HD 2900XT performance

davor175 · Apr 12, 2008, 05:56 PM

I got Club 3D HD 2900XT on test but when I tried it out, I was supprised how poor the performance was. In 3dmark 06 I got 11k on my system, and in 01 I got 40k, then I decided to run a game and I tried CoD2 but supprisingly fps were low again(dx7) got only like 120-500 and much bigger fps drops in smoke. Then I took the card to a good friend of mine and we did some tests on his rig:
e6750@3.4
p5k se
geil 2gb 800mhz
700Watt PSU

The 3d mark scores scores on his rig were 12.5k in 06 and 58k in 01, then we tried CoD2 on same details I tried out on my rig, the results were 300-1000, fps in smoke never went below 250)
Card was running on catalyst 8.3.

Any clues why could that be happening? I have better FPS in CoD2 with my 8600GT then I had with 2900XT.

**kris23** · Apr 12, 2008, 06:01 PM

did you clear out all the nvidia drivers?

davor175 · Apr 12, 2008, 06:15 PM

Ofcourse I did that, tried formating too [testing happened on my unused HDD 80GB].

**kris23** · Apr 12, 2008, 09:21 PM

what kind of HDD are you using?

can you post your system in COMPLETE detail, what you have in your spec list does not suffice.

Apr 12, 2008, 05:56 PM	#1
davor175 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Europe Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	HD 2900XT performance I got Club 3D HD 2900XT on test but when I tried it out, I was supprised how poor the performance was. In 3dmark 06 I got 11k on my system, and in 01 I got 40k, then I decided to run a game and I tried CoD2 but supprisingly fps were low again(dx7) got only like 120-500 and much bigger fps drops in smoke. Then I took the card to a good friend of mine and we did some tests on his rig: e6750@3.4 p5k se geil 2gb 800mhz 700Watt PSU The 3d mark scores scores on his rig were 12.5k in 06 and 58k in 01, then we tried CoD2 on same details I tried out on my rig, the results were 300-1000, fps in smoke never went below 250) Card was running on catalyst 8.3. Any clues why could that be happening? I have better FPS in CoD2 with my 8600GT then I had with 2900XT.

Apr 12, 2008, 06:01 PM	#2
kris23 Going Insane..... Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,990 Rep Power: 121 System Specs	did you clear out all the nvidia drivers? __________________ Hardwareheaven Super-Moderator Building a new computer system and not sure where to start? Click Here! last updated (5/18/11) Rosewill FUTURE case replaces CM 690 II with its greater interior length. Building a PC: Step by Step Guide Written by Kristopher Pedemonte and Nathan Marks-Forder Edited by Allan Campbell Questions or Comments? feel free to post them in the forums!

Apr 12, 2008, 09:21 PM	#4
kris23 Going Insane..... Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,990 Rep Power: 121 System Specs	what kind of HDD are you using? can you post your system in COMPLETE detail, what you have in your spec list does not suffice. __________________ Hardwareheaven Super-Moderator Building a new computer system and not sure where to start? Click Here! last updated (5/18/11) Rosewill FUTURE case replaces CM 690 II with its greater interior length. Building a PC: Step by Step Guide Written by Kristopher Pedemonte and Nathan Marks-Forder Edited by Allan Campbell Questions or Comments? feel free to post them in the forums!

Apr 12, 2008, 06:15 PM	Thread Starter #3
davor175 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Europe Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Ofcourse I did that, tried formating too [testing happened on my unused HDD 80GB].