3D Mark LOW on NIIICE system Why?

[RobsTV]

I agree Deeko that you can not compare different setups.
That is why I specifically said "compare similiar" setups.
With similiar setups, score is accurate, and should be within 5% to 10% or less.

Most that don't like 3dmark, are owners of cards that score poorly. That is not the issue. If you score 1000 and others score 1100, or if you score 9000 and others score 9200, that is the issue.

I don't care what you use for benchmarks, you can not compare different setups. Using Q3, a Celeron at 700, a PIII at 700, and a Duron at 700, would all yield different results, even if they used the same video card. 3DMark is no different.

 

[ndee]

RobsTV:
I didn't test Q3 with a Celery, P3 and a Duron, but there MUST be a diffrent. Are you telling us that a Celeron 700 is as fast as a P3 700 or even a Duron 700? I don't want to attack you, but I think there MUST be a diffrent result, unless the Video Card is the bottleneck.

 

[Deeko]

My score is low in 3DMark, you're right, but my scores in games are good. And when I upgrade next, I will more than likely get an nvidia card, which traditionally performs well in 3Dmark. But I still won't like it. It isn't consistant, I've seen many cases where the same system with no changes yields 1K+ differences when you run the test more than once.

 

[Dravic]

ahhh... if you 3dmark score jumps 1k+ with no changes.. you DEFINATELT have something misconfigured, or faulty... IMO

ie...
card didnt keep overclocked setting,

running it once after a clean reboot, and the second time after running a ton of apps(which still wouldn't account for a 1k+ drop).

 

[Deeko]

This isn't just me. I've seen several posts here about that problem, it happens on two of my three PC's, and my frame rates are stable in EVERY other game I play. Where should the blame be placed? 3DMark.

 

[Ryan abandoned account]

I've found that the 3DMark score is accurate to 1 or 2 points. I also believe that the test favors those sytems with a PIII class processor. I don't know if those of you with AMD's can enable processor support like PIII owners can.

 

[zzzz]

I get 6000+ with my duron 600 overclocked to 1000 on Kt7 raid. The card is ELSA GTS-2.
The memory is PC133(this might be critical) and I am using 6.49 drivers.
zzzz

 

[KouklatheCat]

I got 3666 after upgrading to the new Detonators. After I updated the VIA 4 in 1 I got 3663.

 

[Deeko]

Long live 3DMark! Heh, your GF1 is also faster than my V5

Ryan, it's consistant for some, and not for others. It's not even consistant with its inconsistancy