gents,
just got a radeon 8500 and while i'm thrilled with the visual quality and quantum performance leap over my geforce3 ti200, i'm surprised by the relatively low 3dmark score i got:
cpu - amd xp1800+, running at stock speed
mobo - ecs k7s5a
ram - crucual ddr2100 running at stock speed
video - hercules radeon 8500 running at 300/300 (effective 600 memory)
os - win2k pro
running the old (NOT se) version of 3dmark 2001 i got 8366. this seems low. i notice those getting much higher scores have way oc'ed their fsb's - like, to 160MHz plus. i'm amazed the cpu fsb speed would have that bit an effect on graphics performance. there are a few things i can think of to improve my numbers:
- crank up memory performance numbers on ram in bios.
- run benchmark under win98 (faster?)
- run 3dmark 2001SE
- crank up fsb on cpu (limited possibilities here due to poor oc support in the k7s5a bios).
any other ideas? am i off base or are my numbers actually not that bad? and why does the cpu fsb speed seem to play such a large role in this?
thanks in advance,
joe
just got a radeon 8500 and while i'm thrilled with the visual quality and quantum performance leap over my geforce3 ti200, i'm surprised by the relatively low 3dmark score i got:
cpu - amd xp1800+, running at stock speed
mobo - ecs k7s5a
ram - crucual ddr2100 running at stock speed
video - hercules radeon 8500 running at 300/300 (effective 600 memory)
os - win2k pro
running the old (NOT se) version of 3dmark 2001 i got 8366. this seems low. i notice those getting much higher scores have way oc'ed their fsb's - like, to 160MHz plus. i'm amazed the cpu fsb speed would have that bit an effect on graphics performance. there are a few things i can think of to improve my numbers:
- crank up memory performance numbers on ram in bios.
- run benchmark under win98 (faster?)
- run 3dmark 2001SE
- crank up fsb on cpu (limited possibilities here due to poor oc support in the k7s5a bios).
any other ideas? am i off base or are my numbers actually not that bad? and why does the cpu fsb speed seem to play such a large role in this?
thanks in advance,
joe