Low 3dmark2001 score with XP 1800+ & Ti200

[dukdukgoos]

My score is too low with my new upgraded system: AthXP 1800+ (1533mhz), 8KHA+, PC2100, Ti200 (not overclocked), det 22.50, WinXP:

3dmark: 5990

I didn't install the VIA 4-in-1, thought it wasn't necessary with WinXP. Looks like people with comparable systems are getting around 7200. What should I do?

 

[dukdukgoos]

One more piece of info: the Nature bench in particular seems slow...like 19fps. Don't know if that helps...

 

[SpeedTester]

I had the same thing happen to me. I tried everything everyone recommended and alot of other stuff still getting the same low
score of 4950 with a Tbird 1.5ghz. I finially broke down and ordered a Radeon instead.

 

[RgrPark]

Yes, Xp does come with a pretty new set of 4 in 1 drivers, but i would definitely install the newest via drivers. the 4.10 agp driver alone raised my scores 600 points.

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

where are these drivers you are talking about

 

[dukdukgoos]

Made a little progress...uninstalled GeForce Tweak Utility and got up to 6660. No idea what it was doing, but whatever it was, it was bad.

 

[Chumster]

duk: Did you verify that you weren't 'forcing v-sync'? 9 times out of 10 it's the cause of lowered 3D scores on new machines. Most drivers enable it by default - as do most tweak utilitues. I use PowerStrip (great tool) and it enabled v-sync by default.

Chum

 

[pillage2001]

I get about 4930 on my 1.33Ghz. Is that okie?? Where are the new VIA drivers?? How do you uninstall the nvidia tweak utility?? I'm using the det22.5

 

[Hard_Boiled]

I've noticed the core on the video card makes more of a difference in 3dmark2001 than any game out there, and the Ti200 has a core clock of 175, kinda low compared to other gf3 cards. My Ti200 goes up to 220 core no problem, I think if you up the core your score should improve by a good amount.

 

[pillage2001]

<< I've noticed the core on the video card makes more of a difference in 3dmark2001 than any game out there, and the Ti200 has a core clock of 175, kinda low compared to other gf3 cards. My Ti200 goes up to 220 core no problem, I think if you up the core your score should improve by a good amount. >>



My core was at 200Mhz!!!!!

 

[slag]

some food for thought here.
I had a radeon in my machine until this afternoon.. (64 ddr vivo). The highest score I could get was 3198 at normal clockspeed

I bought one of those geforce 3 ti 200 cards today at BB. Installed 2250 detonator drivers and default options, first pass=5679 marks

I tweaked the card a bit more and now I am getting 6228 marks @ core 225/memory 465.
This is on an athlon @ 1.2 ghz, 384 mb ram, Xtasy Geforce 3 ti 200.

Joe

 

[ivanov]

got 6049 on my rig... tbird 1.33, visiontek gf3 ti200, 256mb sdram... no tweaking done yet, no new VIA agp driver installed.... gonna raise the core and mem later on... using winxp and det 21.83 ... anyone tried the 22.80 drivers yet? any good?

 

[MrMeyhem]

GtPrOjEcTX, you can probably find the via drivers here. Via Arena

 

[EdipisReks]

i just tried the 22.8's. my 3dmark2001 score went up slightly, and there are no real stability problems. i get about 7550 on the system in my sig. the newest via AGP driver actually lowered my score, so i am going to reinstall the previous version and see what i get.

--jacob

 

[dukdukgoos]

Uninstalling the tweak tool did the trick. My scores are now in line with most people on madonion.com. Thanks for all the input!