My 3DMark2001SE scores seem low, what can be wrong?

[OverVolt]

Hey Everyone!

I got 15313 on 3DMark2001SE, with rig in sig. All the latest drivers, i'm kinda dissapointed, i wanted like 16,000+.

Any tweaks i can try?

 

[BoomAM]

No Offence, but so what. It`s not like 3dmark matters is it?
For some reason i get about 9000, when i should be getting 11000 on my system, but i dont care, cos all of my games play fine.
Don worry about it. Test in 3dm2003 if you want to test, its more indicative of your gfx cards performance.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: OverVolt
Hey Everyone!

I got 15313 on 3DMark2001SE, with rig in sig. All the latest drivers, i'm kinda dissapointed, i wanted like 16,000+.

Any tweaks i can try?

Wht CAS rating is that RAM? Are you sure that the RAM is running at the right speed? I'd think it could easily get 16,000+
Cat 3.4 drivers are expected to have a performance boost, so wait for those and then try.

 

[Ryan]

Actually, 3Dmark Scores are a good indicator of performance: My System with a Radeon 8500 is getting a score of 1913 iN 3DMARK2001

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: OverVolt
Hey Everyone!

I got 15313 on 3DMark2001SE, with rig in sig. All the latest drivers, i'm kinda dissapointed, i wanted like 16,000+.

Any tweaks i can try?

if anything, that score is only slighty lower than it should be.

 

[Malladine]

My System with a Radeon 8500 is getting a score of 1913 iN 3DMARK2001

I really hope that's a typo.

 

[BoomAM]

I used to get 10294, then i installed Rage3D Tweak, it f#$&£d up my scores for some reason and now i get 9000 something. Dunno why, but my 3dmark2003 scores are great for my system, 4216.

 

[Blastman]

3Dmark2001 loves memory bandwidth. A higher score can usually be obtained by running higher FSB/memory or even just tweaking the memory and running it at faster settings.

 

[Viper96720]

Adjust the display setting to performance.

 

[squidman]

Dude, is this fake modesty or a way to gloat? Its more than enough. 'sides the higher the score gets the more irregular it gets (i.e looses precision).