What the.. (radeon 9200)

sfb911 · Feb 8, 2005, 03:49 AM

Hey guys, I'm pretty stumped by these results. I'm hoping its a misconfiguration on my part that is causing them and not simply a true indication of the hardware. If anyone has any time and is so inclined as to respond I would appreciate it. The link below will display the results of my test, and this is a pretty good indicator. I ran 3 tests overall and got basically the same results each time.

I'm no graphics card expert, but this certainly seems out of wack and i'm not sure what to tweak to make it work better but I hope to god there is something!

BTW if it helps, the motherboard is a shuttle.

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=3679971

Chaos · Feb 8, 2005, 02:22 PM

Welcome to DH

The Radeon 9200 is an entry level card IMO. I am running them in 10 (Thanks to Catalyst Maker) systems at work. They are however capable of running games like UT2K4, CoD, Halo, NFSU. I am using them with Athlon XP 1800's and Sempron 2400 CPU's. I can not access your futuremark results page so more info on your system specs would be nice

Chubby_C · Feb 8, 2005, 02:46 PM

Yeah it would be the 9200
I wonder whether that might be higher than the ~250 my GFX5200 Scored in 3dMark05
I'm not sure because I don't know how the scores would convert

redsolar · Feb 8, 2005, 03:28 PM

9200 is a good entry-level desktop card. Passive cooling, silence, but of course, not as great for speed. It will play most games as Chaos mentioned, though at lower settings. It's DX 8.1 class hardware after all.

sfb911 · Feb 8, 2005, 03:53 PM

Guess that means its time to upgrade. I think I'll look at at X600 or X700, any recommendations?

The_Neon_Cowboy · Feb 8, 2005, 06:12 PM

the 9200 is a DX 8.1 part you need to be bechming with 3dmark2001se its the onld reliable 3dmark03 is all most unreliable and a DX9 bechmark

problem being those cards X700 etc are pci Express.. so unless you have a 64bit (939)system with a pci express slot your not going to be upgradeing unless you upgrade your mobo /cpu 1st

the X800 line has AGP but thier more expensive then what your looking at....

Sooo you should be looking looking at 9800 pro, 9600XT range

Feb 8, 2005, 03:49 AM	#1
sfb911 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	What the.. (radeon 9200) Hey guys, I'm pretty stumped by these results. I'm hoping its a misconfiguration on my part that is causing them and not simply a true indication of the hardware. If anyone has any time and is so inclined as to respond I would appreciate it. The link below will display the results of my test, and this is a pretty good indicator. I ran 3 tests overall and got basically the same results each time. I'm no graphics card expert, but this certainly seems out of wack and i'm not sure what to tweak to make it work better but I hope to god there is something! BTW if it helps, the motherboard is a shuttle. http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=3679971

Feb 8, 2005, 02:22 PM	#2
Chaos Number Nine Join Date: May 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 5,268 Rep Power: 167 System Specs	Welcome to DH The Radeon 9200 is an entry level card IMO. I am running them in 10 (Thanks to Catalyst Maker) systems at work. They are however capable of running games like UT2K4, CoD, Halo, NFSU. I am using them with Athlon XP 1800's and Sempron 2400 CPU's. I can not access your futuremark results page so more info on your system specs would be nice __________________

Feb 8, 2005, 02:46 PM	#3
Chubby_C Working away at ATI Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 251 Rep Power: 0	Yeah it would be the 9200 I wonder whether that might be higher than the ~250 my GFX5200 Scored in 3dMark05 I'm not sure because I don't know how the scores would convert __________________ P4 HT 2.6Ghz 800mhz FSB 1536 MB PC3200 @ 2-2-2-8 16x DVD +/- RW DL 4x DVD +/- RW Logitech MX1000 w/ICEMAT 2nd Edition Black Nostromo n52 BBA X800Pro 256 AGP BBA TV Wonder Pro RCE

Feb 8, 2005, 03:28 PM	#4
redsolar Off duty Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Las Vegas, USA Posts: 1,242 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	9200 is a good entry-level desktop card. Passive cooling, silence, but of course, not as great for speed. It will play most games as Chaos mentioned, though at lower settings. It's DX 8.1 class hardware after all. __________________ Real_Men_Do_Not_Use_Space_Bar Main rig: Intel Core i7 930 @ 4.0 Ghz \| Corsair H50 Push/Pull \| 12GB OCZ DDR3 \| ASUS Radeon HD 5850 \| 3x 1TB Samsung F3 RAID5 on Dell PERC 5i SAS + 1TB Hitachi \| MSI X58 Pro-e \| 850W Antec Truepower Quattro \| RocketFish by Lian Li Full Tower Case \| Gateway XHD3000 30" LCD \| Dell 2408WFP 24" LCD \| Dell 2407WFP 24" LCD \| Logitech Z-5500 Speakers \| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Laptop: Samsung x360-34P \| Core 2 Duo SU9400 1.4 GHz \| 4GB DDR3 \| 128GB Samsung SSD \| Intel 4500M w/ HDMI \| WiFi \| Bluetooth \| 13.3" WLED 1280x800 \| Windows 7 Professional x64

Feb 8, 2005, 06:12 PM	#6
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	the 9200 is a DX 8.1 part you need to be bechming with 3dmark2001se its the onld reliable 3dmark03 is all most unreliable and a DX9 bechmark problem being those cards X700 etc are pci Express.. so unless you have a 64bit (939)system with a pci express slot your not going to be upgradeing unless you upgrade your mobo /cpu 1st the X800 line has AGP but thier more expensive then what your looking at.... Sooo you should be looking looking at 9800 pro, 9600XT range __________________

Feb 8, 2005, 03:53 PM	Thread Starter #5
sfb911 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Guess that means its time to upgrade. I think I'll look at at X600 or X700, any recommendations?