3DMark2003: Little change from upgrading processors

[Dunjon]

Upgrading my CPU from a 1700xp to a 2100xp only raised my score from 1215 to 1227 using an Radeon 8500 128meg. Whats up with that???

 

[nick1985]

it is heavily weighed on your video card

 

[kylebisme]

Originally posted by: Dunjon
Upgrading my CPU from a 1700xp to a 2100xp only raised my score from 1215 to 1227 using an Radeon 8500 128meg. Whats up with that???

you ugraded for 266mhz? do you mind if i ask why?

 

[BoberFett]

Originally posted by: nick1985
it is heavily weighed on your video card

Your video card was the bottleneck. Your CPU was already driving the 8500 as hard as it could as far as 3dmark 2003 is concerned. Games may see more of a difference. Though I doubt you'll noticed much improvement. That's not a very large speed bump.

 

[ScrewFace]

Forget 3DMark2003. It's a garbage benchmark. How improved is your 3DMark2001 score?

 

[PliotronX]

I think the 8500 begins to have diminishing returns past about 1.4GHz in CPU strength and your meager score improvement is right in line with the AT CPU scaling article with UT2003 and their findings of the 8500.

At default settings though I think you should be seeing something like 2,800 marks in 2003. Are you running a higher resolution than 10x7?

 

[kylebisme]

exactly, a faster cpu is only good up to so far and then the videocard is at its limit, in a 3d rendering situation that is.