Why did my 3DMark scores drop so dramatically all of a sudden?

[atybimf]

Here's my rig:
DFI LP Ultra-D
Opteron 165
1x1GB Mushkin XP4000
Sapphire X1900XT

Anyway, I ran it last night with the Opteron at 2.5 and the X1900XT at 700/800 and got 6242. Run it this afternoon, exact same settings except the Opteron is now at 2.7 and I get 5579! Wtf?

Edit: Thought I might let everyone know, I redid the test several times with and without ATI Smart and Hotkey Poller. I even overclocked the card MORE, and still got 557x.

 

[Fistandantilis]

did you change your AA and AF in the driver settings? I just did a bunch of BS wondering why my score dropped...I realized that it was cuz I had the AA and AF maxxed out

 

[atybimf]

Originally posted by: Fistandantilis
did you change your AA and AF in the driver settings? I just did a bunch of BS wondering why my score dropped...I realized that it was cuz I had the AA and AF maxxed out

THat MAY be the problem but I'm pretty sure I switched to the profile without AA and AF. I'll try again..

 

[atybimf]

Yay! THanks Fistandantilis! I needed to turn off AA. Wow, what a dumb mistake. OH well. THanks again!

 

[Fistandantilis]

Originally posted by: atybimf
Yay! THanks Fistandantilis! I needed to turn off AA. Wow, what a dumb mistake. OH well. THanks again!

dude I felt the same way when I found out the errors of my ways...hahaha I guess we live and we learn, I scored 10490 on 3Dmark 05 tonight, ya buddy woot!