Recently upgraded my 6600gt graphics card to an x850xt pe (agp). Ran 3DMark03 and my score went from 7800 to 12100 which was promising, but when it comes to games the performance increase is minimal, as an example, the Lost Coast benchmark score went from 65.32 to 67.62.
Another odditiy is that with my new card the average fps stays pretty much the same whether I'm playing in 800 x 600 resolution right up to 1280 x 1024. Is this an example of the CPU bottlenecking the graphics card? Here's the rest of my system:
AMD XP2600+ Mobile Barton @ 2.3Ghz
1GB PC3200 DDR RAM
250GB SATA HD
2007-06-13 01:35:40 · 4 answers · asked by nines_rodriguez 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
you might want to enable the overclocking feature and set the processor to run at the speed it was setup to run at. Mobile processors can change the speed for the program...make it stay at one speed.
*Note
I do not condone Overclocking... if you need speed you should buy a system that is faster in the first place.
2007-06-13 01:40:43 · answer #1 · answered by PBcompanies.com 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The CPU is a little thin. Read your MoBo specs to see what faster CPU's are supported.
TIP: You should also make sure your internet connection isn't limiting play.
2007-06-13 01:42:58 · answer #2 · answered by ELfaGeek 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pretty good observation. But, alas, the cards themselves are old, and very much similar in comparison. Sort of a waste of money. Sorry......
2007-06-13 01:43:46 · answer #3 · answered by CRACKerZPHD 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah this one's dated, might help if you had a dualcore chipset to go with it...
2007-06-13 02:58:01 · answer #4 · answered by lenfantdezappa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