Low 3dmark2000 score?

[Guest]

I'm getting around 3400 for the 3dmark2000( not the pro version).
I was just wondering if that was a lowish score. I am running:

1400MHZ AMD athlon
256MB ddr Ram
Gigabyte Geforce2 64mb sdr agp
30gig fujitsu HD
Gigabyte DXR7 something somthing motherboard 266MHZ

If it is a good score...fine...
If its bad...why? How can I fix this?

Thanks

 

[flamethrower205]

U sure it's not 2001, cause if it's 2000, that's a very low score. What's your OS, drivers, AGP aperature size, and AGP setting (1x, 2x, or 4x?)

Your brain: PC
You brain on drugs: Mac

 

[phsstpok]

You always need to load a chipset driver, specifically the AMD 750/760 series (Northbridge only) if your mobo is the GA-7DXR.

Get the driver at this link.

<A HREF="http://ftp.gigabyte.com.tw/support/driver/amd_agp.zip" target="_new">http://ftp.gigabyte.com.tw/support/driver/amd_agp.zip</A>

Gigabyte also recommends the Via IDE driver (because you have a Via 686B southbridge). You can get it at the link below. However, if you are using Win2K, I've read several messages where people prefer the Win2K IDE driver.

<A HREF="http://ftp.gigabyte.com.tw/support/driver/via_ide_3011.zip" target="_new">http://ftp.gigabyte.com.tw/support/driver/via_ide_3011.zip</A>

Would you like a Quarter Pounder?
No, thank you. Just give me the BIG heatsink. It's an Athlon.

 

[Guest]

I've installed all the drivers, not the new ones the ones on the cds, and now i get 5500 or so points. howz that?
My agp is at 4x and i loaded the via 4 in 1 drivers. Is that good?

 

[Guest]

oh, and my AGP aperture size is set at 64. Is it okay to increase it?

Thanks for yall's help

 

[Crashman]

OMG that's low, I get 7400 average with a GTS 32MB DDR on a PIII 933! And that's also with the AGP Aperture size set to 64MB!

Back to you Tom...

 

[Guest]

okay, now ur really scaring me.
I'm downloading the detonator drivers from nvidia. Will it help? It says performance increase of 30-50 parsent, so I'll have to wait and see.

 

[phsstpok]

You are making good progress.

I just re-read your original post. You mentioned, "Geforce2 64mb sdr agp". SDR? Is that a Geforce2 MX-400 card? If it is then 5500 is in the proper range for a non-overclocked MX/MX-400.

Here are some tweaks that I have found improve scores, pretty much (but not exactly) in order of decreasing improvement

- Video memory overclocking
- CPU overclocking
- Disabling vertical sync (should always be done for benchmarking).
- Memory set to 4-way-interleave.
- CAS2 timing
- GPU overclocking
- Bus and memory overclocking (I can only go to 106mhz on my KT7)
- Playing with AGP aperture settings

<b>These all have very small improvements</b> (at least for me)
- Enable Fastwrites (Can't reliably do this on Geforce256 card)
- Enable Sideband Addressing (conflicts with 21.81 detonators, at least for me)
- Enable AGP 4X

<b>Strange Tweaks</b>
- Disabling L2 cache (With my Duron this boosts my score by 5 points. I can't explain it).
- Fast memory timing (This was about 10 points better than -- Turbo timing. I think it's my memory).
- Lower video refesh rate (70 hz is about 15 points faster than 85hz. This isn't strange but not everyone knows about it).

<A HREF="http://gamershq.madonion.com/compare.shtml?2003984" target="_new">http://gamershq.madonion.com/compare.shtml?2003984</A>

Would you like a Quarter Pounder?
No, thank you. Just give me the BIG heatsink. It's an Athlon.<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by phsstpok on 09/22/01 03:06 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[Crashman]

The latest drivers may improve your 3D-Mark 2000 scores, but at the cost of smoothness. When I load them on my GHF2 systems, the framerates go way up! Then it pauses for a split second. Then it resumes with killer framerates! Then it pauses for a split second That jerkiness in NOT acceptable for me, and only results in about a 5% overall improvement in scores. The huge gains you hear of are only for the GF3.

Back to you Tom...

 

[RaPTuRe]

5500 is about rite for a MX. hav similar system specs,(AMD1400, GF2MX (32)) and have tweaked up to 6000. easily.

"The answer to life's problems aren't at the bottom of a beer bottle, they're on TV."

 

[Crashman]

Yes, the MX is not a star performer.

Back to you Tom...

 

[Guest]

Its running at 133MHZ i guess.