Hi guys,
I have read these forums for a while now, kinda lurking, never really feeling the need to post. However, now that I have a bit of free time on my hands, i'd like to know why the performance of my latest PC is so bad. The thing runs fine, games play ok (100 FPS in HL, 100+ in q3 at 1024). However my 3dmark2k1 score seems very low.
My system is:
Asus A7V133 mobo
Athlon 1Ghz running at 1.2ghz stable (42deg C constant), will run at 1.4ghz at about 48 deg C.
384meg 133mhz mem, crucial, Cas3, 1x256meg stick, 1x128meg stick.
Gf2 Pro 64mb gfx card, i forget the make, think its winfast or leadtek.
88gig RAID using onboard controller of 2xIBM GXP75 HDDs (striped).
SB LIve
21.83 Nvidia drivers (tried a lot of the 2x.xx series, dont fancy going back any lower due to newer games requireing them)
win2k +sp2
Latest 4in1s (have tried without 4in1s and just AGP driver, score is worse)
My 3dmark score is 3638. SHouldn't it be a lot higher than this? The score itself doesn't really bother me (im not one of those people that will tweak for hours to get a higher score), but the fact the system isn't performing as well as it should is irritating me.
I have tried the default test with my CPU at 1.4 and 1.2ghz, and the difference is like 100marks. I have also tried 2xAGP and 4xAGP and this makes no diference at all. If I increase the GFX card clock to about 230mhz for the core (makes sod all difference) and to about 220mhz mem (slight difference).
What do you guys think is dragging the score down here? I know if i bought a Gf3 id get an increase of about 2000, but i see no improvement game wise. My CPU is fast enough at the mo, the only thing i can think of is DDR memory or a new mobo??
Also, why the hell does win2k take so long to load on a VIA mobo? On me good old p3 800 it loaded much faster. Now the thing seems to stall on the win2k loading screen for about 15secs, then proceed to load. I made sure the system isnt checking IDE channels that have nothing on.
Cheers guys.
I have read these forums for a while now, kinda lurking, never really feeling the need to post. However, now that I have a bit of free time on my hands, i'd like to know why the performance of my latest PC is so bad. The thing runs fine, games play ok (100 FPS in HL, 100+ in q3 at 1024). However my 3dmark2k1 score seems very low.
My system is:
Asus A7V133 mobo
Athlon 1Ghz running at 1.2ghz stable (42deg C constant), will run at 1.4ghz at about 48 deg C.
384meg 133mhz mem, crucial, Cas3, 1x256meg stick, 1x128meg stick.
Gf2 Pro 64mb gfx card, i forget the make, think its winfast or leadtek.
88gig RAID using onboard controller of 2xIBM GXP75 HDDs (striped).
SB LIve
21.83 Nvidia drivers (tried a lot of the 2x.xx series, dont fancy going back any lower due to newer games requireing them)
win2k +sp2
Latest 4in1s (have tried without 4in1s and just AGP driver, score is worse)
My 3dmark score is 3638. SHouldn't it be a lot higher than this? The score itself doesn't really bother me (im not one of those people that will tweak for hours to get a higher score), but the fact the system isn't performing as well as it should is irritating me.
I have tried the default test with my CPU at 1.4 and 1.2ghz, and the difference is like 100marks. I have also tried 2xAGP and 4xAGP and this makes no diference at all. If I increase the GFX card clock to about 230mhz for the core (makes sod all difference) and to about 220mhz mem (slight difference).
What do you guys think is dragging the score down here? I know if i bought a Gf3 id get an increase of about 2000, but i see no improvement game wise. My CPU is fast enough at the mo, the only thing i can think of is DDR memory or a new mobo??
Also, why the hell does win2k take so long to load on a VIA mobo? On me good old p3 800 it loaded much faster. Now the thing seems to stall on the win2k loading screen for about 15secs, then proceed to load. I made sure the system isnt checking IDE channels that have nothing on.
Cheers guys.
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