17-02-2004, 02:08 AM
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Very poor 3DMark2001 score ... why???
I've got an AMD Athlon 2400+ XP CPU, Sapphire Radeon 9200 Atlantis graphics card and MSI K7N2 Delta-L m/b ... I've just started benchmarking and with 3DMark2001, I got a score of 2093 ... this doesn't mean much to me but in comparison to other people with similar or lower specs, it's extemely poor ... is there something I should know about my graphics card settings or something? I am a newbie to all this so that's why I ask! thanks!
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17-02-2004, 01:25 AM
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Make sure you uninstall your current drivers with the catalyst uninstaller. Also, if you had an nvidia card before use drivercleaner.
you should also install your chipset drivers before the catalyst. P.S. Latest drivers are 4.2 |
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18-02-2004, 05:16 AM
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wow you got a 5835 on 3DMark 2001? man my rig must really suck. I get around 6100 with my 9600 np.
 but that's okay. i'll be building myself a new rig around the end of the year or the early months of next year. Last edited by Plain_Simple; 18-02-2004 at 05:19 AM. |
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18-02-2004, 06:36 AM
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 But, synthetic benchmarks aren't as important as they're often drummed up to be. It's your actual gaming performance and quality that counts, right?
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18-02-2004, 12:39 PM
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Yup. The P4 loves memory bandwith, and you're feeding it the slowest stuff you can in the types of memory that can be used. 2nd, you've got the original Willamette core P4 which is basically a pile of crap. Even if it's a Socket 478 chip, I believe that Intel's i865/i875 chipset boards don't support the Willy.
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19-02-2004, 02:12 AM
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damn. haha my comp does suck. well, that's why i'm going to be building my uber gaming machine next year when all the new video cards come out. among other things.
oh and i'm not waiting for the new cards so i can buy them, i'm waiting so that the price of the current cards will drop  oh and when PCI-E comes out, will motherboards still support AGP slot-type cards? |
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19-02-2004, 07:07 AM
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Depends on the chipset. Right now, the only P4 chipset that will support both PCI-E and AGP is Via's PT890. However, don't expect to see AGP drop out of sight immediately, but if you're not building till late this year/early next, there is likely little sense in staying AGP.
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12-03-2004, 06:04 AM
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