low radeon 9700 pro 3dmark2001se score?

[Batman5177]

Hi everyone, here's my rig:

xp2100+ t-bred
load temps at 38C w/ slk800
asus a7n8x w/ latest nvidia chipset drivers and latest bios
2x256 pc2700 samsung
ati radeon 9700 pro w/ 3.1 catalyst
maxtor 120gb hd
winxp sp1
directx 8.1

3dmark is build 330 at default settings, catalyst drivers set to "performance"
with AA and AS set to "application preference." radeon is NOT overclocked.

at default xp2100+ speed (13x133) the score seems normal at ~ 13100.

but when i overclock the cpu to xp2700+ (13x166) the score only gets ~ 13995

this score seems really low to me considering these guys:

here

and these guys:

here

get over 14970 with the same clock speed, motherboard, and video card.

i did a format and clean install of winxp when installing the radeon.

why am i down almost 1000 points?????

thanks for your help!

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

I didn't have time to read each article but it could be because they use the "Barton" core if because yield limits. After a certain point of overclocking, there won't be any improvement in performance because there are so many other things holding it back. An old example is the 333 celeron cpu. It overclocked to like 433. People were hoping the 433 would go upto 533. Even once they accomplished that, it gave the same performance. Its a kind of old issue but it came to my mind

 

[Batman5177]

i know that if you overclock a video card too far, the performance might go lower
because of errors, but it doesnt work that way with cpu's too, does it?