Whats up with my 3dMark03 scores?

just read through some other post, and realized this score wasnt horrible.

Its not horrible right?

AMD Barton 2500+ @ 1.9Ghz
A7N8X Deluxe
Corsair Matched 256x2 PC3200 w/ Platinum Heat Spreaders
ATI Radeon 9600pro
Thermaltake X3
Western Digital 80 gig 7200 HD

3DMARK03 does not depend much on CPU, it is mainly graphics card dependant. In fact, you could have an Athlon FX-51 at 2.8GHZ, that's 600MHZ above the original clock speed, and all you would gain is 200 points, as seen here: <A HREF="http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/20031021/athlon_cooler-16.html" target="_new">http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/20031021/athlon_cooler-16.html</A>
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Also, your score is very much on target. The 9500PRO performs better on average and has a score around 3500 usually. You could check around, and no matter how much you overclock, your system has the right score, and the most you'd get without OCing the card would be around 3300, I'd say.

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It's too bad THG has stopped using 3dMark03 on their GFX Card reviews. Although it's true, if there is anything which can help you realize if your game runs right, it's to check out benchmarks of it with a similar system to yours and compare. Take Aquamark 3 for example, great tool for benching cards and far from synthetic. Mixes DX8 and DX9 well, so it should represent system performance all around.
Get it if you haven't, and compare scores afterwards. A 1.9GHZ OCed 2500+ should be around a ~2650+'s performance on average.

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