Ok If any of you saw my other thread (the Athlon XP 3200+ with PC2700 memory one) I was going to get an Athlon Xp 3200+ to speed up my memory, but it may look like I need it for my 9800 XT graphics card instead
I've had this 9800 XT since yesterday, and I'm positive it's not running as fast as it should be. With everything set to full in UT2004, 1024x768 or 1280x1024 my frame keeps dropping to about 10-40 in almost all Onslaught maps, Half-Life 2 gets quite a bit of frame drops like my 8500LE did too. Medal of Honor with everything at full and at 1280x1024 my frame keeps dropping to 20-40, so something can't be right here
I've heard all 3 of those games depend quite a bit on the CPU, which is why I have tested Halo at 1024x768 with everything turned on and at max (I was told Halo wasn't CPU intensive) and Halo seems to run with a frame well over 60 almost ALL the time, even the fact that Halo PC has a crap coded graphics engine and on my 8500LE it used to get a frame of 20 at the same resolution, with some of the graphics settings turned off.
My question is, would getting an Athlon XP 3200+ help these frame problems? I've got an Athlon XP 2400+ (T-bred core) at the moment.
I get the following scores on 3DMark03:
3DMark score: 6075
CPU score: Very slightly over 400
Thanks