ie how can you tell if all your memory is working
and such?
i upgraded from geforce 2 to ati 9600 pro radeon.
Since then all kinds of problems..lockup issues.
(i've ruled out driver installation/power supply/over heating.)
when i first ran the card in my system it scored 8100 in 3dmark se test. But ever since then it averages only 7400.
the big difference being the sprite test...where i went from 15.2 to 8.2 (the same as my geforce 2!)
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=6736510
this compares to a similiar system
.
and i think at around 7300...it equates to an ati 8500 performance.
So is my card broken? i have 2 days left where i can return it. But this is a last resort.
TIA
(oh ya..the reason i think memory might not be all there is because of UT2003.
If i play it at 1024*768*32*75 hz at anything above normal video settings...the game becomes unplayable...its like a 4000 ping lag and very hard to exit the game.
Or worse, as soon as i click to begin...the hdd just keeps whirring away till i finally press reboot.
I have an AMD.1.3 gig athalon on a MSI ms6380 board..512 2700 ram. ati 9600 pro. I would have thought i could play at higher settings.)
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by redStar on 08/16/03 03:47 PM.</EM></FONT></P>
and such?
i upgraded from geforce 2 to ati 9600 pro radeon.
Since then all kinds of problems..lockup issues.
(i've ruled out driver installation/power supply/over heating.)
when i first ran the card in my system it scored 8100 in 3dmark se test. But ever since then it averages only 7400.
the big difference being the sprite test...where i went from 15.2 to 8.2 (the same as my geforce 2!)
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=6736510
this compares to a similiar system
.
and i think at around 7300...it equates to an ati 8500 performance.
So is my card broken? i have 2 days left where i can return it. But this is a last resort.
TIA
(oh ya..the reason i think memory might not be all there is because of UT2003.
If i play it at 1024*768*32*75 hz at anything above normal video settings...the game becomes unplayable...its like a 4000 ping lag and very hard to exit the game.
Or worse, as soon as i click to begin...the hdd just keeps whirring away till i finally press reboot.
I have an AMD.1.3 gig athalon on a MSI ms6380 board..512 2700 ram. ati 9600 pro. I would have thought i could play at higher settings.)
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by redStar on 08/16/03 03:47 PM.</EM></FONT></P>