Couple of general questions

[MrSmithers]

Ok, first question. I am planning on upgrading to a socket 939 A64 CPU, and would like to overclock. I have PC4200 OCZ memory, so it is decent latency but capable of pretty high FSB. Would I have a better chance of getting the 3200 with the 10 multi, or going with the 3000 with the 9 multi. Obviously if the performance is anywhere close I would like to save the cash.

Second question is tougher I think. I have a P4 running at 3GHz, the PC4200 memory, a P4C800E Dlx motherboard, and my power supply is doing just fine. My vidcard is a 6800OC with everything unlocked (16x1, 6vp). In 3dmark 03 at stock settings I score around 93xx and on 05 I get around 3500. However, when I run the anandtech HL2 demos my scores are WAAY low. When they ran canals at 1024x768 they got around 8x fps. When I run at the exact same settings I get like 55ish. This is pretty puzzling, as my 3dmark scores seem to be about where they should. I am using the 71.20 drivers btw, installed since I have had the card. Any help would be greatly appreciated, as I would really like to play this game at 1280x1024.

Smithers

 

[IAteYourMother]

Originally posted by: MrSmithers
Ok, first question. I am planning on upgrading to a socket 939 A64 CPU, and would like to overclock. I have PC4200 OCZ memory, so it is decent latency but capable of pretty high FSB. Would I have a better chance of getting the 3200 with the 10 multi, or going with the 3000 with the 9 multi. Obviously if the performance is anywhere close I would like to save the cash.

Second question is tougher I think. I have a P4 running at 3GHz, the PC4200 memory, a P4C800E Dlx motherboard, and my power supply is doing just fine. My vidcard is a 6800OC with everything unlocked (16x1, 6vp). In 3dmark 03 at stock settings I score around 93xx and on 05 I get around 3500. However, when I run the anandtech HL2 demos my scores are WAAY low. When they ran canals at 1024x768 they got around 8x fps. When I run at the exact same settings I get like 55ish. This is pretty puzzling, as my 3dmark scores seem to be about where they should. I am using the 71.20 drivers btw, installed since I have had the card. Any help would be greatly appreciated, as I would really like to play this game at 1280x1024.

Smithers

To answer your 2nd question, could it be the P4?? Obviously not the entire problem but could contribute

 

[MrSmithers]

Yeah, obviously it wouldn't play as fast as the AMD FX that AT was using, but I didn't think it would make that big of a difference. However, I run the counter strike vid card test (1024, all settings high, AA and AF off) at around 75fps. My friend with a 9800 Pro and a Dell computer runs it around 55. Just doesn't seem right.

 

[MrSmithers]

bumpage

 

[thegimp03]

That's probably about right. ATI cards perform better at HL2 anyways and the 9800 pro is a great card for the money. Though your 3dmark03 score sounds a little bit low at 93xx with the unlocked pipes/vertex, so I don't know.