Benchmark scores ok?

[andyb]

I have a radeon 9800pro (hercules 128mb)and i get around 5300-5400 stock in 3dm03 and in 3dmo1se 15-16 thousand, aquamark 36-37 thousand. Are these scores normal? Its just that i have seen people getting far higher than me in aquamark and 3dmark03/01se.System specs below.Although these scores are high (alot higher than the 1500 in 3dm03 with my ti4200 64mb) i have seen people get 6000+ in 3dmo3 and over 40000 in aquamark.Also my 3dmo1se score seem to be about 2000 lower than other people with 9800pros.

My system:
AMD Athlon Barton 3000xp+ @ 2,308mhz 14x166.
ATI Radeon Hercules 9800pro 128mb @ 412/365.
WD 120gb 7,200rpm 8mb cache.
512mb twinmos pc3200 @ 2,2,2,6.
ASUS a7v8x-x Mobo.

 

[bandikoot]

Your scores compare very well to what Tom's got with a XP2700 many moons ago. I score low on all the benchmarks, but haven't had a problem running a game yet, so why worry about it?

 

[andyb]

Im not so much worrying because the performance increase on my old card is staggering, just woundering how people get higher benchmarks with similar rigs. Are they just lucky?

My system:
AMD Athlon Barton 3000xp+
ATI Radeon Hercules 9800pro 128mb
WD 120gb 7,200rpm 8mb cache.
512mb twinmos pc3200
ASUS a7v8x-x Mobo.

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

tweaking over time.

Find out what increases the score and do that (even if it means compromising gaming) that's how many people go about it. They are so fanatical as to wipe their hard drive re-install MS and then only load the bare minimum of drivers and such to allow 3Dmark to run.

There are sme basic tweaks you can do. First, disable all non-essential apps in task manager, turn off or unplug any extra perihperals or such tha may consume system resources USB additional network cards etc., turn down quality settings in ATI control panel. That should give you a few more points.

Of course overclock the crap out of everything.

And there you go, higher scores.


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[sirak]

Did you have the gf4 4200 on your current system before you got the 9800pro (as opposed to getting a completely new system)? If so do you think some NVidia drivers might be lurking around your system slowing things down a little? You probably know this, but you'll need several programs to completely rid your system of those files.

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PIV 2.4c @ 2.89ghz
1gig PC3200 (512mbx2)
ASUS P4P800
GF3 Ti200 64mb (soon to be replaced)
WinXP Pro
3DMark2001SE: 6309
3DMark2003: 729

 

[andyb]

Yea but i used driver cleaner to rid my system of my old nvidia drivers (and unistalled using the add /remove programes also). Thanks for the input, its quite amazing at the lengths people will go to for a benchmark!

My system:
AMD Athlon Barton 3000xp+
ATI Radeon Hercules 9800pro 128mb
WD 120gb 7,200rpm 8mb cache.
512mb twinmos pc3200
ASUS a7v8x-x Mobo.

 

[addiarmadar]

If you tweaked around your cpu speed with higher FSB and lower multiplier to get the same cpu speed then you will get a higher score.

Barton 2500+ @ 2200mhz (10x220 vcore @ 1.8)
Asus A7N8X Dlx 440 FSB
1gb Geil GD pc3500 Dual Channel (2-3-3-6)
Segata 80gb SATA 8.5ms seek
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro(420/720)