Very Low score for TI4200

KramX

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Hi, I am using creative ti4200 64mb 4x card. My system is 1.8 p4, 512 sdram and the score i am getting is around 6800.. this is too low from the response i am getting.. i should be getting around 10K to 12K. What is the problem? I am using the latest drivers from nvidia and using directx 9.0c.. is it possible that the card is spolit? How to change the agp aperture? Thx
 

Terracide

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Is this in 3Dmark 2001?
I have a P4A 2.4Ghz and with my old Ti4600 I scored 123xx point in 2001...so I don't think you should be getting 12K's...
You SD-RAM may be holding you back, as 2001 is more CPU/RAM dependant than 3D Mark 03...

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Do you have all the right drivers installed? By that I mean AGP drivers and a modern set of nVidia drivers (43.45 are good for GF4)?
 

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First off, I take it you are referring to 3dmark2001se, which is totally CPU/System dependent, not just GPU like 3dMark03.

Second, The low memory bandwidth of SDR effectively cripples a Pentium 4. You are running more like the equivalent to a PIII 1.0GHz- TBird 1.2GHz. Example: I have a TBird 1.2GHz system that i was recently running benchies on. A Radeon 9500 Pro only scored 7,300 3dmarks on that benchie, which is half what it could score on a fast or Overclocked system. Compare that to a massively overclocked system where a GF4Ti4200 could score 16,000.


Third, driver version matters too for that benchmark.

Anyway, these three things considered, you are not really off track on how many 3dmarks you should be getting. Running older drivers like the 4403's would raise it some, but it's your SDR/P4 combo doing the most damage.


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