How will X1900 crossfire perform on..

Tom|Nbk · 24 Oct 2006 at 20:17

On a 2.6Ghz 3800+ X2 will there be much bottleneck or should i be ok? and what scores would i be looking at getting in 3d Mark 06? if anyone can help would be appreciated, ta.

wizardmaxx · 24 Oct 2006 at 20:18

IMO the cpu is gonna be a bottleneck. What mobo u using btw ?

Tom|Nbk · 24 Oct 2006 at 20:25

A8R32-MVP

wizardmaxx · 24 Oct 2006 at 20:27

So its got duel x16 slots then ?

lay-z-boy · 24 Oct 2006 at 20:27

again with the telepathy..... :rolleyes:

we need more specs, ram, screen res, games played, details used etc.

wizard, if you dont know that mobo has dual slots i feel you should read up a bit more before helping out.

Tom|Nbk · 24 Oct 2006 at 20:31

lay-z-boy said:
again with the telepathy.....

we need more specs, ram, screen res, games played, details used etc.

wizard, if you dont know that mobo has dual slots i feel you should read up a bit more before helping out.

i didnt ask how it would perform on my overall specs just my cpu as this is the most relevant thing,

3800+ x2 @ 2.6Ghz
Asus A8R32-MVP
2GB Geil Value PC3200 3-3-3-8-1T
Hiper Type-r 580W

wizardmaxx said:
So its got duel x16 slots then ?

Yep.

wizardmaxx · 24 Oct 2006 at 20:35

lay-z-boy said:
again with the telepathy.....

we need more specs, ram, screen res, games played, details used etc.

wizard, if you dont know that mobo has dual slots i feel you should read up a bit more before helping out.

Kick your feet up and relax.

lay-z-boy · 24 Oct 2006 at 20:43

wizardmaxx said:
Kick your feet up and relax.

Will do

i didnt ask how it would perform on my overall specs just my cpu as this is the most relevant thing,

going to spend £250 just to improve your 3d mark scores?

wizardmaxx · 24 Oct 2006 at 20:44

lay-z-boy said:
Will do

going to spend £250 just to improve your 3d mark scores?

Agreed. Waste of money.

FreeStream · 24 Oct 2006 at 20:56

at below 1600x1200, its a waste of money.

Above that, well its still going to be a bottleneck. I mean my X1900XTX was bottlenecked by a 2.5ghz X2, and at 2.8ghz with my Conroe it is still slightly, and this is at 1600x1200.

Tom|Nbk · 24 Oct 2006 at 21:52

im running 1680x1050, and NO im not spending £250 to improve my 3d Marks whats with the bitchy comments?

J1nxy · 24 Oct 2006 at 22:14

Thats the spec I used to run a Crossfire setup on and it was fast, when I shifted it to a Conroe setup the performance jumped by 30% or so. So yes the CPU is a bottleneck.

Steve

Tom|Nbk · 24 Oct 2006 at 22:28

J1nxy said:
Thats the spec I used to run a Crossfire setup on and it was fast, when I shifted it to a Conroe setup the performance jumped by 30% or so. So yes the CPU is a bottleneck.

Steve

What type of figures/performance you got would be handy to know

, cheers

Cyber-Mav · 24 Oct 2006 at 22:55

Concorde Rules said:
at below 1600x1200, its a waste of money.

Above that, well its still going to be a bottleneck. I mean my X1900XTX was bottlenecked by a 2.5ghz X2, and at 2.8ghz with my Conroe it is still slightly, and this is at 1600x1200.

what game is that on? quake 3??

no_1_dave · 24 Oct 2006 at 22:59

Tom|Nbk said:
On a 2.6Ghz 3800+ X2 will there be much bottleneck or should i be ok? and what scores would i be looking at getting in 3d Mark 06? if anyone can help would be appreciated, ta.

Your cpu will bottleneck it slightly but not hugely.
Also, your 3DMark06 score should be a little higher then mine, 500 more points then I have (in sig) tops (unless you overclock)

Now go buy it & enjoy it!

Tom|Nbk · 24 Oct 2006 at 23:03

no_1_dave said:
Your cpu will bottleneck it slightly but not hugely.
Also, your 3DMark06 score should be a little higher then mine, 500 more points then I have (in sig) tops (unless you overclock)

Now go buy it & enjoy it!

im talking about getting xfire not a single card i already have a single 1900xt and i get 11140 in 05 and 5900 in 06

FreeStream · 24 Oct 2006 at 23:06

Cyber-Mav said:
what game is that on? quake 3??

Battlefield 2, with 6xAA and 16xAF :rolleyes:

MS FS 9 + 10.

Get the picture?

no_1_dave · 24 Oct 2006 at 23:28

Tom|Nbk said:
im talking about getting xfire not a single card i already have a single 1900xt and i get 11140 in 05 and 5900 in 06

Oh yea, i guess i'll read better next time

lay-z-boy · 24 Oct 2006 at 23:28

Tom|Nbk said:
im running 1680x1050, and NO im not spending £250 to improve my 3d Marks whats with the bitchy comments?

your res is a huge limitation much more than your cpu.

get a 24" and it becomes worth it.

Isnt bitchy, i asked what you intended to do once you had got it and i got

' i didnt ask how it would perform on my overall specs just my cpu as this is the most relevant thing'

when res is the most important factor.

crossfire isnt worth it at that res, one card can handle that ok.

Antx777 · 25 Oct 2006 at 00:33

Tom|Nbk said:
im talking about getting xfire not a single card i already have a single 1900xt and i get 11140 in 05 and 5900 in 06

Your scores are higher than mine, I have an FX-55/X1900XT-X (512meg) (05.>10,780, 06>5,200 :confused:

Maybe it's the "X2" that makes the difference

Ant