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From: RubenD on 11 Jun 2008 21:51 Hi, I just got 2 new video cards and installed the drivers from the internet instead of the ones on cd(box). I was expecting a great improvement over my onboard video card, I mean a huge difference but no, it's faster but just ok. Do you think I could get better performance from the actual manufacturer drivers instead of the generic ones. BTW, the cards are Visiontek 3650HD 1GB and Sapphire 2600HD 256MB both PCI express. As a curious note, the 2600hd is performing at a higuer rating according to vista index. The box drivers were v7.9 and v8.2, the download was v8.5. TIA
From: Augustus on 11 Jun 2008 22:46 "RubenD" <nospam(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:Sg%3k.4833$N87.3994(a)nlpi068.nbdc.sbc.com... > Hi, I just got 2 new video cards and installed the drivers from the > internet instead of the ones on cd(box). > I was expecting a great improvement over my onboard video card, I mean a > huge difference but no, it's faster but just ok. > > Do you think I could get better performance from the actual manufacturer > drivers instead of the generic ones. > > BTW, the cards are Visiontek 3650HD 1GB and Sapphire 2600HD 256MB both > PCI > express. > > As a curious note, the 2600hd is performing at a higuer rating according > to > vista index. > > The box drivers were v7.9 and v8.2, the download was v8.5. Try running a benchmark like 3DMark06 to see the differences...the Vista Index is meaningless in this respect. You should be using the latest Catalysts d/l from ATI/AMD. The HD3650 is the superior card and running a benchmark that tests the card will show this more clearly (actual gaming framerates are preferable to a synthetic bench, but 3DMark06 but it's still a valid benchmark to compare videocards same CPU/Mainboard/Memory when only the videocard is different).
From: RubenD on 13 Jun 2008 23:16 I went to a website showing the 2600 with dd3 to be superior than 3650 on all benchmarks(except cinebench) even with the extra memory: http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1401/1/page_1_introduction/index.html. I guess memory does play a big deal on graphics. Thanks.
From: Augustus on 13 Jun 2008 23:43
"RubenD" <nospam(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:cIG4k.12148$Ri.7652(a)flpi146.ffdc.sbc.com... >I went to a website showing the 2600 with dd3 to be superior than 3650 on > all benchmarks(except cinebench) even with the extra memory: > > http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1401/1/page_1_introduction/index.html. > > I guess memory does play a big deal on graphics. Yes, it makes a big difference. DDR2 to DDR3 on the HD3650 is 800Mhz difference. DDR3's overclocking headroom is way more....you can easily get 2000Mhz from the stock 1750-1800Mhz DDR3 clocks. You'll be lucky to get 1100Mhz without artifacting from the 1000Mhz DDR2. |