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February 25, 2002 2:32:49 PM

while browsing through madonion's 3dmark2k1 project comparison, i found this:
<A HREF="http://gamershq.madonion.com/compare2k1.shtml?2752559" target="_new">http://gamershq.madonion.com/compare2k1.shtml?2752559&l...;/A>
this guy's score is very exceptional but how is it possible.
according to whats on the info:

P4 1.8
looks like pc2100 ddr ram
R8500
win xp
3276 drivers.
3dmark2k1SE score: 11369

his P4 looks like its not overclocked because the FSB is at 100....but it actually looks like it's slightly underclocked because its running at 1794 mhz.
and the ram has to be ddr266 because ill be damn if it were plain vanilla sdram...
dont know if the R8500 is retail or oem...either way, its clocked at 275/295.
this guy is also using the old "quake III cheating" drivers.
now...how is this guy acheiving such a high score....i cant figure it out (other than hacking)...can any of you guys?

<A HREF="http://gamershq.madonion.com/compare2k1.shtml?2649487" target="_new">P4 NW + DDR</A> = <font color=blue>Not Bad</font color=blue>

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February 25, 2002 4:21:05 PM

The 1794 probably means his FSB isn't exactly at 100MHz, but slightly below. Happens all the time, usually it's slightly above.

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February 25, 2002 4:56:23 PM

Huh. I don't know too much about 3dmark, I think it's stupid that people will pay so much money for something so intangible. It all goes back to guys measuring their dicks, only now it's benchmark scores.

I heard that 3dmark has anti-cheating code in it, but I dunno about those drivers... www.firingsquad.com has a good overview of that whole mess. That does sound awfully high though, since the GeForce 4 4600 had about the same. I may be mistaken though. How did you find that, anyway? Where you just randomly surfing MadOnion's site or what?

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February 25, 2002 5:36:44 PM

i was <A HREF="http://service.madonion.com/servlet/Index?pageid=/orb/p..." target="_new">here</A>
im at work right now and im was bored.
i wanted to see who had the highest score with a P4 and a R8500 under the default benchmark and his name came up...
at first i was thinking "he water cooled everything..." until i saw his cpu speed and "supposed" speed of his R8500.
unless he super-overclocked his R8500...i wouldnt know how he would get that high of a score.



<A HREF="http://gamershq.madonion.com/compare2k1.shtml?2649487" target="_new">P4 NW + DDR</A> = <font color=blue>Not Bad</font color=blue>
February 25, 2002 6:32:56 PM

Quote:

It all goes back to guys measuring their dicks

Only lonely perverts measure their dicks.

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February 25, 2002 8:34:55 PM

And <A HREF="http://gamershq.madonion.com/compare2k1.shtml?2853241" target="_new">look who has the highest score</A>.

This raises an interesting thought. He has the same CPU clock (133x20) that the most recent THG article has, but he has the original i850 chipset (same as mine, which is why I'm sure). Now, could this mean that the CPU in the article was actually overclocked, not a true 133(533) sample? I think I shall email him.

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February 26, 2002 12:34:54 AM

Burger, the cpu in the article WAS overclocked, how do you presume to explain he had the nw2400, which would not ever be sold, at the 533fsb, think about it, intel gives thg 3 enginneering chips, of different speeds, one of which will never be released???

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February 26, 2002 5:12:44 PM

Actually, it was not overclocked. Hold on a minute, let me grab a link. Man, my work computer sucks. <A HREF="http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=340..." target="_new">Here</A> you go. Ignore most of the thread, just scroll halfway down to Steve's post. HardOCP got one at the same time, they're just taking their time before putting out the review.
I thought the same thing (it was overclocked), but apparently it's legit.
BTW...3 engineering chips? I must have missed the other two. Let me re-read the article.

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