What the heck 9600 pro scores a 8K 3DMark 2K1 on a 3ghz machine?

[billstuck]

I just installed my ATI 9600 Pro with 3.7 catayst drivers.

I did a baseline in 3KMark2001 and it scored a 8054???

My overclocked G4MX440 score 8100!

Something has to be wrong I hope :-/

My system specs are
Abit IS7
P4 2.4c @ 3.12ghz
2x256 HyperX PC3500

What do I need to do here?

[1-Man-Army]

did u install the mobo drivers? (aka chipset drivers)

[Damian]

You sure antialiasing and anisotropic filtering are off?

[billstuck]

yea chipset driver are installed and AA and AF are off.

How bout this 'Wait for vertical sync' option? It has a checkbox that says allways off. Should I check that?

[billstuck]

I just uninstalled the drivers and reinstalled them and my score went up to 12,181.

The first set of 3.7 drivers I got from 3dguru. It said they were official drivers but the file name was slightly different.

It ended with a 36c and the drivers from the ATI site ended with a 35c-efg.

I'm not sure what that means, but my score is much better now.

12K sounds about right for my rig doesn't it?

Also, should I turn off vSync when gaming and benchmarking? I'm not sure what it does and it is set to application default.

Thanks!

[Damian]

Yes, vsync should be off. It limits your fps to your refresh rate so that you don't get tearing.