I know its old...But what are your 3dMark 2001 scores?

[JPB]

Topic says it, im very curious.....Do you think im cpu limited ?

 

[MDE]

Definately. You'd be CPU limited with an X8x0 with that CPU.

 

[Matt2]

If you're runnign stock speed, then yeah I would say maybe a little CPU limited.

Why dont you OC it a little? EVen if it's a modest OC to like 2.2 or 2.3GHZ, I think you wont be CPU limited anymore.

 

[JPB]

Would the Athlon 64 4000 help me ? Thinking of upgrading...

Overclocked the cpu to 1944 mhz...multiplier of 9......Score was 21,555

With the X800 Pro it was 19,000...So it should be higher right ?

 

[paulxcook]

The 4000 would certainly help you, but for the money I would look into picking up an Opteron. They overclock like crazy, supposedly have better silicon, and would cost you less scratch.

Example: my Opty 144. Cost me $144 (funny, huh?), I primed it last night for 14 hours at 2.88ghz. I'm working on getting it to 2.9 today. That's with 1mb L2 cache. That's higher than a stock FX57, for $144. And it wasn't really that hard to do, either.

According to the RTPE, you can pick up a 148 (which has the 11x multiplier) for about $255. Even a bad stepping of that proc should get you to 2.8 or better. Meanwhile, a 4000 costs $334. Hell, for that you could pick up an Opty 150. Or one of the lower-clocked dual core Opty's.

Just my take on it.