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ymNA
09-09-01, 07:59 PM
Just install windows 2000 and guess what, my 2dmark2001 score go up like 1000 points. I got 3077 with windows 2000 and only 2087 with ME. I thought it's the opposite. ME suppose to be better. well anyway, I am happy :) comparing at madonion.com with the same processor and diff video card. I was obove the GTS...hahahaha,, just below the GF3...how sweet.
Pinky
09-09-01, 08:12 PM
Originally posted by ymNA
Just install windows 2000 and guess what, my 2dmark2001 score go up like 1000 points. I got 3077 with windows 2000 and only 2087 with ME. I thought it's the opposite. ME suppose to be better. well anyway, I am happy :) comparing at madonion.com with the same processor and diff video card. I was obove the GTS...hahahaha,, just below the GF3...how sweet.

Good score. is the card hacked and overclocked?
ymNA
09-09-01, 08:16 PM
yeah, HyperZ enabled and core/memory to 183mhz and tweaked with RadeonTweaker
Phil
09-09-01, 08:23 PM
Sounds like bad WinME drivers to me as usually WinME or 9X is about 10-20% faster not 33% slower
ymNA
09-09-01, 08:34 PM
I tried the both the latest official driver for ME and the beta driver. The official one crash when doing the "car chase" high detail. the Beta one didn't but only 4-8 fps, every other games beside car chase had good frame rate.

But now when I use win2000. the car chase was fast 35-40 fps for the car chase low detail and 18-25 fps for the high detail.
Phil
09-09-01, 08:40 PM
Have you tryed anything other than 3dmark as synthetic benchmarks are not always the best way to gauge performance, quake 3 for instance?
ymNA
09-09-01, 08:44 PM
nope, where can I get that? but I hate to wait for it to download.. using my old 56k
Phil
09-09-01, 08:49 PM
well unless you want to buy it I can't think of any other way than downloading the demo. What 3d games do you have
ymNA
09-09-01, 09:07 PM
just got Max payne and tribe 2, but couldn't install tribe 2 cuz of file damage ;)

Max payne looks good, smooth...
funnyperson1
09-10-01, 05:12 PM
if max payne runs smooth, anything else will
Phil
09-10-01, 05:18 PM
I was thinking of using something for benchmarking, does Max payne have a timedemo feature that you could test the differance between ME and 2k as I think it probabally is just 3dmark being stupid, or a setting that is differant between the 2 os's that you have overlooked