3dmark03 scores?

[Homer]

5150 here

with
xp 2000+
soyo kt333 dragon lite mobo
512 ddr333
built by ati radion 9800 pro 128mb.
fortissimo 2


what about the rest of you?

 

[Shuzer]

Been posted before, got buried though, if you're interested

http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7428

 

[Homer]

ok, thanks

 

[dawdler]

There are 6,475 members on this board, sure you want to know everyones?

 

[Homer]

yep

 

[Dark Auro]

Originally posted by Homer
5150 here

with
xp 2000+
soyo kt333 dragon lite mobo
512 ddr333
built by ati radion 9800 pro 128mb.
fortissimo 2


what about the rest of you?

Hm, I got almost the exact kind of system that you do but a little better but I only got a score of 2303. Wonder why its so low? I got a:

XP 2200+
Soyo KT400 Dragon Lite
768 DDR
ATI Radeon 9800

 

[Homer]

I dunno, my comp is close to frying itself(running at 70c) so I would expect my comp to get a LOWER score. plus my current format is in its last few weeks of life, so that should drop mine even more.

you score seems low for your system anyway, make sure you run it with the default settings and that you close any cpu hogs running in the background. a 9800 normal should have about the same score as a 9800 pro (give or take 100 or so). check your ram to, that can REALLY kill a system.

 

[Dark Auro]

Er, what do you mean exactly by checking my RAM? I got one RAM 256 DDR PC2100 and another RAM 512 DDR PC2100.

 

[Homer]

oh yea, in the future avoid soyo. I have been VERY unhappy with my kt333 soyo lite(I got a kt333 ultra pro super-duper mega whatever at first and it didnt work at all, I tried 3 before I gave up). a freaking 70c diode with EXTRA cooling. wtf.

 

[Homer]

Originally posted by Dark Auro
Er, what do you mean exactly by checking my RAM? I got one RAM 256 DDR PC2100 and another RAM 512 DDR PC2100.

I mean run a bootable ram test. a few bad sectors could kill a system. just goolge it and you can find a good free one.

I go through ram cuz my system runs so damn hot, so I have experiance in this

 

[Dark Auro]

Do you know a good one offhand?

 

[dawdler]

Re: Re: 3dmark03 scores?

Originally posted by Dark Auro
Hm, I got almost the exact kind of system that you do but a little better but I only got a score of 2303. Wonder why its so low? I got a:

XP 2200+
Soyo KT400 Dragon Lite
768 DDR
ATI Radeon 9800

That is far to low. You should get over 4000. Be sure all drivers are installed correctly and AA/AF is off, everything set to high performance.
My 9700 Pro gets around 4700.

 

[Homer]

Originally posted by Dark Auro
Do you know a good one offhand?

checking for one now...

 

[Dark Auro]

Re: Re: Re: 3dmark03 scores?

Originally posted by dawdler
That is far to low. You should get over 4000. Be sure all drivers are installed correctly and AA/AF is off, everything set to high performance.
My 9700 Pro gets around 4700.

Oh, I had AA and AF on when I ran it. But, I did try running it at 2x AA and 2x AF (Those are the lowest. Can you turn it completely off?) and I had high performance and I think I got around 3200 or something. It was in the 3000s.

 

[Homer]

http://www.hcidesign.com/memtest/download.html

this should work fine. takes a while to run, but if you find a problem its worth it.

 

[Homer]

Re: Re: Re: Re: 3dmark03 scores?

Originally posted by Dark Auro
Oh, I had AA and AF on when I ran it. But, I did try running it at 2x AA and 2x AF (Those are the lowest. Can you turn it completely off?) and I had high performance and I think I got around 3200 or something. It was in the 3000s.

yea, you can turn them off. swich them to "application controll"

 

[Dark Auro]

Heh. I bet that is the problem. I'll try that now after the MemTest thing is over and tell you guys my results. Oh, one more thing. Should I just move the "Main Settings" scroll bar to optimal performance or use the custom settings and put them all on optimal performance?

 

[Homer]

let the card handle it. dont bother with specific tweaking untill you really need the bost, and your good for anything your likely to see this year at 3k.

 

[nsxownzme]

6070 3D Marks.

 

[Homer]

w00t! ant lion!

and nice btw.

 

[Dark Auro]

Thanks so much you guys! I did what you said about turning on application control and put it to optimal performance and I got a 4555. Still not as good as yours, Homer, but its A LOT better then my previous one.

 

[Homer]

no prob man

 

[Dark Auro]

So is it good to keep "application preference" checked when playing games and stuff?

 

[Homer]

your probably ok to keep them on whatever setting you want for almost any game with your system. for the most part you would only need to worry about turning them off for the doom3 test, a next gen game(like hl2), or benchmarking.

 

[Dark Auro]

Ah, alright. Thanks for your help. I got one last question though. Sorry, I don't know that much about video cards. But anyway, I got AGP on 4X so is it okay to have fast write on and is it better to have it on or off? What does it do exactly anyway?

 

[Homer]

I really havnt seen a big difference between it on and off, so I just leave it on.(I have 4x to)

 

[Dark Auro]

Yeah. Its funny, my motherboard supports 8x but when I turn it on 8x all the games freeze up so I just keep it on 4x. I hear 8x only has like a 1% increase in performance so eh.

 

[Homer]

its probably a heat issue, but yea, 8x is only 1% difference.