you can use FRAPS to measure your FPS in game.and i'd suggest you to go for the Crucial Ballistix.what graphic card are you using?


edit : @ raymond5105,do you mind updating my ram timings?its 2.5-3-3-7 @ 150Mhz DC. thanks

This post has been edited by pengster: Sep 16 2007, 05:53 PM

Already updated.Between he is using XFX 7600GT.

yup im using xfx 7600gt, but my 3dmark 03 is bout 11k ler, i was told by other forummer if pci-e 7600gt should be bout 16k then the agp ver should be bout 14-15k (correct me if im wrong), but mine 11k
nt sure where is wrong, some say my proc bottleneck lar

Try to clock your proc higher,this will help on the 3D mark 03.

ok, i'll try to oc it and try the new 3dmark03
btw when we wan to oc in the bios rite, the bios gt write that SATA drive is vy sensitive to frequencies, wat do they mean? i didnt try to oc b4 coz scare later my sata hard disk cant work later

Erm...i still don't have any experience of using SATA.My new SATA HDD isn't reach on my hand.I think need to ask shinjite or other members whether they are using SATA HDD or not.I think that thee high frequencies of several slot will affect or corrupt the HDD itself.Usually for PATA,we will lock the AGP and PCI ratio.

hmm a 7600GT is a very good card for AGP system already.your FPS should be pretty alright

like what raymond said,try to oc your proc to maybe around 3.4Ghz


thanks raymond for editing

This post has been edited by pengster: Sep 16 2007, 09:22 PM

i think 7600GT can score at least >12k in 3dmark03. 11k is a bit low. my 7300gt if running at stock with oced cpu can get 10k+. Like they say, try overclock your cpu to something like 3.4GHz, sure it will boost.

Anyone here knows the SATA is going to be corrupted on the HDD if the frequency is going too high?Yeah,pengster no problem on the editting.kabukiawie and pengster,i agree with you all,if his proc is going 3.4GHz...the FPS will be good.

IS IT????? i have a sata hdd la..... you have any link regarding this issue????

If OC do affect the SATA then is a bad news. Anyone can clarify coz im running RAID, if data corrupt then i will be doom.

i think need to take out all the peripherals b4 running 3d mark 03.
My score also limited at 11k using 1950pro previously.
taking out all the peripherals, my score bump up to 14k.
it is shown in my blog x1950pro

wat u mean by taking out the peripherals?

peripherals like USB portable hard disk, Wireless card
Actually i even disabled all my antivirus, firewall during my 3d mark test.

1 of the best time to benchmark your stuffs is after a fresh install and without installing any stuffs yet, just your benchmark tools

Oh,that means the o/c doesn't effect much on the SATA HDD right?Do you fix the AGP:PCI ratio ?

so far i still cant find any sata issue when ocing. i just not sure that the frequency for sata chennel will be increase together with fsb like what mentioned by raymond.

What i found when googling, most of the issue is more to those mobo that having more sata port. when ocing those mobo, some of the sata channels are disabled. For us, mostly we have something like 2-4 sata channels, so i believe this is not an issue for us. just my 2 cents.

Oh good to hear that.I afraid that the SATA HDD is going to hold us from o/c better.What's the configuration you are using?You place your HDD on SATA port 1 ?

@raymond
Yeap, fixed it at 66/33.


@kabukiawie
Glad to know that when OC doesnt effect much on the sata.

from my experience, i dont get any gain with sata or pata or both. no different at all for oc. ofcoz the pci/agp is fixed at 33/66. now currently using pata for windows coz dont want to burden my sata hdd.

hmm......if you guys found any sata news please post it here. most of us using sata hdd.