3dmark 2000 + Win2k Question.....

[Needles]

I've been benchmarking my system but I only get a score of 1000. I'm using DirectX 8.0 with Det 6.47 drivers. I have a Geforce2 MX and 256MB of RAM. I've tried killing the apps that load up on startup, tweaking my MX, and overclockong my processor and MX. A score of 1000 is the best I can get. Any ideas how I can get it higher or is this the norm W2k???

 

[Theslowone]

I feel for ya. I had windows me on my computer then changed to win2k, the performance of all the test dropped alot. I was expecting the scores and fps to go down because 9x is faster but my 3dbenchmarks took about a 1500-2000 hit. Everything i do to correct this, doesnt help. I know the marks arent that important, but it sucks nevertheless. I also tried to tweak my geforce with almost everything i could find. Changing from high quality to fastest and back again, until I gave up and just defaulted everything again. No matter what i cut off or on on my video card, or in windows itself i still cant get even close to the scores i got with windows9x.

sorry i couldnt be any help, but if you find a way to fix your problem let me know.

 

[Dulanic]

Give it up 3DMark works horribly in Win2K. I lost 2000 marks in Win2K but lost 1FPS in Deus Ex... shows you how well it works eh?

 

[Needles]

If 3dmark is basically useless in Win2k, how do I benchamrk my system accurately?

 

[aircooled]

Dont feel bad, I'm only getting 960ish with 3dmark2000 on my win2k system. Not that it's the ultimate gaming rig or anything but my FPS surely does not warrant a 960...

 

[OverclockMe]

well sorry to hear the bad news for you guys. Well it is know that 98 does better in 3dmark but is it really worth it for all the crashes u get?? Personally I love win2k and with my overclocked celly(600@962) and my voodoo 3 3000 PCI(dont ask) at 188 I get a score of 3157. Hey its not bad for me but just wait till i get my new ram and geforce mx

 

[setaanbomb]

I scored 6264 with 3Dmark 2000.

I do have the 7.17 Nvidia reference drivers which are supposed to take advantage of DirectX 8 features to boost performance.

 

[Needles]

I just loaded those. Now I get a whopping 1040. Something's gotta be F'd up with my setup but I don't know what.