New video card w00t!

[KubeDawg]

So I finally got my tax return, so yes, I am finally upgrading my video card. No more 6200 POS winfast, no more 35 FPS!!!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130290

EVGA 512-P2-N757-TR GeForce 8600GT 512MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

My current PC specs:

AMD Athlon 64 3800+ 2.4gHz Processor
Asus A8N nForce4 non SLI Mobo 939 Socket
1 GB Corsair Value Select PC 3200 DDR RAM
200GB Western Digital 7200RPM HDD
No Sound Card
400Watt Rosewill PSU

[v3rtigo]

Congrats

I always get excited when I see my new equipment rock, how about you guys?

[KubeDawg]

I've never run a benchmark on my PC before. Anyone know a good program to do this?

[v3rtigo]

Fortress Forever :P

I've used 3dmark but you'll only become disappointed when comparing it to people that have turbo computers so be careful. If you want to benchmark then I'd recommend doing it to compare similar systems to see if yours is running like it should (or could).

[Mudfrog]

Originally Posted by v3rtigo

Fortress Forever :P

I've used 3dmark but you'll only become disappointed when comparing it to people that have turbo computers so be careful. If you want to benchmark then I'd recommend doing it to compare similar systems to see if yours is running like it should (or could).

Agree'd.. even after just upgrading my pc I ran 3dmark06 and became very disappointed with my score while comparing it to systems with dual ultras.

The best benchmark is actual in game tests, although just for kicks I run the HL2 and FEAR benchmarks to compare the new specs with my old specs.

[KubeDawg]

yeah mudfrog that's what I planned on doing. I was gonna try FF, HL2 and CS 1.6 to see the difference. I hope it's in today. SO EXCITED!!! DFGSDFGjfgajlWERGHFFAIL!

[greenday5494]

Originally Posted by KubeDawg

I've never run a benchmark on my PC before. Anyone know a good program to do this?

run the HL2: Lost Coast stress test, and if you dont have lost coast, run the CSS stress test (you'll get over like 160), and then the SDK Base Stress Test (EVERYONE has that, same as HL2:LC Test)

[KubeDawg]

Ok, I ran the Source DSK Base stress test and here are the results:

Old 6200 video card: AVG of 16 fps.
New 8600 GT 512 MB: AVG of 90 fps.

The highest I've seen it go so far was 413, the lowest it's gone so far was about 65.

[v3rtigo]

Resolution, settings (AA, AF)?

[Zatoichi]

i ran the source sdk test as well...very interesting. first run i only got about 162fps average, so i checked the settings, and everything was where it should be besides the resolution. i bump the res up from 12x10 to 16x12 and ran it again, and got about the same result i think it was 167, but the areas where light was reflecting off of objects was tinted purple. reran the test and all was normal. it seems to me that the "video" stress test is highly cpu dependant on resolutions of 16x12 and below..i wish my monitor would do more but thats its cap.