivers or it might be that the 3870 are (in some cases) slower than the 2900 xt

Basard · Dec 7, 2007

Yeah, every time I see a super high 3dmark score, it's usually on a 2900xt, too bad they are only good at running 3dmark, HAH!

HookeyStreet · Dec 7, 2007

Basard said:
Yeah, every time I see a super high 3dmark score, it's usually on a 2900xt, too bad they are only good at running 3dmark, HAH!

I thought the 2900XT's were good cards (ie they ran everything i wanted them to run lol)

DarkMatter · Dec 7, 2007

HookeyStreet said:
I thought the 2900XT's were good cards (ie they ran everything i wanted them to run lol)

Yeah my 7900GTX runs everything I "want" it to run...

-=CrAnSwIcK=- · Dec 7, 2007

hell my x1600xt runs everything i "want" it to run...CS:source, CoD2, NFSUG2 and NHL 06....crysis looked like garbage, lol, so i don't want it to run it....

DarkMatter · Dec 7, 2007

-=CrAnSwIcK=- said:
hell my x1600xt runs everything i "want" it to run...CS:source, CoD2, NFSUG2 and NHL 06....crysis looked like garbage, lol, so i don't want it to run it....

You got it.

EDIT: Only that I can play COD4, GOW, Jericho and Bioshock at max, and Crysis on high (with some slowdowns here and there).

HookeyStreet · Dec 7, 2007

-=CrAnSwIcK=- said:
hell my x1600xt runs everything i "want" it to run...CS:source, CoD2, NFSUG2 and NHL 06....crysis looked like garbage, lol, so i don't want it to run it....

Crysis runs sweet on a 2900XT

KainXS · Dec 7, 2007

That is wierd I have seen people get 22000 on 3dmark with those cards

cdawall · Dec 7, 2007

drivers lol they are probably just as bad as NVs i lost800pts in AQ3 by updating so i could play crysis/bioshock :roll:

das müffin mann · Dec 7, 2007

HookeyStreet said:
Crysis runs sweet on a 2900XT

yes it does

cdawall · Dec 7, 2007

sadly enough it runs pretty well on my 7800GS to

HookeyStreet · Dec 7, 2007

cdawall said:
sadly enough it runs pretty well on my 7800GS to

I mean on HIGH settings for everything lol :roll:

erocker · Dec 7, 2007

Overclocked, the 2900XT benefits from the extra 256bits on the memory bus. Hopefully the new 8 cats will fix all your problems. :rolleyes:

-=CrAnSwIcK=- · Dec 7, 2007

well i bought an HD 3850 yesterday, for cheaper than i had originally paid for my x1600xt two years ago...and i'm looking at water cooling as well...so maybe a killer overclock, and BIOS mod will give me high settings in crysis..if not, medium is fine...i game at 1280x1024

trog100 · Dec 7, 2007

i think the card needs volts to go up there to be honest.. i think the only real difference (memory and cooler apart) from it and its big brother is volts..

trog

KainXS · Dec 7, 2007

I hope we can breakk the overclock wall of 860 soon, its really annoying because the 3870 had a limit around that area as well

HookeyStreet · Dec 7, 2007

KainXS said:
I hope we can breakk the overclock wall of 860 soon, its really annoying because the 3870 had a limit around that area as well

The BIOS is up on TPU to get past this 'hurdle', but I dont know how to flash the card with it

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Lower 3DMark06 score. Is it due to drivers?

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