XFX 4890 (HD-489A-ZDFC) low bench scores

PAPADOC · Aug 26, 2009

Hello,

I just started testing the waters with my new HD 4890, but the scores seem low I am guessing my CPU is the bottleneck but need to know for sure.

So i have a new vista SP1 32 bit install on a 60gb partition on a new Seagate 7200.12 500gb drive
I have a Q6600 clocked at 3.6Ghz
and 2GB of Patriot Ram running at 960Mhz DDR2
The clocks on the HD4890 are at stock.

And in 3DMark06 I only get a score of : 14444 points

and in 3D Mark Vantage i only get P7400 points

PSU is a corsair TX750 watts, I got this because it has 1 x 12v rail with 60 frigging Amps giving out 720 of the watts.

So I don't get it

UPDATE:
I updated my BIOS to version 13f
and it increased only my 3D Mark Vantage score to P8700 points

my 3d mark 06 score and my games fps' remained the same

so what's up with DAT?

grunt_408 · Aug 31, 2009

What games are you running? I guess you would be running 1650x1080 res? what fps are you getting?

PAPADOC · Sep 1, 2009

XFX 4890 low benches

I am using a rez of 1920 x 1200

an example of FPS in Crysis with these ATC CCC settings:
"ATI Driver Settings:
AA = 4x
AAA = OFF
AF = 16x
AI = Advanced
MipMap = High Quality"

I get an average 16 FPS

with these settings:
AA & AAA = OFF
AF = 8x
AI = Advanced
MipMap = Performance"

I should be hitting close to 25 FPS (from what I have seen on other websites and I have taken the CPU in account)

But I only get 18 FPS

fullinfusion · Sep 4, 2009

you got a bad model... the same as me... just rma the thing and bitch real loud.. who knows maybe you'll get a 4890 that runs like the ones b4 they changed over from the ATI reference design...

1Kurgan1 · Sep 4, 2009

I see your running Vista 32 and 2GB of ram. How many times is your RAM capped, I have a feeling when your benching your dipping into virtual memory and it's killing your score. With your OC and GPU you should probably be seeing 16k if not more.

fullinfusion said:
you got a bad model... the same as me... just rma the thing and bitch real loud.. who knows maybe you'll get a 4890 that runs like the ones b4 they changed over from the ATI reference design...

Still a 14.4k with a quad core at 3.6ghz and a 4890, thats a pretty low score.

fullinfusion · Sep 4, 2009

1Kurgan1 said:
I see your running Vista 32 and 2GB of ram. How many times is your RAM capped, I have a feeling when your benching your dipping into virtual memory and it's killing your score. With your OC and GPU you should probably be seeing 16k if not more.

Still a 14.4k with a quad core at 3.6ghz and a 4890, thats a pretty low score.

ha thats better than mine :banghead:

here this is stock cpu and gpu... this is using a V1.0 xfx card

and this is using the same gpu as the other guy... the HD-489A-ZDFC

Pretty sad hey

1Kurgan1 · Sep 4, 2009

Difference is, he is running 600mhz more on the CPU. But that is a big drop, it doesn't make any sense as I think I have seen 4870's bench higher on stock 940's than that. Why woudl changing the VRM area and the board design effect performance when not OCing the GPU as it's still the same GPU and RAM on the board.

fullinfusion · Sep 4, 2009

1Kurgan1 said:
Difference is, he is running 600mhz more on the CPU. But that is a big drop, it doesn't make any sense as I think I have seen 4870's bench higher on stock 940's than that. Why woudl changing the VRM area and the board design effect performance when not OCing the GPU as it's still the same GPU and RAM on the board.

Xfx isn't using the ATI reference pcb any more... something has changed on there end...I just ran a test with the shitty gpu as the master and the good gpu in the bottom slave position.... I get not bad scores but reverse the cards and it totally blows!
Im also testing with the cpu cranked up to 3.8ghz

PAPADOC · Sep 29, 2009

Xfx 4890

I am thinking now maybe it's because my mobo 's PCI-E slot is 1.1

Would it make a difference if my mobo had a PCI-E 2.0 slot?

RaPiDo987 · Sep 29, 2009

fullinfusion said:
you got a bad model... the same as me... just rma the thing and bitch real loud.. who knows maybe you'll get a 4890 that runs like the ones b4 they changed over from the ATI reference design...

Same here.... :mad:

I have to RMA my Version 5 model and got this Version 4 instead.

Here's my scores:

STOCK CPU 3.0ghz AND GPU 875/975

OVERCLOCK CPU 3.7GHz and 925/1142

I don't know about these 4890's :banghead:

:shadedshu....
runs games pretty well though at stock

Zubasa · Sep 29, 2009

PAPADOC said:
I am thinking now maybe it's because my mobo 's PCI-E slot is 1.1

Would it make a difference if my mobo had a PCI-E 2.0 slot?

