Bad 3DMARK2001 Scores?!?!

[Reese1222]

ok my hardware is as follows:

AMD XP 2000+ oc/ed to 2.084 ghz
1024 MB of Munchskin Value Ram 2700 (it was in the closet so i put it in). at 2.5-3-3-7
40Gb Hdd 7200 RPM ATA133
Radeon 9800Pro turned XT running at stock XT speed
Abit NF7 Mobo
Floppy
NUTech DDW-082 DVD+/-RW
Samsung DVD-ROM 16x

I just ran some benchmarks and compared to others something is deffinatly wrong. My Cpu score is not the highest being only a 2000+ (ill be buying a 2500M as soon as possible) but my Video Score is bad for a 9800 Pro. I got a 11528 in 3DMark2001. that seems kind of low to me. its on 8x agp, fast write enabled, video memory cacheable, and 128 MB aperture. any help would be nice.

 

[Yuriman]

Is there a sepperate cpu score in 01? I dont think there is.....Thats a bit low, did you set all the sliders to lowest and turn AA/Af off? 01 is very system dependant, but thats rediculous.

 

[Yuriman]

Ohh, I almost forgot. 3dmark LOVES fsb, if you are running 166fsb(333) that might be holding you back.

 

[Reese1222]

yeah i am 1:1 ratio with memory. that would hold me back that much?!? Hm....ill just have to wait for my mobile then cause i think my processor is locked

 

[Yuriman]

With AMD cpu's its best to run fsb and ram in sync, so dont get any of those ideas. It seems to me that might be whats holding you back, but I suggest you try omega drivers, found at www.omegacorner.com

 

[Reese1222]

ok i just ram again out of curriosity and got a 14933. strange....

 

[Gautam]

Do you have all the sliders in the Direct3d tab set to "Performance"?

 

[Reese1222]

they are currently all at high performance and im dling the omega drivers now

 

[Gautam]

That'll take off about 2000 points off your score. The Omegas will also hurt your score, but I guess they're better for everyday usage...