Does my 3DMark05 score match my system specs?

[littlewing]

What I need to know is how exactly do I update the bioses and the chipset drivers. I heard it is actually best not to update the mobo bios because it is dangerous if you don't know what you are doing. I don't get how to update the chipset drivers. What is the proper way? If I use Driver Cleaner, do I use all the nvidia filters? Should I update with the latest drivers from my mobo manufacturer or from nvidia? Should I also get rid of the display drivers when I update my chipset drivers?

 

[aka1nas]

Thank you for the correction, I'm not at home to verify the RAM speed on my card so I just used the above-posted numbers.

So you think 3200ish is a very low score on High quality for an unlocked 6800 running at stock speed?

 

[Varun]

Athlon XP-M 2500+ @ 2.2GHz, Gigabyte silentpipe 6600GT AGP

I get 3200-3300, you are a bit higher with a better CPU and video card, so I think you are pretty close to what you should be getting.

 

[hans030390]

For stock, that's normal. If you unlock the 4 pipelines (assuming you have agp) and OC it, you'll get a better score.

Also, try different drivers, they give slightly different results.

 

[littlewing]

Ok I redid the test with High Performance on, windows on high performance, my firewall and antivirus off.

My score: 3676

Not much of any improvement if you ask me.

Ok I could update drivers, but they won't be the MSI updated drivers. The latest nvidia drivers from MSI are the 76.45 drivers that I have. I was told to only use drivers provided by your manufacturer by people in forums. Same with the motherboard chipset drivers, the latest I have is v. 6.39 for the nforce4 chipset provided by Chaintech, the manufacturer of my motherboard.

I have some questions now. Should I install the latest drivers from Nvidia? How would I install the motherboard drivers? What is the best procedure and what filters do I use in Driver Cleaner? When I install the chipset drivers to I uninstall both the previous chipset drivers and the display drivers? Should I flash the motherboard or video card bios? I heard it is dangerous?

Thanks.

 

[littlewing]

and could you guys take a look at those CSS fps figures I listed above. Do those sound about right?

 

[w00t]

Originally posted by: littlewing
and could you guys take a look at those CSS fps figures I listed above. Do those sound about right?

I dont play source, but I do play cs 1.6

 

[Varun]

Nvidia drivers are fine, I have only ever used the ones off their website.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Your scores are right where they should be for stock settings. Overclock your CPU, Ram, and the 6800, and you will get better scores. 3dmark05 seems to love memory speed.

 

[n7]

Your scores are fine.

 

[littlewing]

Man so many conflicting viewpoints. Some say my scores are fine, others say my score is way under what it normally should be.