Upgraded my CPU, why are my scores so low?

[Medellon]

I just went from an Athlon 1477 mhz to an XP 2200+ and my 3DMark2001 scores only went up by 100 points! I notice the computer is faster in everyday computing tasks but I don't know why my benchmark scored did not increase much.

I'm running an XP2100+ with 512 MB of PC133 ram and a GeForce2 GTS video card. Any thoughts or suggestions?

 

[DARRIN]

Buy a new video card. You are limited by that Geforece 2 card.

 

[mboy]

AND RAM, GET SOME DDR

 

[Reliant]

You aren't doing your CPU justice by having that video card, upgrade that puppy and reap the benefits!

 

[Duvie]

As stated above....Even in the older setup the vid card and sdram was the limiting factor, or bottleneck so to speak....Jump to ddr and get a 8500 or ti4200 and you should see a flat out doubling of the score...

 

[Medellon]

No can do on the ram as I just upgraded the motherboard so I could use this chip and it does not accept DDR ram. I was told that the ram speed wouldn't make much of a noticeable difference in games and day to day computing tasks. I guess the way to go is to buy a better video card, thanks.

 

[jiffylube1024]

Originally posted by: Medellon
No can do on the ram as I just upgraded the motherboard so I could use this chip and it does not accept DDR ram. I was told that the ram speed wouldn't make much of a noticeable difference in games and day to day computing tasks. I guess the way to go is to buy a better video card, thanks.

DDR vs SDR: on day-to-day tasks, no not much speed difference. On games, big time! Dual Channel DDR333 or 400 Mhz will crush PC133, for exanple.

Upgrade the video card and you will get a big boost in performance - that's your biggest bottleneck right now.

 

[ScrewFace]

Yes, definately upgrade your videocard. I'd recommend a GeForce4-Ti4400 because they are relatively inexpensive and overclock past GeForce4-Ti4600 speeds.
Also, DDR-SDRAM (especially dual-channel DDR-SDRAM) will give you 2.1GB/second compared to 1.05GB/second while dual-channel DDR-SDRAM'll give you a minimum of 4.2GB/second which is comparable to PC1066 RDRAM. It does make a big difference. Trust me.