What I've seen in 3Dmark 2001, using 3 different cards, a CL Annihilator 2, Gainward GF2 Pro and a PNY Ti200 and two sytems, a P3 700e @1001 and an Athlon
[email protected] is pretty consistent.
All three cards have been in both platforms.
1. If the core is to high, 3dmark freezes.
2. If the mem is to high, lots of pretty artifacts but will still usually make it through the entire run.
3. If the CPU is O/C'd to high, 3dmark will exit, sound familiar?
I see you're O/Cing your XP. Try setting everything to defaults, both vid card and CPU. If it runs through, which is most likely, then O/C the vid card and see how far it goes, then start with the CPU. I bet it's the CPU. It either needs more vcore or to be down clocked a little.
Everytime 3dmark2001 just exited in the middle on me, it was always the CPU, in all the above combinations of vid card and mobos.
So see if it's the CPU before buying vid card fan.
PS. If it turns out to be the vid card, I've got a TT Crystal ORB on both my PNY and Gainward, both from 2cooltek.
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ABIT ST6 / P3 cc0 700e@1001 (7x143) @ 1.8v @ 34c load / Alpha PAL 6035 / 256m Mushkin PC133 rev1.5 @ 222 / Gainward GF2 PRO/450 @ 245/470 / NEC Multisync 50 / (2) Fujitsu 13.6gig / Win98 SE
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