Just received and assembled my Shuttle and ran 3Dmark2001 and got the following:
Shuttle SB61G2 20th Anniversary Ed.
P4 2.6GHz 800 FSB
2x256MB OCZ 3200
TYAN 9600 Pro
80 GB Seagate 'cuda IV
My 3Dmark score: 11043
I'm a bit disappointed, was expecting something near 14K maybe? This is straight out of the box so i have only installed the drivers with the pack. Directx 8.1b i think. and the drivers for the 9600 pro are whatever was in the box. not sure what they are.
Will updating the drivers help much though. I would agree that you shouldn't flash the bios if everything is working but it might help here?
Any advice would be great. i'm gonna try avoid o/cing for the time being.
TIA


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i get 13xxx with a geforce4ti4200 so you should definately be getting more than me
No need to flash the BIOS with 9600 cards, but it is VERY wise to install either the latest ATI CATs or Omega drivers. Also best to ensure you have the latest drivers for all your hw (esp mobo). Updating to DX9b is well worth doing too. Other than that 11000-12000 is roughly normal for a non-o/c'ed 9600PRO ... expect great boosts from o/c'ing as you should get from 400/300 to around 530/360.
With the latest drivers and DX9B installed you should find everything goes swimmingly. If you still get problems try to ensure all your hw has the latest drivers but if you haven't done a fresh OS install (or at least reinstall) since upgrading you could still have issues.
When you game you really do want to use at least 2xAA+4xAF to 4xAF+8xAF but for benchmarking (esp 3Dmark) you should ensure it is all disabled (both in the driver panel and 3DM itself). Still for stock running your score seems about right, you should push 13000-14000 once your gfx card is o/c'ed (but ensure everything runs stable at std speeds first). TBH 3Dmark03 is a better benchmark for modern DX9 cards, 3Dmark2001 really doen't push modern cards ... well unless you start using AA+AF and pref a higher res but then it's hard to compare results.


