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Old January 20th, 2007, 09:20 PM   #1
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Hi everybody. My friend just bought a Sapphire X1900GT PCI-E video card for his PC. These are his specs:

Motherboard : ASUS A8M2N-LA
CPU: AMD Athlon X2 4200+
RAM: 2x1gb Hynix DDR2-533
HDD: Maxtor 250gb SATA - 16 mb Cache
PSU: Thermaltake TR2 470w
Sound : Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music
OS: Windows XP MCE

Now compare this to my config on the left. Yesterday we put his x1900Gt in my PC and we got like 250 PC Marks more than on his. I find this weird because he has got a much better system than me. Would anywone have a clue?
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Old January 20th, 2007, 10:35 PM   #2
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Old January 20th, 2007, 11:07 PM   #3
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Only thing i can think of is that you got a much better PSU than he has. I have said it before, a solid power stream is almost the most important piece of hardware in youre pc. What kind of PSU does he have?? Maybe his parts cant get enough juice??
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Old January 21st, 2007, 08:08 AM   #4
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Hi everybody. My friend just bought a Sapphire X1900GT PCI-E video card for his PC. These are his specs:

Motherboard : ASUS A8M2N-LA
CPU: AMD Athlon X2 4200+
RAM: 2x1gb Hynix DDR2-533
HDD: Maxtor 250gb SATA - 16 mb Cache
PSU: Thermaltake TR2 470w
Sound : Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music
OS: Windows XP MCE

Now compare this to my config on the left. Yesterday we put his x1900Gt in my PC and we got like 250 PC Marks more than on his. I find this weird because he has got a much better system than me. Would anywone have a clue?
Which 3DMarks? 06? 05?

Does he have the AMD Dual Core Optimizer installed?

Were both machines set to PERFORMANCE for all the tests?

Is the RAM set similarly on both machines? RAM timing is very important. Are any of the machines set to 1T while another is set to 2T?

PSU is definitely another factor? What is the 12V Rail AMP rating between the PSUs?

How many times did you run the benchmark? At least 3 times each should be done to get a good overall average.
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Old January 21st, 2007, 08:29 AM   #5
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It was run on 3D mark 06. Both PC had same RAM settings. His thermaltake PSU ran 30A i think. Mine 35A.
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Old January 21st, 2007, 08:29 AM   #6
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Yes he does have Dual Core Optimizer Installed
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Old January 21st, 2007, 12:16 PM   #7
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Yes he does have Dual Core Optimizer Installed
The newest one was released just this past November. Make sure he has all the latest utilities installed.

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/...1_9706,00.html

I've actually had some people advise me to uninstall it as there have been reports that it was to blame for game crashes.

BTW, what were the scores you were getting?
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My system with his x1900gt : 3963 3D Marks

His : 3713 3DMarks

Yes he's got the latest version of the AMd Optimizer
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