[Testing] Sapphire X2900XT

[mascaras]

New colin mcrae dirty Demo


1680x1050 -- AA 4x -- Motion blur -- ( Normal settings Game)

[eXceeded]

^^ lol a next gen graphics card should not be getting 30-40 fps in any game at any setting.... (admittedly its a demo)

[DilTech]

^^ lol a next gen graphics card should not be getting 30-40 fps in any game at any setting.... (admittedly its a demo)

The game is apparently horribly optimized.

[cadaveca]

Given the effects, motion blur, etc and 4xAA, the framerate is okay for a demo. It's probably pretty close to final code. Crossfire doesn't work with this game yet either.

[DilTech]

Given the effects, motion blur, etc and 4xAA, the framerate is okay for a demo. It's probably pretty close to final code. Crossfire doesn't work with this game yet either.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but he said he's running "normal" settings, not maximum.

[nicepun]

Latest run:

E6600@3.870Ghz w/ HIS HD2900XT 890/1000

3DMark06 13,200

[cadaveca]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but he said he's running "normal" settings, not maximum.

but I am using maximum, at pretty much the same framerate

[DilTech]

but I am using maximum, at pretty much the same framerate

Wouldn't mind seeing some screen-shots, I won't have a chance to try the demo until later tonight.

[mascaras]

^^ lol a next gen graphics card should not be getting 30-40 fps in any game at any setting.... (admittedly its a demo)

my friend have a 8800ULTRA with LCD 27" @ 1920x1200 and also have ~30/35 FPS


ASUS 8800ULTRA @ 1920x1200 @ MAX quality









the game its like that , but i think the framerate its OK using Quality // AA // AF // motion Blur //...........

Correct me if I'm wrong, but he said he's running "normal" settings, not maximum.

here >> http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=177

im using normal settings that game detect that is :


HD2900XT @ default
1680x1050
multisampling 4x
motion blur ON
other settings = MEDIUM



with other settings maxium


1680x1050 - MAX Game settings - multisampling 4x - motion blur On











1680x1050 - Medium game settings - multisampling 4x - motion blur On (New Cat 8.38 RC7)





regards

[deathman20]

Did you try them not using RC7? Try RC2 if you haven't.

XP
http://rapidshare.com/files/32584355...vers.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/32590280...vers.part2.rar

Vista
http://rapidshare.com/files/32573004...7273_may14.exe

[mascaras]

Did you try them not using RC7? Try RC2 if you haven't.

XP
http://rapidshare.com/files/32584355...vers.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/32590280...vers.part2.rar

Vista
http://rapidshare.com/files/32573004...7273_may14.exe

RC2 are better than RC3 or RC7 ????

RC3 and RC7 are new







BTW: 8.38 RC7 in 2k6 its very good



X2900XT Default -- E6600 @ 3600mhz






validation >>> http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=2046685


regards

[nicepun]

Here's a pic of my card with the Swiftech MCW60 and ramsinks right before I installed it in my rig:

[Losphoron]

Can you guys recommend the best driver for gaming for 2900xt ? I want to control the fan speed any chance? i am thinking to buy two 25db 120mm case fans and put them on the card.

[mascaras]

Can you guys recommend the best driver for gaming for 2900xt ? I want to control the fan speed any chance? i am thinking to buy two 25db 120mm case fans and put them on the card.

use the official 8.37 driver from AMD/ATi site , 8.38 Final is release next week (31 may)


control fan speed its not possible while a new version of Atitool or Atitraytools dont come out.

i Bought a waterblock swiftech MC60 + 12 Swiftech BGA ramsinks ,like Nicepun and Albert .


regards

[andre X_X]

Delete... wrong post

[Pillo-kun]

i dont know why but it seems as the r600 is indeed faster than my 8800gtx in 3dmark 06 i get 10k something running the card at stock and cpu at 3.6ghz. very impressed by this card from ati.

[DilTech]

i dont know why but it seems as the r600 is indeed faster than my 8800gtx in 3dmark 06 i get 10k something running the card at stock and cpu at 3.6ghz. very impressed by this card from ati.

The HD 2900XT is strong in 3dmark. It's in gaming performance that the GTX slaps the HD 2900XT around.

