Please check my 3dmark 2001 score

I have a (non ultra) fx5900 and only get a 3dmark2001 score of 12500. Seems
a bit low.. doesn't bother me too much coz the real world performance is
rock solid. On the other hand, I get 5000-odd on 3dmark 2003 which I believe
is pretty good.

THe drivers are det 44.03 with DX9. Do DX9 drivers hurt the DX8 benchmarks
perhaps ?

I am running a P4 2.26 ... the only catch is it is a 533fsb with ddr333 only
.... and only agp 4x. Does this explain the relatively average 3dmark 2001
score ? At the end of the day I only usually run the benchmarks the first
day I install a card just to draw out any obvious stability and/or driver
problems..and as I said above the real world performance is sweet as.. so I
guess this is just to settle my curiousity.. what is hurting my score ?

While I'm at it.. will an upgrade to agp8x do anything for me in the short
term ? What does agp4 vs 8 actually mean in the real world ? I will plunk in
a P4 2.66 800fsb cpu and ddr400 with an Intel 865pe chipset towards
christmas.. so would a new mobo with agp8 give me anything if I got it
installed a bit earlier ?


Ta

T1000

Makes you wonder why Futuremark bothered write the online results
browser.

Andrew.

Makes me wonder why some people are so rude.

Gary

Your processor is the most likely cause of the slowdown. I am running an
Athlon XP 2500 chip and I have an FX 5800 (non ultra) and have almost the
same score as you have. The fact that you have an AGP 4x probably slows it
down just a bit more as well. You've spend some good money on a great video
card. Time to upgrade the motherboard and processor when time and money
permit. By the way your score in 3D Mark 2003 is very good for the system
components you have.

regards

B
"T1000" wrote in message
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I have a (non ultra) fx5900 and only get a 3dmark2001 score of 12500.
Seems
a bit low.. doesn't bother me too much coz the real world performance is
rock solid. On the other hand, I get 5000-odd on 3dmark 2003 which I
believe
is pretty good.

THe drivers are det 44.03 with DX9. Do DX9 drivers hurt the DX8 benchmarks
perhaps ?

I am running a P4 2.26 ... the only catch is it is a 533fsb with ddr333
only
... and only agp 4x. Does this explain the relatively average 3dmark 2001
score ? At the end of the day I only usually run the benchmarks the first
day I install a card just to draw out any obvious stability and/or driver
problems..and as I said above the real world performance is sweet as.. so
I
guess this is just to settle my curiousity.. what is hurting my score ?

While I'm at it.. will an upgrade to agp8x do anything for me in the short
term ? What does agp4 vs 8 actually mean in the real world ? I will plunk
in
a P4 2.66 800fsb cpu and ddr400 with an Intel 865pe chipset towards
christmas.. so would a new mobo with agp8 give me anything if I got it
installed a bit earlier ?


Ta

T1000

"B" wrote in message
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Your processor is the most likely cause of the slowdown.

The placing of faith in 3DMark as a valid determinant of everyday real-world
performance has nothing to do with it? Maybe even running it in the first
place?

I am running an
Athlon XP 2500 chip and I have an FX 5800 (non ultra) and have almost the
same score as you have. The fact that you have an AGP 4x probably slows it
down just a bit more as well.

Please tell me why this would be the case. I would think the difference
would be negligible...

You've spend some good money on a great video
card. Time to upgrade the motherboard and processor when time and money
permit. By the way your score in 3D Mark 2003 is very good for the system
components you have.

How would anyone know? It's mostly weighted to video performance, and a good
deal of PS 1.4 at that...I could show you a P2 box that gets good 3dm '03
scores...


regards

B
"T1000" wrote in message
...
I have a (non ultra) fx5900 and only get a 3dmark2001 score of 12500.
Seems
a bit low.. doesn't bother me too much coz the real world performance is
rock solid. On the other hand, I get 5000-odd on 3dmark 2003 which I
believe
is pretty good.

THe drivers are det 44.03 with DX9. Do DX9 drivers hurt the DX8
benchmarks
perhaps ?

I am running a P4 2.26 ... the only catch is it is a 533fsb with ddr333
only
... and only agp 4x. Does this explain the relatively average 3dmark
2001
score ? At the end of the day I only usually run the benchmarks the
first
day I install a card just to draw out any obvious stability and/or
driver
problems..and as I said above the real world performance is sweet as..
so
I
guess this is just to settle my curiousity.. what is hurting my score ?

While I'm at it.. will an upgrade to agp8x do anything for me in the
short
term ? What does agp4 vs 8 actually mean in the real world ? I will
plunk
in
a P4 2.66 800fsb cpu and ddr400 with an Intel 865pe chipset towards
christmas.. so would a new mobo with agp8 give me anything if I got it
installed a bit earlier ?


Ta

T1000

First off - 3DMARK 2001 is CPU/Vid Card weighted - 3dmark 2003 is almost wholey
vid card weighted - CPU is not very important at all - hence the good score
there.
The 3dmark2001 score may be a little low - havnt run 2001 with my FX5800Ultra
but my old TI4600 got over 13,000 - have you checked you have turend off
AA/Aniso - Mimap level set to Performance etc etc.?

If you upgrade from a 2.26Ghz to a 2.66Ghz just to get a few hundred more Hz and
a faster FSB you would be very foolish - dont expect any real world performance
gains - and on that note don't expect 3dmark results to be automatically
relevant to real world gameplay.

AGP 8x will give you no performnace benefit what-so-ever, right now its a total
con and there are plenty of web reviews comparing the two, even Memory FSB is
overrated (though more important than AGP speed) - As an example I have an
XP2400+ CPU, PC2100 RAM on a 266Mhz FSB board (the cheapest mobo you can buy -
K7VT2) and a FX5800Ultra - I get just under 7000 3Dmark03 points and can play
all games (including Eve-Online which is DX9) with 6x AA, Maximum Aniso etc etc
and it is as smooth as silk - If I bought a top of the range 800Mhz FSB P4 3Ghz
I would really not notice any difference in game play as the games I run are so
smooth already you would not notice if the FPS went up a small amount.

This same system with a Ti4600 got me just under 14,000 3dmark 01 points -
Somthing anyone with a 800Mhz FSB's PIV3Ghz'd Ti owner would be proud
of..............

Buy CPU and GPU and so long as you have DDR RAM you wont go far wrong.




T1000 wrote:

I have a (non ultra) fx5900 and only get a 3dmark2001 score of 12500. Seems
a bit low.. doesn't bother me too much coz the real world performance is
rock solid. On the other hand, I get 5000-odd on 3dmark 2003 which I believe
is pretty good.

THe drivers are det 44.03 with DX9. Do DX9 drivers hurt the DX8 benchmarks
perhaps ?

I am running a P4 2.26 ... the only catch is it is a 533fsb with ddr333 only
... and only agp 4x. Does this explain the relatively average 3dmark 2001
score ? At the end of the day I only usually run the benchmarks the first
day I install a card just to draw out any obvious stability and/or driver
problems..and as I said above the real world performance is sweet as.. so I
guess this is just to settle my curiousity.. what is hurting my score ?

While I'm at it.. will an upgrade to agp8x do anything for me in the short
term ? What does agp4 vs 8 actually mean in the real world ? I will plunk in
a P4 2.66 800fsb cpu and ddr400 with an Intel 865pe chipset towards
christmas.. so would a new mobo with agp8 give me anything if I got it
installed a bit earlier ?

Ta

T1000