lichen86 Posted January 24, 2003 Posted January 24, 2003 I was content at acheiving a 3dMark 2001 SE score of 9900 with my stock clocked athlon system (well, my videocard runs at 304/545). The test I ran was 1024x768, 32bit, no FSAA, compressed textures, pure T&L, 24bit Zbuffer.. basically the default test. I decided to upgrade to directx 9.0 to eek out a few more points. My score plummeted to 8000!!! Is there something I'm missing? I'm using XP pro SP1, the latest (40.72) nvidia detonator drivers. My videocard bios is stock, would updating that help? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeock Posted January 24, 2003 Posted January 24, 2003 my question is, why did you upgrade to beta software from ms ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smeghead009 Posted January 24, 2003 Posted January 24, 2003 odd, i got about a 200 point boost Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sykocus Posted January 24, 2003 Posted January 24, 2003 did u have something like anisotropic filtering enabled? i had that turned on is affected my benchmark. espically in the area of texture fill rates. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpandapuss Posted January 24, 2003 Posted January 24, 2003 To be honest I don't know what performance gains or losses one would have with X9, but to see an increase in 3dMark I recommend changing the Performance & Quality setting to "Aggressive" in your advanced video settings--if you haven't done so as yet... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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