Can't Run 3DMark03 w/GeForce 4 Ti4600

Have a P4/3GHz, 875P, 800FSB, 1Gig/RAM, GF4 Ti-4600,
WinXP-Pro SP1. Using Nvidia drivers 41.09, score on
3DMark2001SE was 14,000. Updated drivers to 43.45 and score
went to 14,350. Frame rates rarely dropped below 100 in
high-detail, 200-300 elsewhere. Smooth, no problems. No
system problems with 43.45. I did the driver update, from
41.09 to 43.45 to have DX9 "compatibility" for running 3DMark03.

When I tried to run 3DMark03, it did OK with the first test
(the planes), but after that, frame rate dropped to less
than 10. Couldn't even finish running the benchmark, PC
locked up on 3rd test, and BSOD indicating some problem with
DirectDraw/drivers. DXDiag tests all run fine.

Will try 44.03 drivers, to see if that makes any difference.
But why would performance drop so much? Shouldn't you be
able to at least run 3DMark03, as long as you have DX9 and
DX9-compatible drivers, with a GF-4 Ti-4600, which is 100%
DX8 compatible?

According to 3DMark's web site, a DX8 compliant graphics
card should be able to run 3DMark03, but certain
DX9-specific tests would not be run. Appreciate any
help/advice.

JJJ

If you have any type of Ti card some of the tests like the nature test will
NEVER run because the cards are not Direct X 9.0 hardware capable. I
recently bought at an excellent price the FX 5800 (non-ultra) and this card
runs all the tests flawlessly whereas my old Ti 4200 would not run any of
the Direct X 9.0 tests. However, the first thing I would do if I were you is
to ensure your chipset drivers are current and all backgrounds tasks are not
running when using the benchmark. Also ensure you're running the 330 patch.
I would also recommend you back on down to the WHQL approved driver version
40.72.

regards

B
"JJay" wrote in message
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Have a P4/3GHz, 875P, 800FSB, 1Gig/RAM, GF4 Ti-4600,
WinXP-Pro SP1. Using Nvidia drivers 41.09, score on
3DMark2001SE was 14,000. Updated drivers to 43.45 and score
went to 14,350. Frame rates rarely dropped below 100 in
high-detail, 200-300 elsewhere. Smooth, no problems. No
system problems with 43.45. I did the driver update, from
41.09 to 43.45 to have DX9 "compatibility" for running 3DMark03.

When I tried to run 3DMark03, it did OK with the first test
(the planes), but after that, frame rate dropped to less
than 10. Couldn't even finish running the benchmark, PC
locked up on 3rd test, and BSOD indicating some problem with
DirectDraw/drivers. DXDiag tests all run fine.

Will try 44.03 drivers, to see if that makes any difference.
But why would performance drop so much? Shouldn't you be
able to at least run 3DMark03, as long as you have DX9 and
DX9-compatible drivers, with a GF-4 Ti-4600, which is 100%
DX8 compatible?

According to 3DMark's web site, a DX8 compliant graphics
card should be able to run 3DMark03, but certain
DX9-specific tests would not be run. Appreciate any
help/advice.

JJJ