my 3dmark2001se score...any suggestions?

[Calavera]

game 1 - low detail: 209.4 fps
game 1 - high detail: 80.0 fps wtf?
game 2 - low: 293.6 fps
game 2 - high: 157.0 fps
game 3 - low: 214.4 fps
game 3 - high: 94.8 fps
game 4 : 107.6 fps
fill rate - single: 1761.6 MTexels/s
fill rate - multi: 2536.7 MTexels/s
high poly count - 1 light: 73.6 MTriangles/s
high poly count - 8 lights: 15.0 MTriangles/s
environment bump mapping: 206.7 fps
DOT3 bump mapping: 232.5 fps
Vertex shader: 203.3 fps
Pixel shader: 203.3 fps
adv. pix shader: 200.4 fps
point sprites: 38.7 MSprites/s

3dmark2001se score: 15959

My rig:
[email protected] (150 fsb)
512mb xms pc3200
ati Radeon 9700 pro
windows xp sp1

The stock on the radeon is 325/310...right?
I've upped it to, or think I did, using radeon tweak to 330/330. The reason I post this is because my 3dmark2001 scores have been dropping. Not that it really matters, but it just bothers me. I've had 16144 with [email protected], but now 3ghz, it's dropped. wtf?

 

[runsalone]

The only thing i could imagine that would lower your score from at 3ghz is the speed your memory is running. Do you have to back down to a lower memory divider at that speed, as opposed to 3/4 or higher at 2.95 ghz?

 

[Calavera]

I didn't touch the memory divider speed.
Yesterday, I was able to get 16160 with [email protected] (149fsb)
But 3dmark would crash sometimes. Also, hot cpu tester would crash as well. I upped the vcore of cpu to 1.550 but I think it's still unstable.

I have no clue what the problem could be.

 

[AMDnitromike]

whoa...nice score dude!

 

[pip]

you have no clue?
you just said it crashes when you have a higher OC if you can't figure it out yourself I don't think we can help you

 

[Calavera]

But it doesnt crush all the time. Right now I'm back to [email protected], 150fsb and it does not crush at all. The score just doesn't go over 16k.

The comp does not freeze or shows error messages anymore.