Holy Processors Batman!!!

[PhantomTa2]

Wow, got 22996 in 3DMark01 and just over 8 in 03 :eek:

Sorry, typo there....not 29996, I got 22996

And BTW, that's with AV and Firewall running, haven't turned anything off from Task Manager, either :D

[PhantomTa2]

a screenshot of my result just now :D

[Jimbob7]

Nice scores, what hardware do you have?

[PhantomTa2]

Abit KV8-MAX3
AMD64 3200
2x512 Corsair TwinX 3200
Sapphire Radeon 9800XT
1x160gb IDE HDD
2x160gb SATA HDD
Running off the IDE at the mo

[Jimbob7]

nice, i saw the 3dmark score, and you need to run default settings, otherwise it doesnt compare right, you have set it to 800x600.

[PhantomTa2]

Didn't think that mattered.....I'll do it to default, then

[Jimbob7]

lol, still a very nice score, it wont change much. :)

[PhantomTa2]

I was really chuffed with that score...lol

[Jimbob7]

haha, sorry dude :p

Even with the settings default you will still have a nice score :)

[PhantomTa2]

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7784187
*sniff*

[Jimbob7]

hehe im pretty sure you could get 22k if you tried. What have you done so far in overclocking, and tweaking? :)

[PhantomTa2]

Not tweaked the card yet, the CPU FSB is running at 420, I think.........that's about it

[Jimbob7]

in that case maybe 22.5k 23k if you push it some could be within reach. (hence the word maybe :p)

Overclock the card if you want to improve your score. got to www.guru3d.com and download rivatuner. That will allow you to increase the clock speed of the gpu and ram. :)

Dont go crazy, just overclock gpu first (or ram) and go up 10 to 5 mhz and then test. a run through a few tests of 3dmark01 will do. When you think you have your highest stable speed for the card, loop some 3dmark2003 that will make sure that you are stable. :)

[PhantomTa2]

Didn't know that worked with ATI's?

[Jimbob7]

Hmm didnt they update it? well in anycase there should be software on the ati site or card manufacture site.

[PhantomTa2]

I'll get ATITool, aswell

[matrixzen]

Sweet score. Have you overclocked your RAM? Maybe lower timings or increased DRAM clock will help. Good luck on your quest to 22K-23K

[PhantomTa2]

I'm used to seeing about 4 settings, but on this board, (ABIT KV8 MAX3), there's about 8, maybe one or two more or less, but more than four...and as I don't know what they all do, I ain't touching it as I've already killed one 64 board and only just bought this one

[Edward2]

Running 3dmark01 at 800*600 makes a big difference in your score. I have seen differences of 7-9%.

Still a good score though. Now to start tweaking and overclocking your computer.

[Jess1313]

Nice score. You should be able to do more with tuning & tweaking. I started @ 16000ish & now I have 21411 with 3Dmark @ defalt tests. It scores 24926 with 3d mark settings turned down. This is my bottom rig in my sig. Good Luck.

[Fast420A]

Ctrl-Alt-Delete and in Task Manager set the priority of the 3dmark you are using to Real Time. I have also heard setting the refresh rate to 60hz and 1024*768 so it is at the settings that 3dmark uses.