6000 on 3Dmark with a GeForce 4 ti4200?!?

[smartins]

I'm getting around 6000 3D marks on 3DMark2001 SE using the default settings. From what I've read on this forum this is extremelly low for my system:

Athlon XP 2000+
512 MB PC2700
Asus A7V
MSI GeForce 4 ti4200
Detonator 29.42

Any recomendations to increase this values?

Thanks,
Steven Martins

 

[human2k]

yikes......I built a 1.8A @ 2.3GHZ with a Radeon 8500LE 128MB (290/290) and 512MB PC2700 that does 10000.........how bout try a clean install and use the latest drivers and 4n1s?

 

[aakerman]

I just built a pc with XP1800, MSI GF4 Ti4200, 256DDR, KT3 Ultra motherboard, and maxtor 7200 D740X harddrive - and mine also
does lower than expected, only 7400... on my other XP1800 with GF3 Ti200 I get 8200!

 

[smartins]

Now this is OOOOOD. I installed RivaTunner and GeForce TweakUtility and changed a few settings after reading some messages from this forum. Nothing worked. I then decided to re-install the drivers.

3D Mark score: 9100.

Don't ask me what changed Go figure.

So if you are getting shi$$% performance try re-installing the drivers.

 

[Rayden]

aakerman, i am in process of building an almost identical PC for my friend.
XP 1800+ 256mb pc2700, msi kt3 ultra motherboard, gainword gf4 4200 64mb, 40gb maxtor d740x.
the score with the default drivers: 7700.

i installed 98 because he doesnt' have WinXP yet, and when he gets it ill update drivers and do stuff like that.

 

[PHiuR]

Athlon XP 1600+
Geforce4 ti4200
256mb Samsung

my 3dmarks rating = 9600 something

 

[AnAndAustin]

Also reinstalling DX8.1 is often worth while. Many people find deinstalling all gfx card drivers, running Detonator Destroyer and then reinstalling the latest offical drivers works charms.

Very often you need to flash the mobo BIOS, try the latest official drivers (esp gfx and mobo) from both manu and chipset websites and check all of your BIOS settings (Aperture Size, IRQ, AGP mode, Shadowing, Caching etc).