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Formatted... still no improvement...

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cfetter79

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Installed a 9800Pro from a 9600XT and saw really no improvment. (already hashed this out and now know my processor/mobo/everything else is the drawback). When I installed, I didn't do anything other than driver cleaner. Card operated flawlessly, and scored around 5500 or so on 3DMark03 (which I take with a grain of salt, it works good in the games). Anyways, decided to format and reinstall everything.... needed to anyways. Now that I've installed everything again (using Omega 4.2 Drivers) my score went DOWN 500 or so points........... WTF???!?!?!? Any ideas?

Not really that important, just one of those things that kinda bugs you 'cause it doesn't make sense.

Thanks!
 
But it does make sense, the 9600xt is a good card, the 9800pro is a decent step up from that, but not huge. But the 9800pro begs for processor, and that's where you are bottlenecked right now.
 
Sorry... wasn't real clear.... Score was with the 9800 Pro, then the 9800 Pro (after formatting) and it went down. I had the Pro installed before I formatted.

sorry for the confusion.
 
Try the regular cat drivers some times they are faster also did you reset the properties to performance over quality. That makes a big difference.
 
Cuz when you formatted, you took out your AGP controller drivers along w/ everything else in the hard drive(s).

You'll need to uninstall the video card drivers, then install AGP controller, then reinstall vid card drivers.
 
Forgive me, but what are you talking about? I've formatted the system a couple of times over the last few years, and have never installed an AGP controller.. Not quite sure what that is.
Thanks
 
No sir, I didn't........ :( But when I tested before I reformatted, I didn't have them in either. It's an OEM (Gateway :mad:) Intel mobo, and I can't find anything to match on Intel's website. I know this is a mainboard question, but we're already talking about it.... On Intel chipsets, how important is the "second" set of numbers. Mine is identified as a D850GB.14A. It's the 14A that has me confused. I see there's a newer bios version on Intel's website, but it says it's for a D850GB.86A. Someone help me out?

Thanks!
 
Forgive me for the "stupidness" of the last post. I grabbed the cheesy "drivers" disk that came with the machine, and tried to update the Processor to AGP driver, it says that there's no better match (on the disk at least). I'm gonna try and email Intel for an update.
 
If you format and then use XP drivers or the disk that came with your machine then you are using old drivers. Update everything you possibly can and get the newest inf from Intel.
 
Just get the latest intel .inf updates. They cover most all the intel chipsets. And those drivers will be superior to whatever your machine came with. This I promise.

The AGP controller is one of those devices in your device manager you never look at or pay attention to. But you MUST install your chipset drivers first. Every other driver needs to be installed after that. Then you must install the latest direct X to get maximum performance.
 
So should I remove DirectX 9.0b and the ATI(Omega) drivers, then install the new Intel stuff? Or can I just update the AGP drivers and be done with it. Please don't tell me that I must reformat and reinstall..... again.

Thanks!
 
Perhaps your settings for your vid card were different before the format. Like if you've changed a few settings with a driver tool when you had the 9600XT, and after installing the 9800Pro, it kept the settings. But after you formatted, the driver settings went to default. Dunno, just another possibility.
 
Well the results are in, and it didn't make a 3DMark03 difference, jsut under 5100. But things "feel" like they run smoother. Maybe the placebo affect, I don't know, but I'll sleep better tonight knowing that my POS has the correct chipset drivers.

Thanks a bunch!
 
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