Whats wrong with my pc?

[PottaCoola]

i have:
athlon xp 2400+ tbred 133,
2x 256 ddr 333 (2700) cl2.5 one kingston, one cheapo
fsb at 135, cant clock over 135
sapphire radeon 9800np 290hmz memory, 324hmz core, infineon 3.0 memory
l7vta k400 mobo agp 8x, no fast right
6gig and 8 gig hard drives at the old speed 5000 an somthing
running win xp pro

and i get a score of 4600 on 3dmark 03 aint tryed 2001 yet
any resons as to why my score is this low?? anyone?

 

[Sentential]

...That looks about right. FSB make a big difference in that test, as well as your video clock speed. Try taking the core speed on ur 9800np to +-400 or so and raise the mem to +-320 and you should easily break 5000. Raise these settings by using a program like Radclock: http://www28.brinkster.com/chrisww1942/

...and raise you setting until your games begin to artifract

Also I see you have a VIA motherboard. I agree its a real ***** to get any sort of FSB outta it without ruining your HardDrives. However there is a solution. If you look @ my MB below mine is also a VIA. Notice how my MB's FSB isnt running +-266 like yours.

The Only solution to fixin your FSB problem is to do a pin mod. I recently did one myself and can give you some pointers.

First the website: http://www.ocinside.de/go_e.html?/html/workshop/pinmod/amd_pinmod.html

Second you need bare copper wire that will fit in the pin holes of your socket (dont worry u kinda have to force the CPU in, it wont hurt it)

Next, VERY carefully follow the instructions and select the max FSB of you MB. You should be good to go after that