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Hi,
Just installed a new Sapphire 9800 Pro card and haven't been getting the high fps I was expecting. In Counter-Strike 1.6 I get 45-50fps when action takes place, and about 99fps when looking at walls (800x600 res, fps_max set to 99). I've run 3DMark05 and my score was 1028. Below are my system details.
DELL Dimension 4300 - BIOS Revision A06
P4 1.6Ghz Celeron
512MB SDRAM
Sapphire 9800 Pro - Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6517
Page File: Initial Size 384MB / Max Size 384MB
DirectX 9.0c
WinXP: Service Pack 2
Before I installed the 9800 Pro I had an GeForce 3 Ti200. I've noticed my desktop and games to be 'slightly' soft/blurry looking. Is this normal for an ATI card? The picture quality is not as clean looking as my last card. And if I ponder for a while, the 9800 pro seems a little slower than my geforce 3 ti200 card (well, in CS1.6 I think). Maybe.
I bought the Retail Lite version of the Sapphire 9800 pro so there were no hardware install instructions. I clicked the card into the AGP slot no problem. There was a spare power socket dangling from the PSU that fits the card's power cable so I used it. I think I read somewhere that said I should use a socket from the harddrive to power the card, but I'm not sure on this or if it really matters. I get no freezes anywhere so I think the card's getting enough power and is installed correctly. I think.
Something is wrong somewhere, I'm sure. I don't like this 'soft' look the 9800 is doing in-games/desktop, and the fps is too low don't you agree? I'm sure my old gf-3 ti200 is faster...
If you need anymore system info then just ask.
Just installed a new Sapphire 9800 Pro card and haven't been getting the high fps I was expecting. In Counter-Strike 1.6 I get 45-50fps when action takes place, and about 99fps when looking at walls (800x600 res, fps_max set to 99). I've run 3DMark05 and my score was 1028. Below are my system details.
DELL Dimension 4300 - BIOS Revision A06
P4 1.6Ghz Celeron
512MB SDRAM
Sapphire 9800 Pro - Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6517
Page File: Initial Size 384MB / Max Size 384MB
DirectX 9.0c
WinXP: Service Pack 2
Before I installed the 9800 Pro I had an GeForce 3 Ti200. I've noticed my desktop and games to be 'slightly' soft/blurry looking. Is this normal for an ATI card? The picture quality is not as clean looking as my last card. And if I ponder for a while, the 9800 pro seems a little slower than my geforce 3 ti200 card (well, in CS1.6 I think). Maybe.
I bought the Retail Lite version of the Sapphire 9800 pro so there were no hardware install instructions. I clicked the card into the AGP slot no problem. There was a spare power socket dangling from the PSU that fits the card's power cable so I used it. I think I read somewhere that said I should use a socket from the harddrive to power the card, but I'm not sure on this or if it really matters. I get no freezes anywhere so I think the card's getting enough power and is installed correctly. I think.
Something is wrong somewhere, I'm sure. I don't like this 'soft' look the 9800 is doing in-games/desktop, and the fps is too low don't you agree? I'm sure my old gf-3 ti200 is faster...
If you need anymore system info then just ask.
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Memorandum! wrote:
> motherboard drivers.
Erm, there's only the chipset I can update for this system if that's what you mean. When I ask DELL about mobo drivers they just mention the chipset, nothing else.
I'll check though.
> motherboard drivers.
Erm, there's only the chipset I can update for this system if that's what you mean. When I ask DELL about mobo drivers they just mention the chipset, nothing else.
I'll check though.
and the latest catalyst driver is version 5.5 on ati.com
I don't know what 6517 means.
I don't know what 6517 means.
motherboard drivers.
cookie monster wrote:
> Just another thought i had there, does your motherboard support AGP
> 8x?
No it doesn't, only 4X AGP. But the card should be faster than my old one at least.
> Just another thought i had there, does your motherboard support AGP
> 8x?
No it doesn't, only 4X AGP. But the card should be faster than my old one at least.
cookie monster wrote:
> Are you using the latest drivers?
6517 is the latest Catalyst driver, right?
