Am I doing something wrong? 3Dmark2003

[orion7144]

Ok, I have got my P4C stable at 3.5gig with a TI4200 64meg. I go and run this benchmark and I only get 1100! That sucks.. Am I doing something wrong? Everything is turned off in the start up. This is after a clean boot.

Thanks

 

[Viper96720]

No did you see what kind of scores your video card model gets at the orb? The high scoring 4200's are overclocked.

 

[bandana163]

Your CPU doesn't matter. A ti4200 will never get more than 1000-1500 points. 3DMark 2003 is optimized for DX9 cards.

 

[tenoc]

3DM2K3 is all about the GPU and it has to be a DX9 piece to get any kind of score.

Try 2K1 if you like high numbers.

 

[bandana163]

Or try 3DMark 99

 

[JulesMaximus]

Yes, your video card is holding you back...Do you do a lot of gaming? If so, it might be time to upgrade!

 

[orion7144]

Thanks for all the replies. I was concerned since I saw a few that were around 4000.

 

[Megatomic]

You saw some ~4000 3DMark03 scores on 4200 cards? I need links for that...

 

[modedepe]

4000 on a ti4200? Complete bs. You cannot get that on a non dx9 card. My ti4200 gets around 1500, which is about average for them, maybe a little more with overclocking.

 

[Megatomic]

^^^ That's what I was talking about. Max I've seen with my waaaay overclocked Ti 4800SE (Ti 4400 with AGP8X) was like 1600. I have a Ti 4400 running at close to 4600 speed that only got 1590 on my current rig.

4000 is blatant cheating, probably a photoshop job if you saw the score not on ORB.

 

[modedepe]

I just looked on futuremark and the highest score for a ti4200 was 2085 with it clocked at 318/631

 

[stardust]

311/621

2093

 

[big4x4]

I dont get it! I score 1600 on a stock ti4200, and only score 9800 in 3dmark 01 se with my 2200+! I have an above average score for 03, and a below average one for 01!

 

[modedepe]

Originally posted by: big4x4
I dont get it! I score 1600 on a stock ti4200, and only score 9800 in 3dmark 01 se with my 2200+! I have an above average score for 03, and a below average one for 01!

Well 3dmark01 is more representive of your entire system, whereas 03 is based mostly on your video card. So either your cpu or something is obviously causing a bottleneck.

 

[yhelothar]

not even based on the video card...
it's based on how well your video card can do vertex shader skinning....

It doesn't matter if it's DX9 or not...even a weaker DX9 card can't get a high score...

3DMark03 is a POS