Hercules AIW 9800 SE

[Paddy]

I finally got around to using the modded drivers for my 9800SE.

The first card I had wouldn't work at all with them. This card give me an increase in 3DMark03 from 3855 to 5580. That's nearly a 45% increase

I can't publish the score as the drivers are modded.

[Paddy]

I got the drivers from here.

System Configuration


General Information
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP

DirectX Version 9.0b

Mobo Manufacturer ASUSTeK Computer INC.

Mobo Model A7N8X-E

AGP Rates (Current/Available) 8x / 4x, 8x

CPU AMD Athlon(tm) Processor 2205 MHz

FSB 200 MHz

Memory 1024 MB



Display Information
Graphics Chipset ATI RADEON 9800 PRO

Driver Name AIW 9800 SE @ 9800 (http://softmod.ocfaq.com)

Driver Version 6.14.10.6436

Driver Status WHQL - FM Approved

Video Memory 128 MB

Core Clock 378 MHz

Memory Clock 338 MHz



Sound Information
Sound Adapter Driver Name NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) Audio

Sound Adapter Driver Version 6.14.409.0



Benchmark Settings
Program Version 3DMark03 Revision 4 Build 0

Resolution 1024x768@32 bit

Texture Filtering Optimal

Pixel Processing / Antialiasing None

Post Processing false

Vertex Shaders Optimal



Main Test Results
3DMark Score 5580 3DMarks

CPU Score 474.0 CPUMarks



Detailed Test Results


Game Tests
GT1 - Wings of Fury 174.3 fps

GT2 - Battle of Proxycon 37.6 fps

GT3 - Troll's Lair 33.6 fps

GT4 - Mother Nature 34.5 fps



CPU Tests
CPU Test 1 52.6 fps

CPU Test 2 8.5 fps



Feature Tests
Fill Rate (Single-Texturing) 1705.9 MTexels/s

Fill Rate (Multi-Texturing) 2921.1 MTexels/s

Vertex Shader 18.1 fps

Pixel Shader 2.0 53.2 fps

Ragtroll 24.1 fps



Sound Tests
No sounds 40.4 fps

24 sounds 29.0 fps

60 sounds 26.8 fps

[J1NG]

Ah, I got one that'll mod, but with the artifacts. At least it does it's job.

J1NG

[Paddy]

no artifacts here baby! I ran 3DMark'03 for 8hours overnight.

No problems at all...

Now to get some decent cooling on this puppie.

Does anyone know of a good way to cool the AIW card? It gets very hot - so I wouldn't want to o/c without taking this into account. Noise control is paramount