3Dmark2003 - Are you as bad as me?

Dr Bolouswki

Hi Folks

I'm trying to figure out what my 3Dmark2003 score should be

My Old PC was

AMD 1800 (266mhz)
512mb DDR333 (2x256 dual channel)
ASUS A7N8X
XP Pro
Gainward 128mb Geforce 3 Ti200
integrated sound

the above gave me a score of 1066

My new PC is (complete with see through case!!)

AMD 3000 (333mhz)
1024mb DDR333 (2x512 dual channel)
ASUS 87N8X deluxe V2.0
XP Pro
Creative FX5600 256mb
Audigy 2 ZS

I'm only getting a score of 1940??? Should I be getting way higher? Should I be tweaking my BIOS settings or doing more with the Video settings? I was expecting with all the upgrades to absolutely butcher my old score....

Any ideas?

bizmark

The Fx5600 is sooooooooo bad its holding your score (and pc) back a lot id say

VeVeX

Its the 5600 for sure they are crap.

You should buy a decent card. A 9600xt would be a start at around €200.

You'd notcie a big improvment in your 3DMark

Dr Bolouswki

Drag... and I thought the 256mb would make it the shiznah..... drag....

Creamy Goodness

9600xt is only 148 is komplett special

Woden

killah i have a not dissimilar system for you but with a radeon 9800 pro which give me 5600 that i'll give you some idea of the effect of the graphics card, whats your 3dmark01 benchmark? about 10-12k?

elexes

dono ive never used 2003 as im told its still a bit buggy . but my other scores are 14k i think
amd xp 2500 with a ati 9700

ill see if i can find the link

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=7032792

just over 15k in the 2001

freekhead

Originally posted by Cr3m0
9600xt is only 148 is komplett special

And what a sweet board.. got one last week for my amd, was running a ati9000 pci getting 3000 on 3dmark2001.. now hitting 16000

if you cant afford a 9800pro the 9600xt is great for the money
im not to sure but the full retail one is about 170 and you get half life when ever the hell they finish making it

there is no point going to all the trouble of building a fast machine and bottle necking (is that a word?) it with the graphics card..so treat your self log on to komplett with your mam/sisters credit card and buy an xt either hercules or sapphire cant go wrong

netman

got about 5000 (can't remember the exact figure) in 3dmark03 on a 3ghz pentium4 system.. the only big difference is the graphics card, i got a radeon 9700 pro.

replace that 5600 ultra with something more decent and you'll be flying

davkav

ive just bought a 2500+athlon 512 pc 3200 ram and the asus fx5200 128mb and my highest score was 9261 with 3dmark2001.

bizmark

errrrr is that a ultra or what my 5900 only gets 13,000 and my old 5200 only got 4000 so me things some ones fibing

and i have the same specs as you other than the pc3200 ram and i have a 2600xp

Col_Loki

Definetly the Fx series isint the best at all.......

Fx5200 is dismal TBH , Fx5600 isint up to much, Fx5800 middling, Fx5900 is good and quite an overclocker.

ATI are pretty much the way to go at the min guys, especially with DX9 games.

If you really want to raise your 3dmark scores then pop onto komplett and oder a 9800pro for €266 !! Failing that a 9600pro/xt is a great choice ...... still not a patch on a 9800 all the same.

[edit] A Fx5900 should be hovering around the 14-15k mark id imagine, did you try updating drivers ??

davkav

bog standard asus v9520 fx 5200 128 ddr at 9261 probably go higher when i over clock it fully

bizmark

edit] A Fx5900 should be hovering around the 14-15k mark id imagine, did you try updating drivers ??

well its a Lx version so 13.000 is about right id say considering flashing it to a 5950 see if that will help it out

bog standard asus v9520 fx 5200 128 ddr at 9261 probably go higher when i over clock it fully

im telling ya if thats true you got some 5200 their :eek: .....id be careful over clocking those 5200 they have no real cooling

Col_Loki

im telling ya if thats true you got some 5200 their .....id be careful over clocking those 5200 they have no real cooling

9.2k in 3dmark2001 , thats not that fantatic is it??

well its a Lx version so 13.000 is about right id say considering flashing it to a 5950 see if that will help it out

Why not just overclock it? You will get very simular performance results without risk. See how high she goes first, ie will it actually clock to 5950u speeds before flashing ...... make sure its atleast getting close. The flash is suppose to loosen memor timings and increase core voltage a little which is a help im sure.

bizmark

9.2k in 3dmark2001 , thats not that fantatic is it??

