whats wrong with my 8500

[jdmcnudgent]

i have a ati radeon 8500 retail, i just benchmarked it, and i only scored a 5980. how come i scored so low? that the card clocked at 275/275, i think stock for retail, p4 2.0, with 640 megs of ram. need help getting score up.

[o770]

you need to post your driver settings and version and bios settings for the agp if it is also possible. many ones could be causing the low score.
check if you have agp interface set to at least 2x, vsync off, no anti-aliasing and the anisotropic filtering set to be determined by the 3d application, etc, etc, etc.

[jdmcnudgent]

my driver that i am using is 6.13.10.3286, and i will attach a pic of the rest.

[Ottoman]

try the 6018 leaked drivers...

should help alot..

did for me...

[o770]

that r not the settings. look for the direct3d and opengl settings.
3dmark uses direct3d, all your direct3d settings will influence the performance when running 3dmark or any other d3d application.
i listed some settings that could potentialy slow down the direct3d performance. check them in your display properties window.