Bad Performance in X800XT

[plguzman]

Just got a X800XT, replacing a 6800 OC, who died 2 weeks ago. I made all the procedures by the book, carefully uninstalled my NVIDIA drivers, ran Driver Cleaner Pro, etc.

Now I installed the X800XT (AIW), just the card, not the video goodies yet (FM, TV, etc), but I can't get good scores on 3dMark or in real games.

In 3dMark05 I have reached 4200 (with all the candy off), for a card that should be easily reaching around 6000. One issue could be that my HD suffered with the problem of the other card, I used it without video (just VGA) for all this time, and his performance decreased (lots of freezes, BSOD, etc). I am waiting for a WD SATA II 250Gb to make all the painful process of format, etc.

In the ATI Tray Tools bench module I get normal scores tho, I almost reach the X850XT number. I was thinking in my PSU, but tested it and his numbers are good.

Is my HD hurting my card's performance?

My Specs:

P4 3.2 HT
1Gb PC3200 400Mhz
80Gb IDE (old one)
Catalysts 6.9

Thanks!

 

[Marvelous]

your hard drive shouldn't affect performance... You must be having the Nvidia to ATI change syndrome...

Uninstall your old Nvidia drivers with Driver cleaner...

 

[Faction]

reading comprehension isnt the strongest here.

I suggest a full format. when switching over from ati to nvidia or vice versa things never seem to go well.

 

[plguzman]

Yeah I was thinking of that. I will definitely do the format as soon as my new HD arrives, and that would be in 2 or 3 days. Doesn't have any sense to format this one if I'm going to change it in 2 days.

I used Driver Cleaner Pro to uninstall the Nvidia drivers. But still had this problem.

That bench utility in ATI Tray Tools is accurate?. Because I get good scores there.

Thanks.

EDIT: I included my results on the ATI Tray Tools bench test.