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Poor 3DMark2001SE scores (GF 4 4600 - < 9000) - bad video card?

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mfavin

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I've a Geforce Ti4600 (Gainward) and wonder if maybe I damaged it.
I run it on a P4 2.53, MSI 845E, 512 MB DDR 333 system, WDC 80GB 7200rpm, and get around ~9000 on the 3DMark2001SE bench. Actually, the score varies A LOT from one run to the next, between 8700 and 10,800, but is usually in the low 9000s.
This is with fresh installs of Win2K and WinXP Pro, and using the Intel chipset drivers, and both of Nvidia's current drivers on fresh installs. The motherboard BIOS is set correctly, though I can't change AGP aperture, software diagnostics say it's 64MB.

I am really at a loss why these scores are so poor and even more so why they can vary so wildly from one reboot to another. Indeed if I get a 10000 score and leave the computer on for a bit and run the benchmark again I'll get 8700. Is the vid card possible bad to explain this behavior?

It seems people with my equipment get a solid and consistent 11,500-12,000 3dbench 2001SE score.
 
Well, given that it looks like you have everything in order hardware/driver wise, what else are you running when you run a benchmark? Do you close all programs/utilities? Have you turned off FSAA? Did you set the GUI in XP to "best performance"? These are the things that could give you inconsistent results.
 
I get over 10K with my 4200 at stock speeds on my P4 1.9 @ 2.4.

Have you made sure AA & AF are turned off?

You are running the default benchmark, 1024x768x32, right?

Viper GTS
 
Yes, all these things are proper that've been suggested to look for/do.

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Do your 3DMark 2001 SE vary by 30% from run to run?
 
nope, your score should be consistent everytime, well thats what happens for me. and btw, i believe i've hit 9000 with a p4 2.2 and a overclocked ti200, so i think there definitely is something wrong with your system.
 
A part of your hardware MAY have a problem

I would try testing each of the parts with some kind of test application
CPU test.. Memory test etc.. (i.e. sandra)

And maybe you could identify an unstable part in your system
 
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