Just finished Upgrade

[big_b]

I Decided to go for the 9600gt cards as well as the cards I upgraded the ram & psu.
Thanks for all the info in the other threads regarding upgrades
Dave

New PC Specs in red

Box :Antec p180 & true control 500w p/s New PSU 800w
Processor: AMD Athlon 6400 X2 Dual Core
Motherboard: AN9 32X series 3.00 gigahertz
Memory: 2GB 800Mzh duel channel 4gb 800mzh
Graphics: Xpertvision 7800GT (2x in SLI mode) Inno3d 9600gt 512mb (2X in SLI )
Drivers: Nvidia 6.14.11.6921 6.14.11.7116
Storage: 4x Samsung 200GB SATA-II plus 2 x 200GB external backup
Sound: SB 5.1
OS: Windows XP-Home SP2
Optical : LG multidrive DVD burner
Monitor:CMV 938D 19" flat panel 8ms response
Printer/fax : Brother MFC-240C
Anti-virus/spam & Firewall: Zone Alarm

 

[john259]

When you've had a chance to evaluate things it would be fascinating to hear your thoughts on how much Trainz performance has improved.

John

 

[big_b]

The only results i have so far are from 3DMark06 I did bench my PC in both single & SLI before I upgraded then after IN RED

I will run the same test I did in this thread in the next day or so ( #30 )
http://forums.auran.com/trainz/showthread.php?t=22763&page=2&highlight=big_b

Dave

Screen res 1440x900

single gpu

3d marks......... 3564...... 6235
SM2.0 .............1240 ......2380
HDR/SM3 .........1433...... 2688

SLI

3d marks......... 9738...... 11335
SM2.0 .............4521 ......5049
HDR/SM3 .........4337..... 5876

 

[big_b]

Here's the new frame rates

Old in Black 2 x 7800gt 256mb 128 bit
New in red 2 x 9600gt 512mb 256 bit

Looks like the video makes the difference as changes in cpu & sli don't have a great effect on the values. The major difference is in the min values compared to the max & average values

Dave


1.
Out of the box settings for Trainz & single graphics & duel cpu
Min 9 Max 61 Avg 52.628
.....55 .....96....... 89.974
2.
Out of the box settings for Trainz & SLI & duel cpu
Min 7 Max 64 Avg 55.25
.....54 .... 92...... 81.146
3.
Using Trainz options & SLI & duel cpu
Min 11 Max 64 Avg 56.969
......56 .......91..... 80.495
4
Using Trainz options & nvidia profile in SLI duel cpu
Min 9 Max 63 Avg 48.61
....54 ......96 .......85.6
5.
Using Trainz options & single graphics & 1 cpu
Min 2 Max 51 Avg 24.838
....58 ......91 .......81.329
6
Using Trainz options & SLI & 1 cpu
Min 19 Max 64 Avg 58.1777
......55 ......93 .......80.711

 

[john259]

Thanks, that's a most impressive improvement. Unfortunately for me AFAIK the 9600GT isn't available in AGP

John