new 3870 showing as X1900 ???

[xlnc]

ok i just upgraded from an x1900xt to a 3870 followed normal correct procedure for removing old drivers etc......but fromsome reason device manager (vista) and 3dmark06 still report me as having x1900 installed??


any ideas??

 

[gurusan]

remove drivers again and run driversweeper...then reinstall

 

[Garyj881]

Try uninstalling from device manage also.

 

[TheMorningStar]

...or before you do have the highest scoring x1900xt on the planet in the 3Dmark06 charts

 

[xlnc]

fixxored cheers guys
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on a side note

ran 3dmark06 only got 5100 used to get 4100 with my old card

other spec

4200X2 - cpu
dfi lanparty ultra d - mobo
2gig DDR2 running at reduced speed (333 i think) cos of known mobo fault
windows vista ultimate

my score about righ or a bit low??

 

[gurusan]

seems very low...although your CPU is definitely affecting the score if it's at stock.

What are your individual sm2/sm3/cpu scores? Did you do a standard 1280x1024 run with no AA or AF...and slider set to performance?

 

[stifler]

fixxored cheers guys
============================
on a side note

ran 3dmark06 only got 5100 used to get 4100 with my old card

other spec

4200X2 - cpu
dfi lanparty ultra d - mobo
2gig DDR2 running at reduced speed (333 i think) cos of known mobo fault
windows vista ultimate

my score about righ or a bit low??

i get 4965 wth my 3800x2, 2gig pc3200 and a 7900gt 512mb, vista home premium, you should be getting around 9000.

 

[xlnc]

yeah standard run

1436 cpu
2155 sm2.0
2430 hdr/sm3.0

didnt think it was right

yeah cpu is at stock, never really looked at overclocking didnt think i could with my ram issue??

 

[yantorsen]

yeah cpu is at stock, never really looked at overclocking didnt think i could with my ram issue??

ram issue...

 

[xlnc]

u think me running the ram slow is causing the poor scores?

 

[gurusan]

Something is up with your 3d card. Are you sure the PCI-E link is @ 16x and not 1x or something?

Below is my 3dmark06 score @ 1280x1024 with 4xAA and 16x AF....and I have a 3850...so you should definitely be getting a higher score than that!

 

[xlnc]

gunna reboot and check bios............

 

[xlnc]

cpuz shows link width at 2x .........max supported 16x pls dont tell me ive been running it wrong all this time.....

 

[yantorsen]

it should be 16x i think.

 

[xlnc]

apparently the board goes to 2x by default when using slot2

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=6547877&highlight=bios+pci#post6547877

which is a pain as my machine doesnt boot with the card in slot 1 .........

 

[yantorsen]

you should put it in slot 1!

just swap it over and it should work.

edit: if it wont boot in slot one, sounds like a dodgy mb.

 

[xlnc]

yeah wont boot in slot one thou, changing jumpers to sli mode on mobo does change aperture to 8x in each slot so 3dmark has jumped to 7020, which is a start eh

gunna have a tinker later see if i can get it to boot in slot 1 so i can actually use at 16x

then i can look at getting new ram, then possibly overclocking cpu

 

[Scougar]

new ram? I would suggest getting a new motherboard as yours sounds knackered.

Matthew

 

[The $6m Dan]

yeah wont boot in slot one thou, changing jumpers to sli mode on mobo does change aperture to 8x in each slot so 3dmark has jumped to 7020, which is a start eh

gunna have a tinker later see if i can get it to boot in slot 1 so i can actually use at 16x

then i can look at getting new ram, then possibly overclocking cpu

8x should be fine if you can't get 16x.
Even an 8800GTX sees only a small increase when jumping from 8x to 16x.

16 is better for obvious reasons, but only marginally. So running at 8x isn't that big a deal.

 

[xlnc]

yeah doesnt post at all in slot 1


gunna see if i can get a cheap 939 mobo somewhere, really dont wanna invest much more in old technology.........