"lordy" wrote in message
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I get a 3dMark01 SE scores of bet 9750 and 9950 on

PNY 5700 Ultra 128 DDR2 (stock clock 300 Core/ 906 Mem)
Athlon XP 2400+ 133FSB

Your system isn't as much of a dog as the previous posters would have you
believe. And it's a 266Mhz effective bus speed. Even P4 3.2 systems run a
"true" 200Mhz FSB (800Mhz quad pumped) On a Barton 3200 or 3 GHz P4 with a
gig of RAM a 5700 Ultra should bench in the 15,000+ range. You're getting
scores that my old Radeon 9100 did on a Barton 3200. I would expect a 5700
Ultra on your system to be in the 13,000+ range. I've seen two reviews
relevant your card and system; one an XP1800+ system clocked to slightly
above XP2200 speed, and the other a Barton 3200. These reviews ran 3DMark03,
and both ran the default 1024x768 benchmark at 3500 and 3950 respectively.
Another review with a P4 2.4 ran the bench at 3975. If I had to point a
finger somewhere, it would be at the ECS motherboard and associated chipset
drivers. Try benching it with 3DMark03 and see how it compares.