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System Specs.
CPU
4 478 3.4 "Northwood" 800fsb.
Motherboard:MSI 865PE Neo2-P
Memory:Kingston HyperX 4* 512 3200
Sound card:X-fi Fatal1ty Pro
Graphics Card:HIS x1950 Pro 512.
Power Supply:Seasonic 500W
I know some of you are reading this and thinking why bother.. Its time to upgrade.. 478's are dead.. This maybe true. But back in the day this 478 cost me stupid amounts of money. It still does a pretty decent job to this day. And until I can afford a major upgrade, its going to have to do.
Right, before I give you the results I just want to say that I am waiting for an RMA request to be processed. I bought this bad boy (x1950pro) on Thursday, received and installed Friday. Since then, when It hasnt not got the black screen of death issue, it runs like a dream. I can finally play F.E.A.R in all its glory. HL2 loves it, you can set everything on max at 1600x1200 and it runs sweet as a nut. Yes.. that's right. I too have the black screen issue. You know the one. Where your into about 30 min or so worth of gaming and all of a sudden the screen freezes for a couple of seconds and then your monitor goes into standby mode. And it always happens when your in the middle of some awesome fire fight. BF2142 fans will know what I'm on about.
So.. Results time for those of you who really want to know.
Before I upgraded I had and still have an MSI x800xt pe. I bought a artic cooler for it and it has served me very well over the years. But, the time has come for a little bit more gpu juice. And when your on a budget this 512 x1950pro from HIS looked like an offer I could not refuse.
I ran Benchmark 05 and 06.
On the x800xt pe I was using 6.10 drivers. On the x1950 I started off with the 7.1 but when I was getting the black screens someone suggested on these forums to try differnt drivers. So I ran the 6.12's
BenchMark 05: Benchmark 06:
x800xt pe- 5875 (6.10) 2039 (6.10)
x1950pro- 6891 (7.1) 4001 (7.1)
x1950pro- 6912 (6.12) 3984 (6.12)
Now in all honesty, I was expecting a much greater 3dmark 05 result from the x1950. I was really disappointed because I read about people getting close to 10000 3dmarks in 05. But it looks like my cpu does bottleneck the overall score. Unless the cards fault effects the overall score. Who knows? I'll find out when I get a replacement.
I would be interested if anyone else out there also has a p4 478 and a x1950 to see what kind of results they get. When I ran 3dmark 06 I went to the on-line results checker and only 2 other people have a similar system set up to mine and I was pleased to see that I was at the top of that small chart..
Anyway once everything is a-ok with OcUK and HIS RMA and I get a replacement card I will add a bit more useless statistics for those of you who want to know.
Until then, have a good one!
CPU
4 478 3.4 "Northwood" 800fsb.Motherboard:MSI 865PE Neo2-P
Memory:Kingston HyperX 4* 512 3200
Sound card:X-fi Fatal1ty Pro
Graphics Card:HIS x1950 Pro 512.
Power Supply:Seasonic 500W
I know some of you are reading this and thinking why bother.. Its time to upgrade.. 478's are dead.. This maybe true. But back in the day this 478 cost me stupid amounts of money. It still does a pretty decent job to this day. And until I can afford a major upgrade, its going to have to do.
Right, before I give you the results I just want to say that I am waiting for an RMA request to be processed. I bought this bad boy (x1950pro) on Thursday, received and installed Friday. Since then, when It hasnt not got the black screen of death issue, it runs like a dream. I can finally play F.E.A.R in all its glory. HL2 loves it, you can set everything on max at 1600x1200 and it runs sweet as a nut. Yes.. that's right. I too have the black screen issue. You know the one. Where your into about 30 min or so worth of gaming and all of a sudden the screen freezes for a couple of seconds and then your monitor goes into standby mode. And it always happens when your in the middle of some awesome fire fight. BF2142 fans will know what I'm on about.
So.. Results time for those of you who really want to know.
Before I upgraded I had and still have an MSI x800xt pe. I bought a artic cooler for it and it has served me very well over the years. But, the time has come for a little bit more gpu juice. And when your on a budget this 512 x1950pro from HIS looked like an offer I could not refuse.
I ran Benchmark 05 and 06.
On the x800xt pe I was using 6.10 drivers. On the x1950 I started off with the 7.1 but when I was getting the black screens someone suggested on these forums to try differnt drivers. So I ran the 6.12's
BenchMark 05: Benchmark 06:
x800xt pe- 5875 (6.10) 2039 (6.10)
x1950pro- 6891 (7.1) 4001 (7.1)
x1950pro- 6912 (6.12) 3984 (6.12)
Now in all honesty, I was expecting a much greater 3dmark 05 result from the x1950. I was really disappointed because I read about people getting close to 10000 3dmarks in 05. But it looks like my cpu does bottleneck the overall score. Unless the cards fault effects the overall score. Who knows? I'll find out when I get a replacement.
I would be interested if anyone else out there also has a p4 478 and a x1950 to see what kind of results they get. When I ran 3dmark 06 I went to the on-line results checker and only 2 other people have a similar system set up to mine and I was pleased to see that I was at the top of that small chart..
Anyway once everything is a-ok with OcUK and HIS RMA and I get a replacement card I will add a bit more useless statistics for those of you who want to know.
Until then, have a good one!
Results tommorrow with a bit of luck. 
