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why is my 3d mark score so low?

  • 13-10-2002 02:51PM
    #1
    The_Bullman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,999 ✭✭✭


    just finished testing my pc using 3dmark 2001se and got a disapointing 8231 3D marks

    i was expecting between 10 and 11 thousand marks

    my system is:
    athlon 1900xp
    abit kt7a
    1gig of ram
    NVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600

    running on windows 2k. I have the latest display drivers and i had to downgrade on the 4in1 drivers as it was crashing my system


    would the sdram be killing my score or is something else horribly wrong?

    suggestions appreciated


Comments

  • #2
    PPC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,396 ✭✭✭PPC


    What version of the graphics drivers do you have?
    try www.guru3d.com for the latest drivers.


  • #3
    Kali
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,601 ✭✭✭Kali


    Its a whole four threads down:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=66407

    Read through that.. should give you a few ideas.


  • #4
    The_Bullman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,999 ✭✭✭The_Bullman


    sorry about that..

    i never thought to check


  • #5
    STaN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,127 ✭✭✭STaN


    your getting about level of a GF4 ti4200 so maybe its the drivers:

    heres a good benchmark for:

    AMD AthlonXP 2000+
    ASUS A7V266-E
    VIA KT266A
    133 MHz FSB
    256MB PC-266 MHz RAM CL2 (2x128MB)
    Drivers & Software
    DirectX Version 8.1
    OS Windows XP Professional

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  • #6
    The_Bullman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,999 ✭✭✭The_Bullman


    i have the fsb running at 133Mhz

    i have the latest NVIDIA display drivers

    i have the latest direct x installed

    would sd ram affect the score by so much. Any benchmark that i have seen has been done on ddr ram. I am going to update to that but the funds are low at the moment.

    I had a look at the other thread that kali mentioned but again it was ddr that was used there.

    Mordeth seemed to be having a similar problem does anyone know if he got it sorted? or did he use sdram


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  • #7
    STaN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,127 ✭✭✭STaN


    well seen as your not scoring TOO low, its still a really good score.

    I'd put it down to the sd-ram. 256 ddr is about 90eur at the moment. Make sure you get the correct type for your mother board.


  • #8
    Kali
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,601 ✭✭✭Kali


    I'd put it down to the sd-ram. 256 ddr is about 90eur at the moment. Make sure you get the correct type for your mother board

    That motherboard (KT7A) will only take SDRAM afaik...


  • #9
    RicardoSmith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,259 ✭✭✭RicardoSmith


    oops wrong thread ignore....


  • #10
    Stonemason
    Closed Accounts Posts: 674 ✭✭✭Stonemason


    My own machine and scored(no tweaking yet) as below

    3DMARK 2001 SE =10302

    PCMARK2002 =CPU 5065
    MEM 3471
    HDD 531

    Basic Setup is

    AMD XP 2100
    Asus A7V333
    MEM 512mb PC2700 DDR
    GF4 4200 128MB
    XP PRO
    res 1024x768


  • #11
    Kix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,193 ✭✭✭Kix


    Originally posted by STaN
    your getting about level of a GF4 ti4200 so maybe its the drivers:

    heres a good benchmark for:

    AMD AthlonXP 2000+
    ASUS A7V266-E
    VIA KT266A
    133 MHz FSB
    256MB PC-266 MHz RAM CL2 (2x128MB)
    Drivers & Software
    DirectX Version 8.1
    OS Windows XP Professional


    Crikey. I have a GF2 Pro on an XP2000+/MSI KT3 Ultra with 256MB of PC2700 (CL2.5) and I'm getting 6103 in 3DMark2001. That's a lot better than the 4743 from the Tom's benchmark.

    Is the faster mobo and RAM making that much of a difference?

    K


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  • #12
    RicardoSmith
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,259 ✭✭✭RicardoSmith


    you might like to look at some of the scores I was getting...


    3D Mark 2001(SE I think) (1024x768 32bit colour)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Axia 1ghz (133/100fsb) + GF2Ti450 (451/250) = 3768
    Axia 1ghz at 1.4ghz (140x10) + GF2Ti450 (451/250) = 4432
    Axia 1ghz at 1.4ghz (140x10) + GF2Ti450 (481/275) = 4577
    Axia 1ghz (133/100fsb) + GF4Ti4200 (default) = 6578
    Axia 1ghz at 1.33ghz (133x10) + GF4Ti4200 (default) = 7452
    Axia 1ghz at 1.4ghz (140x10) + GF4Ti4200 (default) = 7696

    P4 1.6a at 1.6ghz (100fsb) + GF4Ti4200 (default) = 8241
    P4 1.6a at 2.0ghz (125fsb) + GF4Ti4200 (default) = 9312
    P4 1.8a at 2.4ghz (133fsb) + GF4Ti4200 (default) = 9699
    DDR P4 16a@2.1 + GF4Ti4200 (300/550) = 10297


  • #13
    STaN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,127 ✭✭✭STaN


    faster mobo, ram and drivers are also important


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