Is this 3dmark2001 score good, if not, what tweaks should I make [system details inside]

[Axedup]

Hi

I just bought a nice new setup, my rig is now.......

AMD XP2000 running at 1660mhz (I think!)
256MB DDR 333 CAS 2.0
Asus A7V333 + RAID
GE-FORCE 3


My 3dmark score is 7338

Is this any good?

Im very confused coz Ive always been an Intel man,,,,,till now and the setup and bios is all different. I dont know what speed to set the processor, what setup for the memory etc.......

Can anyone sooth my aching pc probs, If any?

Thx in advance

Axedup

 

[AznRyda]

That seems awfully low. But what do I know. :-\

Did you compare it with other systems at madonion?

 

[onelin]

that does seem awefully low... I hate to be the 4in1 guy but here goes

you're using a board with a Via chipset, so you should install the 4in1's from their website. From the oddities I've had myself as well as others, this applies for EVERY case. 98/etc... even windows xp (which is what I currently use...) you needed it more in 98SE but with these new boards you really do need it. I couldn't even get 3dmark2001SE to run properly before I installed them ! but I guarantee you it's the first thing I tried past bios settings/etc, and it cured it As for the whole 'set' ...they have one release that works with all OSes nowadays and you can choose to only install the AGP stuff (as I did)

here's a link to the 4in1's page

hope it helps, please let me know how it works...because I am looking into buying the A7V333-raid and I don't want probs with my MSI GF4 Ti4400 ...(I would like to order tonight but time is running out especially with seeing your issue heh)

right now I'm on an Asus P3V4X (Via apollo pro 133a I believe) so you know... it had worked fine without the 4in1s with a geforce1, but once I got the new one and tried the new 3dmark... probs.

 

[Axedup]

Thx for the link, Im d/ling now and be back with a result in under and hour .............hopefully

 

[Axedup]

Hmmm not really much diff

heres a shot of my wcpuid info.........

wcpuid

Why is my DDR set to 270mhz? shouldnt it be 333mhz?

Plz help meh I feel a bout of suicide coming on if its still poop!

Thx

 

[onelin]

ack hmm, memory settings configured properly in your BIOS? it may not default to 333 settings... not sure what to say, sounded like a driver thing I'll be busy the rest of the day but I'll check back later...

 

[Axedup]

I cant seem to find anything on the bios to let me choose the ram setting to DDR 333.

What mhz should I set the cpu to as well. is it 1666mhz like what the bios sets?

 

[CoDerEd]

Originally posted by: Axedup
Why is my DDR set to 270mhz? shouldnt it be 333mhz?

The DDR is 270 because it's set to be 1:1 to the CPU,
so when your CPU run at FSB 135 so do the memory( DDR make it 135x2=270)

I'm not sure about your mobo but if there is a 3:4 setting for the memory than
it should run at 133 CPU : 166 memory (make thosex2 because of DDR)

 

[tenoc]

Your score is normal for an original GF3.

Tom's Hardware tested a similar rig here.

 

[Axedup]

[/quote]The DDR is 270 because it's set to be 1:1 to the CPU,
so when your CPU run at FSB 135 so do the memory( DDR make it 135x2=270)

I'm not sure about your mobo but if there is a 3:4 setting for the memory than
it should run at 133 CPU : 166 memory (make thosex2 because of DDR)[/quote]

Hmmm I found a similar setting, that was 1:1 and I set it to 3:4 and its made no difference

Im going to have to cry some more.....

Thx