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Almost to 10,000 Marks, Need Help

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Cerial_Killer

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OK I upgraded my sys. I now have a P4 2.4 ghz 533 , Soyo P4X400 Board, 256 megs of Mushkin pc-3200. With no O/C ing I get 9421 Marks http://service.madonion.com/compare?2k1=4826881 And after I O/C ed the Video Card 300/300 or (300/600) not sure witch one is correct, I got 9830 http://service.madonion.com/compare?2k1=4827419

What can I do to break 10K, Any ideas?


you should be over 10K stock check my sig, I plan to hit 10,400 soon as I install an unlocked 1600

try some different drivers and oclock your cpu

cisco kid
 
try putting ur settings for d3d on performance. at default I think they're on quality, which might be holding you back the last couple points needed to achieve your goal. Close everything you don't need when you're running it too, it might help. If it doesn't, it wouldn't hurt. :) Good luck!
 
You have several options to do in order to break 10k points.

I had one ATI built retail Radeon 8500 275/275 about 4 months ago.

I have the experience with this card. It doesn't help much after OC it to 300/300, only about 300 points gain.

but

check this out first
http://service.madonion.com/compare?2k1=3808986

10064 points on 3dmark2001SE

See the tricks now?

First those pp above are right about OC your processor. Mine was a 1.8A northwood, it was running at 2.547GHZ, so if you can overclock your processor(your 2.4B should be able to reach 2.8 to 3.0GHZ), then you surely will get 10k+, probably 10.5K+.
(for determine my point of how important CPU power is, see this http://service.madonion.com/compare?2k1=3487990
It's the same card I had, but on a different system.)

Second thing for you to do is------upgrade to WinXP. I've noticed the WinXp driver for 8500 is way better than Win98.(i see you have Win98) I gained about 400 points by doing that alone.

Another thing for you to do is-----what's your CPU:RAM ratio? Better set to 3 : 4, and for Ram timing, try as fast as possible. I used 2-5-3-3.(i had to use that 3-3 instead of 2-2 because the RAM cannot handle it after that extreme OC to FSB, i had Corsair PC3200)


So try all 3 things I suggested, you may be able to get 11K+

good luck:)

(here is my currect highest score after i replaced 8500 with Ti4200
http://service.madonion.com/compare?2k1=4344647 )
 
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WEll I would like to O/C the cpu but i cant even get this thing to go to 136 FSB with this mobo. I have my ram settings to Turbo with cas 2 and stuff. So i dont know what im gonna do now.:confused:
 
Have you tried lowering your RAM settings to see if you can raise your FSB a little more? (and/or increased your vcore?) Finally, definitely try some newer drivers.
 
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Cerial_Killer said:
WEll I would like to O/C the cpu but i cant even get this thing to go to 136 FSB with this mobo. I have my ram settings to Turbo with cas 2 and stuff. So i dont know what im gonna do now.:confused:


so your mobo sucks?

Switch a mobo if you can. Abit BD7II is only $96 free shipping at newegg if i am right.

Mine mobo is BD7II-raid, it's very good for OC.
 
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so your mobo sucks?

Switch a mobo if you can. Abit BD7II is only $96 free shipping at newegg if i am right.

Mine mobo is BD7II-raid, it's very good for OC.


is spending $96 bucks on a mobo really worth it just to break 10K which he can prolly do without, second games and apps prolly run fine as his system is. I would not spend money on a new board if the one he has works

cisco kid
 
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