Just received a new Sapphire ATI Radeon X1800 XT 256MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-121-SP).
I can see advantages, Tomb Raider Legends looks stunning in next gen mode and it is definitely quicker than my X850. My issue is that my 3D Mark 2005 score has gone from around 6500 to 8500. A noticeable increase but not as high as I was expecting/hoping as I anticipated at least 9K getting on for 10.
I realise my CPU is not very strong, is this going to be holding me back severely or is my card not performing as well as it should?
Couple of things I've noticed is that the CCC overclocking utility does seem to go all the way up to the top of the slider but does not appear to actually alter the clock speeds as they still report the original (lower than the advertised) core and clock speeds. The apply overclock settings to 3d only checkbox appears to be ticked and greyed out so does the overclock only kick in when running a 3D app?
I can see advantages, Tomb Raider Legends looks stunning in next gen mode and it is definitely quicker than my X850. My issue is that my 3D Mark 2005 score has gone from around 6500 to 8500. A noticeable increase but not as high as I was expecting/hoping as I anticipated at least 9K getting on for 10.
I realise my CPU is not very strong, is this going to be holding me back severely or is my card not performing as well as it should?
Couple of things I've noticed is that the CCC overclocking utility does seem to go all the way up to the top of the slider but does not appear to actually alter the clock speeds as they still report the original (lower than the advertised) core and clock speeds. The apply overclock settings to 3d only checkbox appears to be ticked and greyed out so does the overclock only kick in when running a 3D app?