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REAL low cpu score - please help!

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vonplyr

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hi all!

i been running 3dmark2003 and get and overall score of 4200 w/ my radeon 9700 pro, but i only get a 205 cpu score on my xp 1700+ palomino on a ecs k7s5a. that score is near the bottom as all other xp1700s get over 300. i o/c'ed to 1900+ and still only get a 215 for cpu score. wat is the problem?? i just got new 512 mb crucial ddr pc2100 as well.. so thats not the problem.

thanks in advance!
 
I agree usingg 3DMark03 as a CPU benchmark is not a good idea. However, if your CPU does seem to be underperforming, the most likely culprit is the BIOS is set to the lower default 100/100 bus settings (instead of 133/133). I know my son's K7S5A has a tendency to occasionally revert to the default setting. You'll be able to tell at boot-up ... if you BIOS does not recognize the chip as an AMD XP 1700+ but instead says "unknown AMD running at 1xxx Ghz" (or something like that), then you know it's running too low. Go into the BIOS and set the chip and memory speeds to the higher values (133/133 is appropriate for both, given your memory).
 
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