system graphics not running up to par

[clintrad4]

I have an athlon x2 64 4200+ socket 939 in windows 64 bit ...
just put in a radeon x1650 pcie graphics card
: 2.5 gb ram (1x1gb, 3x512gb) pc3200
nvidia GA-K8N Pro-SLI motherboard.

my 3dmark05 score at 1024x768, 32 bit is just above 4000 and
allegedly lower than 3 of all 3 similar systems listed (significantly) despite having 4000+ processors or lower.

Anyone have any ideas?

 

[clintrad4]

Rank Score Processor Graphics Card

#1 7686 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4000+
($68.99+)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ / 2.1 GHz processor (68.99+)


#2 7385 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+
($59.99+)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (59.99+)
E-Commerce links in partnership withCNET.com ATI RADEON X1650 Series, 573 MHz / 675 MHz


#3 5215 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4000+
($68.99+)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ / 2.1 GHz processor (68.99+)
E-Commerce links in partnership withCNET.com ATI RADEON X1650 Series, 641 MHz / 492 MHz


#4 (You) 4072 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+
($68.5+)
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (OEM) (68.5+)
E-Commerce links in partnership withCNET.com ATI RADEON X1650 Series

 

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That score seems about par, if you ask me.

Don't fret too much about "3D"Mark, it puts too much weight on the processor for the score. Take my rig for example, it gets around 9,500 points 3DMark06, but slap a quad core Q6600 inside, and it'll be around 12,000-13,000 easily.

 

[clintrad4]

k thanks, wouldnt i be higher than the other rigs given that theory and the better processor?

 

[Rottie]

X1650 is not very fast card I guess. I have 6080 3dmark with X850 Pro with X2 4800+ and I upgraded to X1950 I got 9862 3dmark with same cpu.
I am suprised X850 already raped X1650 so badly!