Help: increasing performance on new machine

[zero9ine]

I upgraded my machine (or bought new parts and built it up, I was curious as to how I would get a better overall rating in 3D mark 2003 (3dmark03) as I get 1600 or there abouts.

My system setup is a:

- Intel P4 2.8ghz with 800mhz FSB (with hyperthreading)
- Gigabyte GA-8IPE1000 Mobo 800mhz FSB with HT
- 2x 256mb ram DDR 400mhz (using the Dual Channel DDR slots)
- Ge-Force 4 Ti 4600 (128mb ram)
- 120Gb Seagate HDD
- HyperThreading Turned on.
- Direct X 9.0a

I would have assumed this thing would punch out and give great results in 3dmark03, I reinstalled XP and tested it got the same results, then installed nortons and all my software tested and got the same, installed hte latest nVidia drivers (44.03) and still no dice.
Ive turned off antialiasing etc etc just to test it and see if that would increase and still no.

Everything else runs great (or most games that I tested)
so why is my 3dmark tests so low, and could it be something setup in the bios?

Thanks.

zero9ine.

-- 09

 

[davemar14]

Your score seems about right. Just make sure you got the latest drivers and that you are running it at AGP 4x. I got 1450 and this is my system.

AMD Athlon XP 2400+
Asus A7N8X Deluxe
Corsair 512MB DDR 400
GeForce 4 Ti 4200
Western Digital 80 GB w/8 MB
Seagate 20 GB
DVD 16/40x
Plexwriter 48x24x48
Antec 1080 AMG Case

 

[zero9ine]

Ah. ok just I thought that it was supposed to get like 5000+ or something like 3dmark02SE did on my 800mhz P3.
I thought 3dmark03 would have given higher results like 3dmark02 did.

I might install 3dmark02SE and have a go of that (even tho it might not support DX9)

Ive got the AGP set to 4x, it was on AUTO but even so it still detected it as 4x.

-- 09

 

[davemar14]

Yeah. In 3DMark 2001SE you should get a pretty good score. The only problem is that 3D Mark 2001SE uses Direct X 8.1 and 3DMark2003 uses Direct X 9. Once you have Direct X 9 installed on your computer, you can't go back to Direct X 8.1 without installing Windows. This happened to me. I installed Direct X 9 and now I can't run 3DMark 2001SE. I can't give you a score that I got, but go on futuremark and you can get a good feel for what you should be around. I am guessing that you should get around 13,000 but don't hold me to it. Good luck!

 

[tRiXtA]

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Good Luck!

Rob

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