Help?

[2Shy]

Hi there, i recently got a Radeon 9700pro 128 DDR now on 3dmark 2003 how the hell do i get 3/4fps in the troll test (first 1) and the first person 1 out in space?

i have

p4 2.5
1gb DDR 2700
Radeon 9700 Pro (using cat 3.4)
GA-8PE667 (installed uptodate drivers)
Windows XP home (did a complete format when installed the card)
DX 9.0a

is this normal?

thanks for any info

~2shy

 

[Flatbeat_Eddy]

erm, maybe because its a DirectX 9 benchmark thus why.

those 2 demo's Use DirectX 9 Rendering techniques and will not run well on NON Dx9 cards.

On my GF3 ti 500 i actually got 0.12fps at one point.

 

[2Shy]

err

er Radeon 9700 pro is a dx9 card

 

[Geffy]

thats really weird, I will test my sys and see if I get the same effect.

Sazar might be able to shed some light on this as well

which 3dmark2003 version are you running, the newest is 330

 

[2Shy]

er

im using the 330 version... i was pretty shocked to see i was only getting 4fps :/

thanks for the replies!!

 

[Glaanieboy]

I heard build 330 has some performance issues (due to the removal of nVidia/Ati optimised code), try it with an earlier build.

 

[Flatbeat_Eddy]

ooops, didnt realise it was DX9 card. oh well im not sure whats cauing sych gay performance but im Sure its just because Futuremark Sucks balls.

 

[Geffy]

lol

Radeon 9500's and up are DX 9 cards, GeForce FX and newer (when they come out) are DX 9 cards

 

[Octopus]

I had the same thing you must disable FSAA and AL ..go to Proprties>Setting>advanced
now on both OpenGL and Direct3D set everything to "APPLICATION PREFERENCE"

 

[2Shy]

Cheers Octo! worked great!!

~2Shy

 

[neo]

I am getting ave 21 fps. U can look at my sig I don't have the fastest pc but it work's just fine with dx9.0a and 3dmark03 ver 330.