What really matters?

Tech Support Forum Benchmarking
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Is the video card the main thing that contributes to your score in things like 3dmark03. I have:

2.2 ghz P4
Geforce FX 5200
512mb DDR Corsair Pc2100
Asus P4P800

and I get about 865 marks in 3dmark03. If I were to upgrade the RAM would it change the score much? Or is it really only the videocard that matters?

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Mad Onion (now Futuremark) has made this version even more video card dependend. I don’t put much stock in it as there is evidence that it’s not a fair benchmark in favor of nVidia. Benchmarks do have their purpose, but they mean nothing if you can’t do any real gaming.