2 2600xt ddr4 version in crossfire results

gareth170 · 2 Sep 2007 at 23:40

is this a good result for farcry? everything max, at 1680x1050

2007-09-02 23:00:24 - FarCry
Frames: 29415 - Time: 313112ms - Avg: 213.362 - Min: 94 - Max: 302

gareth170 · 3 Sep 2007 at 00:25

jrodga2k5 said:
Hey man what driver set are you using for crossfire? Is this XP or Vista also?

On the 7.8's I can get crossfire in Vista but not in XP

7.8 bioshock hotfix set drivers... vista and xp ..

it does work in xp.. have u tryed reinstalling them?

gareth170 · 3 Sep 2007 at 00:33

Pulse said:
hmmm though i am an ati man myself, im not impressed with them results in the fact that my single x1900xt at stock manages a fair 165fps average @ 1280 x1024, 4xaa, 16xaf everything else enabled or highest. albeit it a smaller res but i doubt it would make 40fps average difference.

would love to see crossfire 2900XT's though, when ATi sort out the drivers a bit more and get it a bit nearer the 8800GTX i might look into it but for now its going to have to be a 8800GTX as my next card.

but my res was at 1680x1050 not 1280x1024...

at 1280x1024 it would be higher...

and anyway at that time i had a low cpu and it was killing the graphic performance. i haven't benchmarked it again since i got my new cpu..

gareth170 · 3 Sep 2007 at 00:46

jrodga2k5 said:
Yeah I have, strange tbh, no idea why it isnt functioning in xp but is in vista

have u installed all your chipset drivers?

gareth170 · 3 Sep 2007 at 11:14

jrodga2k5 said:
chipset drivers are in etc but no crossfire, really annoying! Got another couple of crossfire ribbons sitting about so I'll give them a go but no idea why it works in Vista but not in XP

have u tryed reinstalling xp again?

gareth170 · 3 Sep 2007 at 12:11

but some of u guys are missing the point. the 2600xt does well in dx9 for the price even in dx10.. a x1xxx can never do dx10.. i agree the x19xx is faster in dx9 BUT having 200+fps is pointless when 140fps feels the same... i made this thread to show people the 2600xt isn't that bad. this thread isn't about what's better the x1xxx or 2xxx series...

gareth170 · 3 Sep 2007 at 12:13

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gareth170 · 3 Sep 2007 at 14:13

Jihad said:
Who cares about Dx10 yet!

Also no "real" Dx10 apps out I guess, BioShock is more or less the same in both modes.

Dx10 capable isn't really a selling point yet.

maybe for u dx10 doesn't matter yet but some people does care.

gareth170 · 3 Sep 2007 at 15:02

Jihad said:
Yeah it'll matter for people when the next range of cards is out, no point worrying about it now.

if it makes u happy i'll say ok..

i just know i won't be buying the range of cards untill my 2 2600xt is impossible to play the latest game releases.. and i know that'll be about year or two...

gareth170 · 3 Sep 2007 at 19:15

jrodga2k5 said:
Was my motherboard jumper settings, wasnt picking up the second card @ x1 silly me! Well I will probably bench the cards tonyte, I have a green pcb Sapphire and a red pcb gecube lol! the Gecube one has a larger copper heatsink than the sapphire.

i would like to see some benchmarks at stock on e.g. 3dmark06, css, farcry. because my girlfriend just bought 2 2600xt ddr3 version i tested them theres about 10-17fps differents between my 2 2600xt ddr4 version. i wanna see if its same on yours. if isn't then maybe it's her cpu...

gareth170 · 3 Sep 2007 at 21:45

she's got an Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 so im not sure if it is the cpu or not...

gareth170 · 3 Sep 2007 at 23:29

RavenUK said:
You 2600xt xfire guys may want to check this out..

http://www.beyond3d.com/content/news/450

im waiting to see how much it is in the uk...

gareth170 · 4 Sep 2007 at 00:14

getting 2 of those cards would give u 6 screens lol and great performance..

does anyone know would 2 of thoses cards would work in a normal crossfire motherboard or do u need a new motherboard?

gareth170 · 4 Sep 2007 at 00:40

jrodga2k5 said:
Well her cpu should certainly be faster

What motherboard is she using, as for me im using a DFi Infinity Black S and I expect to have similar but probably a bit slower than yours. Reason being it only operates @ 16x and 4x for the second card. The 8x by 8x configuration is definately stronger, shame iv got the 965 chipset

hers is a msi P35 Platinum motherboard...

my motherboard runs both cards at 16x....

gareth170 · 6 Sep 2007 at 00:25

to be honest crossfire wouldn't be worth it on a motherboard that can only run the 2nd card at 4x..

i think only amd motherboards can only run both cards at 16x, not intel.. but i maybe wrong about "not intel"

gareth170 · 6 Sep 2007 at 11:29

does intel have a motherboard that can run both card at 16x?

gareth170 · 6 Sep 2007 at 11:45

jrodga2k5 said:
Well I did get my second card for £59 so it was worth it even @ 4x, 3D Mark 06 I believe is sitting at around 8050 which shows how the 4x effects it but its cheap and a nice boost! Tempted to sell both though and get a 2900xt now the HR-03 Cooler is available

can u post your result link..

gareth170 · 6 Sep 2007 at 11:56

this is the last one i did. all at stock

3DMark Score 8854
3DMarks

SM 2.0 Score 3500 Marks

SM 3.0 Score 4412 Marks

CPU Score 2223 Marks

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=2834249

gareth170 · 6 Sep 2007 at 20:16

ajones32 said:
Thats an impressive amount of testing.
Can you have two of those cards in a quad-crossfire or the like. Would be interesting to see those results, if its possible.

do u mean the dual 2600xt card?

gareth170 · 6 Sep 2007 at 20:21

Soul Rider said:
Just got my new card installed, did a quick test and tried the built in overdrive facility in CCC.
I saw someone posting earlier that "it was well known" they were only getting clocks of 857Mhz out of these boards and no higher. Well the reason for that is that they were using the ccc. It limits your overclock to a maximum of 857Mhz, which this card hit off the bat with only a 1C increase in temps...

Looking forward to some real testing.

i clocked my 2 2600xt's ddr4 version to 880mhz using amd gpu tool. but that program it isn't good. ati tools doesn't overclock in crossfire for the 2x00 series yet..

overdrive doesn't work.. it doesn't clock it... it still saying 800mhz