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"Steve Evans" <me@home.net> wrote in message
news:mcre81lbsm30smcrqh1qidqudv0tudpkie@4ax.com
> On Sun, 15 May 2005 15:09:27 GMT, "McGrandpa"
> <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> "Steve Evans" <me@home.net> wrote in message
>> news:k0ge81t7o5ng8jjkltmc1k9ne7p35ilgv9@4ax.com
>>> Does anyone know of any good benchmarking sites that will give me
>>> some idea of how well my system is handling D3?
>>> I'm averaging 38fps during normal gameplay, with shadows off,
>>> turning shadows on knocks 10-15fps off of that. Strafing has a
>>> noticable jerky effect, even with v-sync turned on.
>>>
>>> A64 3200
>>> 1G Corsair XMS
>>> 9800 pro 256bit @ AGP 8x
>>> Abit AV8
>>> XP Pro (no junk running in the background!)
>>>
>>> TIA
>>
>>
>> Download 3DMark2003 from Futuremark.com (register a free account so
>> you can UL results and browse later), run it, then upload your
>> results to their O.nline R.esult B.rowser (automatically connects
>> and uploads), you should be able to compare favorably to quite a few
>> systems with 9800 Pro cards.  Sounds like you have a decent rig.
>> Your video card will be your bottleneck.  Especially for Doom3.  As
>> great a card as the 9800 Pro is, the games have already run right by
>> it.  I have one sitting in a box with a couple dozen 'older' cards
>> now.
>> McG.
>>
>
> Cheers McG, will give that a try.
> Lack of forward planning shoots me in the foot  - got the 9800 whilst
> playing HL2, and then decided to upgrade the rest of my system *post*
> HL2. So I'm stuck with agp, itching for faster graphics and looking at
> making a fairly hefty loss on selling the 9800.
> Got my eye on the ATI X800 XT at the moment......
>
> Cya in the next HL2 'bash'!

I'll be lookin for ya Steve,  McG's got a new business, Slammers Inc.! 
;)

McG.