I like this card

[Nick]

AMD 1700XP @ 2400
Abit Radeon 9800XT
Abit NF7-S V2
1gig PC2100

6139 in 3D Mark 2003
15254 in 3D Mark 2001SE

[Howard]

Christ, hell of a setup Odd how I get more 3Dmark01s though

[Stoo]

Howard: Memory and optimisation I'd guess

I'm only a couple of hundred off your score and my cpu's only at 2.08, and I'm running fairly craptastic memory too

3dmark 2001SE score if you're interested

[Allen]

Christ, hell of a setup Odd how I get more 3Dmark01s though

Even though I was interested at one point as to how I could increase my score, personally I think 3DMark is crap and results seem to be random from one machine to another. There surely can't be a way to compare one system to another when there is going to be so many different pieces of hardware to factor into the equasion, let alone differences in software!

As you can see by Deck's screenies, it looks flipping gorgeous, but my machine with a 9600XT gets very nearly the same 3DMarks!

[Skii]

Yep - I seem to be getting the same scores on 3DMark2001 as i was a year and a half ago ! I hit around 12k, yet in 3DMark03 I do 5350 and thats without clocking my GPU.

Yet with a bit of tweaking I can run perfect mode no problem now.

I would like a faster cpu though

[Kezzer]

Even though I was interested at one point as to how I could increase my score, personally I think 3DMark is crap and results seem to be random from one machine to another.

With the amount of systems i've seen tested from one install to another, i tend to agree. The number generated from 3d mark 2k1 is very arbitrary indeed!

[Nick]

Well, so you all know, I ran 3d mk 2001SE and 2003 last night about a dozen times each and the scores varied about 50 marks each way for both.

I spent a little time mucking around with memory timings and now run 11-2-2-2... with bugger all difference to the scores before or after.

Cant be bothered with it anymore, as some else up this thread said, it don't matter what the 3D scores do, its how it PLAYS that's important.... I reckon for actual online gaming, I'll come down one notch on the ground detail settings and run with no AF and 4xAA... iot looks gorgeous and plays smooth... which is what its all about.

btw, I second Skii about the CPU, I want a quicker one too!

(dunno why I want a quicker one... I don't NEED a quicker one... I just want one.... so there....)

[Skii]

btw, I second Skii about the CPU, I want a quicker one too!

(dunno why I want a quicker one... I don't NEED a quicker one... I just want one.... so there....)

Yeah i think its the bottleneck in both our systems tbh - even though I've got a fairly modest cpu (XP2200 Thoroughbred B) I can't overclock it with my motherboard so I'm pretty much stuch at stock speeds)

With my Fx5950 Ultra and 1Gb DDR2700 my cpu is now my bottleneck

[Kezzer]

Throw me some more images of dogfights at high quality! gogogogo

[[GSV]Trig]

Yeah i think its the bottleneck in both our systems tbh - even though I've got a fairly modest cpu (XP2200 Thoroughbred B) I can't overclock it with my motherboard so I'm pretty much stuch at stock speeds)

With my Fx5950 Ultra and 1Gb DDR2700 my cpu is now my bottleneck

What board u got chap, I've got 2 spares at home if u wanna trade something...

[Skii]

What board u got chap, I've got 2 spares at home if u wanna trade something...

Its fairly new tbh m8, Abit KD7A (via KT-400) Onboard sound, DDR400 support 266/333 cpu

Won't let me change the multiplier though, only lets me up the FSB which then gets unstable when I go over 2Ghz

[Knoxville]

Deck if thats the 1700 i sold you then it might o/c a bit higher, memory could be holding you back there tho

[Nick]

Knox, it'll do 2600 speeds, I'm just not sure my cooling is up to it... don't want to overstress the thing and blow the chip!

I can run at 166FSB and 13x Multi with no probs, I was doing that on my Epox board to see how far it went.

[Skii]

Throw me some more images of dogfights at high quality! gogogogo

Bouncing a flight of Zeros in a P-38

[Tumble]

.......

[Nick]

I guess tumble is digging the detail on the shell casings?

Of course, on MY card, you can even make out the little dent where the firing pin hit them!

(this may, of course, be a complete lie....)