BIOS been updated to A06. I'll check if there is even a new revision but I very much doubt it.
DirectX is 9.0C.
There's really nothing else to update is there?
> Are you using the latest drivers?
6517 is the latest Catalyst driver, right?
BIOS been updated to A06. I'll check if there is even a new revision but I very much doubt it.
DirectX is 9.0C.
There's really nothing else to update is there?
Just another thought i had there, does your motherboard support AGP 8x?
WickedWare wrote:
> P4 1.6Ghz Celeron
> 512MB SDRAM
That CPU is probably crippling the card.
Slow RAM as well.
Those cards aren't designed to be along with such low range hardware.
Try updating all your drivers etc though.
> P4 1.6Ghz Celeron
> 512MB SDRAM
That CPU is probably crippling the card.
Slow RAM as well.
Those cards aren't designed to be along with such low range hardware.
Try updating all your drivers etc though.
Are you using the latest drivers?
Hi,
Just installed a new Sapphire 9800 Pro card and haven't been getting the high fps I was expecting. In Counter-Strike 1.6 I get 45-50fps when action takes place, and about 99fps when looking at walls (800x600 res, fps_max set to 99). I've run 3DMark05 and my score was 1028. Below are my system details.
DELL Dimension 4300 - BIOS Revision A06
P4 1.6Ghz Celeron
512MB SDRAM
Sapphire 9800 Pro - Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6517
Page File: Initial Size 384MB / Max Size 384MB
DirectX 9.0c
WinXP: Service Pack 2
Before I installed the 9800 Pro I had an GeForce 3 Ti200. I've noticed my desktop and games to be 'slightly' soft/blurry looking. Is this normal for an ATI card? The picture quality is not as clean looking as my last card. And if I ponder for a while, the 9800 pro seems a little slower than my geforce 3 ti200 card (well, in CS1.6 I think). Maybe.
I bought the Retail Lite version of the Sapphire 9800 pro so there were no hardware install instructions. I clicked the card into the AGP slot no problem. There was a spare power socket dangling from the PSU that fits the card's power cable so I used it. I think I read somewhere that said I should use a socket from the harddrive to power the card, but I'm not sure on this or if it really matters. I get no freezes anywhere so I think the card's getting enough power and is installed correctly. I think.
Something is wrong somewhere, I'm sure. I don't like this 'soft' look the 9800 is doing in-games/desktop, and the fps is too low don't you agree? I'm sure my old gf-3 ti200 is faster...
If you need anymore system info then just ask.
Just installed a new Sapphire 9800 Pro card and haven't been getting the high fps I was expecting. In Counter-Strike 1.6 I get 45-50fps when action takes place, and about 99fps when looking at walls (800x600 res, fps_max set to 99). I've run 3DMark05 and my score was 1028. Below are my system details.
DELL Dimension 4300 - BIOS Revision A06
P4 1.6Ghz Celeron
512MB SDRAM
Sapphire 9800 Pro - Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6517
Page File: Initial Size 384MB / Max Size 384MB
DirectX 9.0c
WinXP: Service Pack 2
Before I installed the 9800 Pro I had an GeForce 3 Ti200. I've noticed my desktop and games to be 'slightly' soft/blurry looking. Is this normal for an ATI card? The picture quality is not as clean looking as my last card. And if I ponder for a while, the 9800 pro seems a little slower than my geforce 3 ti200 card (well, in CS1.6 I think). Maybe.
I bought the Retail Lite version of the Sapphire 9800 pro so there were no hardware install instructions. I clicked the card into the AGP slot no problem. There was a spare power socket dangling from the PSU that fits the card's power cable so I used it. I think I read somewhere that said I should use a socket from the harddrive to power the card, but I'm not sure on this or if it really matters. I get no freezes anywhere so I think the card's getting enough power and is installed correctly. I think.
Something is wrong somewhere, I'm sure. I don't like this 'soft' look the 9800 is doing in-games/desktop, and the fps is too low don't you agree? I'm sure my old gf-3 ti200 is faster...
If you need anymore system info then just ask.
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