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Vrykyl
02-23-04, 08:09 PM
In my original system (identical to the one in my sig below, but with an Asus A7N8X-deluxe mobo and my 5900 Ultra running at stock, before i flashed it to a 5950 and then OC'd higher (so it was still running 450/850)) I was getting 5700ish in 3d mark03 and just over 19000 in 3d mark01 - im not sure if this was good but my scores were consistent. However, my specs are now those in my sig , with my gpu OC'd but my cpu clocked slightly lower (it used to be 11x206)... in 3d mark03 I now get 6547 (-is this good for my setup???) but my 3dmark01 has dropped to 16505....why is this? Im confused. And which score is the one to trust? - ie 03 is dx9...so is a better score in this better than going for a good score in 2001?? in terms of game performance? - i know theres nothing i cant yet not run at 1600x1200 with max settings but id like to be sure for the upcoming future
Thanks

Tornado Guy

Vrykyl
02-23-04, 11:27 PM
*bump*

Steven4563
02-24-04, 04:29 AM
3dmark2001 is all about system (cpu/ram/video card) make sure u have the N-force drivers installed

3dmark2003 is all about the video card :)

Edward2
02-24-04, 07:16 AM
Do you have links to your scores? Which video card drivers are you using (the same ones as before)?

Vrykyl
02-25-04, 07:05 AM
I dont have links to my scores because iv so far been unsuccessful in my attempts to upload my results im afraid - 3dmark wont let me specify a proxy :(
I have all the latest drivers from the nvidia site installed, and the latest unofficially released forceware drivers, but nothing seems to work....i up my OC and my 03 score goes up and 01 goes down...
is my 03 score good for my system? should i just ignore my 01 scores - my system does fine on every other system benchmark...?

Vrykyl
02-29-04, 10:58 AM
*bump*