Paco Posted May 16, 2003 Posted May 16, 2003 I got a few questions...thought I might get some answers from the pros First off, I get a really low (for what I think) In 3dMark03. Here are my system specs. Pentium 4 (Celeron) [email protected] think. I like going in small increments GF4 4200Ti 128mb@513/277 Asus P4B533-vm mobo 768MB DIMM DDR Digifire 7.1 Sound Now heres where it gets weird. Now my FSB (SiSoft Sandra said so) 4x 107 MHz 428 MHz data rate. Is this in fact set correctly? 3DMark score is 1499. All drivers updated. Graphics for the card sll on default. Is this expected for a system like mine? If any one would like to see the Excel sheet, I can email it. Thought a system like mine would do better. (Maybe) Thanks for any replys Paco Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVE Posted May 16, 2003 Posted May 16, 2003 I say the main thing holding you back is your VidCard. The Geforce 4's aren't DirectX 9 compliant. They use Vertex Shaders 1.1 as opposed to DX 9 compliance needing Vertex Shader 2.0. That's just 1 example, there's many things in DX9 that GF4's can't do. Plus the Nature test, Test #4 requires a DX9 card, but on your GF4 it doesn't run at all, which cripples the score as well. Don't feel too bad, you got a higher score than mine. I have a 1.8Ghz P4 and a Geforce 3 Ti500 and I got a 1202 score. 3DMark03 is really more of a next generation benchmark for newer cards than the GF4's. 3DMark2001 is a more accurate gauge of the GF4's performance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco Posted May 16, 2003 Posted May 16, 2003 I totally agree. I saw a few posts where the scores were better with 3Dmark 2002 on the same system. (like 3000 marks better) I guess I shouldent ######. BF1942 still kicks butt.....seems like its allways maxing out at 99 fps. crap...I just bought this card now i got to get another. Theres just a bottleneck that I cant get through. Now what cards are DX9 compatible? Paco Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muninn Posted May 16, 2003 Posted May 16, 2003 3D mark 2003 is for the nextgen of hardware, I don' t think anything right now is going to run it at a decent frame rate Also these programs are not meant to run efficiently, your comp could probably process graphics like the ones in 3D03 but because of the architecture of the programe, (Which is meant to push your comp) your getting the lowscore Don't worry, the highest score i've herd of right now from 3d03 was something like 4k, and that's not that great even Just wait a couple years. Muninn Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
battery Posted May 16, 2003 Posted May 16, 2003 my comp wouldn't even run a 3dmark2003 so thats a 0 for my score there. I got a 327 on 3dmark2001se =) so compare that. I'm building a new comp though i should get about 10000+ marks on 3dmark2001se and around 2000+ marks on 2003. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muninn Posted May 16, 2003 Posted May 16, 2003 Yeah, i don't know what the deal is with 3dmark 2k1 Most people think that benchmarking is just hardware based, but really it has alot to do with software A lot of times non essential programs in windows are running in the background when you are benchmarking and it lowers your score (Just less sys resources at 3dmarks disposal) Given point benchmarking is mostly hardware don't get me wrong but to boost your score that 500 extra points learn how to tweak windows, (Or just get debian ) Muninn BTW my 3dmark score 15000+ any good guys, haven't really compared it, give me some feedback Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
battery Posted May 16, 2003 Posted May 16, 2003 thats a pretty good score and if u had a barton (any core speed) it would be better Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaTias Posted May 17, 2003 Posted May 17, 2003 Only the GeForce FX 5200, 5800, 5900 ultra and the Radeon 9800 supports (full) directx 9 (3dmark03) You must use: 3dmark01 SE Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volcombmxer Posted May 17, 2003 Posted May 17, 2003 ye i got pretty much the same set up as u and i scored around that but i dominated the 2001 im pretty sure 2003 and 2001 use a different point scaling system too 2003 is really advanced also Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco Posted May 17, 2003 Posted May 17, 2003 Wow.....lots of info here....thanks for all the input. Guess im just worried that im not getting the fps I deserve. I got another question tho. Now how safe is overclocking the mobo. Right now I am at: Cpu 107 Agp 71 Pci 35 Those are the settings on my jumpers acording to the manual. Now should I move up a step....see how my rig runs...any problems just move it back down a notch? Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stealth Posted May 17, 2003 Posted May 17, 2003 I got close to 5000 on 3rd Mark 2003 with my setup at stock speeds. I assume that's pretty good? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrusk Posted May 17, 2003 Posted May 17, 2003 I got close to 5000 on 3rd Mark 2003 with my setup at stock speeds. I assume that's pretty good? yeah thats pretty good! but then again you have a kick a** system! i had to overclock the heck out of mine to get 5,000! But i bet i saved a lot more money than you Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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