my 6800 ultra is worse than my fx5950 :/

[MuzTee]

please can some one help me out, i am a bit of a noob here, i ve got an abit an7 nforce 2 mobo with carshair twinx 1000 matched paired mem pc 4000, mobile xp 25 cpu overclocked 12.5 x 200 fsb 2500mhz and fx5950 gfx

i score 17 890 3d marks with this setup,

and get around 200 fps average on rtcw game i play...

i have jus bought 6800 ultra xfx clock speeds of 450 - 1200 mhz i have jus installed it an when i benchmark 2001 se i get 18 400 3dmarks and my rtcw game if anything has less fps

i have tried forceware drivers 61.34 61.76 61.77

does anyone know why i have such a cr**y score after paying for my card in june and only jus receiving it now coz of the rediculas delays, u can imagine that i am pretty miffed off with the lack of gains? does any one know why this is?
do i need 64 bit mobo etc to get the performance from tyhis card please some one help me as i jus dont under stand wtf is going on here (((((((

i very depressed an peeved offf muztee (((

*Zak edit* Language dude...you're new here..please be polite ta

HELP!! ME PLZ!!

[Hottentot]

Try 3D mark 03 or 05 and post your scores. 3D mark 2001SE is is mainly a system benchmarker , and you have the same system as before but a with a different graphics cards. Your new card will come into its own when playing a Direct X9 game eg Doom 3 or when you enable AA or AF.

[Steve]

Did you clean out the old drivers before slapping the latest ones on? Going from one card to another cna cause issues.

[MuzTee]

i removed old driver yes.
but u say cleaned out is there a more thoro way of doing it apart from add remove progs ??

i ve got alot higher marks on 3dmarks 03, but the game i play at rtcw ( i know old etc) i need to get 333 fps (a magical number that allows u to move faster an smoother) and this card if anything has made my fps slightly worse i was getting 200 - 250 fx5950 but not its average 10 fps lower

i imagine a 64 upgrade will have to b next :c

[BEANFro Elite]

did you completely remove every last remnance of the old drivers with driver cleaner from www.driverheaven.net/cleaner hmm??

make sure anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering are off and make sure that the image quality is not set to quality / ultra.

people i talk don't get that much higher 3d marks than you so i suggest you don't sweat it.

also 3d mark doesn't really mean anything because nvidia cards are better (out of the box) at doom3 and ati cards are better than nvida cards (also out the box) at halflife2.


if all else fails tho...backup all your goodies and format and reinstall windows.

[DR]

Did you install latest directX too?

[Proplus]

You're looking at the same problem I have with my 6800, my older FX5900 Ultra beats it in all the benchies....