Submiting scores after benching

[DeathONator]

Ok, before running I bench of course I shut down most every process that is taking up memory that I don't need. Some of these processes are needed for either networking (which is how I connect through the internet most of the time), or others affect my dial-up connection abilities. So after I run a benchmark in 2001 how can I submit it to the net? Can I save then submit after reboot? Can I restart some of these processes manually? How can I do this.

Also... I need 6 more points to get 2nd and 290 to take 1st. Any suggestions? Should I up the AGP voltage even though I have only stock cooling? I would reinstall XP but I'm have to when I get a 9800 so I guess I'm lazy. What else should I do?

2100+ JIUHB DUT3 2.0vcore 210x11 (could get more w/ more voltage 43C load now)
It would have helped if I didn't fry my old NF7-S which did 221FSB :(
I will do the wire trick, but I doubt I will do it before I get my 9800.
My 7200 is overclocked to 209.25/209.25 using radionator.

[Edward2]

First to answer some of your questions.

Yes, you should be able to save your results, reboot, and then submit your results. Once you restart 3dmark01, click on "Online Services" at the top and then click on "Submit Saved Result". A window will pop-up allowing you to select the file you want to submit.

I'm not familiar with XP (I have W2K). You should be able to restart windows services by going into the Windows Control Panel. Select "Administrative Tools" and then select "Services". It will then list all the different services. Right-click the one you want to restart and then click Start. This should restart the service.

As for upping your score, have you tried the following?

- Try different video card drivers, some are faster than others.
- Try setting the Direct3D LOD (level of detail) to like 4.0.
- Try turning off the "FOG" feature in your video card settings.
- Try running the different games one at time. This will allow your video card to cool down between games, and you might be able to increase your video card o/c a little.
- Try different video card o/c settings for each game. I found that I could use a higher o/c setting for some of the games, while other games required a lower o/c setting.

I assume that you know you can rerun each game as many times as you want without clearing your results up to that point. That way if you get a bad game result, you can simply rerun that game.

[El<(')>Maxi]

You can submit a saved result in 03 also by right clicking in the main window. That will bring up a menu that will allow you to submit the saved bench.

Running XP OS? Try this, type 'msconfig' in the run box and select diagnostic startup. That is a much easier way to disable all but the minimum services needed to run Windows. msconfig can also be imported into Win2000. It's has alot of uses for both OS'es.

Maxi

[DeathONator]

How much memory does 3dMARK01 use? Would it be of any advantage to put all of my paging files on a spare 10GB harddrive which now just has linux on it?

[DeathONator]

Using radionator I tweaked everything to high performance disabled AA etc, as I did in ATI's control panel. I also booted in diagnostic mode (which disabled many more services than I had done manualy). But still no increase in my score! I will try running in different orders next. I need 170 points :)!

[DeathONator]

Gained 50pts by messing around, 120 to go. What should I do w/ dithering, compression, and all those vauge settings? I guess I could do the L12 mod... maybe that would do it.

[Mac]

i did that diagnostic startup thing once and lost like 700 points..








weird

[DeathONator]

Mission accomplished, first place (for the 7200) is mine!

My Score (1st!!): 4924
2nd place: 4891

Score Details (http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7061046)

7200 overclocked to 209.25mhz/216mhz, 2100+ @ 211x11.

I didn't even change the run order of the tests... 'cause I guess I'm just not smart enough to figure it out.

[Edward2]

CONGRATULATIONS !!!

And I guess a big THANK YOU is in order for putting the OC3DMARK TEAM in first place.

[DeathONator]

We'll see if it holds up. I would slap my mom's 8500 in my computer (does the 9700 waterblock fit on those? I have one), but I think the competition in that class is ALOT harder, and my 2100+ dosn't overclock as high as it needs to.

Oh, thanks for the help!! BTW how do u run test in different orders... I'm a newb.

[Edward2]

I don't know about the waterblock fitting issue.

In order to run the tests in different orders, you have to run each test one at a time. Click on the Change Selected Tests button, and then click on the Custom tab. This allows you to select each individual test you want to run. You can use this to run the tests in any order you want and you can change your video card overclock between each test if you need/want to. Of course, you will not get a 3dmark score until you have run all of the 7 game tests.

[El<(')>Maxi]

Is 211 FSB all you can get outta that chip? With the Corsair mem you should be able to get at least 220FSB.

And your H20 temp's seem kinda high to me.

-Maxi

[DeathONator]

211 (not stable) is all I can get outa my new NF7-S rev2.0 :(... my old one I fried checking the voltage after the vddmod, something arced. I'm not sure what my memory can truely do. As for the temps... I don't think their high considering the vcore... but maybe the tbred B should be cooler. W/ 1.85vcore clocked to 2200mhz, load temp is about 36C. The ambient temp is starting to cool down here, so that will help.

Does FSB really get limited by the chip? My 1.4ghz tbird did 221mhz perfectly fine.

[El<(')>Maxi]

Try dropping your multi one or two level's to get a higher FSB going. You really need to focus on that esp. with 2K1 as it loves high FSB;) You chip should do 220 easy.


On the temp's I was lookin at your 43° loaded in your sig.

-Maxi

[DeathONator]

When I first got the new NF7-S REV2.0 of course I dropped the multi to 6 or 7, put memory to auto and cranked the FSB to see what I could get (out of the mobo). So, the motherboarding being the only stressed component, shows 211mhz to be the max FSB I can run benchies at :(... untill the vddmod and L12 stuff is done!

I'm hoping they just did a REALLY crappy job at mounting the NB heat sink (hardly any thermal gew), so when I lap the NB, and put my modded CPU HS on it w/ ASIII I'm going to get like 240mhz!!!! ;) lol. Well maybe after ALL the mods are done.

[Edward2]

I may have missed it, but have you tried relaxing the memory timings just to make sure that it is not the memory? Maybe it is not agreeing with this particular NF7-S mobo.

Also, you should probably change the "Row Active Delay" setting to 11. It is my understanding the the NF2 based mobo's will o/c to higher FSB/memory speeds with this setting set to 11.

[DeathONator]

By putting the memory on "auto" or "spd", the mobo will run it at default FSB and timing. I have also tried using the divider instead of auto or spd.

As for row active delay set to 11, I will be sure to try that out tommorrrow.

[El<(')>Maxi]

Actually running of SPD or auto in the chip setup is a bad idea....at least in my experience.

What I would do is set the memory to the exact timing's that Corsair rates the RAM for. And use a 6/6, 5/5, 4/4 RAM ratio in sync, CPU interface enabled, Vdimm 2.9v

Try 220FSB with a multi of 10 or 10.5.

You might be surprised.


-Maxi