Why my 3DMark score too low?

[imported_JamesN]

Hi, I just built a computer with:
AMD64 3500+ Winchester
BFG 6800 GT OC
MSI K8N Neo2 Plat
Everything runs at stock, no OC at all

With all default setting:
3DMark01: 9012
3DMark05: 2087

Please tell me what's wrong! Thank you in advance!

 

[Rip the Jacker]

Drivers?

 

[Chinoman]

My slightly oced 6600 GT runs better than that, no offence. ; )
Oh, you should install the newest drivers and you'll be set. If that doesn't work, keeps asking.

 

[imported_JamesN]

Driver for the graphic card right? It's 71.84

 

[cyberknight]

maybe sure you "cleaned" out any old video drivers too. Use something like Drive Cleaner 3

 

[Lonyo]

Check your motherboard drivers, that might be an issue.
Make sure to use the latest motherboard and graphics card drivers.
Check you have AGP 8x enabled.
Check you have AGP texturing enabled.


Do Start -> run -> DXdiag -> OK
Go to "Display" tab. Check everything is "enabled".

 

[otispunkmeyer]

Originally posted by: Lonyo
Check your motherboard drivers, that might be an issue.
Make sure to use the latest motherboard and graphics card drivers.
Check you have AGP 8x enabled.
Check you have AGP texturing enabled.


Do Start -> run -> DXdiag -> OK
Go to "Display" tab. Check everything is "enabled".

motherboard drivers always get overlooked, yet they have massive impacts on performance. get the latest ones off nvidia.com

should be the 5.10's

 

[Ike0069]

I had the same problem with my Neo2. Go to MSI and DL the latest chipset drivers. That will make all the difference.

Edit: Actually get the drivers from nVidia's site as said above.

 

[fstime]

Nvidia.com

Chipset drivers.

 

[mwmorph]

update bios for everything.

 

[homercles337]

Originally posted by: mwmorph
update bios for everything.

Chipset drivers first. I have a similar setup (except i have the nForce 4) and i get 5100-5200 in mark05.

 

[imported_JamesN]

Hi, Thank you everyone for your help! I have checked the following:
BIOS: v1.5
Graphic Drv: 71.84
Chipset Drv: Unified 5.1 (from nvidia). Why is it still 5.03 on MSI website?
Directx: 9.0c, AGP texture, Direct3D, DirectDraw all enabled
RAM reserved for Graphic card (bios setting): 256MB
Hardware Device Manager: no conflict

Should I "clean boot" the system for the benchmark test? Anything else I can try?

 

[ShadowBlade]

the scoring system between 01 and 05 are different, that sounds about right i think

 

[Ike0069]

You should always reboot right before the test.
You should get around 11000 in 03 now.

 

[cmp1223]

how do you check the chipset drivers?

 

[Ike0069]

Originally posted by: cmp1223
how do you check the chipset drivers?

I sent you a PM

 

[imverygifted]

what else is in your computer?

 

[imported_JamesN]

Hi,
I ended up reinstall WinXP and all the drivers that came with the driver CDs (I don't know if they are the latest - How do I check for their version?). I got

3DMark01: 22001
3DMark05: 4952

Should I install the chipset driver from nVidia (Unified 5.1) or MSI (5.03)? Thanks!