9700 Pro 3DMark Results : Are these okay scores?

[austin316]

First off, are artificats white lights during the tests/gameplay, or are they the rectangular shapes that are just like one color, such as green or red?

Newest drivers for ATI and APG (Gart)

My Rig:


Windows XP Service Pack II
KS75A MOBO
Athlon XP 1600+
512MB PC2100 RAM
WD 72000 8MB Special Edition
ATI Radeon 9700 PRO

3DMark 2001 Second Edition

1024x768, 32 Bit Color, Compressed Textures
D3D Pure Hardware T&L
Antialiasing: None

Score : 10216

Resolution : 1024x768
Pixel Processing : None
Texture Filtering : Optimal
Max Anisotropy : 4
Vertex Shaders : Optimal
Repeat Tests : off
Fixed Framerate : off

Score: 4500

BTW: According to Futuremark, my vid card is:

VGA Memory Cloick 310.5MHz || VGA Core Clock 324MHz

Are those okay?

Thanks in advance, I've been out of the game for a while.

Previous card : GeForce2 MX 400 64MB 🙁

 

[Spike]

Artifacts are... well... artifacts! anything you see flashing on your screen, any irregularities are artifacts. That includes red and green lights, slashes, white lines... anything that should not be there.

As for your score... I am not sure, I tested my old card (9600 pro) only on 2001 se and got 11,400. This was with a A XP 2500+ @ 3200+, 512mb DDR400 (Pc3200) and all settings default. Faster CPU and ram in my machine, but better GPU in yours... those scores may be right on. 2001se tests more raw power than GPU ability on the newer cards. It was more designed to pit the GF3/GF4/7500/8500/9000 generations of cards.

Still using your K7S5A huh? I love my old ECS, still running my 1800+ rig wonderfully

-spike

EDIT** those core and mem speeds are right on, Stock 9700 pro is 325 core, 310 (620) ram

 

[Appledrop]

well. yes your card is fineeee, but you are very bottlenecked by that 1600+.... if your games are not smooth, consider an upgrade to a higher grade CPU if possible..

 

[Spike]

Originally posted by: Azzy64
well. yes your card is fineeee, but you are very bottlenecked by that 1600+.... if your games are not smooth, consider an upgrade to a higher grade CPU if possible..

Well, he is not 'very' bottlenecked, but upgrading the CPU would make a difference. In actual FPS, you would gain a few, but a faster CPU can calculate the physics and other equations better (for heavy-hitting games like Doom 3).

You can also think about overclocking that 1600+. I believe you have to fill in the laser burned holes between the L2 bridges (what was the exact bridge?) and then connect them and you have an unlocked multiplier. 🙂

-spike

 

[austin316]

Thanks for the help guys. Glad to hear everything is ok.

I actually just tested this in my parents computer.

I'm building myself a new rig:

LanParty MOBO 754 socket
A64 2800+
The 9700 Pro
512MB of PC3200 RAM (don't know what kind to buy, patriot maybe?)
120gb seagate

Hopefully this setup can run Pirates, WoW, Doom III and H2. Those are four games that I really want to play.

 

[Avalon]

Originally posted by: austin316
Thanks for the help guys. Glad to hear everything is ok.

I actually just tested this in my parents computer.

I'm building myself a new rig:

LanParty MOBO 754 socket
A64 2800+
The 9700 Pro
512MB of PC3200 RAM (don't know what kind to buy, patriot maybe?)
120gb seagate

Hopefully this setup can run Pirates, WoW, Doom III and H2. Those are four games that I really want to play.

That will run the games just fine.