3Dmark score

[wolf550e]

i know this topic repeats itself on a daily basis, but i forgot how much my system is supposed to get on 3dmark and i am too lazy to search...

geforce ddr 32
p3-733
via 133a
128 pc133

using det634, dx8final

ive got 5050 3dmarks. is that good?

 

[peemo]

Sorry, I'm too lazy to reply.

Just kidding. Looks like a reasonable score in Win98 using the default benchmark settings. I have a GeForce DDR and a PIII700 cA2 @805. I get about 5600 with 6.31 drivers. Just looking at the MadOnion results browser I see teh top score for a PIII733 + GeForce DDR is 6140 and there are lots above 5500. Many of these are highly overclocked GeForces. If you are running yours at default clock then you are doing well.

 

[Taz4158]

When I had mine I got 5900, not OCd.

 

[Deeko]

Silly, silly, silly It's a documented fact that 3DMark is the worst benchmark ever created

 

[xtreme2k]

5050 is a bit low
u should get about 6000

 

[Rudee]

<< Silly, silly, silly It's a documented fact that 3DMark is the worst benchmark ever created >>



It is? Please direct me to this official document. I'd like to see it.

 

[Deeko]

lol, didn't you see the smiley's? I mean really, what is an official document saying that a benchmark is bad? I can make one for you

 

[xtreme2k]

3dmark isnt a good benchmark to compare different videocards

HOWEVER, it is a great tool testing your own system and comparing it with similarsystems(ie same video cards, cpu), as well as testing your own optimisations.

 

[Dulanic]

3DMark is good at testing tweaks on your system thats IT! It varies horribly between systems even when they run games at the same speed.

 

[jpprod]

Actually 3Dmark2000 is a wonderful benchmark. It gives out very detailed information on how well various subsystems of your video card (such as polygon througput rate, AGP texturing performance) work. However, as the number one video card guru of these boards, BenSkywalker has repeatedly said, people should stop focusing on 3Dmarks as a performance indicator. It's a misleading number, some sort of strange weighted average out of the individual results. It really only encourages 3Dmark2K's abuse (people cheating to get a higher score).

[edit]
wolf550e: Your score seems about right. 3Dmarks depend solely on video card on any modern system. Not that there's any reason to upgrade from a GeForce-class accelerator, at least in my opinion