Is my 3dMark03 correct?

[Gusty987]

I just ran 3dMark03 on my machine and I got 2192 3dMarks. Is that normal for my PC? I do not overclock at all. Here's my pc:

A64 3000+
Radeon 9800 PRO
1024 MB PC3500 DDR RAM
Asus K8V SE DELUXE

 

[ponyo]

that's too low. make sure AA/AF is off.

 

[AristoV300]

Yes that is way to low. Make sure all the sliders are to the left, especially vertical sync being off.

 

[Avalon]

That is way too low. You should be getting something like 6000 with that nice rig. Did you clean out all previous drivers before installing the new card and new drivers? Double check to make sure you are running 3dmark03 with the default settings. That means 1024x768, no AA or AF enabled. Also, go into your advanced display properties so you can have a look see at your video cards control tabs. Under D3D and OpenGL tabs, or whichever it is that houses your anti aliasing and anisotropic filtering settings, set those to application preference. If they are forced on, your scores will drop. The last thing is...is your card a 256bit card or 128bit card? There are cheap 128bit knockoffs going around online. Although, I doubt even that such card would cause such a low score. Perhaps it is a combination of these things.

 

[Sylvanas]

in the ati control pannel set it to "application preference" i had that problem.

 

[Gusty987]

Maybe it was the AA/AF. I had it at 6x/8x! I'll run the test again and post back...

Edit: I just ran the test again with all my video card's 3d sliders to the left, and I got 4583 points. Is that normal for my rig?

 

[Algere]

No

Should be in the upper 5000 low 6000 range.

 

[Gusty987]

How do I get it into the upper 5000 low 6000 range?

 

[StrangerGuy]

Did you got burned for purchasing the crippled 9800 Pro?

 

[Gusty987]

No, I have a 256-bit card.

 

[DoctaZ]

Ensure in bios your computer isn't underclocked or something...

that score is still 2000 points or so too low.

Reinstall video card...

Check your sound card / sound drivers...

 

[J22]

I ran 3dmark2003 last night. I got 5454 and 5605 (after I updated the drivers). I have an ATI 9800 Pro. I also have Abit NF7-S, Athlon XP-M @ 185x11, and 1GB PC3200.

 

[VIAN]

You should be getting somewhere around 6000 points.

There is a problem there. try running 3dmark 2001 and see what you get.

Are the driver settings on preset Balance.

 

[Gusty987]

Ok, I just set AA and AF to "Application Preference" and got 6055 points. Is that normal for my computer?

 

[jiffylube1024]

Originally posted by: Gusty987
Ok, I just set AA and AF to "Application Preference" and got 6055 points. Is that normal for my computer?

Yes. AA/AF drastically lowers performance (but gives better IQ image quality), so that is why your initial scores were so low.

 

[Gusty987]

Ok, cool.

 

[Evdawg]

update drivers.. i remember once i went back to 3.7's and they worked better for man than the 3.8's or 3.9's.. i dont remember. Use drivercleaner2

 

[Todd33]

I had a problem too, it was the v-sync

 

[Gamingphreek]

You might be able to squeaksome more points out of that. I noticed you FSB was at 185 while you were running PC3200 RAM. Are those two things synced at 185, if not if you sync them you should notice an increase. Personally i would set the ol CPU at 200FSB and then they would be synced. But if you keep them at a 1:1 ratio it should increase performance a bit.

-Kevin

 

[eastley]

Yeah that is extremely low..

I got 4582 3dMarks.

AMD Athlon 1800+
MSI 5900XT-VTD128
512 MB PC2700 DDR RAM
Asus A7V8X-X Mainboard

If i can get that on my crappy machine then there must be something weird happening with your machine.

 

[Gusty987]

I'm getting around 6350 now, with the CPU OC'd to 2160MHz and the vid card OC'd to 398/348