Dodgy 800mhz T'bird.....

[Ether]

I am running win2k on a 800mhz T'bird AT7-R mb combo and I am getting some really poor 3dmark scores :( My average score is 2200, considering I have 128 ram and a Geforce 2 gts thats a really bad score. I have tried the optimal setting in the bios and they seem to make no difference other that make the system unstable :(

Suggestions pls...

Further info, i have a single IBM deskstar connected to the raid connectors to get ATA100. A fresh installation of win2k was used. My chip is not over clocked and voltage setting are chip default. Any help would be greatly appreciated...Even the down rite obvious things!

[Eriksson]

General answer to this question:
Get the latest official VIA 4in1 drivers from VIA's website. And install them.
http://www.cyrix.com/drivers/index.htm

Then goto Nvida's web and get latest drivers for your vid card. See what happens!

http://www.nvidia.com/products.nsf/htmlmedia/detonator3.html

Ps Win2K and 3dmark is not a marrage made in heaven.

[AZZKICKER]

he might need a bios update to help clear up the stabllity problems

you should be able to run optimal
if you cant then your not going to perform verywell at all

[Ether]

thanks guys I'll try and d/l them drivers.

Oh i forgot to mention in my first post that 3dmark2000 seems to think my Geforce2 can handle the 64mb texture test, even tho i only have a 32mb card. Is this strange? And does anyone else know why it might think that. (I get 0 fps tho, and my hd goes crazy :D )

[AZZKICKER]

your agp apature is set to run 64 or 128 megs in the bios

its all good