Nvidia fx5700

I have just puchased the asus V9570TD (fx5700) and changed it into a Nvidia
quadro fx1100.
This was using rivatuner and the latest XPdetonator drivers.
It is very fast!
I down loaded the ship in the bottle file and it opens straight away. Am I
missing something regarding the benchmark?

 

Pete,

I think this benchmark is for CPU speed. It's not an official metric or
anything, just something Mike Wilson came up with that works pretty good.

If you want to measure graphics you'll have to load some heavy software from
http://www.spec.org . Or you can run the SW benchmark, but it won't give you
a pure graphics result.


Regards

Mark

 

Everything MM said is true. I will add that *no benchmark*, including the
spec SW benchmark, will show the multiple window slowdown. The only way to
test for that is to open up a bunch of files and start switching between
them, rotating each one. For instance, the way I used to test was... drag
and drop about 25-30 various parts and assy's from Windows Explorer into
Solidworks. Then I would use CTRL-TAB to switch between each of the open
parts/assy's, using the mouse to rotate the view. If you have the multiple
window slowdown it will show up pretty quickly. If not, then it won't show
up at all. Good luck and keep us posted!

- Eddy

 

To get the benchmark to run you have to turn on your macro toolbar and run
the macro that downloads with the ship which causes the ship to rebuild.
Then observe your rebuild times.

Jay

 

Update, I changed it back to a fx5700 and got a score of 75, so must be good


This is on a low spec Compac P4 2.4 1/2 gb ddr ram with a 40 Gb ide hard
disk

 

I'm not sure why you're seeing an improvement, as the 'Ship benchmark
doesn't have much to do with graphics. It's a single model running in a
single window. It is meant to benchmark the rebuild time, which is more a
reflection of the cpu than anything else. The author, Mike J. Wilson would
attest to this.

But hey, if it's better, it's better

- Eddy