3dmark scores

by **LordShard** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 8:56 pm

Originally posted by Bullhead
I re-ran 3dmark03 with everything in CP set to highest detail, and check out the diff. in score!

This doesn't sounds right. YOur PC score is almost double mine (I have a 1.6Ghz duron you got a XP 3000, but you loose to me on the 3dmarks score even though I only got a 9700Pro and you got a 9800 Pro?

by **Bullhead** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 9:21 pm

Are you're scores with your ATI Control Panel options set to highest quality? (16xAF, 6xAA, etc)

by **LordShard** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 9:28 pm

No, but that would definatly explain it. I used to but when I got the UT2k4 demo and was only getting 20 frames per second that occasionally dipped to 15 I decided to cut those back.

by **shockwave203** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 9:35 pm

dude, you're running with AA and AF enabled!! hit 'application preference' for both of them. (simply sliding the bar to the left only turns them to 2X, they are still on)

also, at the bottom, drag ALL the bars to the very left. benchmarks aren't suppose to show off how pretty games can look, they judge raw speed.

by **LordShard** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 9:40 pm

But I want 2x aa/af

and BTW what does vertical sync do?

by **shockwave203** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 9:48 pm

you don't want to run aa/af when you are benchmarking, because it slows your system down. the point of running 3dmark is to see how fast your PC is...not how it looks.

vertical sync caps the frame rates at the refresh rate your monitor is using. so if you're running with an 85hz refresh rate, your fps will never go above 85. make sure that is off when you are beching as well, because your score will be a lot lower due to the fact that it won't be allowed to go above 85 fps. less fps=lower score. in the first test with the WWII fighters and bombers, you will definitely go above 85 fps. you'll most likely get close to 200. if vsync is on, your frames will be limited, and your score will be lowered.

by **Amwhere** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 10:06 pm

I'll chip in:

by **LordShard** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 9:32 am

Originally posted by shockwave203
you don't want to run aa/af when you are benchmarking, because it slows your system down. the point of running 3dmark is to see how fast your PC is...not how it looks.

vertical sync caps the frame rates at the refresh rate your monitor is using. so if you're running with an 85hz refresh rate, your fps will never go above 85. make sure that is off when you are beching as well, because your score will be a lot lower due to the fact that it won't be allowed to go above 85 fps. less fps=lower score. in the first test with the WWII fighters and bombers, you will definitely go above 85 fps. you'll most likely get close to 200. if vsync is on, your frames will be limited, and your score will be lowered.

AT certain points in the airplane bench I was getting over 300fps even with 2xaa/af

by **Mr. Slayer** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 10:30 pm

Can somebody reccomend to me a good Nvidia FX video card? I'm currently considering an FX5700 256MB.
Please let me know.

by **Bullhead** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 11:52 pm

Originally posted by slayer_1
Can somebody reccomend to me a good Nvidia FX video card? I'm currently considering an FX5700 256MB.
Please let me know.

Nope, they don't make one

by **shockwave203** » Fri Apr 02, 2004 1:33 am

Originally posted by slayer_1
Can somebody reccomend to me a good Nvidia FX video card? I'm currently considering an FX5700 256MB.
Please let me know.

well you'd be better suited to go with a 9600XT because of the better DirectX 9 support, but if you want to stick with Nvidia, don't get a 256MB 5700.

there is absolutely NO performance increase between 256 and 128 megs in games these days. it's a marketing gimmick, plain and simple. the 5700 isn't *too* terribly bad...though the 9600XT is a better choice all around.

if you're going for 5700FX, get the 128 meg version. some cards with 256 megs actually run slower because the memory is timed at a lower clock.

by **Murgatroyd** » Sat Apr 03, 2004 12:33 pm

I got 5592 on my first test with no overclocking. Any advice on tweaks? Also, what additional info should I post?

by **Bullhead** » Sat Apr 03, 2004 1:04 pm

Make sure AA/AF is set to app. preference in ATI CP. set all the sliders to the left (performance). That'll boost your score to the highest.

Which Cat's are you using?

See if you can get a screen cap of the summary like the rest of us have, or at least publish it via futuremark, and post the compare link here. Be nice to see you CPU score, etc.

PS, I stil pwn you all

by **WeSSiN** » Sat Apr 03, 2004 5:38 pm

Do the Catalyst 4.3's lower or raise your score? I'm running 4.1.

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k3=2322186

by **Bullhead** » Sat Apr 03, 2004 6:04 pm

I think I was running 3.9's in the original post, but the new score was with the 4.3's. I also had changed the GPU core speed a little lower, while bumping the mem up higher. I couldn't really say, but I believe it will be better. One of the improvements with the 4.3's was improved dx9 performance.

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