3Dmark2001 won't run first time with 20.81 drivers in WinXP?

gunf1ghter

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This is kind of weird... so weird in fact that I re-loaded my box and am now wondering if anyone else has seen this or can point me in the right direction.

3DMark2001 runs fine, all tests run. However, the very first time I run it it reports no score and says instead that some tests couldn't run (all game tests show no framerate available).

If I run it a 2nd time it's fine.

I am also wondering why the hell I am getting 6150 in the bench when everyone with similar hardware to mine seems to be getting at least 6400... checked all bios settings, memory timings, etc, etc.

See my sig for my rig specs.