Well most 5200 bog stander gets around 4000-5000 getting 9,2 is pritty fecking great

5200 is a cheap buttom of the range card hes getting mid range scores with it thats not bad at all...Love to know how he managed it

Why not just overclock it? You will get very simular performance results without risk. See how high she goes first, ie will it actually clock to 5950u speeds before flashing ...... make sure its atleast getting close. The flash is suppose to loosen memor timings and increase core voltage a little which is a help im sure.

Ya i will when i find a decent overclocking prog .Coolbits keeps resetting my memory speed for some reasion and Letecs overclcoking tool resets the Gpu speeds if i use that ....so im a bit fecked at the mo .....Its either overclock just the gpu or just the memory untill i find a better overclocking tool

Col_Loki

Well most 5200 bog stander gets around 4000-5000 getting 9,2 is pritty fecking great

Doh, i read that as 5600 ........... ahh hangovers!! That is very decent for a 5200 !! (thought u were thinkin it was 3dmr'03..... brain not with it at all today)

That sucks real bad about he overclocking tools, if i come accross a decent one ill post the link and hopefully itl help.

The Brigadier

Memory on these cards is a joke, any card less than a GeForce5900/Radeon9800 won't have enough muscle to pump 256MB textures around.

A 256MB 5600 is a marketing gimmic - no more useful than a 128MB version

tuxy

the amount of people that take 3d mark seriously is funny , load up your favourite game do the show fps command if its high enough you dont have a problem

bizmark

That sucks real bad about he overclocking tools, if i come accross a decent one ill post the link and hopefully itl help.

indeed it does suck :dunno: if you do come across a prog Pm me if can

netman

Try powerstrip, it's fantastic!

http://www.entechtaiwan.net/ps.htm

davkav

ive only overclocked the card using the overclocking prg from asus themselves smart doc or sumtin cant remember in college at mo any prgs anyone can recommend for overclocking a bit more????

davkav

another thing is i have my cpu overclocked to 2200Mhz its a 2500+ but on the post screen and in the likes of aida32 it shows up as a 3200+ even though it says 2500+ printed on the cpu is that the norm??

bizmark

at that clock speed your motherboard might thing the cpu is a 3200xp and not a 2500

OfflerCrocGod

David I thought I told you that there should be a newer BIOS out there for your board that corrects the problem of the MB calling a 2500+ a 3200+?, just flash it to the latest BIOS.

Powerstip my ass:), David look for 'Coolbits' on google its a reg hack that adds an overclocking tab to the Nvidia drivers, that should sort ya'. Coolbits .

OfflerCrocGod

Originally posted by bizmark
Well most 5200 bog stander gets around 4000-5000 getting 9,2 is pritty fecking great

My 2+ year old GeForceMX4 - 440 gets 6100.

Giblet

I get 13000 on 01 and 4500 on 03 with a 2500+ and a 9600 pro.

RAM DOESN'T MATTER.

Clock Speeds / Drivers / Dx9 is what matters now.

Ati Radeon is the way to go at the moment for mid range cards.

bizmark

err dont use that powerstrip thing it messes up your cards clock settings my benchmark went down to 11.100 after useing it and i had to use coolbits to fix its mess up

dazberry

I must get the record - 219 in 3dMark03 - thou' I can only run one of the four Game Tests.

XP2400, 512mb DDR, 40gb 7200 HD, 3D Prophet II GTS (Geforce MX2).

Then again all the games I currently play are fine, so I haven't had the urge to upgrade... yet.

D.

bizmark

Try powerstrip, it's fantastic!

man that prog is awful its after messing up my card! spent 30 mins fixing the damage it did

Ryaner

Originally posted by OfflerCrocGod
David I thought I told you that there should be a newer BIOS out there for your board that corrects the problem of the MB calling a 2500+ a 3200+?, just flash it to the latest BIOS.

Depending on how you oc the cpu depends on how the bios picks it up. When you start OCin it, it is no longer a 2500+