Don't let synthetics fool you. Something I thought we all would've learned by now, especially considering the 7 series beat out the x1x series in 3dmark06, but we all know what happened in games.

[Losphoron]

use the official 8.37 driver from AMD/ATi site , 8.38 Final is release next week (31 may)


control fan speed its not possible while a new version of Atitool or Atitraytools dont come out.

i Bought a waterblock swiftech MC60 + 12 Swiftech BGA ramsinks ,like Nicepun and Albert .


regards

Thank you for response.That water block is pretty expensive than an air cooling.I want to pay about 20-25euros max for cooling and another thing is that waterblock is posible to not fit to next gen cards and you lose 60$..
So you say that 8.37.4.3 is good for games.I have that fog in Hl2.Is any workaround on this until a next driver is released?

[DilTech]

Thank you for response.That water block is pretty expensive than an air cooling.I want to pay about 20-25euros max for cooling and another thing is that waterblock is posible to not fit to next gen cards and you lose 60$..
So you say that 8.37.4.3 is good for games.I have that fog in Hl2.Is any workaround on this until a next driver is released?

Thus far no ATi driver fixes the fog.

The problem is, it's not truly a driver issue, it's an application one. The same occurred with initial drivers for the 8800GTX/GTS. It's fixed now on NVidia cards thanks to a work-around in the driver, but the actual fault of the fog is the application itself. I'm sure ATi/AMD will likely fix it in a future driver itself, as valve has had since november and still never patched the source engine to fix the issue.

It's believed by most that the cause of it is the way the source engine interacts with unified shaders.

[Winterwind]

Had little fun with QX6700ES and HD2900XT and aircooling.
Here's best that i could do:

3D Mark 2003

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo QX6700ES @ 3428MHz / AC Freezer 7Pro
MOBO: Abit FP-IN9 SLI FATAL1TY
RAM: 2 x 512MB G.Skill DDR2 PC2-6400HZ @ Def
GFX: Club3D Radeon HD2900XT 750/1650 @ 850/2060 / Stock cooling

3DMark Score 41644
link: http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=5377472

Max Qual


3D Mark 2005

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo QX6700ES @ 3428MHz / AC Freezer 7Pro
MOBO: Abit FP-IN9 SLI FATAL1TY
RAM: 2 x 512MB G.Skill DDR2 PC2-6400HZ @ Def
GFX: Club3D Radeon HD2900XT 750/1650 @ 850/2060 / Stock cooling

3DMark Score 20992
orb: http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm05=3078595



3D Mark 2006

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo QX6700ES @ 3428MHz / AC Freezer 7Pro
MOBO: Abit FP-IN9 SLI FATAL1TY
RAM: 2 x 512MB G.Skill DDR2 PC2-6400HZ @ Def
GFX: Club3D Radeon HD2900XT 750/1650 @ 850/2060 / Stock cooling

3D Mark score 13595

Sm2 = 5261
Sm3 = 5727
Cpu = 5094


Special thanks to Voltc, Jaan and Evil
Damn how i hate that buggy Abit mobo, it just f*cks cpu oc
and gives random bluescreens

[nicepun]

Just to give you guys a head up, I recently got a 6 to 8 pin PCI-E Adapter from here and Overdrive is now available.

[Evil]

Here's a pic of my card with the Swiftech MCW60 and ramsinks right before I installed it in my rig:

I hope you know that some of your heatsinks are covering the wrong mosfets.
Got my second card back and now running crossfire.





All this was done with TT 750W psu and 8.38 RC7 drivers.
I apologize for thread crapping but i didn´t want to make another topic which is not actually that extreme. HINT: It will get extreme after new drivers and Atitool(got the pots from Piotres some time ago).

[nicepun]

I hope you know that some of your heatsinks are covering the wrong mosfets.

I don't have smaller mosfet sinks right now.

[gandalfone]

Hei boys... ati is exited with the driver optimizes to you for the 3dmark, in the 05 and 06 are fastest, but in the games, with the activated filters are a lot slow of one gtx, stalker go to the half of the fps to the gtx. The driver are sour

For waterblock....an idea of alex_ta

[macci]

nicepun, please apply some cooling for the FETs before you actually use the card. The inductors dont require heatsinks.