Pathetic 3D Mark 05 scores on my new rig

effee

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Have a A64 3200+ Newcastle
1gig corsair pc3200 ddr400
9800 radeon pro 128mb

just ran 3D Mark 05 and I only got a pathetic 1335 Marks, what the hell? Is there something wrong? I was expecting much better.
 

Gothgar

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3dmark05 is much harder to get high scores on it, try running 3dmark03, you will be much happier with the numbers it gives you!
 

effee

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Yup I guess, but scores this low even on 05? People are getting 1700 on a XP2500 and a 9700 on stock, my rig should go much higher than that, could something be wrong?
 

sph1nx

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That is just what you get with a 9800 pro. I have the same card, actually I have almost the same rig, and I got a very similar score. It probably sounds worse then it is, a 6800 GT gets about 4500, while the x800 xt pe gets around 5500 give or take a couple hundred.
 

sph1nx

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P.S. I am upgrading to a 6800 GT is on its way, I will let you know how that turns out.
 

Concillian

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3dMark05 is relatively new, what do you get with 3dMark03?

Just trying to find out if you have a system problem. Since 05 is so new, there is less of a baseline. With 03 you should be in the ~6000 range
 

jonesthewine

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with a barton core XP at 1900MHZ, 512 MB of pc3200 Crucial RAM, Biostar M7NCD and Radeon AIW9800 PRO 128MB, I got 2389 on 3DMark05...something is up with your rig.
 

iwantanewcomputer

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i'd say you have some kind of driver prob cause at stock with same video card and a slower processor i get in the 2400 range
 

darfur

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Make sure you have AA/AF turned off. I didn't bother trying with '05, but I know in '03 and '01 it makes a difference.

P4 2.6, 2gb 3200 and 9800 PRO 256meg I get 2,267 marks.
 

effee

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Exactly, I really have NO idea what is wrong, I should be getting much higher...and also dont know how to figure out the root of the problem.

Also, a question, Will having poor 3dmark05 scores be affecting the games I run? I had no problem running doom3 or flightsim04 at pretty high settings. Does this low score mean that my rig is giving out less performance for my games?
 

Concillian

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Things to verify:

1) Newest chipset drivers
2) AA / AF disabled
3) you don't have a 128 bit card.