I broke 9 thousand 3dmarks! Did I miss something?

[killem1x1]

before I was only able to break 8k, and tonight while doing loads of tweaking, and loads of re-booting ;), I got this:
The best I've ever done! (http://gamershq.madonion.com/compare2k1.shtml?2774522)
I'm thinking maybe I didn't include something, didn't have something turned on or off that gave me an unfair advantage, mbut I'm hoping I just hit the sweetest spot ever! :)
Please take alook and give me YHO.
Thanks! Joey

[Starfoxer]

congrats

i am only gettin 7.8 k for some reason. i'd expect higher of
my system and why didnt the pixel shader run on my
radeon 8500?

take a look
http://gamershq.madonion.com/compare2k1.shtml?2354777

[Starfoxer]

i noticed i jumped my score 500 points

with 256 mbs less of crucial memory and much older drivers

that seems odd

[Big Nuttz]

Nice scores. I have a Radeon 8500. I had to reinstall my os to clean out all the old beta drivers. I also got the pencil mod working, I'm running @ 292.5/315. http://gamershq.madonion.com/compare2k1.shtml?2774492

[TranceBear]

Great job

[Big Nuttz]

Hey StarFox I've had the best luck with this driver. 6.13.10.6025

[killem1x1]

Originally posted by Starfox
congrats

i am only gettin 7.8 k for some reason. i'd expect higher of
my system and why didnt the pixel shader run on my
radeon 8500?

take a look
http://gamershq.madonion.com/compare2k1.shtml?2354777

How did you get the "High Polygon count" so high, man if I could get those scores I think I'd be close to 10k!

[killem1x1]

Originally posted by Big Nuttz
Nice scores. I have a Radeon 8500. I had to reinstall my os to clean out all the old beta drivers. I also got the pencil mod working, I'm running @ 292.5/315. http://gamershq.madonion.com/compare2k1.shtml?2774492


Again with the polygon count you guys murdered me! ;)

Just Kinda FYI for anyone interested:
My settings were 275/595 12x149@1.85 GF3Ti500
I used the GFtweak utility from guru3d.com, but it only gave me about 30 more points than what I was getting from coolbits, and some manual reg hacks (BTW they are hard as he!! to find in XP:))
Please tell me anything else I can do to tweak my setup. I believe that righ now my scores are "90% pure hardware scores", If I had a little more help in my shortcomings, I'm sure this card can hit 10k. I Placed a "core" cpu cooler on the GPU, and made some custom ramsinks, so I'm sure I can get more.

I haven't seen any tearing or image loss, just lockups when I went to far, which makes me think it's something in the BIOS, or registry that is holding me back.
Thanks again guys!!!

Oh and Trance, that means loads coming from you man!!!

[Big Nuttz]

I wasnt hittin all that great untill I reinstalled my OS. I used to install any and all drivers for my card. Reinstalling the OS removed all the old beta & tweaked drivers I had installed. I bumped my mem core up to 315 with no artifacts. :D

[Yodums]

Good job, I bet you were getting impatient with the tweaking and massive reboots ( I know I am when it comes to CPU tweaking and rebooting).

Yodums

[WeaponX]

Originally posted by Starfox
i noticed i jumped my score 500 points

with 256 mbs less of crucial memory and much older drivers

that seems odd

IT's said that your computer will sometimes do better with 1 stick of 256 instead of 2 sticks of 256. Maybe that's why.

[killem1x1]

Originally posted by Yodums
Good job, I bet you were getting impatient with the tweaking and massive reboots ( I know I am when it comes to CPU tweaking and rebooting).

Yodums

Yeah, but I'm still missing something, and I know you guys could probably tell me what it is. Anyone know of a good "walkthrough" for 3dmark scores. I'm just sure that I'm able to hit 10k with more tweaks;)

[killem1x1]

For examplewhen I do a comparison to Starfox:

High Polygon Count (1 light)
(MTriangels/s)
mine 21.0

his 32.9

High Polygon Count (8 lights)
(MTriangels/s)
mine 4.2

his 9.7
Point Sprite Speed
(MSprites/s)
19.7

28.1

Anyone know what settings affect these things particularly?

[Makkarah]

Originally posted by killem1x1
For examplewhen I do a comparison to Starfox:

High Polygon Count (1 light)
(MTriangels/s)
mine 21.0

his 32.9

High Polygon Count (8 lights)
(MTriangels/s)
mine 4.2

his 9.7
Point Sprite Speed
(MSprites/s)
19.7

28.1

Anyone know what settings affect these things particularly?

Maybe Radeon's are just way more better in those things. I get low scores also on those tests with my GF3.

[Sonny]

Originally posted by Starfox
i noticed i jumped my score 500 points

with 256 mbs less of crucial memory and much older drivers

that seems odd What's your AGP Aperture size set at? Try different settings in your BIOS. There was another person here with the same problem when he ran 1024Mb & lost a fair amount compared to just 512Mb.