Going down in flames of glory????

Humpmasta_Flex · Mar 21, 2004

Okay, i know that most of my posts have been "low-level" dummy questions, but this one even puzzels one of my buddies. I have been OCing little by litle so as not to damage anything. Well, I have managed to get my CPU as high as 3.25 Ghz before it gave me the 'blue screen of death' (which leads to abother question), right now it is steadily running at 3.1+Ghz. Now I took the 3dmark01 test yesterday and scored higher than i did today after two mods. Here are the results:
Score: 1314

Date: 2004-03-20
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2700 MHz
GPU: NVIDIA Quadro FX Series
OS: Microsoft Windows 2000
Res: 1024x768 32bit

Score: 1310

Date: 2004-03-20
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2835 MHz
GPU: NVIDIA Quadro FX Series
OS: Microsoft Windows 2000
Res: 1024x768 32bit

Score: 1306

Date: 2004-03-21
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 3105 MHz
GPU: NVIDIA Quadro FX Series
OS: Microsoft Windows 2000
Res: 1024x768 32bit

What the heck is going on???????????????

Sophisticated · Mar 21, 2004

mayb your getting that higher score because your cpu is more stable at that speed

glock19owner · Mar 21, 2004

Did you change your ram timings or divider each time you OCed more?

Humpmasta_Flex · Mar 21, 2004

No because my BIOS/board only allows the alterting of the CPU clock and that alters the FSB frequency. I am having a hard time trying to update my bios. I heard that my BIOS may need to be updated to support different OCing options.

craig588 · Mar 21, 2004

It might be automaticly dropping your ram timings. Set your ram timinigs manually and not by SPD.

galador · Mar 21, 2004

I concur, you are loosing stability at higher OCing.

Humpmasta_Flex · Mar 21, 2004

I have manually set the timings to 2-2-2-5. But i am having the error of trying to update my bios. It keeps giving me some error about "BIOS is write protected".

Maxvla · Mar 21, 2004

you sure you are using 3dmark01se? it looks to me that you are using 3dmark03. even a quadro should score better than that in 01se.

Humpmasta_Flex · Mar 21, 2004

I'm positive that I'm using 01. It's the freebie file though. I cant publish my results for comparison yet. Unless I got something screwed up in the download. It starts out with the Truck game demo, then a dragon w/ village, then a nature , then some dragon merry go round.,

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Also it's not "exactly" a Quadro, more of a GeForce FX 5200 w/ some RivaTuner Patching done. lol

Humpmasta_Flex · Mar 21, 2004

Also its 3dMarks 2001 SE...I don't know if that makes a difference or not

batboy · Mar 21, 2004

Well, first off.... the difference in scores is only 8 points. That's well withing the margin of error. Sometimes I'll run 3Dmark2001 three times in a row and there is often more variation in my score than that. Try updating your vid card driver and see if you can O/C your vid card. Set the vid card settings to performance if you want higher benchmark scores.

Humpmasta_Flex · Mar 21, 2004

one question though. I just used the RivaTuner to upgrade my driver to that of a Qudro 500, how can I update that without messing it up?

theELVISCERATOR · Mar 21, 2004

Humpmasta_Flex said:
Okay, i know that most of my posts have been "low-level" dummy questions, but this one even puzzels one of my buddies. I have been OCing little by litle so as not to damage anything. Well, I have managed to get my CPU as high as 3.25 Ghz before it gave me the 'blue screen of death' (which leads to abother question), right now it is steadily running at 3.1+Ghz. Now I took the 3dmark01 test yesterday and scored higher than i did today after two mods. Here are the results:
Score: 1314

Date: 2004-03-20
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2700 MHz
GPU: NVIDIA Quadro FX Series
OS: Microsoft Windows 2000
Res: 1024x768 32bit

Score: 1310

Date: 2004-03-20
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2835 MHz
GPU: NVIDIA Quadro FX Series
OS: Microsoft Windows 2000
Res: 1024x768 32bit

Score: 1306

Date: 2004-03-21
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 3105 MHz
GPU: NVIDIA Quadro FX Series
OS: Microsoft Windows 2000
Res: 1024x768 32bit

What the heck is going on???????????????

whatever you have done with your driver hacking i would undo it..
your scores are a horror.......

Humpmasta_Flex · Mar 21, 2004

Do you think I would have recieved a higher rting with the proper drivers?
because Iwondered about that. I haven't nooticed any change since I patched.

Maxvla · Mar 21, 2004

Humpmasta_Flex said:
Do you think I would have recieved a higher rting with the proper drivers?
because Iwondered about that. I haven't nooticed any change since I patched.

my 1ghz athlon and geforce 2 scored 3400 on 01se... you are at 1300...

Sunburn · Mar 21, 2004

Oh wow, I remember the days of a 3500 3dmark01 score! I had a PIII 700 @ 933 and a Voodoo 3 3000. I beleive that was the first benchmark I ever ran.

Humpmasta_Flex · Mar 21, 2004

I have deffinately come to the conclusion that mylow score was because the benchmark was testing a 5200 at the Quadro 500 standards. Maybe if I reload my Vid drivers to default I will do a heck of a lot better. I'll be honest when I first saw the score I was scared and wanted to cry...not really cry but you get the point. lol

Sunburn · Mar 21, 2004

Try starting with these drivers: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_56.64

Humpmasta_Flex · Mar 21, 2004

Thanks for the Link

Humpmasta_Flex · Mar 21, 2004

Okay, i fixed my problem. I went through and cleaned all drivers I patched out of my system and re-installed my original drivers for my card. That deffinately worked:
I re-ran the 3dmark01se and here's what I came out with....
4274
4263
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7681650
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7681630

Thanks agian for all the help!!!!

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