Posts by jd2b

lelliot, I ran some of the omega tweaks for performance. I have reformated my machine and installed all the latest Dell drivers now and it runs even better now. With the Dell A02 ATI driver I scored the following: 3Dmark2005 =...

Oh on a side note, with further tweaks I am running 1080 in the 3Dmark2005 test.

lelliott, there will always be a little variance between machines with the exact same hardware. For example, when Intel says a chip is 1.86ghz or whatever, it is because that is "roughly" what that chip runs at. Infact they...

I am thinking that the x300 can run with the 9600 in your 8600 Mac640. Its nice that you have the x600 which is better yet, but I am much more pleased with my x300 knowing that it at least runs with the 9600. I just got 1001 3dmarks...

I ran a 3dmark 2005 test today on my i6000d running the omega drivers and scored 1001. Hehe, I knew this little boy could crest 1k. That is a 46 3dmarks improvement from the Dell Ati drivers which posted 955. I believe that with a...

JadeHawk, yes there is the possibility of an upgrade in the future. It all comes down to formfactor though, the card has to be roughly the same physical shape to fit in the space allowed for the current video card. The 6000 is an...

dlinkin, not sure about the cleartype, I may not have configured it properly but I want to say it is a little less clear now. I just ran Aquamark on this machine and came out with 19,550.

If you are looking for extreme 3d performance the x300 is not your card. The 6800 is a very well performing card, about 3.25x the 3dmark05 scores. I prefer the x300 however. Everyones' needs are different, I could not take the...

The x300 is a superior card no doubt(engineering/technologywise), but it doesn't attain the framerate performance of the 9600Pro. The x300 is based on newer hardware with better heat/power management, whereas the 9600 is based on an...

Looking above at the single X600 card it gets 1,176 3dmarks. I think if you want super 3d performance you are looking at an X700 at the bare minmum, and that kind of power creates heat/power issues. The x600 looks nice, but it appears...