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post #1 of 19
8/22/05 at 6:32pm
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Ever wanted to check the speed of your new graphics drivers without running a serious program like 3dMark or AQ3?

The secret lies in the DxDiag command from your run box...

Simply run the diagnostic tool... (it will give you valuable info on DirectDraw, Direct3d, and what drivers you're using.

Here's what you do...
Goto the display button at the top and then click on test Direct3d...
* the speed the Direct X cube spins is the key to how fast your drivers are!!!!

Conclusion...

1)If you can still read the sides...then it's mostly a Image Quality driver...
2)And if it spins like crazy...then you know you have the Hi-performance driver that will yield those extra FPS...try it out

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note:
The fastest drivers I've seen using this primative benchmark are the Xg drivers and the Omega drivers....If someone could give feedback on the ATi Catalyst drivers let me know
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8/23/05 at 5:17pm
Whoah, my block spins like CRAZY

That was neat.
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post #3 of 19
8/23/05 at 7:52pm
haha all I saw was a green and black blur in all 3 tests lol. Ive never seen the test cubes move like that. there usualy nice and slow.
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8/23/05 at 9:12pm
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post #5 of 19
9/2/05 at 12:28pm
My blocks were spinning mad slow with my forceware 77.76 but after I installed the xg 78.11, Insaness yo, my blocks were spinning like crazy.
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post #6 of 19
9/3/05 at 8:16pm
How do I get faster drivers? My card is crappy and I want fast drivers =(
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9/3/05 at 8:20pm
they spin slow when v-sync is enabled, otherwise they fly like crazy.
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post #8 of 19
9/7/05 at 9:32pm
They just spin at the same speed I have them spin on all computers. My x800xtpe spins at the same speed as integrated graphics. I can read the text clearly and it seems not too fast or too slow.
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9/7/05 at 9:39pm
Mine spun like crazy. Just a big blur! lol. Cool Faq though!
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post #10 of 19
9/16/05 at 9:06am
Bunch of damn no0bs.

Go turn on vsync and see if it still spins that fast..

Jonrezz seems to be the only one who understands this...

Hell with vsync off Fraps tells me I'm getting 999fps..lolz..
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