Help me improve this 3DMark2001 score

Baalzamon

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Nov 25, 2001
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I just got a score of 7360 in 3DMark2001.
This a PC i just recently built and am seriuosly looking for some configuration and tweaking help to improve performance.

Windows XP with newest Nvidia driver.

AthlonXP 1900+,Themalright SK-6, Abit KR7a raid (raid disabled), 512MB Corsair PC2400, Asus 8200 deluxe, Audigy Platinum, 3Com 3C905c, Adaptec 29040U2, Teac 532s cdrom, Plextor 12/10/32s CDRW, Maxtor 40GB 7200rpm boot drive, rounded cables, Lian li PC68 case with windowed side from a PC65, Sparkle 400 PS, and Klipsch Promedia 5.1 speakers
 

bjc112

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Dec 23, 2000
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Overclock, increase FSB will give more performance than Multi.

Rasie Ram timings.

Overclock the video card

try with just 1 stick of ram
 

Dark4ng3l

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Sep 17, 2000
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Okay get a 2000+ and o/c it
get a new radeon 8500 o/c it
the 8500 is faster in 3dmark than the gf3ti500 but is a bit slower in games and other things.
 

Pabster

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Apr 15, 2001
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If you want a "higher" 3DMark2001 score, get a Radeon 8500. It scores better in this synthetic benchmark.