Just bought two new gfx boards... what kind of performance can I expect?

[Geeky1]

I just ordered two new (refurbished) graphics cards from newegg; one as a backup, and the other to upgrade the Rage 128 in my print server.

Since I know someone's going to ask...
Why not use the Rage 128 as a backup?

It's an AGP 2x card; it won't work in my nForce2 boards.

So, I ordered a Transcend Radeon 7500/64MB DDR, and a Transcend Radeon 9000/64MB DDR.

What kind of performance (3dmark '01) are we looking at here?

It's not really a big deal... I just want something a bit faster for the print server because I notice the R128 lagging @ 1600x1200 in 2d sometimes, and because I want to run a higher resolution than that anyhow...

But, I'm curious.

I'm guessing ~3-6k for the 7500, depending on the comp. it's in; my R7500m in my laptop does 5300, so...

As for the R9000... I'd guess 7-9k, depending again on the comp. it's in.

What do you guys think?

[GnomeWizardd]

the 9000 will probally score a hair less than the "real " 8500's did I had a 8500 that scored 9.5k

[Geeky1]

Yeah... my 8500 has hit as high as 13,500 though (and yes, that's at 1024x768, default settings)

In stock state, it was more like high 7ks-low 9ks on a 1.4-1.8GHz Athlon/Athlon XP system.

[GnomeWizardd]

well yea with a 8500 on todays systems it should but mine was on a old pos amd K6 III 450! I was just speaking on experience tho! lol Thats when i was in highschool and was broke and couldnt afford but to either buy a cpu /mobo and let it sit in my room till i got Ram for it that could be 2 months waiting or buy a radeon 8500 off a friend for 150 bucks! and start fraggin away!

[Geeky1]

Yeesh... a k6... :eek:

You realize that I bought the 8500 a month after it came out, and I had a 1.4GHz T-Bird system to put it in, right? :vimp: :D ;D

[SimGuy]

Less than 5K for the 7500. The 7500 doesn't have DX8.1 features.

[DogSoldier]

I scored 9593 with my Radeon 9000 128. 2.4c @ 2.98

[Geeky1]

Well, I got both today, and I'm very impressed with the 7500; I'm not so thrilled with the 9000, though.

They both come clocked near 250/200 (core/ram); the R7500 is actually 258MHz core, and I can't complain about that.

The RAM (Transcend brand) on both cards also overclocked fairly happily to 250MHz; there was no artifacting in 3dmark '01 @ 250/250 with the 9000, and only very, very, VERY minor artifacting with the 7500.

Anyhow, at the default speeds, in my NF7-S (which happened to be the most accessible system, since it's out of the case for testing purposes right now), with the 1800 @ 2.2GHz, the scores are:

R7500: ~5600
R9000: ~7400

Not bad... not outstanding, but the R7500 is faster than I was expecting. The R9000, on the other hand... eh. I'm a bit unhappy with it. Not enough to send it back... I mean, for $40, it was a great deal, but my R8500 is a lot faster. The 8500 is a much better card though, too, so...

[DogSoldier]

I only had mine 6 months but it was twice as fast as my old Geforce MX. I was actually very happy with it up until I found these forums. hahahaha Since noone picked up onit in the Deal Depot.. it'll be my contribution to the next SMx machine.

[mmonnin]

My 8500 LE gets around 10k with the CPU at about ~2 GHz (180 FSB) and with plenty of room for OCing the card and CPU.