3dmark 2001 score is dropping? + Help installing new HSF

[gazzrawly]

I use to run 3dmark200se on my ti 4200 and got into high 13,7xxK's but now im only into the low 13,0xx's. I believe the swap from drivers 44.xx - 45.xx is the problem. How can i drop so many point from a driver upgrade?

I took my HSF off my Winfast A250 TD Geforce 4 ti 4200 yesterday and cleaned off the core and all mem modules. I then added some cheapo thermal compound and wacked it back in my comp (with the HSF on of course ;)). Now instead of being able to clock it @ 300/600, i can only clock the core @ 296mhz before it boots out of 3DMark 2001se for no reason back to the desktop. I know its not my CPU overclock coz i increased the voltage from 1.75V - 1.775V and it made no difference. When i backed down to 296mhz, it was completely fine and ran teh test no trouble :( ....

Do u think me adding a coolermaster HC-001 pure copper to the core and coolermaster pure copper mem heatsinks to the ddr is a good idea? The only 2 ways i can think of attaching the coolmaster HSF to teh core is by wire Ties or strong compound glue to the rim of the GPU. Any1 got any otehr ideas?

Im hoping to voltmod this gfx card 2morrow around a friends house and wondered if anyone knows a "rough max" voltage to put through the core and memory? thanks...gazz

[El<(')>Maxi]

Originally posted by gazzrawly
I use to run 3dmark200se on my ti 4200 and got into high 13,7xxK's but now im only into the low 13,0xx's. I believe the swap from drivers 44.xx - 45.xx is the problem. How can i drop so many point from a driver upgrade?

-Run Driver Cleaner, Then re-install the newer driver's.

I took my HSF off my Winfast A250 TD Geforce 4 ti 4200 yesterday and cleaned off the core and all mem modules. I then added some cheapo thermal compound and wacked it back in my comp (with the HSF on of course ;)). Now instead of being able to clock it @ 300/600, i can only clock the core @ 296mhz before it boots out of 3DMark 2001se for no reason back to the desktop. I know its not my CPU overclock coz i increased the voltage from 1.75V - 1.775V and it made no difference. When i backed down to 296mhz, it was completely fine and ran teh test no trouble :( ....

-My guess would be the "Cheapo" part. Try AS Ceramic.

Do u think me adding a coolermaster HC-001 pure copper to the core and coolermaster pure copper mem heatsinks to the ddr is a good idea? The only 2 ways i can think of attaching the coolmaster HSF to teh core is by wire Ties or strong compound glue to the rim of the GPU. Any1 got any otehr ideas?

-It surely cannot hurt. Esp the RAM sink's if you do the voltmod. I would use ASIII/Ceramic on the center of the chip's and four dabs of superglue on all corner's.

Im hoping to voltmod this gfx card 2morrow around a friends house and wondered if anyone knows a "rough max" voltage to put through the core and memory? thanks...gazz

-I don't have any experience with this card, but generally a 10-15% overvolt would be safe. Just make sure temp's/artifact's are kept in check.

Maxi~

[gazzrawly]

ok :) thx

[shiltz]

it's the drivers i'd bet, the 45.xx drivers seem really bad performance wise, I lost about 2000 points on 3d marks 2001 going from the 44.xx to the 45.xx, tried the 45.xx nvidia reference, 45.xx omega, and 45.xx evga drivers, all experienced the same large perfomance drop over the 44.xx drivers.