3dmark scores

[Zak33]

thats it Skii....the FSB is mils over yours...

[Stoo]

I want to change up to 400ddr, but that means changing all my ram out and I just can't afford that at the moment (especially since I buckled and bought the 9800 AIW)

[quarryman]

I think the biggest difference to me was making sure that the drivers were installed absolutely cleanly, deleting all the old ati files including any of the windows ati drivers etc etc. The "foolproof" install guide on the Rage 3D forums was the method I followed, and I went from just over 13k to over 16k, so it might be worth a try

what is this "foolproof" method you speak of? I'd like to uninstall the 4.0 drivers i have, since i had 3.8s i think, and want to make sure i get rid of the old ones completely.

on the 3dmark subject, i agree it can give slightly suspicious results but its a good way of telling if there is something set that is hampering performance. for instance i was trying the different agp speeds on my 9600 pro recently and found that playing Vice City on agp x4 or agp off made very little noticable difference to the gameplay. the two settings gave scores of 6300 and 8400 respectively.

i think sometimes its a good evaluation, if maybe a little inaccurate.

[Stoo]

http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthre...eadid=33656771

[DeludedGuy]

I get a little under 13k in 3d mark 2001, and I had noting overclocked, apart from Overdrive enabled.

[Defiant]

I only got a little over 18K on 2001SE with

3Ghz p3
1024mb ddr400 dual channel (cas 2.5)
36gb raptor
9800xt 256mb
on a IC7 Max3

I was expecting at least 20K+

[Defiant]

I just run 2003 and I got 6509

[nolips71]

so i take it my 7000+ is good then

[G4Z]

well, I ran a test last night on 2k1 and I got a smidge over 11k

I have a 2100+ @ default speeds (wont overclock since i installed my 9600xt, freezes in games...) got 768mb of 333 DDR and a powercolor 9600XT.

had all setttings at performance, no AA no firewall no AV no internet...

[bigZ]

What would be an acceptabe score for my rig(shown in sig) in 3dmark2001 BTW my score was 11865.

I'll run a quick bench on my 9600XT at those speeds if u want?

my maxxed out score is 16415 2nd highest Athlon XP / 9600 Series card on the ORB

Give me an hour and I'll give u something to compare to.

[Stoo]

I only got a little over 18K on 2001SE with

3Ghz p3
1024mb ddr400 dual channel (cas 2.5)
36gb raptor
9800xt 256mb
on a IC7 Max3

I was expecting at least 20K+

Looking over the online results it appears that your expectations were very optimistic, as every P4 system over 20k marks is running at least 3.2GHz, and it's probable that that the gfx cards have been heavily overclocked too.

[bigZ]

well it was a little less than 1 hour, not got a compare url cos I can't resolve futuremark for some reason

I got 13683 with my Athlon XP 2500+ @ 3200+, voltages set to motherboard defaults, 2x256Mb PC3500 @ 200Mhz 2-2-2-6, Sapphire Radeon 9600XT Fireblade @ 500/325 (that's the stock for my card). Windows 2000 Professional SP2, directX 8.1, Catalyst 3.2 with Catalyst 3.10 control panel, nForce2 driver version 3.13.

The OS I used is fairly well tweaked for 3dmark2001SE, but it should give you an indication of what you can expect.

[BUFF]

Ah that'll be why then - I can't overclock my T-Bred B Xp2200

Why not?

[Stoo]

*blink*

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7307334

that was before I overclocked anything other than the gfx card to 297/297..

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7439820

that's the cpu at 2800+speeds on the 333 bus

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7555941

That one is current, I think there's quite a bit of headroom left in that card too.. That's a point, anyone know what sort of maximum the AIW 9800se's o/c to? (I'm currently at 405 / 345ddr)

[Squilly]

cheers guys, did a bit of tweakin and managed to get 12 and a half thou, ill do some more and see wat i can get.