Asus A7V8X-X
Athlon XP 1700+
512 MB DDR PC3200
XFX GeForce FX 5200 128 MB DDR
I'm getting extremely poor performance out of this card - yes, I know the stock 5200s are crap, but this one seems to be even more crap than average. According to FutureMark, people with similar backplane specs are getting 3DMark2001 scores of 7000-8000 - I can't even break 5000 with this rig. The highest I can overclock the card before 3DMark2K1 starts locking up is 267 core, 423 memory. And the odd thing is that the default frequency on the memory, according to both the 71.89 drivers and RivaTuner, is 332 MHz. So XFX seems to have cheaped out on the memory. Even so, Bjorn3D got 7000+ 3DMarks when he reviewed this same card. http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=279
WTF am I doing wrong?
-cpdohert
Athlon XP 1700+
512 MB DDR PC3200
XFX GeForce FX 5200 128 MB DDR
I'm getting extremely poor performance out of this card - yes, I know the stock 5200s are crap, but this one seems to be even more crap than average. According to FutureMark, people with similar backplane specs are getting 3DMark2001 scores of 7000-8000 - I can't even break 5000 with this rig. The highest I can overclock the card before 3DMark2K1 starts locking up is 267 core, 423 memory. And the odd thing is that the default frequency on the memory, according to both the 71.89 drivers and RivaTuner, is 332 MHz. So XFX seems to have cheaped out on the memory. Even so, Bjorn3D got 7000+ 3DMarks when he reviewed this same card. http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=279
WTF am I doing wrong?
-cpdohert
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