My New ATI RADEON 9800PRO 128MB

RadarMan · Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2004 12:23 am Post subject: My New ATI RADEON 9800PRO 128MB

Ok, my new card (ATI RADEON 9800PRO 128MB) came today (fast delivery). From the time it arrived to the time it was installed took 45 minutes.
The difference is nothing short of amazing. Shocked

With everything turned up full I got 6.8 FPS when flying my DC3. Now with the new card and the 4.3 drivers I get a whopping 18.9 FPS and possible more. I have a stop at 19 FPS which I have to go in and change.
I'll report some other differences as I notice them
I have ordered but not yet received Ultimate Traffic, my computer can handle it now my Video card can also.
Simple job: Idea

I downloaded the new 4.3 drivers (and control panel) to a folder on the desktop.
I first deleted all the ATI drivers on my system from the old card.
I then went into the device manager and deleted the old card.
I did not reboot but I did shut down the computer.
I uninstalled the old card and installed the new card (cool built in fan).
I rebooted but did not let the new (built-in) drivers install themselves.
I now used the new drivers that were in the desktop folder, installed the rebooted and was off to the races.
It worked like a charm, beautiful,no problems. Thumbs Up!

harleyman · Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2004 12:38 am Post subject:

Cool....Lucky dog.......Wish it was that easy for me....HeHe...lol But then again,we all know I'm a stupid puter person.......

So glad it went well for you.......

Happy flying.........Mason.......Gotta go fly now.....see Ya....

Geordan · Guest

Nice!

May I ask what resolution and AA fliltering level you're running?

I get average 30-35 on my fx 5900 with 4x AA at 1024 x 768 and maximum settings. over a big city with lots of clouds in the sky it drops to about 22 but nothing too horrid.

-Geordan

RadarMan · Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2004 3:30 am Post subject:

Right now I'm maxed (graphically) out and running 1024x768x32 and haven't played with the anti-aliasing as of yet. Rolling Eyes

I see where the night flying eats up the fps more than day, I usually don't care for night flying, except to see the sights in Las Vegas. Juggle

Rambunctious · Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2004 5:43 am Post subject:

Hey there, I'm glad you're enjoying your new card!

Could someone explain how you measure the framerate while you're playing the game? Is there a freeware utility for this?

RadarMan · Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2004 5:54 am Post subject:

Rambunctious · Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2004 8:19 am Post subject:

Thanks, R

Flyaway · Site Admin Joined: Jun 28, 2003 Posts: 947 Location: UK

RadarMan, whats the technical on the 9800 Pro? Does she outrun the FX5900 from Nvidia?
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RadarMan · Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2004 8:53 pm Post subject:

Geordan · Guest

Yeah the 9800 is substantially faster.

The fx 5900 is on par with the 9700 and the 9800 is usually 10 percent faster than the 9700. The 9800 processes high level filtering significantly better than both though. This round of cards, ati has a lead in both overall speed, as well as filtering quality.

-Geordan

RadarMan · Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2004 6:29 pm Post subject:

Geordan · Guest

Bitchin'

-Geordan

Guest · Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 4:59 pm Post subject:

Greetings! Congrats on the 9800Pro, aweseme card. I have one and I'm getting a constant 20-25fps at 1280x1024x32 with some AA and AF on. I'm limited by my processor which is a P4 1.8. Anyways, enough with the technobabble.. I have a question. When you're flying, do things in the distance (on the ground, buildings, fields, etc.) kinda "blur and wiggle"? It's kinda hard to describe what it's doing, it just looks really weird. It's kinda like the moire effect, only different. One other thing I notice is that when I'm in virtual cockpit mode (regardless of aircraft) when I turn my "head" from left to right, it takes a second to fill in the texture on the ground so I have these big blocks of blank color, then the texture fills in. Other than the two problems I listed above, I have no issues what-so-ever and things look incredible. I had never noticed these issues with my old GeForce2.

Thanks in advance!

One other thing, what kind of processor are you running RadarMan? Just curious... You should be able to get some more out of that card easily if you're running a decent processor.

RadarMan · Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 5:16 pm Post subject:

Guest · Posted: Sat Mar 20, 2004 5:40 pm Post subject:

Yeah, I'm current on everything except Cat. 4.3 and that is by choice. I'm using Omega 4.2 Drivers for the vid card. I tried the 4.3's and the Omega 4.2's seem better. I'm at SP1... don't know anything else to do....

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