Nope, the PCI-E 1.0 X16 slot = 2.0 X8 slot hardly bottlenecks even the 5870.

fullinfusion · Sep 29, 2009

RaPiDo987 said:
Same here.... I have to RMA my Version 5 model and got this Version 4 instead.

Here's my scores:

STOCK CPU 3.0ghz AND GPU 875/975
View attachment 29089

OVERCLOCK CPU 3.7GHz and 925/1142
View attachment 29090

I don't know about these 4890's:shadedshu....
runs games pretty well though at stock

I just got a new gpu back yesterday (and fast too) took 2 weeks exactly from XFX rma and they sent me a 900mhz model instead of the 850mhz model I sent them

HD-489A-ZDFC but its a Version 1.1.... it has the black board and has one 6 pin and one 8 pin power connectors... also has the 4 led's and besides the power connectors and color... it looks exactly like my ati reference card

.... time to take it on a stock mark06 run...

fullinfusion · Sep 29, 2009

first run stock everything with new rma'd gpu

I gotta say, nice!!! the old gpu only got 13k

fullinfusion · Sep 29, 2009

time to cross fire them now...

but what slot shoul I but the 900mhz gpu in?
the other gpu is a 850mhz model...

Assassin48 · Sep 29, 2009

It doesn't matter since both will run at 850 unless you overclock the 850 to 900mhz

fullinfusion · Sep 29, 2009

Assassin48 said:
It doesn't matter since both will run at 850 unless you overclock the 850 to 900mhz

well i don't need to overclock bro..... so where would you place the gpu? top or bottom..
also I just got off the phone from XFX to confirm what gpu they sent.... Brian told me they sent the XXX gpu out! :rockout:

RaPiDo987 · Sep 29, 2009

fullinfusion said:
well i don't need to overclock bro..... so where would you place the gpu? top or bottom..
also I just got off the phone from XFX to confirm what gpu they sent.... Brian told me they sent the XXX gpu out!

You lucky bastard! :banghead:

fullinfusion · Sep 29, 2009

RaPiDo987 said:
You lucky bastard!

That's what you get for bitching and threatening them by telling them I'm going with a different manufacture lol...

RaPiDo987 · Sep 29, 2009

fullinfusion said:
That's what you get for bitching and threatening them by telling them I'm going with a different manufacture lol...

LOL... I sent them a really disappointed message stating that their tech support SUCKS and that I might not buy another XFX product again.... They received it Monday, and I got it Thursday of the same week... But I honestly might not buy another XFX product again...:shadedshu

fullinfusion · Sep 29, 2009

Enough of this shit....cpu bottle necking the gpu's :shadedshu.... time to OC this bitch.... ran stock x-fire and got this tiny score....

erocker · Sep 29, 2009

fullinfusion said:
well i don't need to overclock bro..... so where would you place the gpu? top or bottom..
also I just got off the phone from XFX to confirm what gpu they sent.... Brian told me they sent the XXX gpu out!

Put the more powerful card in the top slot.

And yes, 3dMark likes high OC's on the CPU. Idk, 3dMark 06 is getting on four years old now. It's time to move on to another benchmark.

Plus if you are really just looking for high 06' marks, you should go with an Intel CPU and Nvidia cards.

fullinfusion · Sep 29, 2009

erocker said:
Put the more powerful card in the top slot.

I was just going to pm you about that Eroc.... thanks... I have the XXX gpu in the top slot and just clocked the other to match it.... Does that work ok? or leave it at stock 850mhz and leave the xxx at its stock 900mhz clock?

erocker · Sep 29, 2009

fullinfusion said:
I was just going to pm you about that Eroc.... thanks... I have the XXX gpu in the top slot and just clocked the other to match it.... Does that work ok? or leave it at stock 850mhz and leave the xxx at its stock 900mhz clock?

If the other card can do 900mhz, by all means have it run at that.

fullinfusion · Sep 29, 2009

erocker said:
Put the more powerful card in the top slot.

And yes, 3dMark likes high OC's on the CPU. Idk, 3dMark 06 is getting on four years old now. It's time to move on to another benchmark.

Im just compairing marks in order to see the difference between bith marks.... Before I go on O/C'n the cpu I had better run Vantage to get its difference in scores...

RaPiDo987 · Sep 29, 2009

erocker said:
Put the more powerful card in the top slot.

And yes, 3dMark likes high OC's on the CPU. Idk, 3dMark 06 is getting on four years old now. It's time to move on to another benchmark. Plus if you are really just looking for high 06' marks, you should go with an Intel CPU and Nvidia cards.

Besides Vantage, what other GOOD benchmark are out there?

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